![]() ![]() Roughly 9% of the population in Cleveland is of Irish ancestry, so that should help a bit with this route. Subsidized service usually lasts for as long as the incentives are in place, and then the route gets canceled once that’s over. Of course good air service can be great for local economies, though more often than not this doesn’t seem to work out the way governments hope. On top of that, Jobs Ohio will assist with additional funding and the City, County, GCP, Team NEO, and Destination Cleveland, will combine for $2.4 million in funding. Among other things, Aer Lingus will be getting a $600,000 UDAG grant over a three year period for maintaining this service. Aer Lingus will be getting millions of dollars in contributions for launching this route. What’s Aer Lingus’ motive for launching Cleveland flights? After all, the airline cut some routes during the pandemic that still haven’t relaunched ( including Hartford, Minneapolis, and Montreal), so why now start service to a new city altogether? Both airlines pulled out in 2018, citing weaker than expected demand.Īer Lingus Airbus A321LR business class Why is Aer Lingus launching Cleveland flights? Cleveland’s last transatlantic service was on Icelandair and WOW Air, as the two Icelandic carriers announced flights to Cleveland in 2017 (right around the same time). When it launches, this will be Cleveland’s only transatlantic flight. There’s even business class award space (generally two seats per flight), bookable with Alaska Mileage Plan, British Airways Executive Club, etc. ![]() Read my review of Aer Lingus’ A321LR business class. This includes 16 business class seats and 168 economy class seats. ![]() Aer Lingus will use an Airbus A321LR for the flight, featuring 184 seats. The 3,466-mile flight is blocked at 8hr20min westbound and 7hr30min eastbound. The 4x weekly flight will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, with the following schedule:ĮI87 Dublin to Cleveland departing 3:30PM arriving 6:50PMĮI86 Cleveland to Dublin departing 8:20PM arriving 8:50AM (+1 day)
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