New And Returning Air Services Announced For Island Of Ireland Airports

By Dave Simpson
New And Returning Air Services Announced For Island Of Ireland Airports

A number of new and returning air services have been announced for airports on the island of Ireland.

Ireland West Airport Knock

According to a statement published on IrelandWestAirport.com, Ryanair has commenced a service from Ireland West Airport Knock to Birmingham that will operate twice per week all year round on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

According to a subsequent separate statement published on IrelandWestAirport.com, Ireland West Airport Knock has launched its busiest summer schedule to date, with consists of 140 weekly services to and from 19 destinations across the UK and Europe, including Ryanair services to Alicante, Barcelona, Birmingham, Bristol, Cologne, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Faro, Liverpool, London Luton, London Stansted, Malaga, Majorca, Manchester and Milan, and a daily Aer Lingus service to London Gatwick.

Dublin Airport

According to a statement published on Corporate.Ryanair.com, Ryanair will operate a service from Dublin Airport to Rovaniemi, Lapland, twice per week from 3 November.

According to a statement published on MediaCentre.AerLingus.com, Aer Lingus has recommenced its services from Dublin Airport to Philadelphia, its daily service from Dublin to Los Angeles and  five times per week service from Dublin to Seattle will recommence on 12 May and 7 July, respectively, and it has commenced second to service to Chicago that will operate five times per week and will introduce a second daily service to Washington DC on 9 June, in addition to recently recommenced services from Dublin to San Francisco and Orlanda, and from Shannon to Boston, as well as recommencing its Dublin to Miami service in October.

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According to a statement published on DublinAirport.com, Turkish Airlines has commenced its first ever services from Dublin Airport to Antalya, which is the first ever direct service between Dublin and Antalya, and the service will operate three times per week on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.

Belfast City Airport

According to a statement published on BelfastCityAirport.com, Flybe Ltd has launched its first commercial flight, which operated from Belfast City Airport on Wednesday 13 April and began four daily services between the two airports.

Flybe Ltd will also operate services from Belfast City Airport to Aberdeen, Amsterdam, Edinburgh, East Midlands, Glasgow, Inverness, Leeds Bradford, London Heathrow, Manchester, Newcastle and Southampton, according to the statement published on BelfastCityAirport.com.

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