Irish flagship carrier returns to Liverpool, offering seamless transfer to North America
Irish flagship carrier, Aer Lingus, is returning to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, six years after it ceased its link to Dublin in January 2017.
It ended the route following a “strategic review” into the use of its aircraft, it said at the time.
But it will once again offer flights to Dublin from later this month.
It will also give passengers flying to Dublin the opportunity to connect onto Aer Lingus fights to North America, with onward flights available to destinations including New York JFK, Washington, Chicago, Boston and Philadelphia with transfer times on outbound and return journeys averaging two hours.
Dublin Airport is one of only a few airports outside North America that offers a US Preclearance facility that allows US bound passengers to undertake all US immigration and customs inspections at Dublin Airport prior to departure, meaning that passengers arriving in the US are treated as domestic arrivals, allowing them to avoid immigration queues on arrival and pick up their bags and go.
This new route will also help to attract more international visitors to the Liverpool City Region, with the potential to grow the numbers of visitors from the US.
Flights between Liverpool and Dublin will be operated by Emerald Airlines, the exclusive operator of Aer Lingus Regional services, commencing on Thursday, April 27, with 11 departures per week including a double daily service on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays using their 72 seat ATR72-600 aircraft.
