San Francisco is by far the largest transatlantic market currently not served from Ireland, with over 100,000 annual O&D passengers (5.3 per cent of total transatlantic O&D demand) and obvious business links between the countries made it an obvious choice for the network expansion from Dublin. All of these are among the top ten connecting long-haul destinations from Dublin in 2012, a list headed by Sydney, Australia and which also includes Melbourne, Australia Johannesburg, South Africa and Singapore. The HUB reported earlier this year that there were suggestions that Aer Lingus could look to introduce a number of new routes or resume previous flights from Dublin using its expanded long-haul fleet with San Francisco, Los Angeles, Orlando, Toronto and Chicago among those thought to have been under consideration. Very importantly, this expansion will directly support more than 200 new jobs within Aer Lingus and our partner airline ASL Aviation Group,” added Mueller. “Our transatlantic capacity will increase by 24 per cent in 2014, following on from the 13 per cent additional capacity in our 2013 transatlantic schedule. The premium cabin played an important role in this performance with Business Class traffic on long-haul services up 15.6 per cent and load factor up 5.0 percentage points to 66 per cent in the three month period versus the same quarter last year. This increase in revenue was a function of long-haul fare yield per passenger increasing by 5.6 per cent to €333.15, fare revenue per seat increasing by 10.4 per cent to €246.53 and load factor increasing by 3.4 percentage points to 73.7 per cent. Following a strong 2012, the first quarter of 2013 has seen long-haul passenger fare revenue increase by 14.4 per cent to €60.3 million. The transatlantic market has been a key part of the Aer Lingus network for many years and it continues to perform positively for the Group. This expansion is extremely positive news for Aer Lingus and for the broader economy in terms of business, tourism and employment,” said Christoph Mueller, Chief Executive Officer, Aer Lingus. "Our transatlantic business goes from strength to strength. Very importantly, this expansion will directly support more than 200 new jobs within Aer Lingus and our partner airline ASL Aviation Group.” Christoph Mueller Chief Executive Officer, Aer Lingus Our transatlantic capacity will increase by 24 per cent in 2014, following on from the 13 per cent additional capacity in our 2013 transatlantic schedule. This expansion is extremely positive news for Aer Lingus and for the broader economy in terms of business, tourism and employment. “Our transatlantic business goes from strength to strength. This will be used to launch the San Francisco route and the third 757 to introduce the daily connection to Toronto. The arrival of the 757s frees up a larger Airbus A330-200 currently deployed at Shannon to operate from Dublin, where demand is stronger. Two of the aircraft will be based at Shannon Airport and will be used to expand the carrier’s existing offering, increasing the seasonal services to Boston and New York. The airline has opened reservations for a five times weekly link to San Francisco from Apand a daily flight to Toronto from April 21, 2014, and will mark the carrier’s return to both markets.Īer Lingus has agreed to acquire the three 757-200s from Air Contractors and the first jet is expected to enter service in early 2014 with all three aircraft in operation by next summer. Republic of Ireland flag carrier Aer Lingus is to launch two new North American routes from Dublin Airport in summer 2014 supported by the expansion of its fleet and the arrival of three Boeing 757-200s on damp lease.
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