Aer Lingus increases capacity on Manchester to New York flights

Irish airline, Aer Lingus, has announced it will increase capacity on flights between Manchester and New York this summer

The route will operate from an Airbus A330 aircraft (pictured), increasing seat availability on each flight by 72% to 317: 287 in Economy Class, and 30 fully lie-flat Business Class seats. The larger twin-aisled aircraft will replace the 184-seat A321LR aircraft, which will be redeployed on new routes between Dublin and Hartford, Connecticut which launched this month, and to Cleveland, Ohio from May.

The move comes little over a year since the airline launched the transatlantic flights to North American destinations from Manchester Airport, the first such routes for the Irish flag carrier directly from a UK airport.

The success of Aer Lingus’ Manchester based operations has contributed towards its ambitious network expansion, offering yet more choice of routes and destinations from the North of the UK, either directly from Manchester or via Dublin.

This summer, Aer Lingus will fly daily and direct from Manchester to New York JFK and to Orlando in North America. Seasonal winter services to Barbados are due to restart in November after launching in 2021.

Its three transatlantic services complement the carrier’s frequent services from Manchester to Dublin (up to six a day), with seamless onward connections to 13 transatlantic routes, via quick and easy pre-clearance facilities at their Dublin Hub that allow passengers to clear US immigration before boarding.