![]() ![]() One thing to note though – once you have picked a seat, you cannot change it without sending them an email, which seems like a minor flaw in their website and booking process ![]() The website used to book is the standard Aer Lingus or BA one, and so it is easy enough to navigate for frequent flyers. The Economy cabin is 2-4-2 for most of the cabin, but as the fuselage narrows at the back there are five rows that only have three seats in the middle. The Business cabin alternates between being 1-2-2 and 1-2-1, with some throne seats on the right-hand side of the aircraft meaning your feet end up tucked in between the two seats in front (under their table). Both have the option of flexible fares, but currently all fares are eligible for refunds as vouchers if you cannot travel anyway. There are only two classes aboard the Aer Lingus UK A330s Business and Economy. The flights leave late morning, and roughly nine hours later land the same afternoon in Barbados. On other days you can still travel but you will be routed through Dublin instead. The Avios can be transferred between individual airline programmes and so need not remain orphaned points for long.įor Barbados, the airline is operating flights twice per week: on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Aer Lingus has their own frequent flyer scheme called AerClub, which I joined to get Aer Lingus status points as well as Avios. You can add your BA Executive Club number to the booking, but you will only get Avios and not tier points. It is also possible to book this flight on BA.com, but this is not advisable due to the same ticket being double the price, versus booking directly. The only indication you are flying the UK subsidiary is a small “Operated By” notification.Īer Lingus, like British Airways, is owned by IAG and partakes in Avios so flights can be booked using either Avios or cash. This review is of the maiden flight of Aer Lingus UK from Manchester to Barbados.īooking The Aer Lingus route map, showing departures from ManchesterĪer Lingus UK does not have a stand-alone website, as it operates flights on behalf of Aer Lingus in the same way that BA CityFlyer appears on the BA website. Originally Boston was going to launch next year on the A321 but in the latest schedule release, this plan appears to have been dropped as Aer Lingus plans to return to some Shannon services after all. The A330s are both just over a decade old but the A321LRs are less than a year old.īarbados and Orlando are to be operated by the larger A330s and New York by the A321LR. Both aircraft types have previously been operated for the Irish flag carrier under Irish registrations, but have been transferred to UK ones under the new airline. Aer Lingus UK has a fleet comprising both A330-300s and A321LRs. The carrier also planned to serve Barbados, which was not affected by border closures, and so this ended up being the maiden flight for the carrier in mid-October. They approached multiple airports around the UK about basing their aircraft there (likely with quite heavy subsidies), and in the end, Manchester was settled upon and subsequently Aer Lingus UK was born.Īer Lingus UK originally planned to launch operations to Orlando and New York in late July, but ultimately due to the US borders remaining shut these flights were delayed (and then delayed again).
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