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A frequent business traveller expresses frustration over Aer Lingus's decision to suspend its Dublin to Frankfurt route from November 2nd until March 28th, 2027. After making 54 flights in 2026, mostly for work, the traveller notes that the route consistently operated at high capacity and questions the airline's logic in reducing it to a summer-only destination. As a result, the traveller will redirect corporate spending to German carrier Lufthansa.
Sir, – I have just completed my 54th flight of 2026, most of which have been for work but some were for leisure, and I know my carbon footprint is appalling.
Nearly all of these flights were with I travel to Frankfurt at least 10 times a year. When planning a recent trip, I found that, according to Aer Lingus’s new schedule, there are no flights available from November 2nd until March 28th, 2027. Not once on my flights to Frankfurt have I noticed that the flight, no matter the time of day, was not busy, if not almost at capacity.
I cannot understand the logic of Aer Lingus declaring Frankfurt to be a more or less summer-only destination. So now, instead of spending a lot of money, albeit my company’s, on an ostensibly Irish product, I have to give it to Lufthansa in Germany.
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