Carrier follows closure of Gatwick route with cuts to Heathrow service
This week Aer Lingus said it would cut two flights from its Dublin-Heathrow service, citing the lack of recovery since the pandemic. Photograph: Getty Images
A short-lived run between the Irish capital and London City Airport ended with the pandemic, while the former national carrier ended its Dublin-Gatwick route at the end of March. This week Aer Lingus said it would cut two flights from its Dublin-Heathrow service, citing the lack of recovery since the pandemic and that it is still assessing the impact of the pilots’ strike earlier this summer.
There are plenty of reasons for this – not least the growth in direct routes from Dublin, particularly to the United States. It is reasonable to suggest, too, that the well publicised capacity constraints in both cities – the passenger cap in Dublin and the long-running saga of where to put a new runway in London – may play a role.
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