Aer Lingus celebrates 60 years at Birmingham Airport
12.05.09
Aer Lingus is celebrating 60 years of flying between Dublin and Birmingham Airport. On May 2 1949, a Douglas DC-3 aircraft with 26 seats and bearing the name ‘St Declan’ left Dublin airport bound for Elmdon Airport, Birmingham. Fares at the time were £6-0-0 single, £10-16-0 return and £9-0-0 excursion return. In 1949, the Dublin to Birmingham service operated on week-days (in those days defined as daily except Sunday). It carried in excess of 10,000 passengers in its first year of service.
From June to September 1950 the schedule was increased from week-days to twice daily. Today Aer Lingus operates four flights daily between Dublin, Cork and Birmingham using a A320 aircraft with a capacity of 174. Aer Lingus Corporate Affairs Director, Enda Corneille, said: 'We are very proud of our long standing association with our colleagues at Birmingham and we look forward to the next 60 years flying.'
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