Last Aer Lingus Heathrow - Shannon flight takes off
13.01.08
The final Aer Lingus flight on its Heathrow - Shannon route will take off today, as the airline prepares to scrap the route in favour of flights from the London hub to its new base at Belfast International Airport. An average of 300,000 passengers a year travelled on the route, which had operated for almost 60 years.
The Irish airline took a decision last August to transfer its valuable Heathrow slots to Belfast, from where a new daily service to London begins tomorrow. It believes it can grow significant business out of Belfast and that it could not do the same from Shannon.
The ending of the daily route also means Aer Lingus is seeking 51 redundancies among its staff at Shannon. A spokesman for the Shannon Airport Authority said: 'It is the end of an era and a sad day for many people but we're firmly looking to the future now.'
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