Aer Lingus announces three new European summer destinations

Kenneth Fox

Aer Lingus has announced three new European destinations for summer 2023 to help melt away those winter blues.

The airline's 2023 summer schedule consists of 53 European destinations, including three new locations: Kos in Greece, Olbia in Sardinia, Italy, and Brindisi in Italy.

The Dublin-based carrier said it was increasing seats to European destinations by 18 per cent compared to last year.

Aer Lingus also announced its biggest ever transatlantic schedule with 2.25 million seats to North America.

Next summer the airline will operate 15 routes from Ireland, including Cleveland for the first time and the return of Hartford, Connecticut. It will also operate two direct transatlantic routes from Manchester to New York (JFK) and Orlando.

The airline said the summer 2023 schedule reflects the huge resurgence in leisure travel and the increasing demand for European sun destinations, particularly the Mediterranean.

Aer Lingus is increasing its peak summer capacity to Malaga and Faro from both Cork and Dublin.

It is also increasing capacity on other popular European routes including Alicante, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Perpignan, Izmir, Bordeaux, and Athens from Dublin.

Speaking about the summer schedule, Susanne Carberry, chief customer officer said: "Demand for European sun destinations is at an all-time high post-pandemic, with European sun high on everyone’s wish list, so Aer Lingus is delighted to announce increases across our European schedule to the most sought after, trendsetting European destinations this summer.

"We have three very exciting brand-new destinations on offer in Kos (Greece), Olbia (Sardinia, Italy) and Brindisi (Italy), which our customers are sure to love exploring this summer.

"We’re seeing a big appetite for travel and our ambitious expansion into North America continues with Cleveland and Hartford services beginning, making our summer transatlantic schedule a record breaker with 2.25 million seats on sale."