CARDIFF TO DUBLIN air services, the latest to be ditched without
virtually any warning by Ryanair, have been picked up by Aer Arann,
who quickly introduced twice daily ATR flights last week. Ryanair
regulars might also be warned that the airline appears to be stopping
the Stansted ” St Etienne (they called it Lyon) flights from 5 June.
The Air Wales operation to Dublin has also been withdrawn. Aer Arran
says that frequencies will be improved with additional aircraft into
the fleet and confirmed a 25 May start-up to Galway. This will bring
the total number of Aer Arann routes from Cardiff to four, all new
this year, with Lorient, South Brittany, the other two destinations.
Pictured are: (l to r) Jon Horne (managing director, Cardiff Airport),
Tara Fenton (Aviance, handling agents for Aer Arann at Cardiff), Lisa
Colbert (Aer Arann) and Captain Tony Wade (Aer Arann).
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