“The launch of flights to Jersey come at a perfect time for those wishing to take a summer holiday with Jersey boasting spectacular beaches, attractions to suit all interests, and a wealth of history and heritage waiting to be explored,” she said. The service, which will fly to the Channel Islands up to twice a week, brings the number of routes operated by Emerald at Belfast City Airport to 13.Ĭhief commercial director, Katy Best, said the new service adds another sun destination for the city airport terminal. It said it benefited from a strong yield performance across the group and lower fuel prices.A new summer air connection between Belfast and Jersey has been launched by Aer Lingus Regional operator Emerald Airlines. The company noted this was the first time since 2019 that it achieved a positive outcome in the first quarter, representing “ongoing strong customer demand across all our airlines”.
IAG, which also owns British Airways as well as Spain’s Iberia and Vueling, reported operating profit before exceptional items of €9 million in the first quarter compared to a loss of €718 million in the same period last year, and the €179 million loss expected by analysts. IAG noted that Aer Lingus is also seeing a softness in demand on technology industry-related routes, but noted the airline is “more seasonally exposed” than its sister companies in the group. They do have the capital in their plans to develop the airport, so we need to see that happen.” We want to see those build quickly by the DAA. That’s so important for us to be able to operate, to grow Aer Lingus, but also to grow the Irish economy. “We are pleased to see the second runway at Dublin Airport, but what we really need to see is stands and terminal capacity. Ms Embleton also said more stands need to be constructed at Dublin Airport to ensure the airline can continue to grow. That in turn means controllable costs need to be competitive too.” It’s really important our prices are competitive. There have been increases in ticket prices for us, but also for many other airlines. “The costs the industry experiences are generally passed on to customers. However, the Aer Lingus chief said she could not promise that customers will not see higher air fares this summer.
On whether inflation and rising interest would exacerbate the cost-of-living crisis and hit passenger numbers, Ms Embleton said travel has recovered from the Covid-19 crisis and that current high rates of travel would not be a flash in the pan. We’ve got new routes to Greece and Italy this year, and they are going really, really well.” “We’re seeing really good strength in short-haul leisure, particularly around the Mediterranean. “Where we do see some weakness is in people travelling for business purposes, particularly short-haul, and particularly between Britain and Ireland actually, where we are seeing numbers down for people who are travelling for overnight or short business trips,” she said.
Ms Embleton was speaking after International Airlines Group (IAG), which owns Aer Lingus, published its results for the three months to March 31st. Aer Lingus is experiencing a “softness” in demand for short-haul business routes, with a particular drop-off in travel between Ireland and Britain, the airline’s chief executive Lynne Embleton said on Friday.
0 kommentar(er)
