Aer Lingus has confirmed that it will begin selling transatlantic flights from Manchester to the US.
Destinations in the US the carrier will initially serve include Boston, New York and Orlando, Florida.
Aer Lingus plans to start selling tickets for direct flights between the UK and the United States from this Friday (January 8, 2021).
The Irish carrier has requested authorisation from the US Department of Transportation to “promote, advertise and sell” flights to passengers by close of business on Thursday.
The Air Line Pilots’ Association (ALPA), which represents nearly 60,000 pilots globally, approved the application last month on the grounds that pilots on the routes would be represented by the Irish Air Line Pilots’ Association (IALPA), and because employees’ terms and conditions would be governed by a collectively-bargained labour agreement.
The airline’s new UK subsidiary, which is registered in Belfast, formally applied to the US for a foreign carrier’s permit allowing it to fly there from Britain in early December.
