{"id":397965,"date":"2026-04-14T13:21:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/397965\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:21:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T13:21:12","slug":"aer-lingus-launches-exciting-new-us-route","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/397965\/","title":{"rendered":"Aer Lingus launches exciting new US route"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aer Lingus has launched a new USA route from Dublin<\/p>\n

Aer Lingus aircraft at Dublin Airport. (stock image)(Image: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin)<\/p>\n

Aer Lingus has launched its inaugural flight from Dublin<\/a> to Raleigh-Durham International Airport in North Carolina.<\/p>\n

This new route will directly connect the Tar Heel State and Ireland, whilst also offering seamless onward connections through Dublin to the UK and Europe. This service will operate up to five times weekly on Aer Lingus\u2019 new Airbus A321XLR aircraft.<\/p>\n

The new route to the Raleigh-Durham region brings increased connectivity to North Carolina\u2019s Research Triangle, which includes Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n

The innovation hub is home to Research Triangle Park (RTP), one of the largest research parks in the world, which houses hundreds of tech and biotech companies.<\/p>\n

The region is also home to top universities such as North Carolina State University (Raleigh), Duke University (Durham) and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, making it a hub for innovation, research and higher education.<\/p>\n

The new Dublin-Raleigh-Durham service is perfectly poised to serve fans from the University of North Carolina (UNC) travelling to the 2026 Aer Lingus College Football Classic in the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, this August. UNC will take on Texas Christian University (TCU) in the opening weekend of the NCAA college football season in what will be the international debut for both teams.<\/p>\n

In 2025, the Aer Lingus<\/a> College Football Classic attracted almost 23,000 visitors from the U.S. to Ireland.<\/p>\n

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The inaugural flight, EI85, from Dublin to Raleigh-Durham International Airport further supports Aer Lingus\u2019 Dublin Hub strategy, offering customers convenient connections between North America and Europe. The new service connects the Raleigh-Durham region with more than 20 destinations across the UK and Europe, including Glasgow, Paris, Rome, Amsterdam, London and Madrid.<\/p>\n

Next month, Aer Lingus will also launch a new service to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, bringing the airline\u2019s total number of routes from Ireland to North America to 24.<\/p>\n

Lynne Embleton, Chief Executive Officer, Aer Lingus, said: \u201cOur new route creates a direct connection between Ireland and the Raleigh-Durham region for the first time, making it even easier for customers to travel to Dublin and onwards to destinations across the UK and Europe.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Raleigh-Durham region is a hub for technology, innovation and research, and this additional connectivity to that region will allow the business and educational ties on both sides of the Atlantic to flourish.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaunching ahead of the 2026 Aer Lingus College Football Classic makes this service especially timely, and we\u2019re really looking forward to welcoming UNC fans to Ireland this August as the Tar Heels take to the field at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.\u201d<\/p>\n

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