{"id":470951,"date":"2026-05-28T08:04:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/470951\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T08:04:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:04:19","slug":"aer-lingus-recreates-first-ever-flight-from-ireland-to-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/470951\/","title":{"rendered":"Aer Lingus recreates first ever flight from Ireland to England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AER LINGUS has recreated its first ever flight to mark 90 years since the foundation of the Irish airline.<\/p>\n<p>On May 27, 1936 Aer Lingus flew its first six-seater plane, named the Iolar \u2013 Irish for \u2018eagle\u2019, from Weston Airport in Dublin to Bristol Airport in England.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-309251 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Aer-Lingus-5_90749363.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/> Aer Lingus cabin crew member Laura Stapleton is pictured with EI-ABI, known as Iolar (Irish for eagle), a rare de Havilland DH.84 Dragon, which dates back to 1936<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday marked 90 years since that journey took place, and to mark the occasion the airline recreated the flight.<\/p>\n<p>A restored Iolar aircraft flew from Dublin to Bristol yesterday morning, piloted by Aer Lingus\u2019 Captain Brendan Bruton and Captain Mark Dolan.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft, a rare de Havilland DH.84 Dragon, dates back to 1936.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-309252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Aer-Lingus-4_90749364.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/> Aer Lingus cabin crew members Laura Stapleton and Nicola Crimmins, and Lynne Embleton, Aer Lingus Chief Executive Officer, are pictured awith EI-ABI, known as Iolar<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It started 90 years ago to the day,\u201d Aer Lingus CEO Lynne Embleton said of their anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;One aircraft, six seats, five passengers flying Dublin to Bristol, and here we are, able to replicate that again,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And it&#8217;s a moment in our history that we&#8217;re very proud of, we&#8217;ve been flying and connecting Ireland to the UK and the US for decades, and this is where it all started.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Everything from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/irishpost.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">irishpost.com<\/a>\u00a0and the print edition is available on the Irish Post App \u2014 plus more! Download it for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.irishpost.theirishpostapp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Android\u00a0<\/a>or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/gb\/app\/the-irish-post\/id6753946980\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Apple IOS<\/a>\u00a0devices today.<\/p>\n<p>                One moment please&#8230;<br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757599208_653_loading.gif\" alt=\"Loading...\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AER LINGUS has recreated its first ever flight to mark 90 years since the foundation of the Irish&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":470952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-470951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/470952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}