Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin International) has ferried an A321-200NX(LR) to Dublin ahead of it being given an Irish registration and deployed onto the carrier's transatlantic runs this Northern summer season. G-EIRH (msn 10319) flew to Dublin on April 25 and will soon be re-registered as EI-LRH.
According to ch-aviation fleets data, the two-year-old aircraft was formerly registered as EI-LRH and operated by Aer Lingus until November 2021 when it was transferred to the Aer Lingus (United Kingdom) (EG, Belfast City) operation and rebadged as G-EIRH. Until it was withdrawn from service in early April, the aircraft was kept busy operating the Manchester International - New York JFK city pair.
The aircraft was sent back to Dublin because Aer Lingus (United Kingdom) is using an A330-300 on the Manchester - New York route over the upcoming summer. That move is one plank in a broader Aer Lingus strategy to boost the carrier's capacity on transatlantic routes over the summer season. In addition to a daily roundtrip on the Manchester - New York route, Aer Lingus will offer twice daily A330-300 roundtrips between Dublin and New York JFK and daily A321-200NX(LR) roundtrips between Shannon and New York JFK. Aer Lingus (United Kingdom) will also fly between Manchester and Orlando International this summer using A330-300s.
According to ch-aviation fleets module, Aer Lingus operates an all Airbus fleet of thirty one A320-200s, two A320-200Ns, seven A321-200NX(LR)s, four A330-200s, and ten A330-300s. Minus G-EIRH, the smaller Aer Lingus (United Kingdom) operation now only has a pair of A330-300s on its AOC.
