Bristol: Aer Lingus’ oldest aircraft takes to the skies marking 90 years of connecting Bristol and Dublin
Aer Lingus’ oldest aircraft takes to the skies marking 90 years of connecting Bristol and Dublin
Aer Lingus is marking 90 years of connecting family, friends and businesses in the South West with Ireland, as it unveils its newly restored “Iolar” aircraft.
Today’s flight from Dublin to Bristol Airport was a special voyage for the Iolar, as it recreated Aer Lingus’ inaugural flight, which took place 90 years ago on 27 May 1936.
Back in 1936, Aer Lingus had just one aircraft and its inaugural route from Baldonnel, just outside of Dublin, to Bristol Airport had a flight time of around three hours. Today the average journey is just over an hour and is one of more than 100 routes from Ireland to the UK, Europe and North America.
When the...
