First Aer Lingus A321neoLR Delivered to Dublin
Last Friday in Hamburg, Aer Lingus took delivery of the first of eight Airbus A321neoLR, registered EI-LRA. The remaining seven aircraft will join the fleet over the next 18 months and will become the backbone of the narrow body North Atlantic fleet. Aer Lingus becomes the first IAG airline to operate the A321neoLR and will deploy it on transatlantic flights to Minneapolis, Montreal and Hartford with 16 business class seats and 168 in economy. EI-LRA is powered by CFM International Leap-1A engines. It arrived into Dublin on Friday evening at 21:16, unfortunately too late to take part in the Bray Air Display on Sunday. EI-LRA will enter service this Friday on the EI-131 Dublin to Hartford (BDL) service.
Pictured above accepting delivery of the aircraft in Hamburg on behalf of Aer Lingus were Edward Murphy, Head of Fleet Assets, Lander Dominguez Ruiz Director of Fleet Planning and Procurement, and Liam Capaldi Fleet Management & Contracts
The beautiful @AerLingus #Airbus 321 LR Neo arriving into @DublinAirport last Friday night. First LR newbie of the @AerLingus family EI-LRA #avgeek #aviation #irish #airline #aircraft #photo #LongRange #New #Neo @AirlineReporter @Rotorblur pic.twitter.com/Zj1fDWzlh7
— Mel Byrne (@MelByrneRadio) July 29, 2019
.@AerLingus EI-LRA A321Neo delivery flight taxiing on the sierras #DublinAirport this evening ☘✈ pic.twitter.com/9wJgM3AA4N
— Essiejosie ✈ (@Essiejosie) July 26, 2019
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