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Aer Arann is a privately-held regional airline based in Dublin, Ireland. It operates scheduled and charter services throughout Ireland, the United Kingdom and France. Its main base is Dublin International Airport, with hubs at Cork International Airport and Galway Airport.

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History

Aer Arann began providing flights between Galway and the three Aran Islands in 1970. In 1994 Padraig O'Ceidigh purchased the airline and began to expand its routes and fleet. Just over 625,000 passengers flew Aer Arann flights in 2003.

Aer Arann ATR 72 taking off
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Aer Arann ATR 72 taking off

The airline has greatly expanded its route network in recent years, especially since changing from an island-oriented service to a regional one in 1998, when a service between Donegal and Dublin was first established.  Aer Arann also started freight service between Dublin and Coventry that same year, its first flights to the United Kingdom.  Passenger flights outside Ireland first started in 2000, when a daily service between Dublin and the Isle of Man was established. June 2004 saw the start of passenger flights to continental Europe with the opening of a Galway-Waterford-Lorient route.


In early December 2004 Aer Arann announced that it had carried 400,000 passengers through Cork Airport since the start of 2004, an increase of 57% on the previous year. 


In October 2004, and again in October 2005, Aer Arann received the bronze award in the European Regions Airline Association's Airline of the Year awards.


Aer Arann has approximately 350 employees as of 2005.


Between February and April 2006, Aer Arann announced the launch of over 10 new services, including the first services from Wales:





On July 3 2006 it began the following services: 






Destinations

Aer Arann serves the following destinations:




Aer Arann Islands provides the following services (as of July 2006):





Fleet


Current Fleet

The Aer Arann fleet consists of the following aircraft (at February 2006):




 Type 
 Number 
 Seats 
 Notes


ATR42-300 
6

 
Photograph of EI-BYO [link]


ATR 72-200 
9

 
Photograph of EI-REF [link]


ATR 72-500 
0
(10 on order)


 


In March 2006, the average age of the Aer Arann fleet was 14.7 years.


In May 2006, Aer Arann placed an order for 10 new ATR 72-500 aircraft, for delivery over the next three years (two in 2007, five in 2008 and three in 2009). Taking account of aircraft retirements, the airline plans to be operating 20 ATR aircraft by 2009.[link]


The Aer Arann Islands fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005):




Britten-Norman BN2A Islander 
2

 
Photograph of EI-AYN [link]


Britten-Norman BN2B Islander 
1

 
Photograph of EI-CUW [link]




Historical Fleet



See also



External links




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