Aer Lingus starts to shrink

Aer Lingus is cutting about a quarter of its seat capacity on winter long-haul routes, including the suspension of Dublin-Washington and Dublin-San Francisco from 25 October. Flights between Shannon and Chicago will also stop from 1 September and the four-times-a-week Shannon-New York service remains under review.

This does not augur well, because this is where the airline is supposed to make most of its profits.

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