Aer Lingus : EI : EIN

DUBLIN, 4 août (Reuters) - Aer Lingus a annoncé mardi s'être mise d'accord avec Airbus pour limiter à huit sa flotte de long-courriers jusqu'en 2013.

La compagnie aérienne irlandaise prendra livraison d'un nouvel avion comme prévu l'an prochain, mais a ajusté la
réception de cinq autres à l'horizon 2013-2015.

En outre, Aer Lingus prévoit de mettre fin de façon anticipée à des accords de location concernant deux appareils. Ce
calendrier révisé est négocié dans coût supplémentaire, ajoute la compagnie irlandaise.

En Bourse, Aer Lingus gagne 1,08%.

(Padraic Alpin, version française Danielle Rouquié)

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Irish flag-carrier [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] is to axe more routes, reduce the number of aircraft in operation, and shed further jobs after failing to reach a crucial cost-savings agreement with flight crew.
The airline is blaming intransigence by pilots and, to a degree, cabin crew for its decision after a week of talks with unions.
Aer Lingus needs to slash personnel expenditure as part of a restructuring programme. But chief executive Christoph Mueller says the carrier has "not reached agreement" across all areas of the plan.
"We have narrowed the gap with most union groups on the achievement of sustainable savings and this has brought us very close to signature with them," Mueller acknowledges.
But he says the attitudes of the Irish Airline Pilots Association and, "to a lesser extent", cabin crew are an "exception to this promising outcome".
"Instead of sustainable savings of a structural nature, only temporary savings over a short few years were offered by [pilots]," says Mueller. "Aer Lingus was asked for very high compensation in return.
"Our pilot compensation and productivity remains out of line with the compensation and productivity of our competitors.
Aer Lingus has not identified the routes to be cut, or the number of aircraft affected, but Mueller says that the board has opted to reduce capacity - and associated jobs - in order to bring down its costs.
"It is very likely that these redundancies will commence immediately and will be compulsory," he adds.
He states that he is still confident that Aer Lingus can remain independent, but says: "On this occasion it has not been possible to reach agreement with all our employee groups and we must now take whatever actions are necessary to stabilise the business."

Aer Lingus n’a pas réussi à se mettre d’accord avec ses navigants. La compagnie irlandaise a annoncé le 2 décembre que son « Transformation Plan », étudié pour lui permettre d’être rentable à l’horizon 2012, ne pourrait pas être appliqué et que de nouvelles mesures allaient s’imposer : elle vont mener à une augmentation du nombre de licenciements.

Aer Lingus avait déjà prévenu qu’elle comptait réduire ses effectifs de 676 personnes. Ce nombre devrait à présent approcher le millier. Le CEO Christoph Müller a précisé que les licenciements pourraient commencer séance tenante.

Ces départs s’accompagneront de nouvelles réductions de capacités. Le nombre d’appareils de la flotte va diminuer, de destinations également. La compagnie n’a toutefois pas précisé lesquels seraient touchés.

Le « Transformation Plan » prévoyait des réductions de coûts de 97 millions d’euros (hors carburant) d’ici 2011 grâce à des réductions de salaires, de tarifs sur les heures supplémentaires et d’indemnités. Aer Lingus avait déjà annoncé que sa flotte ne compterait pas plus de huit long-courriers en 2013 et a conclu un accord avec Airbus pour ajuster les dates de livraison des quatre A330-300 et six A350-900 qu’elle attend.

BA, Aer Lingus fail to reach accords with cabin staff

British Airways and Aer Lingus each reached a crossroads yesterday with disgruntled flight attendants as attempts to agree on terms designed to produce cost savings met with resistance.
British Airways and cabin staff represented by Unite could not reach an accord regarding staffing reductions and a pay freeze imposed by the carrier by yesterday afternoon's deadline, meaning the union now can give strike notice [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]. It had not done so as of yesterday evening and must do so by March 15. No further negotiations are scheduled.
A Unite spokesperson told Bloomberg News that union officials will meet today. The union offered concessions including a one-year salary freeze, then a 2.6% pay cut followed by a slight raise, along with reduced pay for new hires, which BA said fell "significantly short" of the £63 million ($94.4 million) in savings Unite claimed the package would achieve, Bloomberg reported. It also featured the reintroduction of a 15th crew member on long-haul flights from London Heathrow, according to Sky News.
In Ireland yesterday, Aer Lingus confirmed that it plans to lay off 230 flight attendants and shift remaining cabin crew to new employment contracts featuring reduced salaries and increased productivity despite Impact union membership's rejection of terms that would help meet EI's goal of lowering annual employment expenses by €97 million ($131.8 million) [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].
CEO Christoph Mueller said there would be no "sweetheart deals for cabin crew." Following a Tuesday board meeting, EI said that "given the overwhelming support" of four union groups, "implementation of the 1,065 compulsory redundancies contemplated in the so called 'Plan B' is unfair." Instead, it will proceed with implementation of those elements of the cost reduction program agreed upon with the four unions.

Aer Lingus, which left oneworld in 2007, wants to re-join an alliance and is considering all three global airline groupings.

EI has received "some very strong interest" from members of each of the three alliances, CEO Christoph Mueller told ATWOnline on the sidelines of the IATA AGM in Berlin this week.

An announcement, however, is not imminent, he said, adding that the process is still "in a very early stage."

He continued, "We're based on an island and need to offer our customers a global network; this is our raison d’etre.

But we will not fly this ourselves. We will do this through an alliance." The carrier already generates "a good part of our revenue with codeshare agreements," he noted.

EI does not disclose how large this "good part" is, but Mueller conceded that each of the three alliances holds an equal share "almost to the penny" of the carrier's codesharing revenue. KLM is EI's main partner from SkyTeam, British Airways from oneworld and United Airlines from Star Alliance.

EI joined oneworld in June 2000, but under the helm of then-CEO Willie Walsh it exited in 2007 as part of its repositioning from a network carrier to an LCC.

Now it is moving away from a purely LCC model to more of a hybrid carrier that places a higher emphasis on customer service.

Aer Lingus Expects Break-Even Year

Aer Lingus expects to at least reach a break-even result in its fiscal year 2010 after the airline saw a strong improvement in its operating and financial performance in the first half of the year.
The Irish Carrier managed to reduce its operating loss for the first six months from €93 million ($89.7 million) a year earlier to €19 million. In the second quarter, it turned an €18.2 million loss into an €18.8 million profit. Revenues for the first half were 3.1% to €538 million.
The relatively modest decline in revenues hides the fact that passenger numbers were down by more than 10%. But capacity reduction and stronger demand as the economy rebounded led to an 8% improvement in average fares for the half-year that was even stronger in the second quarter (14.3%). At the same time, the airline continued its greenfield cost-cutting program.
“This performance has been driven by strong unit revenue growth coupled with a significant improvement in our cost base,” says Aer Lingus CEO Christoph Mueller. “This operating result was achieved despite the adverse impact of volcanic ash disruption in H1 2010 as well as the continuation of difficult conditions in our key Irish market where unemployment is currently at 13.7% and where passenger numbers passing through Dublin Airport have declined by 16% compared to the first six months of 2009,“ he adds.
Mueller believes the operating result for 2010 should be “no worse than break-even“ with the peak summer season not factored into the first half results and the upcoming winter probably benefitting from stronger general economic conditions. Mueller was reluctant to give any guidance for 2011, but pointed out that Aer Lingus will continue to reduce its cost base. With trading conditions improving, that would lead to Aer Lingus returning to full profitability next year.
The airline’s Chief Financial Officer Andrew Macfarlane said in a conference call that Aer Lingus will “probably join one of the alliances,” but sees no need to participate in the accelerating consolidation trend. The carrier was a member of Oneworld, but left the alliance in March of 2007. Ryanair is Aer Lingus’ single largest shareholder with 29%, followed by the Irish Finance Ministry at 25%. Ryanair tried to take full control of Aer Lingus several times, but failed so far.

Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus is exploring the potential for introducing regional jets to its network to operate routes which do not justify the use of larger types.

The carrier uses a fleet of Airbus A320 and A330 aircraft, and also serves UK regional connections with turboprops through a franchise arrangement with Aer Arann.

But a spokesman for Aer Lingus says that the carrier is "investigating the business case for smaller jets", adding that these would fit the 100- to 150-seat sector.

He says the jets would not necessarily be used on UK services, but be deployed on routes unsuitable for turboprops, to feed Aer Lingus' hub.

While the spokesman says that the study is at a "very early" stage, the airline has undertaken initial discussions with manufacturers.

Aer Lingus declines to give further details of the talks, and has not identified specific parties.

But the sector in which it has expressed interest includes types such as the Embraer 195, Bombardier CSeries and the Airbus A318 or A319.

Aer Lingus Back in the Game

Aer Lingus is preparing major strategic initiatives following its likely return to profitability this year.
The Irish airline plans to decide which global alliance it would like to join. “The issue is definitely on our agenda,” CEO Christoph Mueller tells Aviation Week. While he emphasizes that Aer Lingus can survive as a standalone business, he is also looking at expanding through either buying another airline or finding a strategic investor that would make the carrier part of a bigger group. “I believe that consolidation around the three alliances will continue,” Mueller says.
Aer Lingus has difficult and dramatic years behind it in which it made several major changes in strategy. The airline left the Oneworld alliance in April 2007 to further align its business model with low-cost carrier principles. As losses mounted and the situation was aggravated by the global financial crisis, however, Aer Lingus found it needed to do some tough cost-cutting. It also had to fend off two hostile takeover bids by fellow Irish carrier Ryanair, which still holds a 29% stake in the company.
The European Commission blocked the Ryanair takeover in 2007 due to concerns that the low-fare airline might gain a dominant position in the Irish air travel market, particularly in Dublin.
In the first half of this year, Aer Lingus reduced last year’s €93-million ($118-million) operating loss to just €19 million, and it made an operating profit in the second quarter. That turn was mainly due to a 15.6% capacity reduction that led to 10.9% fewer passengers. But at the same time, yields were up 9% on short-haul flights and 17.5% on long-haul routes where the airline had suffered most of its losses. The “greenfield” cost-cutting-program continues and the carrier expects to at least break even in the current financial year.
Aer Lingus brought in Mueller as CEO last year. He had been airline director at TUI Travel, in charge of the group’s six leisure carriers, and before that, head of network management at Lufthansa and CEO of Sabena, He had also worked at DHL International.
In spite of the lowered cost structure, Mueller no longer wants to position Aer Lingus as a low-cost carrier. “We are closer to a network carrier than to LCCs,” he says. “We would compare ourselves with JetBlue.” Mueller notes the airline’s 20 daily roundtrips from Dublin to London Heathrow Airport are almost exclusively used by business travelers.
Aer Lingus plans to introduce new route-specific fare schemes to allow travelers flexibility in using its shuttle-like operation and that could include extras such as airport parking fees, fast-track security clearance and lounge access.
System-wide ancillary revenues now average €18 per passenger, but they are much higher on business routes.
Mueller does not agree with the rationale behind the decision to leave Oneworld and he is considering reversing the move—which does not mean Aer Lingus will necessarily return to its former alliance. While it still entertains bilateral links with British Airways, it also has a joint venture with Star Alliance member United Airlines on the Washington-Madrid route, which is flown by an Aer Lingus Airbus A330. According to Mueller, the route is already profitable after five months and a second aircraft could be added next year.
Aer Lingus’s future shareholder structure is another important issue on the agenda. Along with Ryanair’s 29% holding, the Irish government controls 25% of the carrier. Mueller does not believe Ryanair will launch another hostile takeover attempt simply because, with Aer Lingus’s current share price, “we have become too expensive for them” and the European Commission is still opposed to such a deal. While the Irish government has indicated it would like to sell its stake, it will only do so once there is no danger that Ryanair might take advantage of it. That threat could disappear once another large investor steps in.
Mueller says an arrangement such as the Brussels Airlines link with Luft­hansa, in which the German carrier has acquired an initial 45% stake in the airline, would be ideal. It would give Aer Lingus access to most benefits of belonging to a large group without initiating an almost certain trend to higher unit costs. But Mueller also does not rule out growth through acquisitions, as Aer Lingus had a gross cash position of over €1 billion at the end of June.
Aer Lingus will receive four new Airbus A320s next year and phase out four older ones at the same time. The airline has agreed with its pilots to introduce A320/A330 mixed-fleet flying and will raise annual flight hours per pilot to 850 from 790. Aer Lingus has an all-Airbus fleet of 42 aircraft, among them six A330s. It has outstanding orders for four A320s, four A330-300s and six A350-900s.
In spite of the option to grow long-haul operations, Aer Lingus will focus that part of the business on the North Atlantic market. It has no plans to add Asian destinations, which it would leave to future alliance partners to serve as part of a broader group network.
Mueller has remodeled the network to improve connectivity—30% of passengers now transfer to connecting flights. It has established key travel streams from destinations in Scotland, such as Edinburgh via Dublin to North America, that were channeled through Amsterdam or London previously.
Connecting traffic is important to Aer Lingus as Ireland is recovering from the financial crisis more slowly than other countries in Europe.

Aer Lingus swaps three A330s for A350s

Irish flag-carrier [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] is switching an order for three [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] A330s, due for delivery in 2013 and 2014, to three [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] aircraft with arrival slated for "no earlier than 2018".
As a result, the firm now has nine A350s on order, with four scheduled for delivery in 2015, two the following year and the balance in 2018 or later.
In addition, the airline is to sell one of its eight A330s, describing its long-haul fleet as "larger than we currently require".
The firm had previously deferred orders for both A330s and A350s in August 2009 as it looked to cut capacity in its long-haul operation. At the time it hinted at the potential for a further deferral and a switch of order to the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].
On the short-haul operation, the first of four new leased A320s arrived in January with the remainder due in the first half of 2011. The carrier will raise €100 million ($138 million) of new debt to fund the aircraft, it says.
It will also return three currently leased Airbus A321s and sell an additional unspecified short-haul aircraft.
Aer Lingus says it expects to incur capital expenditure for aircraft leases of €103 million in 2011 with a further €639 million to be incurred between 2012 and 2016 or later.
The operator has posted an operating profit of €23.6 million ($32.5 million) for the year ended 31 December 2010, reversing the heavy losses of the previous year, as its restructuring efforts took hold.
But it warns that its operating profit for 2011 will be worse than its full-year figure for 2010, owing to the increasing price of fuel.

Jeannot a écrit:Aer LIngus convertit 3 330s en 3 350-900

Aer Lingus swaps three A330s for A350s

Irish flag-carrier [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] is switching an order for three [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] A330s, due for delivery in 2013 and 2014, to three [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] aircraft with arrival slated for "no earlier than 2018".
As a result, the firm now has nine A350s on order, with four scheduled for delivery in 2015, two the following year and the balance in 2018 or later.
In addition, the airline is to sell one of its eight A330s, describing its long-haul fleet as "larger than we currently require".
The firm had previously deferred orders for both A330s and A350s in August 2009 as it looked to cut capacity in its long-haul operation. At the time it hinted at the potential for a further deferral and a switch of order to the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].
On the short-haul operation, the first of four new leased A320s arrived in January with the remainder due in the first half of 2011. The carrier will raise €100 million ($138 million) of new debt to fund the aircraft, it says.
It will also return three currently leased Airbus A321s and sell an additional unspecified short-haul aircraft.
Aer Lingus says it expects to incur capital expenditure for aircraft leases of €103 million in 2011 with a further €639 million to be incurred between 2012 and 2016 or later.
The operator has posted an operating profit of €23.6 million ($32.5 million) for the year ended 31 December 2010, reversing the heavy losses of the previous year, as its restructuring efforts took hold.
But it warns that its operating profit for 2011 will be worse than its full-year figure for 2010, owing to the increasing price of fuel.

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aubla a écrit:Bonjour,

Cette modification du plan de commandes d'Air Lingus est-elle vraiment une bonne nouvelle ?
Ne traduit-elle pas plutôt l'état de sur-capacité de sa flotte (elle vend un de sas A330-200) ?
Et la conversion de la commande d'A330 en A350 lui permet d'éviter d'avoir à payer d'éventuelles pénalités pour rupture de contrat et cela reporte les échéances d'au moins 5 ans (livraison pas avant 2018 au lieu de 2013).
La santé financière d'Air Lingus ne paraît pas au top.
Dans ce contexte, le choix de la motorisation me parait secondaire dans l'immédiat.

A suivre donc

Cordialement
aubla

[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] plans to sell an [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and one of its short-haul aircraft in the first half of this year.
The carrier says in its 2010 annual report that its fleet of eight A330s is "larger than we currently require and it is intended that one aircraft will be sold in 2011".

Aer Lingus recently replaced orders for three A330-200s with [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]-900s to be delivered after 2018, four years later than the planned arrival of the A330s.

The airline took delivery of a leased [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] in January and will take three more of the type in the first half of this year. It plans to return three A321s to lessors and one short-haul aircraft "is planned to be sold".
Aer Lingus today reported a full-year operating profit of €57.6 million ($81 million) for 2010, compared with an operating loss of €81 million the previous year.

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Aer Lingus CEO Christoph Mueller expects that the Irish carrier will take delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 in 2015, two years later than originally scheduled. The airline has nine A350-900s on firm order plus six options. Mueller declined to say how many A350s EI will ultimately order, but indicated that the aircraft's performance parameters may not be ideal. Those sentiments echo comments made by other airline heads, including Emirates Airline President Tim Clark ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]).

• il a été décidé de vendre des A330, pour prendre des A350-900 supplémentaires ;
  
• Aer Lingus a choisi les A330 supplémentaires et les A350-900 , en écartant les B777 et B787,
  
• après un historique de première phase de motorisation assurée pour ses A330 par P&W et, ensuite, par GE, Aer Lingus a abandonné (pour l'avenir à long terme) ces deux motoristes , pour aller chez RR !
  
• (voir rappel de posts ci-après).
  

"We are very satisfied with our A330 operation, which [comprises] seven in service and we're expecting to have them operational for a long time," he told ATW. "The A350 has better performance data, but it will be over-specified for our long-haul routes." He noted that EI's transatlantic routes from Ireland to the US East Coast are in the 7-8 hr. flight time range. The A350, explained Mueller, is best suited for ultra-long haul routes. He would like to see Airbus move to increase the A350's fuel efficiency.

"We'll fill the aircraft [with passengers] on routes to Boston, Chicago and New York," he assured, but qualified that "for us it is not [exactly] the right aircraft." He added that EI will "stay with the A350 order but we cannot say if [the airline's future fleet] will be an [all-A350] long-haul fleet or a mix with A330s."

La consolation est qu'il "n'achète pas" la propagande sur les éventuels B787-10 !

SEVRIEN a écrit:Merci, Jeannot !

Jeannot a écrit:Aer LIngus convertit 3 330s en 3 350-900

Aer Lingus swaps three A330s for A350s

Irish flag-carrier [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] is switching an order for three [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] A330s, due for delivery in 2013 and 2014, to three [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] aircraft with arrival slated for "no earlier than 2018".
As a result, the firm now has nine A350s on order, with four scheduled for delivery in 2015, two the following year and the balance in 2018 or later.
In addition, the airline is to sell one of its eight A330s, describing its long-haul fleet as "larger than we currently require".
The firm had previously deferred orders for both A330s and A350s in August 2009 as it looked to cut capacity in its long-haul operation. At the time it hinted at the potential for a further deferral and a switch of order to the [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien].
On the short-haul operation, the first of four new leased A320s arrived in January with the remainder due in the first half of 2011. The carrier will raise €100 million ($138 million) of new debt to fund the aircraft, it says.
It will also return three currently leased Airbus A321s and sell an additional unspecified short-haul aircraft.
Aer Lingus says it expects to incur capital expenditure for aircraft leases of €103 million in 2011 with a further €639 million to be incurred between 2012 and 2016 or later.
The operator has posted an operating profit of €23.6 million ($32.5 million) for the year ended 31 December 2010, reversing the heavy losses of the previous year, as its restructuring efforts took hold.
But it warns that its operating profit for 2011 will be worse than its full-year figure for 2010, owing to the increasing price of fuel.

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Oui ! C'est une tres bonne nouvelle ! Cela permettra de servir un autre client plus tôt en A330, et augmente le carnet de commandes pour l'A350-XWB, et, potentiellement pour le RR Trent XWB. Car, il me semble qu'Aer LINGUS n'a pas encore fixé sa commande de moteurs !

A suivre, donc, en ce qui concerne RR ! Air LINGUS a dû voir qi'il serait très peu probable que GE puisse offrir una motorisation pour sa commande !

SEVRIEN a écrit:Bonjour, aubla, et merci.

aubla a écrit:Bonjour,

Cette modification du plan de commandes d'Air Lingus est-elle vraiment une bonne nouvelle ?
Ne traduit-elle pas plutôt l'état de sur-capacité de sa flotte (elle vend un de sas A330-200) ?
Et la conversion de la commande d'A330 en A350 lui permet d'éviter d'avoir à payer d'éventuelles pénalités pour rupture de contrat et cela reporte les échéances d'au moins 5 ans (livraison pas avant 2018 au lieu de 2013).
La santé financière d'Air Lingus ne paraît pas au top.
Dans ce contexte, le choix de la motorisation me parait secondaire dans l'immédiat.

A suivre donc

Cordialement
aubla

Ce que vous dites est vrai, .... mais incomplet. Je me permets de compléter (mes remarque n'étant pas exhaustives, bien entendu).
Aer LINGUS n'est pas vraiment content de ses A330 à moteurs CF-6. Il y a une surcapacité, et un aspect de "Cost of Ownership" et de DOC trop élevés dans l'immédiat.

Aussi, son appartenance à l'Alliance "oneworld" lui permet de retrouver du PUC via les opérations avec cette alliance.

Mais, dans l'état actuel des choses, la perspective est que, jusqu'à nouvel ordre / nouvelle précision, Aer LINGUS quitte GE, pour aller chez RR.

Aussi, pour Airbus, cela permet à ce dernier de livrer plus tôt un ou plusieurs clients, qui ont commandé des A330 non encore livrés (le "cash" rentrera plus vite, chez Airbus, et, par les temps qui courent, cela est excellent, et prioritaire).

Pour ce qui est d'un client, qui semble avoir retrouvé quelques couleurs de sante, .... d'une santé qui s'améliore, .... mieux vaut ne pas l'étouffer.

Aussi, du point de vue égoïste d'Airbus, mieux vaut qu'Aer LINGUS reste chez Airbus, plutôt que de se laisser tenter par le B787 chez Boeing !

SEVRIEN a écrit:Bonjour, chers tous.
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Aer Lingus to sell one A330 and one short-haul aircraft
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[Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] plans to sell an [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] and one of its short-haul aircraft in the first half of this year.
The carrier says in its 2010 annual report that its fleet of eight A330s is "larger than we currently require and it is intended that one aircraft will be sold in 2011".

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Aer Lingus recently replaced orders for three A330-200s with [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]-900s to be delivered after 2018, four years later than the planned arrival of the A330s.

A ce stade, la Cie. a, effectivement , un problème de "shape & size" !

The airline took delivery of a leased [Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien] in January and will take three more of the type in the first half of this year. It plans to return three A321s to lessors and one short-haul aircraft "is planned to be sold".
Aer Lingus today reported a full-year operating profit of €57.6 million ($81 million) for 2010, compared with an operating loss of €81 million the previous year.

Les performances et situation bilantielle restent fragiles.