Aer Lingus
Head office: Aer Lingus group, Dublin Airport.
Alliances: membership of Oneworld from September 1999.
UK routes: Dublin to Heathrow, Stansted, Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds/Bradford, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle and Jersey; Shannon to Heathrow; Cork to Shannon; and Birmingham to Knock.
Sample price: Ireland-UK return fares range from £79-£165.
European routes: Dublin to Madrid, Rome, Milan, Zurich, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Stockholm and Helsinki; Cork to Amsterdam and Rennes.
Transatlantic routes: Dublin to New York JFK and Newark, Chicago, Boston and Los Angeles.
Frequent flyer programme: Gold Circle, gives access to lounges in all destinations.
Fleet: 35 aircraft. Six Airbus A330s, three A321s, six Boeing 737-400s, 10 B737-500s, five BAe 146s, six Fokker 50s (to be phased out in 2000).
Internet site: www.aerlingus.ie