Aer Lingus focuses on growth as IAG parent sees fuel headwind

Aer Lingus plans to continue to focus on North America for new routes, as a large increase in capacity across the Atlantic and in Europe helped boost 2018 revenues and profits.

Its parent IAG -- which also owns BA, Iberia, and Vueling -- said new routes, such as Philadelphia and Seattle, helped increase Aer Lingus operating profit by 13.8% to €305m, as total revenues rose 8.8% to €2bn.