Aer Lingus takes delivery of long-range Airbus planes

Aircraft will serve existing transatlantic routes and new destinations Nashville and Indianapolis the airline will operate next year

From left, Joe Whelan, aircraft engineer; James Harmon, senior cabin crew; and Georgia-Jane McCann, senior cabin crew; with the new Airbus A321XLR. Picture: Naoise Culhane

Aer Lingus has taken delivery of its first two new Airbus A321XLR aircraft at Dublin Airport. 

The planes are the first two of six such aircraft bound for Aer Lingus to serve existing transatlantic routes and new destinations Nashville and Indianapolis the airline will operate next year.