Belfast news report that ‘accelerated’ route move

ON MAY 22, a story appeared in the business section of the Belfast newspaper The Irish News that went almost unnoticed in the South.

It stated that Aer Lingus could be about to start a service from Belfast, saying that executives from the airline were in the North’s capital to discuss having three aircraft based there and opening up 15 new routes.

One was to be a new service between Belfast and Heathrow Airport.