Aer Lingus to receive almost €30m for PPE flights from Beijing to Dublin

The HSE said the deal agreed with Aer Lingus was "considered competitive in the circumstances". File Picture.

Aer Lingus is to receive almost €30m from the Health Service Executive (HSE) for the transport of vital supplies of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to Ireland from China in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The airline operated a life-saving PPE airbridge for 14 weeks from March 29 to June 26 between Dublin and Beijing, where 259 rotations between the two cities represented the largest cargo operation by air in the history of the State.