IrelandIrish airlines

Home to Ryanair, one of Europe’s largest airline groups by passenger numbers, and to Aer Lingus with its Dublin hub.

6 airlines

Network airlines

Scheduled airlines with a hub and connecting flights – usually on short-, medium- and long-haul routes.

Aer Lingus

EI / EIN

Ireland’s network airline with a hub in Dublin: founded in 1936, part of IAG since 2015, in no alliance – and with the A321LR and A321XLR one of the most exciting single-aisle operators across the North Atlantic.

Low-cost carriers

Cheap point-to-point flights, often with a single-type fleet, many bases and short turnaround times.

Ryanair

FR / RYR

Europe’s largest low-cost carrier, from Ireland: an almost all-Boeing 737 fleet, point-to-point flying instead of a hub and several sister airlines that fly under Ryanair flight numbers.

Regional airlines

Short routes with turboprops and regional jets, often as feeders to the big hubs.

Emerald Airlines

EA / EAI

The Irish regional airline behind Aer Lingus Regional: in service since 2022, an all-ATR 72-600 fleet, bases in Dublin and Belfast City – and a British sister company with G- registrations.

Stobart Air

RE / STK

Historic Irish regional airline (1970–2021): from an Islander flying to the Aran Islands through Aer Arann to Stobart Air, which flew ATR turboprops as Aer Lingus Regional – until liquidation in June 2021.

Cargo airlines

All-cargo airlines, cargo subsidiaries and express services with their own freighters.

ASL Airlines Ireland

5H / ABR

The former Air Contractors from Dublin flies cargo and express shipments for the big parcel services – with converted Boeing 737s, ATR 72 freighters and Airbus A300F, often in other companies’ colors.

Charter & wet lease

Companies that fly aircraft with crew for other airlines, tour operators or sports teams.

CityJet

WX / BCY

Irish regional airline that connected London City with Dublin in 1994 and today flies only as an ACMI provider: CityJet operates CRJ900s in SAS colors from Copenhagen and Stockholm – formerly BAe 146s and Avro RJ85s.

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