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Aer Lingus Gets DOT Approval to Join Oneworld Trans-Atlantic Venture

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Aer Lingus Gets DOT Approval to Join Oneworld Trans-Atlantic Venture

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has granted final approval for Aer Lingus to join Oneworld, the trans-Atlantic joint venture between American Airlines, British Airways, Finnair and Iberia. The move that could result in a number of benefits for passengers, including lower fares to and from North America.

Aer Lingus is owned by British Airways and Iberia parent company IAG. It applied to join Oneworld over a year ago, and was given tentative approval last month. The airline also looks set to launch transatlantic flights from Manchester in summer 2021.

The trans-Atlantic agreement has brought significant benefits to millions of passengers since its inception in 2010. It provides more destinations, better schedules and obviously what matters to most customers, affordability. The addition of Aer Lingus’ Dublin hub will give American Airlines’ customers access to its network. They will have significantly more travel options, especially in Europe.

On the other hand, Aer Lingus customers will now have access to more than 200 new U.S. destinations through the trans-Atlantic partnership. Aer Lingus intends flying from Manchester to Boston, New York and Orlando, Florida, using four Airbus jets, The Irish Times reports.

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  1. You should stop parroting airline press releases. The whole point of this is immunity from rules about price-fixing. That leads to higher, not lower prices.

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