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Old 14th Jul 2018, 13:24
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Liffy 1M
 
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Originally Posted by goofer
Aer Lingus / Shamrock : just a dim memory but didn't "Shamrock" indicate an Aer Linte (ie transatlantic) flight while "Aer Lingus" was used by the others? Hope someone can confirm and, if so, when the change was made.
I can't recall dates but there was a period in the 1980s when "Shamrock" was dropped and all flights used "Aer Lingus". Then (perhaps in the 1990s) "Shamrock" became the standard for all flights.
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