Why- because concerned re safety of RE rustbuckets.
MSN Type Delivery date Registration Manufactured
161 ATR43-200 20/12/2002 EI-BYO 1989
199 ATR43-200 16/01/2001 EI-CBK 1990
191 ATR43-200 27/04/2001 EI-CPT 1990
196 ATR43-200 22/12/2009 EI-EHH 1990
260 ATR72-202 14/02/2006 EI-REH 1991
267 ATR72-202 18/11/2005 EI-REI 2008
748 ATR72-212A 08/03/2008 EI-REL 2008
760 ATR72-212A 01/08/2008 EI-REM 2008
787 ATR72-212A 12/08/2008 EI-REO 2008
797 ATR72-212A 12/08/2008 EI-REP 2008
387 ATR72-212 03/06/2010 EI-SLL 1995
413 ATR72-212 21/06/2010 EI-SLM 1994
There are five new-ish aicraft, the rest are all over seventeen years old with the oldest at twenty three years. Not all fly for Aer Lingus though.
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