Aer Lingus
Nostalgic day at BRS today with a DH84 Dragon celebrating the 80th anniversary of Aer Lingus's first ever flight which was from Dublin to Bristol Whitchurch on 27 May 1936.
The DH84 carried the same registration EI-ABI and name Iolar as the aircraft that made the original flight. Today's Iolar made several short flights carrying guests including the Irish ambassador to the UK.
Aer Lingus Regional (Stobart) took the opportunity to announce a fourth daily rotation between BRS and DUB on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays giving 25 weekly flights in all. With Ryanair's mainly 3 x daily (19/20 weekly for most of the year) there will be no shortage of seats between Dublin and Bristol.
DUB was BRS's second busiest route in 2015 (after AMS) with over 378,000 passengers.