Aer Lingus inaugural flight number EI 147, an Airbus A330-200 from Dublin to San Francisco, took off from Dublin Airport on Wednesday 2nd April. Aer Lingus will operate five flights per week from Dublin to San Francisco as part of its major transatlantic expansion plan in 2014.
The expansion plan includes new routes from Dublin to San Francisco and Toronto, as well as frequency increases on services from Shannon to Boston and New York.
