From 3 November, Belfast to Manchester flight EI 302 will connect with Aer Lingus’s new direct flight EI 31 from Manchester to Barbados. Aer Lingus’s Barbados route will operate on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday until the end of April 2022. 
 
From 1 December, Northern Irish customers will also be able to connect to Aer Lingus’s direct daily flight from Manchester to New York JFK and to four weekly flights from 11 December from Manchester to Orlando. 

The Irish carrier has made the changes as it shifts capacity for the winter season from 31 October.

From this date, Belfast to Manchester will increase from its current daily schedule to twice daily. Belfast to Heathrow will gain a further two services, bringing it to the full 21 flights per week operated pre-pandemic. Belfast-Edinburgh will increase its schedule from daily to 11 flights per week.

Fares to Manchester and Edinburgh will be from £29.99 one way, with Heathrow from £39.99.

Susanne Carberry, the airline’s chief customer officer, said: “We are delighted to be able to provide a significant increase in frequency from Belfast to London Heathrow, Manchester and Edinburgh and be able to reconnect businesses, as well as friends and families in the UK that have been kept apart for too long. 

“We are also excited to be able to connect Northern Irish customers with our new Manchester routes to Barbados, New York JFK and Orlando.”