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'We’ve been thrown under the bus!': agents slam 'nightmare' Aer Lingus decision to stop selling Manchester transatlantic flights

Airlines
Jennifer Morris
9 January 2026

Agents in the North West have shared their anger at how Aer Lingus has handled its sudden decision to cease selling transatlantic flights to and from Manchester for travel from 31 March – right in the middle of peaks. 

An Aer Lingus aircraft pictured at Manchester airport
(Credit: iStock / Bradley Caslin)

Aer Lingus looks set to shutter its Manchester base (Credit: iStock / Bradley Caslin)

The Irish airline – which currently operates transatlantic flights from Manchester to New York, Orlando and Barbados – announced yesterday (8 January) that it was “undergoing a period of uncertainty on transatlantic services at our Manchester base”.

It said the move was in order to minimise customer disruption in the event of a closure of the Manchester base.