There was enough legroom, good service and amenities to make travel reporter Susan Glaser an Aer Lingus enthusiast, she writes.
View of the Irish countryside shortly after takeoff in Dublin, en route to Cleveland on May 29.CLEVELAND, Ohio – I closed my eyes in Cleveland and opened them seven hours later in Dublin.
I was on the inaugural flight, launched with much celebration and fanfare, including harp music, Irish dancers and giveaway green socks.• Sarah Pope, from Shaker Heights, traveling to Ireland with her daughter, Meredith, who just finished her freshman year at the University of Cincinnati. “As soon as I heard there was a nonstop flight, I said, ‘Let’s go,’ " she said.
That first flight left more than an hour late, at about 9:30 p.m. instead of 8:20 p.m., as the grounds crew was learning a new way of loading the plane, placing large containers filled with luggage into the hold instead of individual suitcases. Captain Leah Tighe apologized for the delay, calling the problem “teething pains.”
On the flight home, the vegetarian choice was the only option available when flight attendants made their way back to row 24. Cleveland-bound travelers are apparently big carnivores. Travelers to Cleveland and other U.S. destinations can clear customs in Dublin before boarding their flights.Dublin Airport is one of only two in Europe – the other is in Shannon, also in Ireland – to have U.S. preclearance, which means that travelers to the United States go through U.S. customs and immigration in Dublin, before boarding. When you arrive in Cleveland, it’s like you are returning home on a domestic flight.
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