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AER ARANN TO LAUNCH TWO NEW SERVICES FROM CARDIFF

26 April 2006

Aer Arann, Ireland's premier regional airline, today confirmed that it will operate a double daily service from Cardiff to Dublin from Monday, 1st May 2006.

It also announced that it will begin operating a Cardiff to Galway service in the West of Ireland on 25th May 2006.  This will bring the total number of Aer Arann routes from Cardiff to four adding to existing services from Cardiff to Cork and Lorient, South Brittany.

The Dublin to Cardiff service will operate twice a day Monday to Friday,  departing Dublin at 8.30am and 5.45pm and Cardiff at 10.20am and 7.35pm with a flight time of one hour and twenty minutes.  The airline will operate one flight per day at weekends departing Dublin at 8.30am on Saturday and 9.00am on Sunday and departing Cardiff at 10.20am on Saturday and 10.50am on Sunday.   The Galway to Cardiff service will operate three days per week on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday departing Galway at 7.35am and Cardiff at 12.30pm with a flight time of one hour twenty five minutes.  Both services will be operated by a 50 seater ATR 42 aircraft.

Commenting on the announcement Padraig O'Ceidigh, Managing Director, Aer Arann said "We are delighted to be announcing these two new services from Cardiff to Dublin and Galway in the West of Ireland. We believe it is very important to maintain a direct service between Cardiff and Dublin, but we are also very pleased to be adding Galway to our network of Cardiff routes, which will considerably improve access between Wales and the West of Ireland.  These two routes represent a significant strengthening of our network at Cardiff, which now includes four routes adding to our Cardiff to Cork and Lorient services. We look forward to working with Cardiff Airport to further develop these services in the coming months."

Aer Arann currently operates over 600 flights per week across 35 routes in Ireland, the UK and France. The airline has launched a total of 12 new routes for summer 2006, half of which are UK services including Cork to Cardiff and Newquay, Galway to Liverpool, Dublin to Inverness and the newly announced Cardiff to Dublin and Galway.

For more information visit www.aerarann.com or contact reservations on 0800 587 2324 (in the UK).

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