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Aer Lingus confirmed during the announcement of its half year results yesterday, Wednesday 29 July 2015, that it is to effectively re-introduce business class on selected short-haul routes, in the fourth quarter of this year.
The new “Aer Space” product will offer full ticket flexibility, lounge access, priority boarding and luggage handling and complimentary food & drink (we don’t know if this includes hot food or alcoholic drinks).
The seat itself will be the same as economy but the middle seat will be kept free.
There will also be no cabin divider between economy and “Aer Space” (this is so it doesn’t constitute a separate cabin for Air Passenger Duty purposes).
It is very similar to the “Excellence Fare” offered by Vueling and Germanwing’s “Best Fare”.
The routes on which it will be launched have yet to be announced but we expect that London Heathrow – Dublin will be one of the first.
We assume that passengers connecting to/from business class long-haul flights on Aer Lingus and its future IAG/Oneworld partners will be seated in the “Aer Space” seats.
Update:
This product has not, as of April 2018, not been implemented and seems to have been postponed indefinitely.
