Aer Lingus flight delay or cancellation compensation
- IATA EI / ICAO EIN, Ireland's flag carrier and part of IAG since 2015.
- Hub at Dublin, with a UK-registered arm flying transatlantic from Manchester.
- Dublin and Shannon offer US preclearance, so passengers land as domestic arrivals in the United States.
Aer Lingus has flown since 1936 and today mixes a low-cost style European network with a genuine long-haul operation, using Airbus A320neo and A321XLR aircraft on thinner transatlantic routes and A330s on the busiest ones. It left Oneworld in 2007 and now sells through IAG rather than an alliance.
Your passenger rights
Flights leaving Dublin fall under EC 261/2004, and Dublin-to-US routes are over 3,500 km, giving a 600 EUR entitlement for cancellations and three-hour arrival delays. Departures operated by the UK arm from Manchester fall under UK261 instead, at 520 GBP on the same distance band, so check which entity is named on your ticket.
Tips for claiming
Because preclearance closes well before departure, a late inbound aircraft in Dublin can cost you the flight even when the departure itself is only mildly delayed; keep the boarding pass and any denied-boarding notice, as that scenario is treated as denied boarding rather than delay. Ireland's enforcement body is the Commission for Aviation Regulation.
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