An Aer Lingus flight bound for Dublin Airport was forced to make an emergency return to London's Heathrow Airport on Monday night. The flight, EI179, had only just taken off at around 9pm on Monday when it had to turn back after signalling an emergency, reports Dublin Live.

Aer Lingus, Ireland’s national carrier, will begin direct service between Dublin and Nashville, Tennessee, on April 12, 2025. It’s the European country’s first nonstop flight to Nashville and will be aboard a state-of-the-art Airbus A321XLR.

Aer Lingus has announced Ireland’s first direct flight from Dublin to Nashville next year. The new route will start in April 2025 and operate four weekly flights on Aer Lingus’ new state-of-the-art Airbus A321XLR aircraft.

Aer Lingus will launch an "almost year-round" UK-Nashville link, via Dublin, in the spring with feeder flights from eight UK airports. The four-times-weekly service will get under way next April, operating throughout the year bar a six-week period in January and February.

Yeehaw! Aer Lingus has announced Ireland’s first direct flight between Dublin and Nashville, Tennessee. Tickets are now on sale for the new Aer Lingus Dublin - Nashville route which launches in April 2025.

IAG carrier Aer Lingus is to launch direct flights from Dublin to Nashville next summer, the first new route identified for its incoming longer-range Airbus A321XLRs.

Irish holidaymakers will be able to visit the American country music capital from next April, with fares starting at around €455

The decision means St. Louis still has only one nonstop flight to Europe. That route is to Frankfurt, Germany, on Lufthansa and runs three days a week.

Although Aer Lingus was originally meant to be the launch customer for the jet, the first deliveries were shifted to sister airline Iberia by the International Airlines Group, the