Aer Lingus has today received a brand new $200m Airbus A330-300 series into its fleet.
The new A330 aircraft, named Saint Carthage, has a total capacity of 313 seats, which is made up of 30 business class seats and 283 economy seats.
It will make its first commercial flight today on the Aer Lingus flight route from Dublin to New York JFK.
Aer Lingus said the new plane represents a significant investment by the company in its transatlantic network.
This summer the airline will operate its largest ever transatlantic schedule flying to 11 North American destinations.
The routes include Boston, Chicago, New York, Orlando, San Francisco, Washington, Toronto, Los Angeles, Newark and Hartford.
"Summer 2017 will be our busiest on record and the new aircraft will join our longhaul fleet operating 13 routes between Ireland and North America including Miami, where we will begin flying in September," commented Declan Kearney, Director of Communications at Aer Lingus.
"Aer Lingus remains committed to growing our transatlantic network and connecting Ireland and Europe to even more destinations across North America," he added.
