Aer Lingus has announced a new direct service from Dublin to Denver, Colorado and the re-launch of the Minneapolis-St Paul route.
Both routes will take off from Dublin as part of its summer 2024 programme and bring the total number of Aer Lingus routes operated between Ireland and North America to 18.
Aer Lingus said the expansion reflects its commitment to its Dublin Hub strategy.
Flights to Minneapolis-St Paul still start on April 29, 2024 and will increase from four-times weekly to a daily year-round service from next October.
The route will be served by the airline's newest aircraft the A321XLR from Winter 2024.
The new Dublin - Denver routes, which will also operate four times a week, will begin on May 17 next year.
Aer Lingus is now fourth in the world in terms of the breadth of its longhaul network serving key US gateways and is the fifth largest European carrier based on the number of seats on offer between the US and Europe.
Aer Lingus chief executive Lynne Embleton said that with Dublin's geographic position as the gateway to Europe, pre-clearance facilities at the airport and the strong, long established Irish American ties, Aer Lingus is ideally placed to connect people and places across the Atlantic.
She said that Denver and Minneapolis-St Paul are significant business destinations within the US and the new Aer Lingus routes facilitate corporate links and connectivity between Europe and North America.
"This summer has been our biggest yet, with 2.25 million seats to North America and the successful addition of Cleveland, Ohio to our network," the Aer Lingus CEO said.
"We are confident in our growth strategy and look forward to welcoming customers onboard these two new routes next year," she added.
