Originally Posted by
Yachtman
I've never understand why Aer Lingus hasn't really pushed the marketing for being able to clear immigration in Dublin, and at the same time targeted regional airports in the UK and opened up the entire route network to them.
If you had a choice between LBA-LHR-EWR and LBA-DUB-EWR with the ability to clear immigration during your transit, then it would be a marketable option.
A few years back Aer Arran?? started flights from Doncaster on behalf of Aer Lingus, yet they opened up a few destinations for onward connections, but not the entire route network, which seemed ludicrous.
A few years back Aer Lingus did offer LBA-DUB-JFK with pre clearance at DUB - and very good it was too! Sadly they pulled out of LBA some time ago.