Aer Arann notes Luton-Waterford success

Irish carrier Aer Arann has announced that its route between Luton Airport and Waterford carried 9,106 passengers last month - a cross-channel record for the airline.

The 9,000 passenger mark was surpassed again on its flights between Luton and Galway, with overall passenger traffic on the route up by 30 per cent compared with August 2006.

Aer Arann started the Luton-Waterford flights four years ago and boosted flight frequency on the Luton-Galway route three times a day on four days a week last May.

"This news is a great follow up to last month's announcement that August 2007 has been the busiest ever for Aer Arann since the airline began operating commercial flights from Waterford Airport in 2003," commented Colin Lewis, head of sales and marketing at Aer Arann.

Last week, the carrier announced that it had surpassed the 250,000 passenger mark on its services between Ireland and Edinburgh.

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