Cleveland Hopkins International Airport has revealed that Aer Lingus will keep its six-times-weekly Dublin–Cleveland service through the 2026 summer season and swap the lower-yield Thursday flight for a Saturday departure from late March to late October. The tweak, disclosed in Acumen Aviation’s 28 October Daily Brief, responds to demand from leisure travellers seeking weekend outbound options while preserving daily frequency for corporate flyers.
The route, launched in 2023 with A321XLR equipment, has exceeded initial load-factor targets, helped by connections to 20 EU cities via Dublin and US Customs pre-clearance on the eastbound leg. Cleveland’s business community—heavy in biomedical and manufacturing firms with Irish links—has lobbied for permanence, promising guaranteed block bookings for trade-mission delegations.
For Irish companies the Saturday flight opens convenient seven-night itineraries for technical teams rotating to Ohio-based plants, reducing per-diem costs tied to mid-week travel. Mobility planners should note that the revised schedule still permits same-day onward connections on United and American to 30+ US destinations.
Airport officials say the extension strengthens the case for a potential winter 2026-27 continuation, which would give Ireland year-round access to America’s Midwest for the first time since pre-pandemic Delta Detroit flights.
The route, launched in 2023 with A321XLR equipment, has exceeded initial load-factor targets, helped by connections to 20 EU cities via Dublin and US Customs pre-clearance on the eastbound leg. Cleveland’s business community—heavy in biomedical and manufacturing firms with Irish links—has lobbied for permanence, promising guaranteed block bookings for trade-mission delegations.
For Irish companies the Saturday flight opens convenient seven-night itineraries for technical teams rotating to Ohio-based plants, reducing per-diem costs tied to mid-week travel. Mobility planners should note that the revised schedule still permits same-day onward connections on United and American to 30+ US destinations.
Airport officials say the extension strengthens the case for a potential winter 2026-27 continuation, which would give Ireland year-round access to America’s Midwest for the first time since pre-pandemic Delta Detroit flights.
