Eastern Airways of the United Kingdom has started services between Dublin and Southampton. This is great news for people looking to get cruises out of that famous British port.
Once upon a time I took the Cunard Line’s Queen Elizabeth 2 on a voyage from New York to Southampton. Flying back directly from there would have been much more convenient than going via London which I ended up doing.
Eastern Airways Schedule
At the moment, flights are scheduled four times a week on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. They leave Southampton at 08:50 and arrive in Dublin at 10:05.
Who Are Eastern Airways?
Eastern Airways were founded in 1997 and operate a fleet of BAe Jetstream 41s, Embraer 135, 145, 170 and 190 jets, as well as the ATR turboprops. They fly primarily around the British Isles, as well as to Gibraltar.
Overall Thoughts
It is great to see another route return to service as things slowly get back to normal after the pandemic. Eastern Airways plan to increase the route to a daily service in due course, which will be very handy for business and leisure.
You can book flights on the Eastern Airways website right here. Their tagline makes me smile as well – “Why fly any other way?” – on this route, you actually have no choice!
Have you flown with Eastern Airways before? Will you use this new route? Thank you for reading and if you have any comments or questions, please leave them below.
Like planes? See my “Does anyone remember” series.
Flight reviews your thing? Mine are all indexed here.
Follow me on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Featured image via Aviator.aero.
