Aer Lingus is represented in New Zealand by World Aviation Systems

AER LINGUS HISTORY

In April 1936, Aer Lingu Teoranta is registered as a private airline company by the Irish Government. The name, an Anglicisation of 'aer loingeas', means air fleet. O the 27th May 1936 a six seat De Havilland 84 Dragon biplane, EI-ABI, is names 'Iolar' (eagle) and makes the first Aer Lingus flight from Dublin's Baldonnel airfield to Bristol. In September of the same year, Aer Lingus took delivery of a fourteen seat, four engine
De Havilland 84B Dragon Express.

Today, Aer Lingus operates from their main hub in Dublin to Europe and North America with a fleet of modern Airbus and Boeing 737 equipment.