Virgin Atlantic Chooses Aer Lingus as Short-Haul Traffic Partner

Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. chose Aer Lingus Group Plc to operate U.K. routes feeding its long-haul services, the carrier’s first domestic flights, to help replace traffic lost when British Airways bought partner BMI.

Using aircraft carrying the U.K. airline’s brand, Dublin-based Aer Lingus will run a combined 24 flights a day linking Manchester, England, and two cities in Scotland with London Heathrow airport, Virgin Atlantic said today in a statement.