Aer Lingus Regional, operated by Stobart Air, announced this Wednesday the addition of over 2,000 seats to Scotland to facilitate golf fans for the Ryder Cup in September.
The airline has added 15 extra flights to Edinburgh from Shannon, Cork and Dublin for Ryder Cup week, September 22 to 29.
Shannon-based passengers can avail of an extra seven return flights which amounts to an extra 1,008 seats, double the normal capacity.
The airline has seen a huge demand from US-based passengers. Over a thousand passengers flying into Dublin are connecting to Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen on the week of the Ryder Cup.
The Ryder Cup takes place at Gleneagles, Scotland on Friday, September 26 and will conclude on Sunday, 28. The Gleneagles Golf Resort is about a 55 minute drive from Edinburgh Airport.
A native of Ennis, Colin McGann has been editor of The Clare Champion since August 2020. Former editor of The Clare People, he is a journalism and communications graduate of Dublin Institute of Technology.