Aer Lingus is will launch services between Dublin and Indianapolis on 3 May next year, operated by its new narrowbody Airbus A321XLR aircraft, of which it has six on order with the first two due to be delivered by the end of the year. The service will be the first between Europe and the US gateway since Delta Air Lines suspended its route to Paris Charles de Gaulle during the Covid pandemic in 2020. The Irish carrier is also due to launch four times a week flights to Nashville from April 12.