Aer Arann is an airline based in Ireland. It began providing flights between Galway and the Aran Islands in 1970. 625,000 passengers flew Aer Arann flights in 2003.
The airline has greatly expanded since it was founded, especially since changing from an island-oriented service to a regional one in 1998, when service between Donegal and Dublin was first established. Aer Arann also started freight service between Dublin and Coventry, England that same year, its first flights to Britain. Passenger flights between Ireland and Britain first started in 2000, when daily service between Dublin and the Isle of Man was established.
The following Irish airports are serviced by Aer Arann: Cork, Dublin, Derry, Donegal, Kerry, Knock, Sligo, Waterford, and Belfast.
The following British airports are serviced by Aer Arann: Isle of Man, Manchester, London-Luton, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Southampton, Liverpool, and Glasgow-Prestwick.