The well known Irish carrier, Aer Lingus, is just one of the many airlines that have had to cut many routes in order to save money. However, it seems that the amount of routes that Aer Lignus has already cut is not enough, and the company is being forced to cut yet more Gatwick routes. These cuts come less than a year after it commenced flights from the London airport in the first place.

Starting March 31, the airline will be reducing the number of aircrafts based at the Gatwick airport from five to three and will be reducing services to just four routes. These routes will be destinations to Malaga, Dublin, and Knock, and a new route to Cork.

Aer Linugs launched services from Gatwick in April of last year, with seven routes that included Zurich, Vienna, Munich, Knock, Faro, Nice and Malaga. In June the company announced that it would expand services to include Bucharest, Eindhoven, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Warsaw and Vilnius. Now the carrier says it has decided to implement changes due to weak consumer demand in the UK.

This move comes just after Aer Lingus announced its trading update for the six month period from July 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009. The carrier says that it expects to report a small operating profit for this period. This is mostly a reflection that yields were better than expected during the second half of last year. This is good news for the airline, which is battling the recession like all other carriers.