Aer Arann is a regional airline based in Dublin, Ireland operating scheduled services from Ireland and the Isle of Man to the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland and France, with a fleet of 10 aircraft. Aer Arann is owned by Pádraig Ó Céidigh, and has expanded from a single aircraft to Ireland's third largest airline behind Ryanair and Aer Lingus. The airline has four airport bases, operating to 25 destinations. Cork and Dublin are the main hubs of Aer Arann but under a different brand called Aer Lingus Regional.
Aer Arann was established in 1970 to provide an island-hopping air service between Galway and the Aran Islands off the west coast of Ireland. Operations, using a single Britten-Norman Islander, began in August 1970. This service has since been moved to the less distant Connemara Airport and operates as "Aer Arann Islands". As of 2010 it still uses Islander aircraft.
In January 2010, Aer Arann and Aer Lingus founded Aer Lingus Regional which effectivly removed Aer Arann's hubs at Cork and Dublin under the new airline.

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