Aer Lingus Proves Why You Should Never Mess With The Irish

Yesterday it was announced that Norwegian Airlines would start flying to America from Dublin, Cork and Shannon this year, with prices starting from €69 one way. But Aer Lingus were quick to point out that this deceivingly cheap fare excluded quite a few necessities that they offer in the ticket price. And thus began the first in probably many, Aer Lingus-Norwegian Airlines feud.

It started off with a cheeky jibe:

No free bag?
No free seat assignment?
No free meal?
No preclearance?

Cheers, you're grand. https://t.co/aZIHqZJpJc

— Aer Lingus (@AerLingus) February 23, 2017

Shots were fired:

Aer Lingus took a moment to remind people that Norwegian lands in the middle of nowhere:

Maybe, but have you seen where you land?

— Aer Lingus (@AerLingus) February 23, 2017

.@NorwegianUK About those routes... 🤔 pic.twitter.com/3JyZzVCDip

— Aer Lingus (@AerLingus) February 23, 2017

Then Norwegian tried to do a weird mic drop:

Lesson learned: don't mess with the Irish.

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