AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY
AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY is an Irish designated activity company registered with the Companies Registration Office (CRO) under number 211168. It was incorporated on 21 December 1993 and is recorded with an “Active” registry status; its registered office is at Dublin Airport, Co. Dublin.
AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY functions as the group holding company for the Aer Lingus scheduled airline business, recorded under scheduled passenger air transport. Trading as Aer Lingus, the group operates scheduled flights connecting Ireland with destinations across Great Britain, continental Europe and North America. The company was previously admitted to trading as Aer Lingus Group plc on the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange; dealings in its shares ceased on 17 September 2015, after which the company re-registered under the Companies Act 2014 as a designated activity company. AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY is not currently admitted to trading on any stock exchange.
No independently verified company-level revenue, asset or employee figures specific to this holding entity were identified from primary registry, regulatory or annual-report sources during this review; publicly reported financial and traffic figures for the Aer Lingus business are generally published on a consolidated basis at group level.
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Shareholders
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Shareholders of AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY
Company shareholder register data associated with this profile, verified 31 December 2024, records a single disclosed shareholder: AERL Holding Limited, which holds 100% of the company’s issued ordinary share capital, comprising 540,310,400 Ordinary A shares of €0.01 each. AERL Holding Limited is a UK-registered private limited company (Companies House number 09481224, incorporated 10 March 2015), registered at Waterside, Harmondsworth, West Drayton, UB7 0GB, whose stated principal activity is the acquisition and holding of equity interests in AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY. This single-shareholder structure reflects AERL Holding Limited’s role as the takeover vehicle that acquired the issued share capital of the then-listed Aer Lingus Group plc in 2015. No other current shareholder is disclosed in the data reviewed.
Ultimate beneficial ownership
AERL Holding Limited is, in turn, wholly owned by International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. (“IAG”), a public company incorporated in Spain on 8 April 2010 and dual-listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Spanish Stock Exchanges (Bolsa de Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia, via SIBE), both under the ticker IAG, consistent with IAG’s own published group disclosures identifying AERL Holding Limited as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Combining AERL Holding Limited’s 100% direct holding with IAG’s own 100% ownership of AERL Holding Limited gives a calculated effective ownership by IAG of 100% (100% × 100%), as at 31 December 2024. As IAG is itself a widely held, publicly listed company rather than a natural person, no natural-person ultimate beneficial owner meeting a control threshold has been identified from available filings.
Data availability
Classification: Full. The CRO’s filed shareholder data discloses the company’s sole shareholder and its complete holding, corroborated by IAG’s own published group structure disclosures; no natural-person UBO filing was located.
Sources
- Companies Registration Office (CRO) – company number 211168, shareholder data verified 31 December 2024
- Companies House – company overview, company number 09481224 (AERL Holding Limited)
- International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. – published annual report and group structure disclosures, iairgroup.com
| Shareholder | Type | Holding | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| AERL HOLDING LIMITED | 100% | Companies Registration Office (CRO) |
Officers
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Directors and officers of AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY
CRO officer records reviewed for this profile show two currently active officers: Méabh Gallagher, Company Secretary since 21 September 2012, and Colm Lacy, Director since 8 July 2019. Former officers on file include Mella Frewen, Director from 1 January 2011 to 31 December 2013; Andrew Elliott Macfarlane, Director from 3 October 2010 to 1 September 2014; and Donal Moriarty, Company Secretary from 1 December 2013 to 1 January 2017. The CRO’s full officer history for this company runs to 92 filed records spanning its earlier existence as the listed Aer Lingus Group plc prior to 2015, of which only a sample was reviewed for this profile; the complete current board of AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY was not independently confirmed beyond the officers named above.
Data availability
Classification: Partial. CRO filings were reviewed only in sample for this profile, so the complete current board composition is not confirmed. Nationality is not disclosed in the CRO extract reviewed; only a correspondence-address country (Great Britain, for each officer sampled) is recorded, and this is a service address only and must not be read as nationality or country of residence.
Sources
- Companies Registration Office (CRO) – company number 211168, officer data
Group Structure
Group structure of AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY
AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY is part of a verified corporate group. Its immediate parent is AERL Holding Limited (Companies House number 09481224, England and Wales), whose disclosed principal activity is the acquisition and holding of equity interests in AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY. AERL Holding Limited is itself a wholly-owned subsidiary of International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. (“IAG”), a Spanish public company incorporated on 8 April 2010 and listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Spanish Stock Exchanges, which is the group’s ultimate parent. One direct subsidiary is independently verified: Aer Lingus Limited, the group’s operating airline, whose own filed accounts record AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY as its immediate parent undertaking and IAG as its ultimate parent undertaking. A further set of Aer Lingus-branded entities and registrations across Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Finland and Sweden appear in internal group-linkage data reviewed for this profile, but could not be independently verified as subsidiaries of AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY within the scope of this review and are therefore omitted from the table below. Information is current as at company filings and IAG’s most recently published annual report, reviewed September 2026.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AERL Holding Limited | United Kingdom | 09481224 | Immediate parent | 100% of ordinary share capital | Active | 31 Dec 2024 |
| International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. | Spain | Not applicable – Spanish public company (LSE/Spanish Stock Exchanges: IAG) | Ultimate parent | 100% of AERL Holding Limited (indirect, calculated) | Active / Listed | 2026 (current) |
| Aer Lingus Limited | Ireland | Not independently confirmed in this review | Direct subsidiary | Ownership percentage not disclosed | Active | FY2023 annual report |
Recent structural changes
- AERL Holding Limited received valid acceptances for 98.05% of the then Aer Lingus Group plc’s shares under IAG’s takeover offer, with IAG assuming control on 2 September 2015.
- Dealings in Aer Lingus Group plc shares on the Irish Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange ceased on 17 September 2015, following completion of the takeover and subsequent compulsory acquisition of remaining shares.
Data availability
Classification: Partial. The immediate and ultimate parent relationships are independently verified through UK company filings and IAG’s own group disclosures, and one direct subsidiary relationship (Aer Lingus Limited) is confirmed through that subsidiary’s own filed accounts. Internal group-linkage data associated with this profile additionally names an entity, LDI (OCS) Limited, as a possible parent; that entity is an Irish corporate trustee and company-service-provider business rather than a confirmed equity holder in AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY, and this apparent relationship could not be verified as a corporate ownership link, so it has been excluded from the table above. A wider set of Aer Lingus-branded group entities was not independently verified within the scope of this review.
Sources
- Companies House – company overview, company number 09481224 (AERL Holding Limited)
- International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. – published annual report and group structure disclosures, iairgroup.com
- Aer Lingus Limited – directors’ report and financial statements, disclosing immediate and ultimate parent undertakings
- Contemporary news coverage of IAG’s acquisition of Aer Lingus Group plc, September 2015
Registry feed — rows exactly as filed with Companies Registration Office (CRO), including entries the profile above does not cover.
LDI (OCS) LIMITED
Ireland
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY do?
AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY (CRO No. 211168) is an Irish designated activity company incorporated 21 December 1993, registered at Dublin Airport, Co. Dublin, acting as the group holding company for the Aer Lingus scheduled airline business.
Who owns AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY?
100% owned by AERL Holding Limited (UK company no. 09481224), verified as of 31 December 2024.
Who is AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY's UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?
No natural-person UBO identified. AERL Holding Limited is wholly owned by International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. (IAG), a publicly listed Spanish company.
What is AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY's company registration number?
AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY's registration number is IE211168, filed with Companies Registration Office (CRO) in Ireland. Its current status on the register is active.
Is AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY still an active company?
AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY's status on Companies Registration Office (CRO) is listed as active.
When was AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY incorporated?
AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY was incorporated on 21 December 1993, according to Companies Registration Office (CRO).
What is AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY's registered address?
The registered address on file for AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY is Ireland.
Is AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY listed on a stock exchange?
Not currently listed. It traded as Aer Lingus Group plc on the Irish and London Stock Exchanges until dealings ceased on 17 September 2015, after which it re-registered as a designated activity company.
Who are the officers/directors of AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY?
CRO records show Méabh Gallagher as active Company Secretary since 21 September 2012 and Colm Lacy as active Director since 8 July 2019, based on a partial sample; the full current board was not independently confirmed.
Does AER LINGUS GROUP DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY have a parent company or subsidiaries?
Immediate parent: AERL Holding Limited (UK). Ultimate parent: International Consolidated Airlines Group, S.A. (Spain; LSE/Spanish Stock Exchanges ticker IAG). Verified direct subsidiary: Aer Lingus Limited.
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Where does this company information come from, and how current is it?
This record is sourced directly from Companies Registration Office (CRO) and was last synced on 24 September 2026.