Pumaknight From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 227 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2144 times:
Well what a pleasant suprise for me!! Taking a trip from Luton to Dublin to see my grandparents (regular visit) I expected to haul myself onboard the old rust buckets of Ryan Air - the venerable but ancient 737-200!! They are okay but old loud and tatty. Makes for an interesting flight though - I usually play guess what fluid that is leaking from the engine!!
Not this time though. I got really lucky and they had put the brand new 737-800 on the route. It was painted in the launch colours of the 7E7. And what a bird!! The Pilot came on the tanoy to welcome everyone on board and let them know that the plane was being "run-in" as it had only done 80 hours, having been delivered fresh from Boeing last week. I was over the moon. It was clean, colourful (although still not much leg room - but hwo cares and ran as smooth as you like.
The flight was a hoot. The Pilot obviously just as excited at getting his hands on a "real modern jet" gave it some.
Katanapilot From Canada, joined Oct 2004, 147 posts, RR: 0 Reply 1, posted (5 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2081 times:
i took a flight on a ryanair 737-800 earlier this week as well, and man did i hope to see that livery on it, but i was not so lucky. mine was still fresh and nice inside and out...and powerful too, with only a half load, it felt like a rocket! pilot had a little trouble with the landing though, it was the roughest i've ever had in my life. maybe he/she was still getting used to flying an 800 after so many flights on a 200.
Pumaknight From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 227 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (5 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2037 times:
Heh.....thankfully our landings were quite smooth. Although the pilto missed the centre line into Luton by a good 10 ft!! But it was foggy so I will forgive him. Just tweeked the steering and brought her back in line.
And yes is it powerful!! Shot skyward on both legs and on the outbound, had to spoiler the decent almost to the runway......I could almost hear him saying opps need to throw out the anchor!!
Pe@rson From United Kingdom (England), joined Jan 2001, 16732 posts, RR: 58 Reply 5, posted (5 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 1877 times:
The LTN-DUB route used to operate 5x daily (reduced at the weekends) by a dedicated 732 (which changed every week). Now it is operated by the 738 on a 4x daily (reduced...) basis.
A LTN-based machine now operates the routes.
Yep, it's one of FR's oldest routes.
'Although still not much leg room'
I'm 6' and find the 732s and 738s to be totally fine in terms of legroom.
Vatry From Ireland, joined Sep 2004, 104 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (5 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 1845 times:
EI-DCL the Dreamliner 738 is the sole Luton base aircraft at the moment and operates all the Dublin services. Additional 738's will be based at Luton from January. Dublin is now the sole 732 base for Ryanair, although 738's from other bases (such as Luton and Stansted) do visit.
Pe@rson From United Kingdom (England), joined Jan 2001, 16732 posts, RR: 58 Reply 7, posted (5 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 1848 times:
'Additional 738's will be based at Luton from January.'
To make a total of 4.
'Dublin is now the sole 732 base for Ryanair.'
I believe 2 732s (and, for definite, 6 733s) are based at STN, but they'll be gone by March next year. The 732s operate to, amongst other places, PIK and LDY.
'738's from other bases (such as Luton and Stansted) do visit [DUB].'
Aye. By March next year, DUB will have 8 based 732s and 2 738s.
That reminds me - SNN currently has one based 732, but that will be replaced by the 738 by next March.
Pumaknight From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 227 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (5 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 1672 times:
leg room for me @6ft 4" can be an issue. I flew BA to Spain this week and their leg room was much better 2-3" in fromnt of my knee as opposed to none. I don't mind the Ryan Air leg room for a 1 hour flight, but if the person infront reclined their seat I would be in some distress
That being said I always use them for the Irish run and have found their service to be excellent given the price. I only wish that the cattle rush for a seat could be stopped.....but that's cos I ight miss a window seat or end up beside the obligatory screaming baby (there always seems to be one on the flight!!!)
I must admit to feeling nostalgic towards the 732, but if you do get the 738 you will understand my excitement. It really does go some compared to the 732. The 732 always seemed to find it an effort to leave the runway and climb out but the 738 was like an Jack russell jumping for a stick, there was no holding it back!!
Enjoy your trips and I would be interested in hearing what you think.
Summa767 From United Kingdom (England), joined Mar 2004, 1523 posts, RR: 7 Reply 9, posted (5 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1580 times:
Pumaknight, you don't have to worry about the person in front reclining their seat, as the ones on the new -800 don't recline! You probably noticed that there were no seat pockets or window blinds either!
Pumaknight From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 227 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (5 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 3 hours ago) and read 1533 times:
Ah didn't know that!! good news for me then
Yep, lvoed the safety instructions on the rear of the head rest....One concern though, where are the sick bags????? What happens if you need to , you know, see lunch......lol!!
A340600 From United Kingdom (England), joined Aug 2003, 3976 posts, RR: 60 Reply 11, posted (5 years 1 month 2 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 1491 times:
Only 5 days till the 732 for me, expect my best trip report yet of thousands of words, I always ramble on!
Pe@rson From United Kingdom (England), joined Jan 2001, 16732 posts, RR: 58 Reply 12, posted (5 years 1 month 2 weeks 5 days 14 hours ago) and read 1423 times:
'What type(s) of 737 are based at EMA?'
FR doesn't base any 737s at EMA. The GRO flight is operated by a GRO-based 738; the DUB flights are operated by DUB-based machines (so, I believe, 732s); the MJV service is operated a bit differently, as the aircraft routes DUB-EMA-MJV-EMA-DUB so is operated by a DUB-based aircraf; and the forthcoming CIA service will use CIA-based 738s.
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