Re: Irish Aviation - April 2024

EIDWDUB wrote:

EIDWDUB wrote:

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Turns out the inbound DFW 777 was for the CLT return which has now been cancelled.

Why do the US airlines do that actually ? Delta do the same with the two 767s.

Re: Irish Aviation - April 2024

Looks like the annual tradition of Catholic priests blessing the Aer Lingus fleet is to be scrapped. Seems to be an issue with airside access according to Dublin AIrport twitter account. Perhaps a once a year access pass isnt permitted? Seems a bit odd to me. The blessing has always been a symbolic...

Re: Irish Aviation - April 2024

Plans for Third Terminal at Dublin Airport submitted ..../ No "plans" have been submitted. This is basically just a press release from the McEvaddys. Just seen on Facebook that EI are starting flights to Dalaman in Turkey this Saturday once a week till October. This surely will be their l...

Re: Irish 3/24: If the cap doesn't fit ...

....... It seems the new brand and attention to detail are after thoughts in some areas. Lack of Concierge luggage tags and the new branded Priority tags that were never introduced but were part of the launch brochure. The Aer Space headrests seem to be vanishing also. I heard an excuse about the l...

Re: Irish 3/24: If the cap doesn't fit ...

Flew on an EI A330 ORD-DUB last month, the safety demo was manual Same here although both out and back were the ex QR aircraft pre refurb. EI-EIM for me so no excuse, the second-newest A330ceo on the block! The issue isn't the age of the IFE or aircraft. It's the old style livery, uniforns and logo...

Re: Irish 3/24: If the cap doesn't fit ...

Not a good sign to be cancelling flights this soon in the summer schedule. I thought there was going to be a spare A330 with the current schedule but I know some are still in maintenence. I worked out the summer schedule just after the launch of MSP and DEN. Once things are fully up to speed they w...

Re: Irish 3/24: If the cap doesn't fit ...

Eagleboy, I think the point is well made. However, I really do think the big issue are work is the precedence it may set inside the IAG group and put the EI unit cost out of whack with the others, but my first point is my main one. On other issues, it really feels like despite the media coverage ab...

Re: Irish 3/24: If the cap doesn't fit ...

EI issued a letter to IALPA over the pay dispute which contained a comment on the fleet: "Aer Lingus has an ambition to grow its transatlantic fleet of Airbus A330 jets to about 20 from the current 13. It also wants to have about 20 of the new Airbus A320LR and A320XLR jets 20 A321s and 20 A33...

Re: LA800 flight SYD-AKL in flight uncontrolled descent

Pentaprism wrote:

Sounds like an upset caused by a Pitot tube but who knows? Good effort by the Pilots to recover.

Re: Irish 3/24: If the cap doesn't fit ...

....................... It’s not an area I would have expected EI to bother much with. The EI cost base is notably higher than 3rd party handling agents and margins in that business are notoriously thin. Not convinced it’s the right area to be allocating time and resources, but let’s see. Interesti...

Re: BA unveils new narrowbody seats

vhtje wrote:

Getting rid of the 110v AC power socket seems a backward step. The USB sockets are usually too low-powered.
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Re: Irish 3/24: If the cap doesn't fit ...

Given the profits announced in the last week, surely the pilots will feel they’ve an even stronger case. And with Emerald striking a deal with pilots for a 10% increase, a precedent has been set… Not only Emerald, within the last 18 months both BA and Iberia have granted salary increases to their p...

Re: Irish 3/24: If the cap doesn't fit ...

....... Pilots shouldn't really give two shits if EI gets the XLR or not. It makes no difference to their situation. My thoughts too. The pilots issue is over current operation. And renumeration for cuts made during/after Covid. EI are short on pilot numbers. 2 days this week they used an A330 to M...

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

I did make an error. I forgot to mention the existing regular lav behind the last row on the left hand side. However there is no "forward half of the rear galley", that is a bulkhead with a drop down seat attached to it. So there would lose 1 or 2 rows of 3. But having a toilet at the fron...

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

Regarding the guessing about Lav locations on the XLRs. The crew would vert much prefer having a full galley at the back. With 2 lab's behind the last 2 seats and then another between J Class and Y class. Having a constant queue into/out of the aft galley is a nuisance to crew and pax. It hinder the...

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

It seems pretty short sighted (insert lazy) to put in a new J seat (the old one) only for it to be outdated a year later. EI would have booked these birds in months ago, probably longer & while I know it takes a significant amount of time to get a new seat, EI are almost certainly taking someth...

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

EIDWDUB wrote:

Is EIL expected to follow later this week as well ?

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

Doubtful.

EI-GEY still has its original bulkeads

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

.....Totally off topic indeed ... however the bottle deposit scheme is widely used around Europe and is very successful on the whole, so people moaning about it are just upset about change. Its a lot more effective that getting footballers to tell us to recycle more tbh. We all go to the supermarke...

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

....... You are kind of overthinking there and assuming alot. How do you know it will push the EIL/EIK refit back? Im sure EI have planned for this and May is still a long time away. The full TA schedule is back next month so surely all will be back in service. They had 4 330 out of action at one s...

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

EI-DAA seems to be in maintenance longer than anything else so far. Wonder with it been an older frame if it requires more work or possibly undergoing a D check ? Delays like this are normal enough with these annual checks, but it will push back the refit of the ex-QR airframes. DUB-DEN starts in m...

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

.......... - Are they or aren't they? They are (EI-EIK/L being refitted). Being sent to Bordeaux, presumably to suggest that like a good wine, they'll get better with age. ................... Dont entertain silly rumours. First ferry flight for one of the pair is planned for Tuesday 13th. May well ...

Re: Airbus A321XLR Development / Testing / Production / Deliveries - 2024

Viera wrote:

Its the XLR testing over or there still something left?

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

......... Gave up on them 20 years ago - They've always been such a dreadful poor airline, such an embarassment to the nation. Wish they'd been given to FR for free to get sorted out but no such luck .... Wow, what a surprise opinion from Galwayman. But it seems a little funny. You say that you &qu...

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

EI321 wrote:

Also several irish news sites calling it a 747 Max 8...

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

YUAND wrote:

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Has GCF been repainted? They’d want to get a move on with those.

Re: Irish 12/23: What's another year!

Galwayman wrote:

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Absolutely never happened in the Republic, an exceptionally dangerous piece of false remembering

Re: Irish 12/23: What's another year!

I love the idea that we all just collectively agree to slow down for one day of the year. I don't care if it's old fashioned, or not suited to multicultural society, but even those that don't celebrate Christmas surely appreciate the relaxing quiet day that it is. For once, it's not all about makin...

Re: Irish 12/23: What's another year!

AirbusA343 wrote:

Flew back into DUB from KEF this morning with Icelandair aboard TF-FIU 'Hekla Aurora', great to get an aircraft with a special livery for the first time. ........

Re: Airbus A321XLR Development / Testing / Production - 2023

Next XLR components spotted for the beginning of 2024, I believe this is the MSN that was mentioned for Iberia. How long does it take for an aircraft to progress through the FAL? I had it as approximately 30 days but I could be wrong about that figure. I suspect the first few XLR's are going to tak...

Re: Volcanic activity near Keflavik airport - possible effect on Iceland's air traffic

hpff wrote:

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Also a very different type of eruption than the last one.

Re: Irish 12/23: What's another year!

Ulick McEvaddy outlines his plan for building Terminal 3 at Dublin Airport ...... https://www.independent.ie/business/ulick-mcevaddy-outlines-his-plan-for-building-terminal-3-at-dublin-airport/a1150338841.html They claim they are very close to lodging planning and removing from the market for sale....

Re: Irish 12/23: What's another year!

There is a clause in the transatlantic joint venture agreement that all flights between US & Europe have lie flat business seats. So unless they change the agreement the A321s won’t be losing their business seats I dont think anyone assumed the A321LRs would lose their current seats. An option ...

Re: Irish 12/23: What's another year!

Flew EI to Heathrow on Saturday morning, the first flight out at 6.40am. The NEO is definitely a bit bare bones but it was fine for an hour. One breakfast loaded for the entire full flight, ridiculous EI need to fire their data scientists, if they are telling them based on previous sales data that ...

Re: Irish 11/23: Flight caps and blue jets

EI321 wrote:

Gulivair seem to operate long haul winter charters with A330s so it seems plausible they could take DUZ for a few months.

Re: Irish 11/23: Flight caps and blue jets

Probably an issue with how the card contacts the bank.
The devices onboard arent online, so the card isnt able to make contact with the issuing bank.
Certainly is an issue with Electron cards from Mastercard.

Re: Irish 11/23: Flight caps and blue jets

..... For what it’s worth, people outside those with an interest in aviation also think he is a fool! My abiding memory of Ryan is his interview by Pat Kenny in early 2021 regarding the imminent introduction of mandatory quarantine. (which I personally thought was about 8 months too late) Pat isnt ...

Re: Irish 11/23: Flight caps and blue jets

....... So take it then these 2 frames will continue to service EI for some time then. 17 and 15 years old. Does that mean an order for new LH aircraft is a while off? Or more likely that any new order will take some time to get delivered given the backlog(especially on Airbus side) Internal massag...

Re: Irish 11/23: Flight caps and blue jets

I think we can all agree that the point raised above about EI J are consistent with the continued scrimping & saving we’ve seen and discussed on here for years. EI are now part of the transatlantic joint venture and should be compared to the others in that regard; They’ve the weakest home loung...

Re: Irish 11/23: Flight caps and blue jets

....... Excellent points. Flew both BA and Delta in last couple of months in J. If EI are 5/10 then BA and Delta are 8 or 9. Have done BOS-SNN on the A321 as well where 1 person manages the J cabin and that experience was more like 3/10. Needs a refresh for sure but don't see if happening. A "...

Re: Irish 11/23: Flight caps and blue jets

.....Would the XLR be capable of flying there when it arrives for the quieter seasons ? Would be very similar flight time to MIA which I believe it's being mooted for ? DUB-MSP is currently the longest planned XLR route for EI. DUB-MIA will stay on the A330. .....Regarding the 2 ex Qatar planes, I ...

Re: Irish 11/23: Flight caps and blue jets

....... I want personalised luggage tags brought back for Platinum and Concierge at least. The eco line is not washing with alot of us who are top level. Most other major airlines still issue them by request if not automatically. The digital cards are ok but a proper welcome pack can be ''eco frien...

Re: Irish 11/23: Flight caps and blue jets

The social media manager who made the company even more aggressive and nasty on social media complaining about the company culture being similar (in his eyes) is an interesting take, I have to say. The back slapping about getting exposure is due to exposure gained by being nasty and ridiculing cust...

Re: Another Cockpit Threat: FO threatens CA with gun over diversion

The FFDO program has been in place for a little over twenty years now and I think we're still at zero thwarted hijackings - but we have had new incidents related to guns in the cockpit (whether it's accidental discharges, loaded guns left unattended, or now FO threatening to shoot the CA). I would ...

Re: Irish 10/23: Autumnal aviating

....... I wonder what the implications are from this for the future of EI's SFO service, as well as any prospects of UA launching SFO-DUB. I wouldn't read that much into this comment/statistic. Yes, the route was launched with a guaranteed buy-in from the Irish based Tech sector. But the route is w...

Re: New BA uniform

readytotaxi wrote:

And as we come up to the final lap BA have taken the lead in the race to the bottom.

Re: Irish 10/23: Autumnal aviating

The operating margin on EI is particularly good, it’s only just behind VY. ....... Agreed that the financial performance should strengthen the case for further fleet investment. It certainly strengthened the case to double the C suite renumeration............. https://www.independent.ie/business/ir...

Re: Irish 10/23: Autumnal aviating

S0Y wrote:

More likely that flights leaving bus gates would have to clear CBP in the US. I recall some of the EI flights were not using DUB CBP at one stage, though I think that was due to departing after CBP closed

Re: Irish 10/23: Autumnal aviating

[/quote] I don't think it would be too bad. US TATL flights use remote stands regularly in airports all across Europe: FRA, BCN, MAD, LIS etc.[/quote] Other airports in Europe don't use CBP facilities. That is the main constraint upon TATL.departures from Dublin (and Shannon in theory) Any remote st...

Re: JetBlue on Tail at JFK

bhxdtw wrote:

Some airlines have the directive to unload the aft first on the 321 so it must be a known possibility.