Im on the fence as to whether DUB needs another airport, and indeed I genuinely do feel a well placed second airport could indeed have a place but who exactly is this proposal there to benefit? I'm not on the fence at all, the last thing Ireland needs is another airport! https://travelupdate.com/wp...
Jump to postBy all means propose a new major airport somewhere like Kildare, near high capacity rail and road routes, within easy reach of much of the country….but Arklow? Nah, lets not ruin the lovely part of the world that it is with this nonsense, or am I being harsh? You'd say its tough enough to see how t...
Jump to postBDKLEZ wrote:Unusual visitor to BFS just touching down as we speak. Westjet B38M C-GFJD from YYT on ice jockey charter perhaps?
Tailwind on rotation.
https://youtu.be/3o59fyCarow?si=MZ00OBwQhHhfXWbV
Eirules wrote:Plans for Third Terminal at Dublin Airport submitted
https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0 ... inal-plan/
If I may begin the opening post in place of our usual thread starter Kaitak before the beginning of the thread is cluttered up. - JetBlue begins flights from Boston and JFK to Dublin with their A321neo's. - Aer Lingus are to take over the handling of BA, BA Cityflyer, Iberia Express, Vueling & ...
Jump to postOld enough to remember this accident, and to read the original and later accident investigations, I doubt we will ever end the conspiracy theories that surface from time to time, frequently aimed at the U.K. military, despite any convincing evidence being absent. Eye witness evidence is also very u...
Jump to postThe quoted utterances by MOL are, as usual, open to a lot of interpretation. Leasing more A320ceos is probably the most straightforward option and Laudamotion's current fleet has a mix of CFM56 and V2500 engines, so they would apprear not to be stuck on commonality issues. However it would be a huge...
Jump to postAer Lingus are to take over the handling of BA, BA Cityflyer, Iberia Express, Vueling & Level flights from Swissport at Dublin Airport from 6 June 2024 & flights will move to T2 Just for accuracy, Level don't operate as a separate entity in Europe. I assume Vueling and/or Iberia feed from D...
Jump to postRyanair won't add more Dublin routes due to passenger cap https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0229/1435127-ryanair-dublin-plans/ They are expecting to grow at NOC ORK and SNN instead. Ryanair's utterances are alsways guaranteed to be printed - free PR all the way. The subtext is "book now&qu...
Jump to postmga707 wrote:Please correct the thread title.
Hi I was reading the post about Skynet and that got me thinking about Belavia. Does anyone know when did they fly MSK-SNN and maybe even have the flight numbers and schedule? Thanks Alex I can say, from memory, that the ATC flight number was, initially, AFL897/898 and then, when Belavia became inde...
Jump to postHi I was reading the post about Skynet and that got me thinking about Belavia. Does anyone know when did they fly MSK-SNN and maybe even have the flight numbers and schedule? Thanks Alex I can say, from memory, that the flight number was, initially, AFL897/898 and then, when Belavia became independ...
Jump to postThere was Air Berlin USA, a US carrier based in West Berlin in the 1970s-1980s.
Jump to postLooks like DUB-KEF is a bit stagnant compared to other KEF markets. https://cdn.airserviceone.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/29093850/imageedit_3_6391854962.png https://airserviceone.com/play-ended-2023-with-1-5-million-passengers-and-83-lf-had-42-destinations-since-its-first-flight/ Timings defini...
Jump to postplanemanofnz wrote:Dan Air upgrading Bacau–Dublin from a 319 to a 320 through late-March.
https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240202-dn1q24
DUBHUB wrote:Anyone know why Aer Lingus EI-DEH is running a Dublin - Amman sector today?
The tourism minister will be visiting Nashville this St Patricks Day and meeting with important business leaders and politicians before also visiting other cities. Route announcement? I do hope the 36 (yes thirty six) ministers, junior ministers and the AG are all flying economy to minimise their c...
Jump to postSurely the fleet number is what's important and registrations are chosen to match these, with suffix letter/s that are available (i.e. not already in use by another US-registered aircraft). Many US carriers (e.g. United) have registration sequences which incorporate or echo a fleet number but are no...
Jump to postTarbes - it's a major storage and maintenance facility, mainly for Airbus types. This aircraft (ex-Hong Kong Airlines) has been in storage for quite some time prior to being prepared for delivery to Thai. Oh right, thanks! Unfortunately I just caught it at the start of its take-off roll, and it was...
Jump to postSaw a Thai Airways A350 taking-off at DUB yesterday, heading for Tabres. Paint job? But why Tabres? Tarbes - it's a major storage and maintenance facility, mainly for Airbus types. This aircraft (ex-Hong Kong Airlines) has been in storage for quite some time prior to being prepared for delivery to ...
Jump to postdebonair wrote:OA260 wrote:LS372 LPA - BFS is diverting to CDG .
Sorry, I am confused... Wouldn't it make more sense to divert to an official Jet2 base in the UK, with crew and maintenance on SBY?! CDG seems quite odd...
The aircraft has been repaired and is on the way back to Cairo.
Jump to postOne of the more unusual diversions I've seen - FR555 from MAN to DUB is diverting to BVA. Flightradar24 shows it's just crossed the northern coast of France. What would be the logic in that ? No landing slots in the UK ? They need to divert to somewhere where they can be confident of landing. https...
Jump to postFrom a lookback on a couple of flight-tracking sites, it appears that the segment of the flight that was in oceanic airspace was conducted at FL280 and, once back under domestic ATC and radar coverage with Shannon, about 250nm west of Ireland, climb clearance was granted. If the reason for the lower...
Jump to postI’m surprised that Russia hasn’t done what China has done and reverse engineer a western design. The ARJ-21? It took well over a decade from beginning the development to having the type certified and into service. It has GE engines, among other Western equipment, so it is far from 100% indigenous i...
Jump to postIn Ireland, I suspect the Aran islands could have flights to Dublin... but the most visited island has just 1,608 feet of runway... perhaps the island residents prefer it that way. The air sevices to the Aran Islands (which are just off the west coast near Galway) really act as an equivalent to the...
Jump to postFlorence (FLR/LIRQ) is short, at 5,118ft./1,560m and is probably terrain-limited when it comes to any further runway extension. However Pisa is not far away and has long runways, so it serves as the de facto Florence airport as far as most routes are concerned.
Jump to postРСБН = Радиотехническая система ближней навигации translated by Google: "RSBN = Radio-technical system for short-range navigation",so not as exciting as some seem to believe.
Jump to postFascinating that Kerry Airport is now the third busiest in Ireland, after Dublin and Shannon, in terms of corporate private jet business. At least two large jets a week are flying directly to Farranfore from the US alone. It might be fascinating if true, but I doubt it. No data is offered to suppor...
Jump to postskipness1E wrote:Has runway 16/34 been closed as a runway at Dublin?
Avgeek2233 wrote:Also have heard EI pilots sometimes ask Shannon/Dublin Ground can they start one engine on stand. What’s the issue with this when it happens on the 321 NEO?
Can the 340 do 2 inboard engines on reverse during descent like the DC-8 could? No, this is not possible. To my knowledge, only the DC-8 and the Concorde could use reversers in flight. Certain Russian models would also use the TR just prior to touchdown as a standard procedure, the 737 can do this ...
Jump to postDublin Airport’s Plan For 40 Million Passengers Unveiled in New Virtual Information Room. Planning to be lodged next month with Fingal Co Co https://www.dublinairport.com/latest-news/2023/11/28/dublin-airport-s-plan-for-40-million-passengers-unveiled-in-new-virtual-information-room Maybe it's just ...
Jump to postI don't disagree but the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace clearly struggles to conserve/preserve the many aircraft in its collection. A lot of aviation museums, including national ones, are coming up against this as more types are now "historic" and the funding and manpower to keep them in g...
Jump to postIt’s a shame that there is no 707 on display at any French museum. AF operated some 40 units. I don't disagree but the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace clearly struggles to conserve/preserve the many aircraft in its collection. A lot of aviation museums, including national ones, are coming up against ...
Jump to postBrianDromey wrote:A few thread back there was a link to an Airbus production sheet which showed an A321NX for EI. I can't find the link, is it still available?
With a 2,700-foot runway I don't think any jets would touch down there. Would they even risk a touch-and-go?
Jump to postLH982 wrote:Avgeek2233 wrote:
Do AC and TS not use T1?
Yes, and EI YYZ flights also frequently use the T1 3xx gates
The US never gives a "contact departure airborne" instruction, and the instruction wasn't about being airborne. Also, he was literally miles from 28R/L at that point, so he wouldn't be getting any sort of a clearance, and QATARI sounds nothing like AMERICAN and the flight numbers weren't ...
Jump to posthttps://i.ibb.co/xDZBWgd/IMG-4542.jpg © Eurospot https://xfw-spotter.blogspot.com/2023/09/a320-251n-aer-lingus-f-wwbi-ei-nsd-msn.html?m=1 EI-NSD Also showing up on FR24 for a flight today. When is it due into service ? That would be its third test flight overall so I’d expect it to be near customer...
Jump to postThe QR pilot on the radio was clearly not a native English speaker and his English proficiency did not seem to be good. In the end no one came to any harm and the controller largely kept his cool. If you discount the confusion about the Ground to Tower handover (which happens pretty frequently at ai...
Jump to postIt appears to be a mock-up from what I've read on various websites from googling KASOTC. If you look at the photos and videos, it has the features of a real A300 such as leading-edge devices, hatches and access panels which you would not bother providing for in a dummy aircraft for military trainin...
Jump to postYes, two peak time stands are going to need to be found somewhere. Not that I want to see this happening to be completely honest but is there a rule etc preventing US flights from using hard stands? I could see a scenario where A321s flying TATL start parking remote purely due to congestion. Not a ...
Jump to postOwners of land near Dublin Airport mull third terminal application https://www.businesspost.ie/news/owners-of-land-near-dublin-airport-mull-third-terminal-application/ The saga continues . Doubt it will work either . Sounds strange that the sellers are thinking of applying for PP. The current owner...
Jump to postIt's madness that EI does not have any 321s (ceo or neo(nonLR) in the fleet imo, loads of routes which could use them imo (although I'd rather see more frequency (using A220s/E2s than larger a/c tbh) They do - just not dedicated to short/medium-haul. LHR, MUC, FCO & CDG are amongst the routes t...
Jump to postSeems EI have another LR on order. Based on this list,. Credit to EchoIndia on boards https://a320family.de/?page_id=8 Seems to be a different model than the current 8 LR. They are 321-253NX but this is a 321-271NX That's a bit puzzling. The -271 model has Pratt & Whitney PW 1133G-JM engines, w...
Jump to postLivery repaints are not always a top priority and have to be phased in any event, for a variety of reasons, cost being one. In the case of aircraft that are due to leave the fleet in the short- to medium-term, most likely they would not be repainted before this occurs.
Jump to post...... Great pics. Loved my visit to it a couple of years ago, would definitely go back. For anyone who hasn’t been (and it was closed for a while), the Air & Space museum in Washington DC is excellent too Museum of Flight in Seattle is really nice. Very well laid out. I personally enjoyed the ...
Jump to postJet2 still have a few don’t they? Be gutted if they’ve retired theirs, always a highlight spotting at MAN. Oops, you're right. Jet2 have eight left: https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Jet2 Looking at the age of most, they must be in line for retirement as more A321s are added. Condor? I'll have ...
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