Got off the American AA132 Dallas-Dublin earlier this morning after an almost 2.5 hour delay leaving DFW. Flight was packed (as expected) with many travelling to Dublin for St. Patrick's weekend. Plenty of Texas connections from Austin, San Antonio and even Amarillo. Flight was overbooked and some ...
Jump to postCame in from Dallas this morning on the AA direct service to Dublin. Good to see this route sustaining full loads into Winter. Wonder if we will see it eventually go 2 x daily similar to DFW-FCO? AA is changing AA132 DFW-DUB from 788 to 772 from March 31. Nice increase in capacity especially in bus...
Jump to postLooking at DFW-DUB-DFW flights next spring/summer and notice that AA has changed from 788 to 772. That's quite a few extra seats daily (234 to 273) and almost doubles the business cabin (20 to 37). The route must be doing well up front to commit a more premium heavy aircraft given that AA is still s...
Jump to postThis months thread title had me thinking back to 1980 and Johnny Logan. How DUB has changed. Back then noisy and smokey take offs from 707's heading west. BAC1-11's, Tridents and 732's going to Uk and Europe. Occasional visits of a Caravelle or 727. Lingering memories of the noise, smoke and smell a...
Jump to postBit of a bus ride as well. It was parked on 144C in front of the Ryanair gates. Once off event or a permanent change? I take that flight quite often with my mother, who needs a wheelchair. How well do wheelchair services at DUB cater for this? OCS are brilliant and if your mother can’t take steps t...
Jump to postBeing reported on Twitter that todays DUB-DFW will be the first ever US flight to have used preclearance and a bus gate Bit of a bus ride as well. It was parked on 144C in front of the Ryanair gates. Once off event or a permanent change? I take that flight quite often with my mother, who needs a wh...
Jump to postI 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...
Jump to postBooked into 51st and green for 10:30 as there was nothing available for 10am. Would it be normal for it to sell out like that ? And can anyone tell me how long before departure do EI A330 flights begin boarding ? You can probably still go in at 10am, I have not heard of people being turned away. Bo...
Jump to postAA changing DFW from B789 to B772 for summer 2024, minimal capacity change 285 v 273. There is more J on B772. CLT gets earlier start as announced when DFW was confirmed for winter. https://news.aa.com/news/news-details/2023/More-for-2024-American-Airlines-adds-new-routes-and-destinations-to-see-th...
Jump to postN812AA might be in Dublin for a bit after its door was ripped off by the jetway. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0mUXDVWAAAu6CK?format=jpg&name=900x900 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0mUXDVWAAAu6CK?format=jpg&name=900x900 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0mUXD1XwAIUZc_?format=jpg&name=medium htt...
Jump to postPITFlyer330 wrote:AA 787 door ripped off at DUB https://twitter.com/Shauns_Aviation/sta ... 30016?s=20
PHL cancelled today
787 deliveries couldn’t come sooner….
UA reaches 25th anniversary of SNN-EWR service.
https://www.clare.fm/featured-2/shannon ... k-service/
The article fails to mention that the early years of this route were operated by CO, so technically not 25 years of UA service.
Thought this was an aviation forum!
Jump to postI see some of the updates from the slot report weren't posted here yet (correct me if I'm wrong), so I'll share them: Wideroe adding Tromso, with the same frequency as Bergen year round. Sunexpress adding Antalya TUI Airways adding Chambery and Sofia Aer Lingus adding Stuttgart Ryanair adding Antal...
Jump to postDoes EI plan to install Premium Economy seats for transatlantic flights? Could the lack of PE seats be delaying integration?
Jump to postEirules wrote:Fantastic to see DFW-DUB go year round. Apparently AA are very happy with the onward connections on EI in DUB
AA retired their entire 757, 767 & A330 fleets during COVID, they are now chronically short of long-haul airframes thanks to 787 delivery delays. With this in mind, they must be very happy with the DFW route to be extending it this way. AA chose to extend several T/A routes beyond this years su...
Jump to postAA132/133 DFW-DUB-DFW flight times change for the winter season. AA132 DFW-DUB will dep.14.30 arr.05.05 (19.05-10.55 until Oct.27) and return AA133 DUB-DFW dep.14.05 arr.17.50 (currently 14.55 -18.25). These times are for flights loaded last night and available on aa.com today. Pricing for full fare...
Jump to postTravelled DUB-DFW yesterday (Apr.5) on first AA133 of the season. Flight was a 789 and completely full. Departed 30 mins late as much of the cabin crew were delayed at security. 51st and green was very busy but fine with constant food replenishment and tables being continuously cleaned.Only ding - n...
Jump to postLooks like AA have made equipment changes on flights from DUB to DFW,ORD and PHL. Operated by 789 to Sep.5, and now change to 788 from Sep.6 to the end of the season in late October. I'm pretty sure these flights were scheduled as 789 up until recently. Had been planning flights a few weeks ago and...
Jump to postLooks like AA have made equipment changes on flights from DUB to DFW,ORD and PHL. Operated by 789 to Sep.5, and now change to 788 from Sep.6 to the end of the season in late October. I'm pretty sure these flights were scheduled as 789 up until recently. Had been planning flights a few weeks ago and ...
Jump to postLooks like there are some very good J fares ex DUB for Sept/Oct/Nov. Wonder if they will be honoured. At €454 return its unlikely . Chaos on booking sites right now. BA.com says they do not fly LHR-DUB, and suggest try LCY or book with EI. They seem to have zeroed out all BA seats on LHR-DUB. The g...
Jump to postSome info from Aer Lingus meeting with Oireachtas Transport Committee (with audio) as reported today by Clare FM. "Aer Lingus Says Shannon European Hub To Be Looked At If It’s Economically Viable" https://www.clare.fm/news/aer-lingus-says-shannon-european-hub-looked-economically-viable/ &q...
Jump to postAA have upgraded DFW-DUB-DFW to 789 from 788 for S23.
789 bookable as of today. Bye bye rear facing Business Class seats.
More Business Class seats, but 1 less row of Premium Economy.
Source https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221211-aans23inc
More luggage woes at DUB? Just had this story appear on a news feed. Is this a significant isue, or a media b.s. piece?
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/b ... 366f2c0407
This is most likely Texas Longhorns team charter from the Cotton Bowl in Dallas Texas Thanks, I was thinking it was a sports charter and coupled that with the UT/OU game today. I guess cargo ops allowed for more room/time to deplane and unload gear than the south terminal apron used in years past. ...
Jump to postWaiting to see if AA will restore PHL-SNN for S23.
Guess it will depend on how many of their B788/9 orders get delivered.
Seems that EI full integration into the T/A joint venture with BA/AA/IB/AY is imminent.
https://www.headforpoints.com/2022/09/3 ... er-lingus/
DL are upgrading BOS-DUB to 767-400ER from Oct 22nd. I have to get on one of these 767-400ERs one day, I can't imagine they'll be around that many more years. Quite, only 2 operators (UAL and DAL), although both are fond of sending them to DUB. Can't comment on DL, but I flew EWR-DUB-EWR earlier th...
Jump to postBA "Book with Confidence" ends tonight.
https://www.headforpoints.com/2022/06/0 ... nds-today/
From the perspective of a regular INBOUND visitor for over 30 years, the reputational damage keeps mounting. How much will this year's pricing and availability of hotels, car hire, air fares and hospitality with the added Dublin airport "experience" impact inbound tourism? How many of this...
Jump to postFlew DFW-LHR-SNN and returned DUB-DFW last week. Departing DUB was better than I had expected having followed this thread. Check-in just before noon was quick and easy. Security was busy but moved pretty fast - took about 10 mins. Pre-clearance was also quiet given I was on a 2.55pm departure on a W...
Jump to postSNN gets some additional activity for TUI fuel stops.
https://clareherald.com/2022/05/flights ... ham-20977/
I think I heard that American was going to be using a 788 on the DFW flights this summer. Good to see the route being restored anyway; hopefully we'll see the odd -9 this summer and maybe -9s full time next year. DFW-DUB will be a 788 this summer. This is unlikely to change until Boeing restarts 78...
Jump to postHoping this problem is confined to DUB as I have a few upcoming trips from SNN on the horizon! Took EI380 SNN-LHR yesterday (Monday 28th) and it was such a relief compared to DUB. It was only day 2 of the reinstated morning flight and had only about 30 passengers. Check in ,and security took 5 minu...
Jump to postYes, great to see some EI "normality" back at SNN. Incidentally, does anyone know if the SNN lounge is back open yet? The website is still advising it's closed due to COVID. Crew will be PY by road from Dublin by taxi. Pre-pandemic, were the pilots not put up the night before a SNN-USA fl...
Jump to postEI will restart on March 10th SNN to JFK and BOS, both daily. EI also reinstate the early morning SNN-LHR-SNN rotation from Mar.27 with EI380 departing SNN at 07.40/EI381 arriving back at 11.20, with the bonus of 321NEO service. Good to have the ability to get into LHR early enough to make most onw...
Jump to postI see EI are selling SNN-BOS and SNN-JFK from Mar.10 and 11 respectively, but the early morning SNN-LHR-SNN rotation (using one of the T/A aircraft) resumes on Mar.26 and wonder if this schedule is likely to operate as advertised. Looking forward to the return of the early morning SNN-LHR service as...
Jump to postThis story has developed some legs with US national media now giving it coverage. Quotes from his social media don't indicate a high level of concern. "In his Instagram profile McInerney describes himself as a sportsperson, former professional football player, coach and qualified personal train...
Jump to postIrish passenger on trial for mask related incident on a Delta service from Dublin. https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0122/1275189-flight-mask/ Although this happened on 7 January, I cant recall it being mentioned. Hopefully he gets the full 20 years and made serve it. Penalties need upped and fully enfo...
Jump to postFlew DUB-PHL on AA yesterday (Jan.11) and happy to report that 51st&Green was open for customers again as of yesterday. Asked about lounge at check-in and was told it was still closed due to staff shortages, but saw the lounge lights on as I headed towards gate. Very, very few passengers inside....
Jump to postTravel to the USA may become more challenging. Major announcement tomorrow (Thursday) likely to include testing requirement on day before travel, another 5 days after arrival AND mandatory 7 day quarantine with fines/penalties for failure to comply! Expected to apply to all inbound passengers inclu...
Jump to postTravel to the USA may become more challenging. Major announcement tomorrow (Thursday) likely to include testing requirement on day before travel, another 5 days after arrival AND mandatory 7 day quarantine with fines/penalties for failure to comply! Expected to apply to all inbound passengers includ...
Jump to postFlew DUB-LHR-DFW yesterday on BA831/192 and have some observations. LHR flight was almost full, with high proportion of pass. connecting on to US flights at LHR. DUB check in was chaotic as handling agents seemed confused, but friendly and helpful, on how to process those without Verifly (seemed lik...
Jump to postA rare but occasional visitor to SNN, the AN225, is back to drop off cargo and on the ground until tomorrow morning.
https://www.clare.fm/news/worlds-larges ... n-airport/
New passenger security screening system unveiled at Shannon Airport It's expected the new €2.5 million system will enable the passenger security screening time at the Airport to be halved and is part of a wider €17 million airport enhancement programme. http://www.live95fm.ie/news/live95-news/new-p...
Jump to postWhat a week for SNN. First the possibility of a rail link and now this. https://clarechampion.ie/shannon-urged-to-look-at-starting-own-airline-o-ceidigh-full-time-role-to-be-sought/ All those lease companies parked planes that are just sitting around the airfield must be giving them inspiration. I g...
Jump to postNot exactly an Irish topic, but if anyone fancies going transatlantic on an A388 there are reports that BA is bringing some A380's back into service and will put them on routes to MIA,LAX and DFW from December. Don't know about ex-Ireland fares but some of the best fares fares ex-US are via LHR. htt...
Jump to postLooks like the imminent double daily BA 78X/788 on DFW-LHR is a precursor to BA A380 service starting on or after Dec.7 depending on "facilities being in place". Many sources online quoting this story. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/british-airways-a380-heathrow-frank...
Jump to postSeeing double daily BA DFW/LHR service bookable into Nov. with the regular BA192/3 using 78X plus a new flight BA140/1 with 788.
Saw this on google flights and also checked BA.com and both flights seem bookable.