My apologies, I had thought with the airframe showing up in photos looking almost complete and just left to be painted that EIS was in the next 6-8 week timeframe, didn’t know it’d still take until Q3 to be delivered. More opportunity so to reassign to another operator in that case.
Jump to posthttps://www.ch-aviation.com/news/137695-iag-to-drop-aer-lingus-xlr-plans-if-cba-not-agreed Looking more and more likely that Iberia will be the launch customer for the XLR. I have to say I find it very odd behaviour from IAG, surely if Aer Lingus is as profitable as it is, a pay rise of more than th...
Jump to posthttps://www.independent.ie/business/irish/iag-boss-warns-aer-lingus-investment-stalled-until-pilot-pay-sorted/a144864796.html https://www.businesspost.ie/news/iag-threatens-to-pull-investment-and-planes-from-aer-lingus-unless-pilots-accept-pay-deal/ Question marks being placed over whether Aer Lingu...
Jump to postYeah it’s a bit silly given the widely reported news that EI are going to be the launch customer and as noted EI-XLR is appearing. It certainly strikes me like that alright, no XLR assigned to Aer Lingus in 2024 according to their presentation but the first is almost off the assembly line with the ...
Jump to postDo you have any fact based evidence to suggest the profitable demand is there and the airports and businesses in Ireland are just ignoring it so they can stay closed for a day? Because that’s what it sounds like you’re suggesting, and the only personal opinion getting in the way of facts seems to b...
Jump to postI think given Ryanair ground all their fleet from mid evening on the 24th until mid morning on the 26th all across all of Europe despite every other of their airports being open for business is a big indicator of low demand on the day across Europe. Ryanair is the pinnacle of capitalism, if they don...
Jump to postI believe Ryanair don’t operate any flights across Europe at all today due to low demand, not even just out of Dublin. That signals to me that if even the bastion of capitalism Ryanair doesn’t think there’s money to be made on Christmas Day that then it’ll be a while yet until Dublin opens on Christ...
Jump to postSpeaking of which, does EI still do Irish announcements on-board? IIRC in the past they've done a token 'welcome' one for arrival into DUB - but is that it? Any time I have travelled on EI in the recent past, there is still a brief welcome on board in Irish. And the announcement on landing commence...
Jump to postToday's Los Angeles flight also cancelled. Anyone hear anything about why ? I know someone on the flight and they were waiting to board with no information then 10-15 mins before they were told no pilot so its cancelled . No hotels offered and told to fend for themselves . All this at home base !! ...
Jump to postEIDWDUB wrote:Today's Los Angeles flight also cancelled. Anyone hear anything about why ?
Amazing insight and future planning by Ryanair, given the number of Ukrainians spread across the European continent who likely will have put down roots down and settled in for the long term in their host countries as the war goes on will make for a massive market of passengers making annual trips ho...
Jump to postAnother closure of Dublin airspace again last night from 02:00-02:30 and again 04:00-04:30, looks like it’ll be a regular occurrence for the summer season. Had a friend on a flight from Alicante and the pilot said they would have to wait an hour on the ground in Alicante before leaving as Dublin ATC...
Jump to postHad anything gone wrong up in Belfast yesterday when that flight diverted such as another aircraft getting stuck on the runway or having its own emergency, a power cut at the airport or any other list of little things that could go wrong we’d likely be waking up today to news of 189 people killed i...
Jump to postMore drones, Ryanair 7700 near Belfast after holding at Dublin and above Belfast Intl, emergency fuel maybe? It’s getting beyond silly at this stage that this drone interference is still ongoing, and the Ryanair flight being forced into a fuel emergency situation just highlights how perilous these ...
Jump to postThere's a good few maps at this site https://northrunway.exhibition.app/ Have to say based on the published planning maps in that link the flight paths seem to be exactly where they said they would be and the higher noise levels even highlighted for areas like Coolquay where the subject of that Iri...
Jump to postFormer Stobart EI-FAX seems to have been acquired by Emerald, it ferried to EXT in recent days. Emerald ATR fleet now at 15. Does anyone know what the height of the Aer Lingus Regional fleet was prior to COVID and Stobart going bankrupt? Surely they are caught up now with 15 aircraft or even surpas...
Jump to postLooks like 5 diversions in total, Three to Belfast, one to Shannon and one to Manchester. Four Ryanair’s diverted and one TUI.
Jump to postA disgruntled north Dublin resident perhaps, trying to protest the new runway? Hopefully they throw the book at them for causing such disruption.
Jump to postLots of EI flights cancelled today due to lack of cockpit crew. The EI rep manning the Twitter account is having a challenging day, lots of very frustrated passengers. At Dublin airport waiting for a flight and overheard the ground staff saying that over 12 flights have been cancelled today as pilo...
Jump to postAerTuras1987 wrote:The first A320 neo for EI will fly to paint today in Ostrava, delivery shouldn't be too far away. Seems the first two are EI-NSA and EI-NSB, NSB to paint today.
Being reported that Aer Lingus pilots are balloting for an all out strike over pay cuts imposed during covid, apparently they are the only group in Aer Lingus to have a permanent pay cut after COVID. A summer of industrial trouble ahead looks certain between the DAA and their security debacle, as we...
Jump to postEI return to LAX today for the first time since the pandemic started. Hopefully they can make a success of the route - connections on both ends will likely be important By all accounts the LAX flights are doing very well and the first flight just pushed back fully loaded, not a spare seat to be see...
Jump to postJAmie2k9 wrote:United Fourm indicating IAD will be suspended for the month of June due to fleet issues.
Early morning departure this morning and the queues were moving quickly in T2, no more than a 10 minute wait, plenty options open on the far side, Aer Lingus lounge back open as well and with a reasonable selection though nothing to write home about, busy but able to get a space. Flight wasn’t parti...
Jump to postLooks like Aer Lingus are getting another 4 A320neo in addition to the 2 on the Airbus order list. They were previously destined for Russian airline SmartAvia but affected by sanctions presumably. Delivery in Q3 2022. Wonder if they'll be used for expansion to try regain their lost market share in ...
Jump to postMy friend called Aer Lingus today and was told that the resumption of SEA - DUB was indeed delayed until July 7th. He was re-routed out through SEA - SFO - DUB in June and then back to SEA directly from DUB later in July. From what I've heard the delay to SEA is to allow the A330 and its crew for t...
Jump to postVery interesting data. It clearly shows how much market share EI have lost to FR since the pandemic. Even this year EI are nearly 1M seats down. I wonder what the European picture looks like? Probably even higher. Very interesting indeed. I wonder how the collapse of Aer Arann/Stobart and the switc...
Jump to postEmerald Airlines' Dublin Routes start dates & weekly flights: BHX - 26 Mar - 15x BRS - 27 Mar - 18x EDI - 27 Mar - 28x EXT - 29 Apr - 5x GLA - 17 Mar - 26x IOM - 16 Mar - 6x JER - 28 May - 1x LBA - 15 Apr - 13x MAN - 27 Mar - 20x NCL - 15 Apr - 5x NQY - 29 Apr - 4x Wow, that's both a very impre...
Jump to postInteresting there was also a mention of a Pier 5 at DUB, if it (DUB) wanted to see 3 daily 777s. (I always thought they'd add a 787 (or A350) before a third daily 777 and gradually work up to 3 daily. Any idea where a Pier 5 might be - North Apron or West apron? Also mention of 787s to secondary de...
Jump to postLooking for some advice. Will be travelling to FAO from DUB in Sep 22’ with EI. 2 adults, and 2 kids. Saver fares are around €811. Should I book now, or wait until summer sales start in the new year? I think that above price is pretty good, and tempted to book now. Also, what is the likelihood of t...
Jump to postPersonally I’m confused as to the purpose of the PLF at this point in time any more, all it asks for is phone, email and your address as well as to confirm you’ve been jabbed/tested. I’d understand more if it asked for your flight number and seat number for the purpose of contact tracing if there wa...
Jump to postThe paperwork remains an issue, will this kind of paperwork ever disappear? It’s a bit like the 100ml containers that have never gone away. Hopefully these forms can be integrated into OLCI systems a bit better. Verifly and IATA are first generation attempts, it’s more miss than hit at the moment t...
Jump to postI am not sure I fully understand the maths suggested? I understood EI receive a franchise fee which covers everything. I assume that that fee is a percentage of total gross revenue. If that is the case operating costs dont matter to EI, just to Emerald. On the other hand it depends on how EI report...
Jump to postGovt travel policy differs from CMO's advice - Varadkar The Tánaiste has said that people who are not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can travel abroad, but they will need the Digital Covid Certificate and negative PCR tests before they return to Ireland. http://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2021/0...
Jump to postAer Lingus charging 5.99 to carry on bags (or check in for free). If not paid in advance 35 quid at the gate. Applies to Saver fares. Not flown with them in a while but this is new as the app indicates when booking? One stage they removed the free check in option and replaced with 5.00 fee. Glad th...
Jump to postIAG an option perhaps, for IB, BA and Aer Lingus, IB and BA already have the type in their fleets, BA the -1000 and Aer Lingus had previously expected to receive the A350 but instead switched orders with Iberia for their A330 orders due to the reduced capital costs of the A330 over the A350 and the ...
Jump to postI've personally thought the A220 would make a very good addition to the Aer Lingus fleet for quite a while, with a fleet of 12-15 aircraft. It would be ideal to service routes with reduced demand such as EDI/GLA/DUS/HAM/HAJ/CPH/OSL/ARN/STR/BIO/GVA/ZRH/BRU/FRA/BER etc on a morning and evening run to ...
Jump to postFound an old book and gives the Aer Lingus fleet ( along with others ) from 1986. Never knew about the EI-BEM crash . That lead me to look for the report : https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/551c0249e5274a142e000475/6-1987_EI-BEM_inc_appendices.pdf Indeed, very lucky everyone survived t...
Jump to postI'm hearing that the British government is looking to permit foreign holidays from August, in response to accelerated vaccinations. I wonder what effect this will have in Ireland? - Presumably that will pretty much put pay to any two island solution - Based on their intention to challenge the NI pr...
Jump to postImportant not to confuse a visual approach with flying VFR. You can fly visually while still being IFR, however you can't fly in IMC if you're VFR. A visual approach is technically an IFR approach, and in EASA land you only need 800m RVR to conduct one, funny as it sounds. Plenty of visual approache...
Jump to postTaken from another forum but this apparently is what’s been applied for: EI47 MAN 1110 ORD 1315 daily EI46 ORD 1650 MAN 0855 daily EI35 MAN 0925 MCO 1325 Sun EI35 MAN 0940 MCO 1340 MT-TFS- EI35 MAN 0945 MCO 1345 Wed EI34 MCO 1625 MAN 0735 MTWT-SS EI34 MCO 1635 MAN 0745 Fri EI41 MAN 1210 JFK 1505 Dai...
Jump to postActually EU countries have been blocking access from other EU countries or imposing quarantine restrictions. As have certain US States such as New York. I personally see no reason that the USA couldn't be included in the plan on a state by state basis, and Canada on a province by province basis wit...
Jump to postIt seems the current canceled USA/Canada flights have been further extended to end of September . Same with EI Regional. I honestly can’t see much more than the current level of service returning until next spring to be honest, it looks like we’ll need this vaccine to come first and sufficient numb...
Jump to postYou are wrong when it comes to Aer Lingus, Ireland is not heavily reliant on Aer Lingus at all. Not one bit! Ryanair connects Ireland to more countries for one. You can get to North America on US and Canadian airlines. London Heathrow, Amsterdam and Paris and all the connectivity that comes with th...
Jump to postLooks like Aer Lingus flights to Toronto, Washington DC and Newark are all switching to the A321NEO on next year's schedule, this would indicate almost a 1 for 1 replacement of the A332's that have been sent to CQM with A321NeoLr aircraft.
Jump to postThink it was reported that the operation was actually run at cost to Aer Lingus with no profit built in.
Jump to posthttps://www.fm104.ie/news/fm104-news/fears-of-aer-lingus-closure-if-government-doesnt-step-in/ Dail committee on Covid-19’s effect on aviation this morning made for interesting listening. It was put quite starkly that Aer Lingus is burning through €1.5m every single day at the moment, primarily on a...
Jump to postSorry but you are looking at apples and oranges. We all know that self regulation does not work in Ireland. Neither does the appointment of political hacks to soft regulation jobs. IALPA want a pilot based regulator - which is in effect self regulation. The IAA does a respectable job! A union objec...
Jump to postGod bless IALPA. All over the country peoples jobs are threatened and IALPA is not happy! Amazing how some times those who are best placed cry rhe loudest! People’s jobs are threatened so there’s no time to allow safety issues to be raised anymore? I can’t see the issue with a union highlighting a ...
Jump to postI dont see anywhere written how you can make “a lot of extra money”. Tell how please. What do they have to actually do to get that “a lot of extra money.” And in that list its stated 17.000€ year minimum pay. That is extreme low. That is almost the Dutch governmental welfare payment. Ryanair pays e...
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