OA260 wrote:I think its due back between the 24th - 26th April .
During the Celtic tiger years, the government built the Motorway network and took the rail fleet from the oldest in Europe to the newest. Terminal 2 was also built. Many transport swings and misses were also made - such as the Dublin metro system and rail access to the airport. These remain big hol...
Jump to postOnly once went to FL430 in a light 767-200ER and one pilot was on oxygen the whole time which was a pita No one would disregard that regulation at my airline so except for that one occasion we didn’t go above FL410 We routinely go up to FL410. On the A350-900 sometimes even to FL430 but more rarely...
Jump to postI'm not sure that's quite the case here. DHL appear to be replacing them with much newer A333s, which are also much more capable for payload and range. As said below, none of them were spring chickens, even if they were only converted 6 or 7 years ago. If my memory is correct HEA was the 1st 333 co...
Jump to postEI-HEA, HEB, and HEC were only converted a few years ago. Why would they be scrapped already? Supposedly on the Airbus freighter thread (these threads have gotten pretty fractured, we could use some consolidation) they were not spring chickens, and as such had pretty poor range as low MTOW birds, n...
Jump to postIrishBCN wrote:OA260 wrote:Looks like the annual tradition of Catholic priests blessing the Aer Lingus fleet is to be scrapped.
Do they still name the planes after saints?
C-GHLU AC 763 routed TLV-DUB-YYZ earlier this week, and should enter service for AC Cargo tomorrow.
A333 EI-HEC was ferried to St Athan on the 2nd joining HEA and HEB for scrapping.
I personally don’t think BA will ever change their livery, at least not dramatically. I feel that their livery has gotten to the point of EK, AF, or SQ, where it’s too iconic to change in such a dramatic manner. EI and IB ditched their old liveries for the same reason US and UA ditched their black ...
Jump to postDoesn’t sound like the empty threat some initially believed. Would be hugely embarrassing to lose these aircraft and doesn’t bode well for the future investment prospects of the airline within the group. But do the pilots actually care if they get the XLR. It might be embarrassing to management, bu...
Jump to postDoesn’t sound like the empty threat some initially believed. Would be hugely embarrassing to lose these aircraft and doesn’t bode well for the future investment prospects of the airline within the group. But do the pilots actually care if they get the XLR. It might be embarrassing to management, bu...
Jump to post9L departures were only in exceptional circumstances for many years, as part of the Cranford village agreement. The government dropped the agreement around 2010, but then the local council blocked planning permission for new taxiways, so they still can't really use it. I doubt theres any space for ...
Jump to postAnother main issue with 09L departure is that there is little space for holding aircraft in line waiting their take-off turn. 9L departures were only in exceptional circumstances for many years, as part of the Cranford village agreement. The government dropped the agreement around 2010, but then th...
Jump to postseabosdca wrote:1330 767s built to date, breaking down as follows:
128 767-200
121 767-200ER (note: this group includes KC-767s produced for foreign military use)
104 767-300
583 767-300ER
38 767-400ER
253 767-300F
103 767-2C/KC-46
Then they didn't learn from Boeing in the 2000s when they turned away customers because the 737 orderbook was full. In the end, Boeing lost jetBlue & AirAsia, both of which has become large Airbus clients. This misses the point that FR isn't an Airbus customer for them to lose in the first plac...
Jump to postfcogafa wrote:So why do they keep CSA going at all?
Not much to purchase... two A320s with four A220s on order, and a "hub" at PRG that serves 4 routes. If someone thinks they can get value out of the branding, that would be the most compelling reason to buy. Is there any chance Smartwings could buy them for that reason? They've been much ...
Jump to postLooks like flights to DUB started already. Interesting enough to me at least, they are using A321LDs for these rather than A321LRs https://ir.jetblue.com/news/news-details/2024/JetBlue-Flights-to-the-Emerald-Isle-Taking-Off-Today/default.aspx It would probably make sense to also fly to places like ...
Jump to postCan you meet the standards without meeting the underlying procedures? From my past experience in different sector (similar), but with similar procedures. Can you meet the standards? Yes, in most cases. What the procedures give, is consistency. Without procedures, you will fail more frequently. At l...
Jump to postI don’t know how they’ll all fit in T2. They’ll just have to use the 3/200 gates as normal and bus gates like EI have to do already in summer. The 400 gates are essentially full between about 9-3pm It's quite possible they won't change gates at all, and just change checkin to T2. BA have quite a se...
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 Very interesting, if not completely unsurprising. I thought T2 (+the 300s gates) were already quite constrained a...
Jump to postGood summary, Spacepope. And of course we were talking the other day about the Sky Taxi ones, too. I think with the remaining 762s, their ability at this point in their lives to make it to the LOV is going to depend a lot on corrosion. It was the thing that caused them to retire our favorite N740AX...
Jump to postAlso here's a strange one on the Random Skytaxi 762F routes saga: Routing Graz (Austria) via the Azores to Panama today. https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/IGA426/history/20240306/1314Z/LPLA/MPTO And I thought the Star Denmark-China 762F roundtrips were strange.... (and they are still ongoing)...
Jump to postProbably not the stuff we usually cover, but as I'm bored doing the Gate 335 experience today. For many services at Dublin(and no doubt elsewhere) we are asked to show boarding passes, even in non duty free areas such as WH Smith. I've always wondered why they bothered, as it's both a pain in the a...
Jump to postGot to hand it to the Iranians, they are resourceful when it comes to obtaining more A340's. Just hand over large brown envelopes for those aircraft parked in remote places that are owned by dodgy finance institutions in 3rd world countries,file a false flight plan and they get round sanctions. The...
Jump to postProbably not the stuff we usually cover, but as I'm bored doing the Gate 335 experience today. For many services at Dublin(and no doubt elsewhere) we are asked to show boarding passes, even in non duty free areas such as WH Smith. I've always wondered why they bothered, as it's both a pain in the ar...
Jump to postEirules wrote:Quite a few delays this morning departing Dublin, likely due to the snowfall. A number of flights over an hour late departing, some the guts of 2 hours
Ryanair 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. Quite a bit counterproductive for Ryanair to say that. That just plays right to the counter narrative that some l...
Jump to postIt was a Combi, since 2004 it is BDSF full freighter. Which is what the ex part was for FWIW, that wasn't entirely clear. I also read it as "ex-AC aircraft" of model 744 Combi. Not as ex-AC and ex-Combi. Regardless, it's all clear now and thanks for the post! I'll try to be more clear in ...
Jump to postCargoMerijn wrote:LH982 wrote:G-ONEE ex AC 744 Combi is on its way to Shannon this evening, and Victorville next. It had a divert into Amstedam a few weeks ago with 2 failed generators.
It was a Combi, since 2004 it is BDSF full freighter.
Hi nickya340, I think there are this time isn't much more at Cork for Emerald than a single ATR72. We know BRS is working, GLA used to be a constant and at the right frequency LBA and NCL might work. Ryanair outside of Glasgow might steer clear, too marginal for them. NCL, SOU, CWL and others came ...
Jump to postG-ONEE ex AC 744 Combi is on its way to Shannon this evening, and Victorville next. It had a divert into Amstedam a few weeks ago with 2 failed generators.
Jump to postWe could have had a train to Dublin Airport in the 1940s. https://msd.unimelb.edu.au/research/projects/current/peripheral-centralities-lost-past-present-and-future/seminar-1-peripheral-centralities-lost-and-past/23-pm/18.50-pm-flying-boats,-garden-suburbs,-oil-refineries-and-motorways-exploring-the-...
Jump to postEIDWDUB wrote:lavia wrote:I would expect the additional aircraft to be second hand if they want A333s doing MAN-LAX (perhaps more from QR?)
Wouldn't be the HGW versions that QR have so not much use.
Noticed when passing through MFE that the AM Connect flight arrives at 4.30pm and then sits on the ground until 6am the following morning. A very strange schedule
Jump to post50071 will not go to ITA. Perhaps you could enlighten us as to which airline it is going to then. And why do you have MSN 55257 listed with MSN 50071? 50071 is a TwoTwenty to my knowledge. I don't know the exact customer. Sorry for the confusion with MSN55257, it has nothing to do with 50071, was j...
Jump to postEI-HAE Atr72-600F delivered TLS-SNN today for Fedex/ASL. That's ASL up to 8 x 600Fs for FedEx now. N298CM 763F ex ANA arrived Shannon on Saturday evening after conversion LX-NCL 744F diverted to Shannon on Sunday morning, enroute MIA-AMS due to a fire warning. Evacuated on the runway and closed the...
Jump to postNot seen it mentioned, but Aermexico are now daily to McAllen with an E190 from Mexico City(NLU). Big upgrade from the ATRs a few years back Good news - interesting that it’s NLU instead of MEX. Isn’t MeX better for connections? Last time I flew with AM, there was an article about NLU being an AM C...
Jump to postNot seen it mentioned, but Aermexico are now daily to McAllen with an E190 from Mexico City(NLU). Big upgrade from the ATRs a few years back
Jump to postTUGMASTER wrote:OA260 wrote:
€1 plastic water bottles at Dublin and Cork airports replaced with €2 ‘eco-friendly’ cartons
Wow… do people actually pay for those..???
OY-SRL 762F has now left Shannon for Kemble, so I expect this is it's last ever flight.
Jump to postEI-HAE Atr72-600F delivered TLS-SNN today for Fedex/ASL. That's ASL up to 8 x 600Fs for FedEx now. N298CM 763F ex ANA arrived Shannon on Saturday evening after conversion LX-NCL 744F diverted to Shannon on Sunday morning, enroute MIA-AMS due to a fire warning. Evacuated on the runway and closed the ...
Jump to postGood lord that A321 will take a long time to emplane and deplane... For the life of me I cannot understand why they don't invest in a US style first class section for at least a portion of the fleet. Coming off long haul biz class and sitting in a 3x3 with blocked middle seat is painful. You'd thin...
Jump to postConference call just ended. Calhoun started the call right off the bat talking about the Alaska incident. He said the right words and explained the removing of the exemption after talking to the Senator who is an airline pilot. Expects engineering solution to take 9 months then hand it over to FAA....
Jump to postJunior minister in objection to airport expansion plans https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0131/1429632-dublin-airport/ Joe O'brien is the TD who has objected . I wonder how he intends to get to Belgium and Holland for Patrick's Day. https://www.thejournal.ie/st-patricks-day-trips-ministers-62846...
Jump to postI don't know if it was already noted, but 4 x Eurowings A332s were scrapped at MUC towards the end of 2023. D-AXGA,C,D,G. These had been stored engineless outside the LH hangars since covid. The area is now cleared.
Jump to postAnnecdotally Ryanairs fares are much less than those of the ULCC in the US. I hate Ryanair by the way - they get away with some really dodgy practices but if councils/regions etc are willing to subsidize them to bring people to their area so be it. I choose not to fly them unless there is no other ...
Jump to postThe 787X would be an interesting choice, and while it would be a new type and mean that EI would lose its commonality between the narrow and widebody fleets, the 78X has a lot to recommend it. However, apart from the loss of commonality, the other issues would be a reduction in comfort, going from ...
Jump to postSwiss have loaded extra flghts to Zurich. Mix of x2 and x3 daily flights. Most of the additional flgihts will be E195 that Helvetic are acquiring with Air Baltic showing for 1. No night stop but they maintain some early departures ex DUB. Are they the E2s or the old E195s? The old E195s are a consi...
Jump to postYou cannot monitor every move and mechanic. You must trust the manufacturer. Boeing must get it right. Why doesn't Boeing just double or triple their handover examination teams? If they install double drilled pressure domes or similar, this is not just bad parts "slipping through" but lac...
Jump to postI wonder how Alaska Airlines views its choice of getting rid of their A321neo, and 320neo order, now being stuck with this "proudly all boeing" fleet. If I was Alaska I would be sending my quality engineers to monitor the assembly of my aircraft and help Boeing with their process. It tend...
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