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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Tried one of the new options on Bia today in Aerspace. Was actually not too bad .

They used to do a nice mango and feta cheese but it seems to be discontinued.

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/0 ... nvestment/

Some more good news for the Regional Airports

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Thanks for the link . --- Passenger arrivals up 1.1% in February on pre-pandemic 2020, CSO figures show https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/0329/1367000-cso-passenger-arrivals-up-1-1-on-pre-pandemic-2020/ Arrivals up and Great Britain remained the most important departure country for overseas trav...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Man boards plane without a passport or boarding pass in breach at Dublin Airport https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/man-boards-plane-without-a-passport-or-boarding-pass-in-breach-at-dublin-airport-42408624.html Quite alarming and will probably lead to more scrutiny at security and procedures of b...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Folks, I have often seen here that EI have 2 ex Qatar A330's and it seems for the most part people don't like them :smile: Are these 2 planes Ei-EIK and EI-EIL? What is the difference onboard? Different seats, different configuration? Is J Class the same? Appreciate any info as I have not yet had t...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

https://twitter.com/seanm1997/status/

More good news if true

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Dublin Airport has today unveiled a new 15-point plan which will improve standards for passengers over the coming months. These include ... Quicker security times Faster free WiFi More seats New family areas A cleaner airport More food options https://twitter.com/dublinairport A list of promises fro...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

EIEIDW wrote:
The ACL Start of Season Slot Report shows that Aer Lingus (Emerald) have got slots to operate Dublin-Derry.
415 ATM/ 29,880 Seats

Quite a lot of local politicians and business leaders in the area have been pushing for that link for a while. Lets hope it becomes reality .

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

https://www.belfastairport.com/more/careers

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

I notice the posts about NOC-LHR have a lot of comments complaining about the loss of the Gatwick service, I hope EI have their homework done on this one. Would assume it’s unlikely FR would make a move on NOC-LGW given they have no bases in either NOC or LGW. Speaking of FR, what’s the deal with t...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Start of the summer season today, few new route launches from DUB: Ryanair to ARN, IAS & NQY. Also, EI resume BDL (Bradley, CT) after 3 yrs. Also from SNN: NAP, NCL, OPO and BZR tmrw Ryanair also returned to BFS today with STN, MAN and KRK resuming today Start of the lack of stand availability ...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

I flew VY for the first time in a while today. 4 check in desks open and no queues which was great. Swissport have some new staff who are fresh and enthusiastic which is great to see . Security fast track was a bit slower with every 4th or 5th bag being pulled out for secondary checks when I passed ...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Seems that Air Canada are axing some of their DUB-YVR-DUB flights for this Summer. That's a shame - any further details on this? Maybe a route EI could look at in the future. I have friends of mine working over there and they are coming back for a few weeks this Summer. They got cancellation notifi...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Seems that Air Canada are axing some of their DUB-YVR-DUB flights for this Summer.

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

EI710 wrote:
Anyone any idea what flight EI5299 is about? It’s showing up on FR24 recently - Tampa to JFK

Probably the codeshare operated by B6

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Rumour that Aer Lingus are leasing a LGW slot to Sky Express for their LGW-ATH route.

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Warning: Terrorist attack danger as security screening at Dublin Airport ‘not fit for purpose’ Issues ‘could lead to attack on par with Lockerbie’ https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/warning-terrorist-attack-danger-as-security-screening-at-dublin-airport-not-fit-for-purpose-42394511.html I wo...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

IIRC it was 12th December 2018.

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

If DUB has a capacity issue with up to three flights using a remote stand for refueling, then there's an even bigger issue. And if Aer Lingus is threatened by a third world carrier that does not even plan to operate a consistent daily 5th freedom service, then there's also a problem. In fact, there...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Flew back LHR - BHD today with BA in Club Europe. Flights into DUB were super inflated . I know people either prefer EI or BA but I have to say BA were excellent with their inflight offering. Their afternoon tea is still great. Sadly the lounges at LHR are tired and dated but the food offering was ...

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Re: 30 Years of Airbus A340 Operations

Oh and I flew on the BWIA one which was leased from Air Canada .

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Flew back LHR - BHD today with BA in Club Europe. Flights into DUB were super inflated . I know people either prefer EI or BA but I have to say BA were excellent with their inflight offering. Their afternoon tea is still great. Sadly the lounges at LHR are tired and dated but the food offering was p...

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Re: 30 Years of Airbus A340 Operations

I have had many a good flight on this aircraft from TK , UL , IB and many times on OA .

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Re: Emirates unveils first new livery in 24 years

Its not too bad but not too good either. Im pretty neutral but that might change when I see it up close.

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

From 26/3 EY will begin operating the A350 on a regular basis to DUB . Great to see it .

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/0 ... on-demand/

Good news for the daa today

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Re: Turkish Aviation March 2023

Movement also comes into play at the national airline in Kıbrıs. The fly KHY (Fly Kıbrıs Havayolları) should take off from 21/05/2023 with an A320 operated by freebird. The first destinations include Istanbul twice daily, Ankara and Izmir daily. https://flykhy.com/ A funny anecdote. A Boeing 737-80...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

daa rejects any claims that it is in breach of planning permission granted in respect of the North Runway https://www.dublinairport.com/latest-news/2023/03/15/daa-rejects-any-claims-that-it-is-in-breach-of-planning-permission-granted-in-respect-of-the-north-runway Statement from the daa regarding ne...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/video- ... 07639.html

A bit of alternative IFE onboard

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

I booked flights with SAS in Plus and when I went to the seat map noticed it was a CR9 operated by Cityjet! I have admit I always forget they are still around such is the dissaperance of their own brand. The flight was very good DUB - OSL . Crew were great . I presume these are Scandinavian based ? ...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

shamrock321 wrote:
OA260 wrote:
It seems the Winter 2023 MAN-BGI is loaded and on sale but not on EI.COM yet.

I can see it on sale…

Yep me too now it wasn't showing on the App earlier .

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

I've yet to fly either of these aircraft but what exactly is causing the problems in AerSpace for overhead luggage? Is it simply cosmetic and missing the signage to say it's reserved or is it something more material due to the cabin design and layout? It sounds like another example of something tha...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

It seems the Winter 2023 MAN-BGI is loaded and on sale but not on EI.COM yet.

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

People giving out on social about 2-3 hours sitting on aircraft.

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Arguments over luggage storage in row 1/2 as is always the case on NSA/NSB. I've yet to fly either of these aircraft but what exactly is causing the problems in AerSpace for overhead luggage? Is it simply cosmetic and missing the signage to say it's reserved or is it something more material due to ...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

The EDI - BHD looks like its heading to DUB

The LBA - BHD was due to take off at 15:55 actually took off at 20:40 only to be diverted to DUB.

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Guessing the dodgy weather is kicking in at BFS maybe. We currently have multiple EZYs, a Jet2 from LPA in the hold and a poor wee LJ45 from BQH that's been running round the racetrack endlessly. U2839 from LGW has given up and is heading "elsewhere" at this time. There also EZY from LPL,...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Flew this evening LHR - DUB . Not the best night for travelling and quite a few delays ours being 1hr15 mins which was not too bad. EI lounge at LHR was packed standing room only due to the delays. Boarding was a bit chaotic at the gate and even worse onboard. Crew stressed and taking abuse which wa...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

The geography works in our favour for a transatlantic hub’ – Aer Lingus chief Lynne Embleton wants the airline to be a key bridge across the Atlantic https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/the-geography-works-in-our-favour-for-a-transatlantic-hub-aer-lingus-chief-lynne-embleton-wants-the-airline-...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

ClassicLover wrote:
Saw today that Aer Lingus are selling MAN to MCO and JFK for £950 return in business class.

Travel is November to February, so if you want a cheap fare across the Atlantic, that's the one to get

Thats great value quite a lot of competition this Winter so fares might be more like that.

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

I dont see CX coming back soon I think with we see SQ as a tag before that happens .

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Im currently onboard the second flight of the season on Aegeans DUB - ATH . Free wifi, good food and power sockets. First time using T1 in ages. The check in with Swissport was very well organised and the fast track was ok. It looks a bit prefab though so maybe changes are coming . Im so used to T2...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Flight departed from Gate 210 flight nearly full in Business and 80% down the back which is impressive for early March to Greece. Aegean could have added a few more rotations between April to October but I guess played it safe. Hopefully they will up it for 2024 and the rumoured ORK flight might ac...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

Im currently onboard the second flight of the season on Aegeans DUB - ATH . Free wifi, good food and power sockets. First time using T1 in ages. The check in with Swissport was very well organised and the fast track was ok. It looks a bit prefab though so maybe changes are coming . Im so used to T2 ...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

February was another record month for passengers at Dublin Airport with 2.06 million people passing through. That was 3% higher than in Feb 2019 and 1% higher than in the previous busiest ever February in 2020 https://twitter.com/DublinAirport/status/1632643270122643457?s=20 The positive trend conti...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/202 ... n-airport/

I doubt we will see these savings being passed onto the consumer.

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

"Joe Biden is due in Dublin in about eight weeks’ time. The US president will fly in on Air Force One and have his helicopter Marine One with him. The US Secret Service tends not to take kindly to security threats. Dublin Airport has two months to sort out the drone problem – or the Yanks will....

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

I do think there is something going on behind the scenes. The re-alignment of fares from the winter schedule is a hint something is afoot. On the face of it one world connect seems the ideal solution for an airline obsessed with half baked solutions. For sure, as they've been hiring roles with AJB ...

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

A rare visitor at DUB this morning:

There are reports of more drone activity now at DUB also with operations suspended .

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Re: Irish 3/23: The March of time

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/0 ... l-figures/

The load factor went from 86% to 92% .

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