The rail link is a nice to have, but I honestly dont think it is essential. I think there is a very real risk that passengers will simply move modes from busses to rail. I remember reading that MAN has one of the highest arrivals by train of any airport. The figure was 16% in 2019, the last year I c...
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 postExcellent to see BA/EI tier points finally earn-able on each other. This will be a game changer. Surely EI to OW now? Or the ability to earn/burn Avios across both airlines and now Tier Points "twill do". Who knows? Already AerClub Concierge and Platinum can use BA lounges when on a throu...
Jump to postairBaltic onboard magazine lists fuel consumption at 2200 l/h. Their A223 are 145-seat. Hope that gives an idea. The article below calculates 321N burn at 2508 liters per hour assuming a 2-hour flight with 192 people on board: https://www.livemint.com/news/india/flights-how-much-fuel-your-plane-con...
Jump to postJust about to book my next 4-6 months of travel so this is very welcome . Hoping IB gets added soon. I think the point calculator on the BA website might be wrong, it suggests a strange list of fare codes, like N, which is relatively cheap earning 20 tier points, for example. I - an AerSpace fare a...
Jump to postBA and EI have pushed the Go-Live button on reciprocal Tier Point Collection. I assume this is related to the alignment of status dates between IB, BA and EI. Either EI or BA code will do but must be ticketed by EI or BA, according tot eh small print. https://www.britishairways.com/travel/flight-cal...
Jump to post"On today, Easter Sunday, I received a letter from my employer, Aer Lingus. They have entered me into a disciplinary process for my safety awareness campaign concerning fume events, which continue to happen on Aer Lingus aircraft." https://x.com/toxicaer/status/1774534661093326937?s=46 It...
Jump to postThe IAG/EI conversation is interesting. I think some are looking at the current reality and comparing it to an imagined comparison that could never exist. EI has done very well in the IAG years overall and the long haul fleet is dramatically larger. An independent EI would almost certainly have take...
Jump to postTo the contrary, the Menzies operation at LHR shows that outsourcing can work well when there is effective management, training, KPIs, and oversight. Unfortunately in too many cases, airlines adopt a hands-off approach to third-party ground handling and don’t bother investing the time or resources ...
Jump to postTo be fair I agree. Never had that happen before. Put it down to exception! Same for me. The Menzies team at LHR are essentially EI employees from a customer point of view. Very experienced and knowledgable. I still think its a real shame the industry become obsessed with outsourcing handling in th...
Jump to postI think the truth is that he can see Wizz and easyJet improving their CASK with every A321neo they take delivery of. Meanwhile there is no sign of the 737-10s FR has ordered.
Jump to postIt’s obvious why IAG would want TAP. It would make them the undisputed leader over the north and south Atlantic. I can’t see the competition authorities being happy though. What would IAG + Air Europa + TAP market share of Iberian peninsula be? Intra-Europe is probably ok. But the Atlantic operation...
Jump to postI suppose other options are that the early transatlantic arrivals could arrive on remote stands while the first wave of SH flights go out. Those aircraft would then have to be towed to the 400 gates for departure. I think someone posted that pre-cleared departures don’t get bussed? Or maybe there is...
Jump to postEI issued a letter to IALPA over the pay dispute which contained a comment on the fleet: "Aer Lingus has an ambition to grow its transatlantic fleet of Airbus A330 jets to about 20 from the current 13. It also wants to have about 20 of the new Airbus A320LR and A320XLR jets 20 A321s and 20 A33...
Jump to postThe working assumption is that a 779 simulator is installed in TBA late 2025 for training courses to commence for a July 2026 delivery date. It may well slip but that's the timeframe being worked towards. There are lots of options on the A350 and B779 and I'd expect they will be firmed up rather th...
Jump to postI'm not sure one will happen at all, at least not for some time. The 779s are due for delivery in July 2026 and will most likely replace a GE 772 on a one for one basis in terms of fleet numbers for a couple of years, so nothing needs to happen before 2028 or 2029. That's 18 firm deliveries and 24 ...
Jump to postI 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. How about AY. I think they have 8 302s, and they were sitting on excess capacity in 2023 They have leased 2 A333s to Qantas fo...
Jump to postCoisfarraige wrote:EIDWDUB wrote:
Could we see DAA and DUO move to Manchester ops possibly ?
The 2 additional aircraft are rumoured to be HGW 333’s.
Doubt any new routes on the cards now the cap isn’t going away soon. For 2025 I am guessing that EI will deploy 2 XLR to MAN and maybe do BOS and ORD.the 330 fleet will stay flat so the question is where the XLR’s deliveries in 2025 will go? Maybe they might retire GEY and replace it with an XLR in...
Jump to postThe Enviornmental argument around DUB expansion / passenger limits is interesting. If you could simply transplant the flights to the other airports on the Island the net impact would be the same. In practice it might be more as load factors might be lower for new routes compared to adding a frequenc...
Jump to postBA do have BGI-LHR everyday so if you need to get back to MAN, or onwards things wouldn’t be a complete disaster. I image routings via the USA on AA would also be possible? BA/AA/EI combinations seem the most suggested on Google flights. In theory EU/UK 261 gives you good protection, but how accommo...
Jump to postIt seems pretty short sighted (insert lazy) to put in a new J seat (the old one) only for it to be outdated a year later. EI would have booked these birds in months ago, probably longer & while I know it takes a significant amount of time to get a new seat, EI are almost certainly taking someth...
Jump to postpretty sure ORK-MAN and SNN-MAN were up to 3 times daily using Stobart's ATRs. Once Ryanair started on those route, there was no way they could compete on price and i doubt there was significant business traffic needing a same-day return option ORK certainly was, but I dont think SNN was that high....
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So when they are reporting as new they must be meaning new for Summer . Its their marketing spiel.
Given UA already is taking a large number of 321Ns, this information both makes sense and I doubt is mere speculation. The fact Boeing has so badly missed their delivery targets must open up the ability of United to walk away. If there isn't, United needs new lawyers. Boeing will try to keep UA but...
Jump to postQuite the turnaround when just a week or so ago rumours were a mid-February refit for the first one with new seats signed off and ready to go. Even talk on other forums of a new cabin design and a memo to staff about it. Either way, the fact Aer Lingus is so secretive about something that has likel...
Jump to postHad a decent flight on EI-NSD yesterday, my first A32N at EI. Overall it’s a mixed bag I’d say. I was assigned 28D, it’s not the worst seat, legroom is OK, the seat itself is OK, I think it’s a bit too reclined, but that’s probably just me. 31A/F with no window and noticeable fuselage tapering take ...
Jump to postSame as the posters above - typically I use FR for shorthaul through Europe, unless EI is coming in at a lower cost than FR. I tend to use LH/AF/BA otherwise. The Aer Lingus European network is effectively too heavily focused on the Med and southern Europe. A huge swathe of destinations in Europe t...
Jump to postSurprised there's no case for LGW however I guess it's the kind of station where you need to be offering 3-4 daily to have any hope against FR? I suspect thats exactly it and I'd guess that the route couldn't be easily slotted into the rest of the schedule without major surgery to other flights, ev...
Jump to postCould a suitable -300 frame with GE engines be got on lease easily enough these days if LAX was to be considered ? Like the last few I imagine ex-QR would be the history. IB is the other big operator of GE powered, late build A330s but they don’t seem to be going anywhere soon - LEVEL have been add...
Jump to postIm impressed that some posters are defending Boeing, when they themselves have posted on their own website that they have made a 'mistake'. What we don't know is what that 'mistake' is. It could be abandoning Y1/NSA in the first place, it could be developing the NG into the MAX. It could be changing...
Jump to postA United max 8 would be fine for ORK. Cheap operating costs too. The Norwegian MAXs couldn't make it from ORK to SWF which is a similar distance to EWR. That's why I'd question how UA would make it work with them. United’s 737-8s only seat 166 so shouldn’t be too much of a problem to reach Newark I...
Jump to postSome interesting insights from EK re its DUB service and onward connections: - EK's top five destinations ex-DUB for 2023 were DXB, SYD, BKK, MEL and PER. - EK has seen "a spike in booking to Vietnam" ex-DUB. - MLE and CPT will also be in EK's top 10 destinations ex-DUB in 2024, based on ...
Jump to postI would love to see headed East and have said so many times. There are a few things which have genuinely held them back. Operationally DUB didn't really have a runway long enough for Pacific Rim operations and the A330 wouldn't be the ideal aircraft. Given the combination of aircraft and airport lim...
Jump to postI think the reason is that ITA have lost their slots at LHR. AZ sold them to Ethiad during the AZ/EY investment days. They did lease them back, but it looks that lease is now over. https://www.acl-uk.org/completed-slot-trades/?toAirline=Etihad%20Airways EY seem to lease their LHR slots to AA, BA and...
Jump to postIn truth… how much time is really saved by flying Dublin -Kerry..? At around 200 miles and 3 1/2- 4 hours driving time, surely the car wins out.? Let’s say an hour to get to the airport.. an hour at DUB prior to departure.. 45 mins flight block time… that 2h:45 already… That’s without all the hassl...
Jump to postIf 90s the actual demand level for double daily it makes it a very hard amount to right-size capacity for with what the only plausible operators have - its very unlikely that would become 180 for a single flight and a full 737 and its more than a double daily ATR72 can do either. 90 is probably mor...
Jump to postThe new routes and FCO enhancement would seem to necessitate two additional A320 (and could operate some further additional services). Fleet currently stands at 33 (32 for S23). Not sure what the timeline for delivery of NSE & NSF is but CVB and CVC should be safe for another while as a result....
Jump to postVueling have left ORK now also. Ryanair have come onto the Paris BVA route, daily. Vueling were only twice per week. AF remain summer seasonal daily. EI don’t offer ORK-PAR outside rugby specials. I’m not sure if a new airline at low frequency or an old foe at higher frequency is a better trade. Sp...
Jump to postNever understood the obsession with QR especially in the LGBTQIA+ communities which a lot of these bloggers and Anetters come from . Its like Turkeys voting for Christmas . Seems some people will sell themselves out for a few thousand AVIOS or an upgrade ! QR do a great job marketing themselves and...
Jump to postIf HA will cease to be and all flights will be AS, the flights would automatically be oneworld? Unless AS carves out a sub-set of flight numbers where oneworld benefits would not apply. SK does this on certain Nordic routes as a condition of one airline purchase or another, I think Braathens. Even i...
Jump to postIB and VY have 186 so more likely standard IAG density. BA will always be different. The EI layout on the A32N looks standard IAG, which is 186C/Y with Spaceflex toilets in the back and bulkheads at Row 1. All of the IAG airlines have the same 18 rows of Recaro behind the exits. The numbering is a ...
Jump to postIAG is #3 in terms of ASK's between NA and Europe, behind A++ and AF/KL/DL/VS, and the gap has widened between #2 and them since 2019. Plus their margins have also fallen since 2019, while the operating margin of others like AF/KL has risen sharply, no doubt due to them adding capacity in the right...
Jump to postNeeleman revealed in an interview this week in Canada that the carrier requested approval from the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) to establish high-season routes to destinations in Europe (Ireland) and the Caribbean. Although it did not reveal where the flights would depart from, Breeze is e...
Jump to postBut the new Recaro seat clearly isn't good enough for BA's premium customers, as they've kept the Rockwell Collins Pinnacle seat for Club Europe/Business Class, while IIRC, EI offers no such differentiation with Aerspace? It really does remove some incentive to fly with EI over other cheaper LCCs. ...
Jump to postLG used to fly LUX-MAN-DUB on E145s. It was a fun experience something very different from the usual FR and EI across the Irish Sea.
Jump to postJust cant motivate myself to book them when they come up on a search. A few friends of mine have had really bad experiences on them both before , during and after. Maybe it was bad luck or you had good luck. I think we got relatively lucky and its certainly not a product to go out of your way for. ...
Jump to postI was on a Wizz Air flight yesterday and they specifically announced that Monzo and Revolut cards (and Amex) were not accepted. Incidentally the Wizz product isn’t as bad as I feared. The seats are firm but the headrest doesn’t have the hard edge, it feels like a metal frame along the top of the sea...
Jump to postWhy? I think it’s got to do with how the issuer requires the contact to be, some don’t allow offline transactions. Like the airlines, banks have a selection of antiquated systems which have been cobbled together and branded in various ways. Usually this is fairly seamless but in edge case the issue...
Jump to postA 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? This? https://a320family.de/?page_id=8 The very one, thanks! The odd A321 still appears, no registration assigned to it yet. Time will tell and I will have t...
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