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- Tue Apr 12, 2022 2:27 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
BHD - EXT BHX GLA MAN . Does anyone know why some flights are being cut from 8/5 to 25/5 ? Issues with aircraft maybe ?
Jump to post- Mon Apr 11, 2022 12:43 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Cruise Ship/Ocean Liner Thread -2022
- Replies: 136
- Views: 11509
Re: Cruise Ship/Ocean Liner Thread -2022
Looks like Celebrity Solstice, Asia sailings are to be axed from Sept to April due to uncertainty in the market.
Jump to post- Mon Apr 11, 2022 8:40 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
Yesterday afternoon Dublin Airport was terrible. T2 in particular . Don't believe the PR hype that the daa are churning out ! They had wait times on the screens of 30 mins at 1500 yet it took one hour 20 mins to clear but shortly after the lines were back up to the escalator on the upper departures ...
Jump to post- Sat Apr 09, 2022 10:18 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
Just a heads up there are supposed to be huge disruptions to roads around Dublin from 3am Monday as truckers launch fuel protests. From some of the posts I have seen they seem to be ready for 1-2 weeks of action bringing many areas to a halt. Obviously this may cause disruption at Dublin Airport and...
Jump to post- Sat Apr 09, 2022 11:33 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
I have the ability to plan when I travel and choose less busy times. I pity those who must use the airport at busy times of the year and busy times of the day. Flying shouldn't be the miserable experience that it is these days. Me too thank god Im choosing off peak afternoon or evening flights if p...
Jump to post- Fri Apr 08, 2022 10:12 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Turkish Aviation April 2022
- Replies: 180
- Views: 24684
Re: Turkish Aviation April 2022
Looks like TK are introducing new fare structures in many markets . Ecofly / Extrafly / Primefly and Biz cabins Businessfly and Businessprime Various perks included depending what the fare level is. Interesting, is there a link? I wonder if there are any changes to fare classification "letters...
Jump to post- Fri Apr 08, 2022 10:04 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
EI - EIL was deployed this evening DUB - LHR - DUB . The return due to land back into DUB shortly.
Jump to post- Fri Apr 08, 2022 5:39 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
The check in lines even at T2 were crazy today according to friends flying out this morning . That was even before security ! 3 hours before for all flights is wise and 4 if on the first wave in the morning . "Members of the public posted images and videos of lengthy queues at Dublin Airport on...
Jump to post- Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:56 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Spanish Aviation Thread - 2022
- Replies: 82
- Views: 15392
Re: Spanish Aviation Thread - 2022
aviator2000 wrote:Binter will launch Florence, Valladolid, Menorca, Ponta Delgada and Fez from Gran Canaria next summer
Binter are building up a pretty nice route network . Jump to post
- Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:54 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Turkish Aviation April 2022
- Replies: 180
- Views: 24684
Re: Turkish Aviation April 2022
Looks like TK are introducing new fare structures in many markets .
Ecofly / Extrafly / Primefly
and Biz cabins Businessfly and Businessprime
Various perks included depending what the fare level is.
- Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:38 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
United Airlines jet makes emergency landing at Shannon Airport after engine failure https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40846193.html -- Strong winds forced two planes to divert from Dublin Airport last night. https://www.rte.ie/news/weather/2022/0407/1290913-flights-weather/ Not surprised they ...
Jump to post- Thu Apr 07, 2022 6:25 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Turkish Aviation April 2022
- Replies: 180
- Views: 24684
Re: Turkish Aviation April 2022
emre787 wrote:- TK and the ministry of tourism are working on getting 3,5 million Russian tourists to the country this summer (a reduction of more than a half from the originally expected 8 million)
Not really something for TK to be boasting about to be honest ! Blood money . Jump to post
- Wed Apr 06, 2022 6:05 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
Turkish Airlines first flight of the season DUB - AYT
was operated by TC - JYP today .
- Wed Apr 06, 2022 2:18 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
Re DAA Lounges Following a late January Dublin-Hamburg trip via Frankfurt (outbound) and Munich (inbound) on Lufthansa I couldn't help contrasting the Dublin T1 lounge experience with the lounge facilities at the 3 German airports. First impression of the Dublin lounge was of a space that felt like...
Jump to post- Wed Apr 06, 2022 7:38 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
https://www.airport-technology.com/news ... blin-cork/It seems the daa airline lounges are going to get a makeover among other things .
daa taps Atkins for upgrade work at Dublin and Cork airports
https://www.airport-technology.com/news ... blin-cork/
- Tue Apr 05, 2022 7:42 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Cruise Ship/Ocean Liner Thread -2022
- Replies: 136
- Views: 11509
Re: Cruise Ship/Ocean Liner Thread -2022
I'm on vacation and I don't want to dress up to impress nobody. NCL all the way for me. I don't know how people dress on Caribbean cruises because I've never been on one but I've never thought it was bad on my Alaska/Australia/Baltic/Norwegian/Med cruises. Nothing wrong with good jeans and a button...
Jump to post- Tue Apr 05, 2022 5:51 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
It seems an appeal over the drop off fees : "Dublin Airport Authority has reduced an Irish tradition of collecting family and friends at the airport or welcoming family home for Christmas to a money grabbing exercise." https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2022/0405/1290607-plan-for-paid-drop-o...
Jump to post- Tue Apr 05, 2022 12:49 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
EI - EIK operated to AGP yesterday and the same today with LHR later this evening .
Jump to post- Mon Apr 04, 2022 6:08 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
I'm really surprised the McDonalds is gone for good. That was a gold mine in Terminal 1 (you would have thought) as it was always busy all the time. Very curious to see what will end up there myself. I'm flying next Tuesday morning and quite looking forward to it! I was told McDonalds decided the f...
Jump to post- Mon Apr 04, 2022 5:15 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Cruise Ship/Ocean Liner Thread -2022
- Replies: 136
- Views: 11509
Re: Cruise Ship/Ocean Liner Thread -2022
Just back from a week on the lovely Regal Princess. Started off in Barcelona and ended in Rome. The ship had started off in Florida doing the TATL with a mostly US demographic doing the full cruise to Rome and some even staying on until Piraeus ( Athens ). Mostly Europeans joined in Barcelona and so...
Jump to post- Mon Apr 04, 2022 4:45 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
Interesting comment on an aviation friends Facebook page. "Aer Lingus were great other than a very aggressive announcement on both flights forbidding photography." Seems the flights were LHR-DUB-LHR and one was last night on the A330. KLM have also been doing these "no photography&qu...
Jump to post- Mon Apr 04, 2022 2:25 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Condor launch new livery
- Replies: 271
- Views: 33244
Re: Condor launch new livery
They were doing a live broadcast on Instagram just now but turned the comments off after numerous bad responses .
Jump to post- Sun Apr 03, 2022 1:42 pm
- Forum: Non-Aviation
- Topic: Sacramento shooting: At least six dead in centre of California state capital
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1073
Sacramento shooting: At least six dead in centre of California state capital
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60974119News coming in very tragic
Sacramento shooting: At least six dead in centre of California state capital
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-60974119
- Sun Apr 03, 2022 12:45 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2022/0 ... r-display/Some good news the Bray Airshow is back 
Bray Air Display set to return to the skies in July
https://www.rte.ie/news/leinster/2022/0 ... r-display/
- Sun Apr 03, 2022 9:15 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Turkish Aviation April 2022
- Replies: 180
- Views: 24684
Re: Turkish Aviation April 2022
Let me update on TK's Fleet (as indicated in TK's 2021 Annual Report): Here it's indicated that TK operates 370 planes, of which 20 are all-cargo ones. Remaining 350 are passenger planes, including some 50+ frames flying with Blue Tail AnadoluJet brand. Now out of these 370 birds the following are ...
Jump to post- Fri Apr 01, 2022 6:50 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
The Department of Transport is to hold a daily crisis meeting over queue chaos at Dublin Airport, after passengers missed their flights last weekend due to a lack of security staff. https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/daily-crisis-meeting-to-take-place-over-dublin-airport-queue-delays-41510346.htm...
Jump to post- Fri Apr 01, 2022 6:09 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
MOL has called for the army to be deployed at DUB! Ryanair urged the Government to call in the Army in order to address lengthy security queues at Dublin Airport. Michael O'Leary said: "We propose that 200 members of the Army be called in to help do the patting down at security screenin. Hahah...
Jump to post- Fri Apr 01, 2022 7:52 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
Self-inflicted problems threaten to take off at Dublin Airport From drop-off charges to dire security queues and deals with autocratic regimes, DAA has made several missteps https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/self-inflicted-problems-threaten-to-take-off-at-dublin-airport-1.484...
Jump to post- Thu Mar 31, 2022 7:27 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
- Replies: 181
- Views: 27525
Re: Irish 4/22: Queues, delays and more delays
It seems back office staff are to be drafted in to help ease the situation . Dublin Airport drafts in backroom staff to deal with passengers in security queues 600 workers on volunteer roster with crisis expected to last weeks https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dublin-airport-drafts-in-backroom-s...
Jump to post- Thu Mar 31, 2022 1:48 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
- Replies: 301
- Views: 42102
Re: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
EK are opening their desks around 4 hours before for EK 162 due to issues at DUB .
Jump to post- Wed Mar 30, 2022 6:04 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
- Replies: 301
- Views: 42102
Re: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
Dublin Airport only guaranteeing security staff 20-hour week and €283 wage amid severe passenger delays https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dublin-airport-only-guaranteeing-security-staff-20-hour-week-and-283-wage-amid-severe-passenger-delays-41501295.html And they wonder why they are not queuing ...
Jump to post- Tue Mar 29, 2022 10:33 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
- Replies: 301
- Views: 42102
Re: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
The lounge itself and the restrooms were filthy dirty. Two cleaning staff appeared to be on duty but sat in chairs near the business area on their phones. . T2 in general is looking a bit sorry for itself. Last week there were buckets dotted around near Butlers in shopping area catching water from ...
Jump to post- Tue Mar 29, 2022 12:29 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
- Replies: 301
- Views: 42102
Re: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
I dont think its nearly as bad in T2 Im currently flying in and out on a weekly basis and although Im deliberately trying to avoid the key waves and days that are peak I know people that are travelling at those times and they are getting through in about 25-30 mins . The opening times for fast track...
Jump to post- Tue Mar 29, 2022 10:29 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
- Replies: 301
- Views: 42102
Re: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
In response to the scenes at DUB Airport Aer Lingus have reintroduced night before check in. If you have a flight between 0530-0800 you can check in at T2 the night before between 1600-1945. This is for Aer Lingus and EIR flights. Is that on their website anywhere yet? Not sure how much this is goi...
Jump to post- Tue Mar 29, 2022 9:18 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Russian Aircraft Lease Return/Repo Thread
- Replies: 169
- Views: 46958
Re: Russian Aircraft Lease Return/Repo Thread
https://www.theinsurer.com/news/aercap- ... 46.articleAerCap submits $3.5bn Russia claim sending shockwaves through aviation market
https://www.theinsurer.com/news/aercap- ... 46.article
- Mon Mar 28, 2022 7:56 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
- Replies: 301
- Views: 42102
Re: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
In response to the scenes at DUB Airport Aer Lingus have reintroduced night before check in. If you have a
flight between 0530-0800 you can check in at T2 the
night before between 1600-1945. This is for Aer Lingus
and EIR flights.
- Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:20 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
- Replies: 301
- Views: 42102
Re: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
RTE have another photo which looks horrific . Covid soup ! https://i.ibb.co/PgQcSmS/A12-C13-F2-F4-C0-4-B7-D-8960-3-F8-C87-B34176.jpg https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2022/0328/1288857-dublin-airport/ If there is a danger of this happening again then maybe the DAA better start reducing the number of fl...
Jump to post- Sun Mar 27, 2022 7:55 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
- Replies: 301
- Views: 42102
Re: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
Footage from inside Dublin Airport showing long queues at around 6pm to get through security, meandering the length of the departures area. The DAA has apologised and advised passengers to expect delays over the coming days and weeks https://twitter.com/fergalobrien_/status/1508149152378761224?s=21&...
Jump to post- Sun Mar 27, 2022 3:14 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
- Replies: 301
- Views: 42102
Re: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
Ryanair lower prices and makes profits . And is Europe’s greatest airline . Makes me proud to be Irish Indeed ! An Irish government minister is to talk to Ryanair after accusations that it hiked fares on flights from Poland to Ireland as demand soared from Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war. https:...
Jump to post- Fri Mar 25, 2022 10:35 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
- Replies: 301
- Views: 42102
Re: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
A very pleasant flight earlier today DUB - BCN. I was the only one in Aerspace ie row 1 then a few in the first 4 rows and quite busy down the back. Id say around 75% full which is a good sign. The biz lounge was also a lot busier but not packed. I noticed an Air Canada flight parked around gate 424...
Jump to post- Wed Mar 23, 2022 12:44 pm
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
- Replies: 301
- Views: 42102
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I just went to book some SAS Plus flights DUB-ARN and I see its being operated by Air Baltic on a A220 .
Jump to post- Wed Mar 23, 2022 10:58 am
- Forum: Civil Aviation
- Topic: Irish 3/22: And then, this happened ...
- Replies: 301
- Views: 42102
100 years of the Irish Air Corps a flyover Dublin is due around now .
https://www.rte.ie/news/2022/0322/12878 ... niversary/
