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OA260 wrote:
These were the only two flights to leave Dublin Airport on Christmas Day
Dublin Airport traditionally closes its doors on Christmas Day
The two were cargo planes and no passengers were onboard.
The first was at 5:45am, a Bluebird Nordic flight headed for Reykjavik and then an ASL Airlines Belgium plane headed for Liege at 10pm.
http://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-ne ... e-15607585
iRISH251 wrote:OA260 wrote:
These were the only two flights to leave Dublin Airport on Christmas Day
Dublin Airport traditionally closes its doors on Christmas Day
The two were cargo planes and no passengers were onboard.
The first was at 5:45am, a Bluebird Nordic flight headed for Reykjavik and then an ASL Airlines Belgium plane headed for Liege at 10pm.
http://www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-ne ... e-15607585
Beware of reports like this. A FR24 playback confirms that no scheduled pax or cargo flights operated to or from DUB on the 25th or 26th. Someone may have looked at what tracking websites predicted, based on normal schedules. A Swedish Cessna Citation (SE-RLT) arrived at DUB on about 1945 on Christmas Day - probably an air ambulance flight. That is the only movement actually witnessed by anyone.
iRISH251 wrote:
Beware of reports like this. A FR24 playback confirms that no scheduled pax or cargo flights operated to or from DUB on the 25th or 26th. Someone may have looked at what tracking websites predicted, based on normal schedules. A Swedish Cessna Citation (SE-RLT) arrived at DUB on about 1945 on Christmas Day - probably an air ambulance flight. That is the only movement actually witnessed by anyone.
OA260 wrote:One million people in Galway fly Dublin over Shannon Airport
It might be the closer airport by some margin, but when people in Galway are getting a flight they choose Dublin over Shannon airport the vast majority of the time.
The Clare Echo reports that Matthew Thomas, CEO of the Shannon Group which is responsible for the airport, told Clare County Council that a million people a year from Galway fly out of Dublin instead of Shannon Airport because that is their habit.
Mr Thomas was making a presentation to the December meeting of the county council, where he said that outside of Dublin, Shannon airport is the fastest growing in Ireland.
There was some skepticism from the council, with Independent councillor PJ Ryan asking why there isn’t more traffic from Galway through Shannon, mentioning the constant bus services running from Galway to Dublin Airport.
The councillor was critical of Transport Minister Shane Ross for not doing more to get airlines to fly into Shannon.
He said that this left the people there working “with one hand tied behind you back”.
http://www.galwaydaily.com/news/one-mil ... n-airport/
OA260 wrote:More issues at BFS : Belfast International Airport apologises for long security queues
dstc47 wrote:A curious notion that Galway passengers use Dublin out of "habit", as if convenience, or price were not relevant factors.
AmricanShamrok wrote:dstc47 wrote:A curious notion that Galway passengers use Dublin out of "habit", as if convenience, or price were not relevant factors.
Maybe not always but habit definitely comes into it in some cases - I know people who live nearer to SNN than DUB and they don't even bother to research prices from SNN, they always only book via DUB.
EIDL wrote:iRISH251 wrote:
Beware of reports like this. A FR24 playback confirms that no scheduled pax or cargo flights operated to or from DUB on the 25th or 26th. Someone may have looked at what tracking websites predicted, based on normal schedules. A Swedish Cessna Citation (SE-RLT) arrived at DUB on about 1945 on Christmas Day - probably an air ambulance flight. That is the only movement actually witnessed by anyone.
Both airlines operate 737 Classics which may not appear on FR24 depending on MLAT coverage. So its not something to trust entirely either.
OA260 wrote:Seems Aer Lingus having issues at DUB this morning.
kaitak wrote:That doesn't augur particularly well, in terms of expecting anything dramatic or exciting.
ClassicLover wrote:kaitak wrote:That doesn't augur particularly well, in terms of expecting anything dramatic or exciting.
I disagree with you there. Repainting the fleet is not included as they are going to do the repaints as they would usually be due, so they're clearly not booking that cost against the rebrand, which makes sense.
It's plenty of money for a brand refresh really and I don't think they were going for dramatic or exciting. Refresh is different to a total change of branding.
AmricanShamrok wrote:ClassicLover wrote:kaitak wrote:That doesn't augur particularly well, in terms of expecting anything dramatic or exciting.
I disagree with you there. Repainting the fleet is not included as they are going to do the repaints as they would usually be due, so they're clearly not booking that cost against the rebrand, which makes sense.
It's plenty of money for a brand refresh really and I don't think they were going for dramatic or exciting. Refresh is different to a total change of branding.
I hope they don't drag the a**e out of repainting the fleet though. I remember when UA was transitioning from the "Battleship Grey" to the blue one, it took the bones of a decade for the full fleet to be repainted (actually, I think some were still in the grey livery when the "Continental Globe" one was introduced).
alancostello wrote:With it being a brand 'refresh' I'd imagine it'll be similar to what KLM has done with the wave, existing liveried aircraft won't look terribly out of place with ones that have been repainted. I can't imagine them taking multiple years to repaint ~50 aircraft.
iRISH251 wrote:. A Swedish Cessna Citation (SE-RLT) arrived at DUB on about 1945 on Christmas Day - probably an air ambulance flight. That is the only movement actually witnessed by anyone.
AmricanShamrok wrote:ClassicLover wrote:......... Refresh is different to a total change of branding.
I hope they don't drag the a**e out of repainting the fleet though. I remember when UA was transitioning from the "Battleship Grey" to the blue one, it took the bones of a decade for the full fleet to be repainted (actually, I think some were still in the grey livery when the "Continental Globe" one was introduced).
JAmie2k9 wrote:EK grew DXB traffic 2% to reach 442,000 in 2018 despite cutting capacity. 50.5% or 223,342 connected to onwards.
Full Info: http://www.travelextra.ie/emirates-pass ... lin-route/
alancostello wrote:JAmie2k9 wrote:EK grew DXB traffic 2% to reach 442,000 in 2018 despite cutting capacity. 50.5% or 223,342 connected to onwards.
Full Info: http://www.travelextra.ie/emirates-pass ... lin-route/
They cut capacity? I thought they were still doing the double daily 77Ws? Are you talking about the temporary reduction while the second DXB runway is closed for resurfacing in April/May? They reduced frequencies across nearly every route for that, they had to, wouldn't really see it as them cutting capacity per se.
eirflot wrote:I think Air Dolomiti just stole EIs thunder! Not sure I like the new Italian look but very much in keeping with the corporate parent approach!
Seriously not looking great for EI!!
eirflot wrote:Seriously not looking great for EI!!
JAmie2k9 wrote:alancostello wrote:JAmie2k9 wrote:EK grew DXB traffic 2% to reach 442,000 in 2018 despite cutting capacity. 50.5% or 223,342 connected to onwards.
Full Info: http://www.travelextra.ie/emirates-pass ... lin-route/
They cut capacity? I thought they were still doing the double daily 77Ws? Are you talking about the temporary reduction while the second DXB runway is closed for resurfacing in April/May? They reduced frequencies across nearly every route for that, they had to, wouldn't really see it as them cutting capacity per se.
They dropped a 2 class for 3 class on a daily service which is around 150 less seats per day in second half of the year. Well in excess of 10,000 less seats in 2018.
CFNFlyer wrote:JAmie2k9 wrote:alancostello wrote:
They cut capacity? I thought they were still doing the double daily 77Ws? Are you talking about the temporary reduction while the second DXB runway is closed for resurfacing in April/May? They reduced frequencies across nearly every route for that, they had to, wouldn't really see it as them cutting capacity per se.
They dropped a 2 class for 3 class on a daily service which is around 150 less seats per day in second half of the year. Well in excess of 10,000 less seats in 2018.
Any truth in rumours they're considering a third daily? Heard it mentioned a few times over the past year but never from EK themselves
Impressive numbers considering they had all the extra competition from Qatar, Cathay & Hainan last year
HTCone wrote:CFNFlyer wrote:JAmie2k9 wrote:
They dropped a 2 class for 3 class on a daily service which is around 150 less seats per day in second half of the year. Well in excess of 10,000 less seats in 2018.
Any truth in rumours they're considering a third daily? Heard it mentioned a few times over the past year but never from EK themselves
Impressive numbers considering they had all the extra competition from Qatar, Cathay & Hainan last year
I read an interview with their Irish market boss probably around a year ago in which he said they had wanted to do a third flight some time in the 6/7am timeframe but there was no room in T2 for them then and they were unwilling to move to T1 like EY did.
They also made serious approaches about A380 services around 2013/2014 but the airfield just can't handle it outside of an absolute emergency situation