Re: Irish 3/24: If the cap doesn't fit ...

Considering FR's aircraft shortage this summer due to delayed Boeing deliveries, would they ever consider operating "red eye" flights to get aircraft utilisation up and build network capacity that way? They could in theory operate flights down to the Canaries or Turkey/Greece/Cyprus etc. ...

Re: Irish 3/24: If the cap doesn't fit ...

Considering FR's aircraft shortage this summer due to delayed Boeing deliveries, would they ever consider operating "red eye" flights to get aircraft utilisation up and build network capacity that way? They could in theory operate flights down to the Canaries or Turkey/Greece/Cyprus etc. d...

Re: Irish 3/24: If the cap doesn't fit ...

Is it still possible to transfer Avios between programmes (e.g. AerClub to BA Executive Club)? I thought there used to be a function to do this on Avios.com in the past (I could be wrong though) but they've recently updated their website and there seems to be limited functionality on it now.

Re: Irish 3/24: If the cap doesn't fit ...

Details of the SNN route support schemes are available here (interestingly they have a transfer passenger route support scheme included). https://www.shannonairport.ie/aviation-development/ On another note, has EI gotten around to making a safety video for the A321LRs or are the demos still being pe...

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

Tonight's EA3408 (DUB-CFN) is returning to DUB after doing multiple laps in a hold near CFN...anyone know what's going on?

Re: Delta Air Lines Network - 2024

Can't see it previously reported here but DL has upgauged JFK-SNN to 763 when it resumes so I believe this leaves only DTW/MSP-KEF as their only transatlantic 752 routes this summer.

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

Interestingly, when both EI-LRG and EI-LRH were delivered, they did not have the Irish flag on the fuselage. I wonder was this due to the plan to move them to the G-reg soon after delivery. Obviously, only LRH ended up transferring, and has since received the Irish flag since returning to the Irish...

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

they make obscene money on routes like Palma. Those 187 seats would be earning so much more between fare, beer and luggage. I think FR will pull off the DUB - KIR route and in the end it wont even go back to a PSO route anymore . clock is ticking on route as bypasses and road upgrades will be deliv...

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

OA260 wrote:

I was surprised to see it put on the ORD route but I guess its low season and the loads are light

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

Hi I was reading the post about Skynet and that got me thinking about Belavia. Does anyone know when did they fly MSK-SNN and maybe even have the flight numbers and schedule? Thanks Alex I don't have the date they started but their last season operating the route was Winter 2008/09. In the years le...

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

pretty 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....

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

EU Jet and Jet Green were another few . As well as Trans Lift, and Eirjet - the airline that mistakenly landed in Ballykelly instead of Derry back in 2006. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/plane-landed-at-wrong-airport-1.801668 I looked up Ballykelly Airfield on Google Maps and in fairness, it has a...

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

It's a pity how SNN can't attract more European routes such as FRA/AMS/FCO with EI or their respective airlines, especially given the decent TA offerings in the summer. Is it silly to think that EI could do some more feeding through SNN across Europe? I understand that LHR/CDG are offered at least,...

Re: Irish 2/24: Flying February

IrishLessor wrote:

Talk of a €200M train line to Shannon Airport is another crazy scheme thrown into the mix.

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

2007 would have included an absolutely massive amount of domestic. There were 2.1m domestic pax in 2007, there's about 60k now - a significant amount of that was on DUB-ORK which was something nuts like 15x daily between RE and FR. I checked the official ORK Summer 2007 Timetable as this seemed a b...

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

Cork are saying it was their busiest year ever for International traffic? What about 2007 it had 3.2 million then? Cork seem to go over the top in all there press releases. 2007 would have included an absolutely massive amount of domestic. There were 2.1m domestic pax in 2007, there's about 60k now...

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

Diversions and cancellations have started due to Storm Jocelyn.

WA1085 (AMS-ORK) has gone to SNN and FR901 (STN-ORK) holding for the last while north of the field.

Re: Chicago Aviation - 2024

I wonder if there’s ever a chance that either American or British Airways will fly nonstop from Chicago to Manchester. At one point in the past American used to fly nonstop from O’Hare to Manchester (British Midland did as well), Birmingham, London Stansted, and many other European cities. They jus...

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

As far as I can make out from FR24 data, there are currently 11 aircraft "out of position" on the ground at SNN awaiting departure back to DUB and ORK (plus one cargo flight to ORD which is unrelated to weather I understand). Some of these have been scheduled for the morning.

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

Shannon Airport passenger numbers up 29% in 2023 https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2024/0115/1426590-shannon-airport-passenger-numbers/ Shannon Airport has today reported a 29% increase in passenger numbers for 2023 - its best year since 2009...The airport said it saw a total of 1.958 million passeng...

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

Reported on another thread that EI will move from T5 to T3 (AA's terminal) at ORD from next week. This move had been predicted for some time.

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

My money is on ORD as the next EI route from MAN. This route operated twice daily for many years (1x AA and 1x BMI). Obviously times have changed since but it still seems to be a big gap in the network.

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

United do a seasonal EWR-PDL with the max. They could look at doing similar with cork if they were interested in it. If UA ever looked at servicing ORK, I'd say the 752 would perform better off ORK's runway than the MAX. Both aircraft have nearly identical seat capacity/configuration but the 752 is...

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

United do a seasonal EWR-PDL with the max. They could look at doing similar with cork if they were interested in it. If UA ever looked at servicing ORK, I'd say the 752 would perform better off ORK's runway than the MAX. Both aircraft have nearly identical seat capacity/configuration but the 752 is...

Re: Irish 1/24: Ring out the old, ring in the new

United do a seasonal EWR-PDL with the max. They could look at doing similar with cork if they were interested in it. If UA ever looked at servicing ORK, I'd say the 752 would perform better off ORK's runway than the MAX. Both aircraft have nearly identical seat capacity/configuration but the 752 is...

Re: Irish 12/23: What's another year!

Flight diversions associated with Storm Gerrit have started. FR7726 (ACE-ORK) went to SNN. KL1089 (AMS-ORK) circling north of the airfield and is currently the #1 most tracked flight on Flightradar24.

Re: Irish 12/23: What's another year!

EI seems to be temporarily suspending SNN-JFK and SNN-CDG for a few weeks from mid-January to mid-March. I know they did this with the JFK route previously (though not sure about last winter). The published SNN timetable - yet to be updated - showed both routes operating uninterrupted for the full s...

Re: Irish 12/23: What's another year!

I had two FR flights over the weekend and had not paid for pre-selected seats. I didn't have any issues getting my digital boarding pass via the app and got randomly assigned seats as normal so that earlier news article about having to queue at an airport desk for a boarding card was incorrect. I kn...

Re: Irish 12/23: What's another year!

Speaking of which, does EI still do Irish announcements on-board? IIRC in the past they've done a token 'welcome' one for arrival into DUB - but is that it? Any time I have travelled on EI in the recent past, there is still a brief welcome on board in Irish. And the announcement on landing commence...

Re: Irish 11/23: Flight caps and blue jets

The seats look horrid. How was the BOB offering - did they have stock? Seats like ironing boards . Dreadful Having flown DUB-LHR on the NEOs a few times now it's amazing how bad the interiors are. I didn't expect wholesale changes, but you really could be flying on any of the existing 320 fleet. I'...

Re: Irish 11/23: Flight caps and blue jets

Clydenairways wrote:

AmricanShamrok wrote:

Runway 10R/28L at DUB seems to be closed at the moment. All arrivals and departures currently using the new runway (28R).

I'm sure the phones are hopping from portmarnock

Re: Irish 11/23: Flight caps and blue jets

Runway 10R/28L at DUB seems to be closed at the moment. All arrivals and departures currently using the new runway (28R).

Re: Irish 10/23: Autumnal aviating

DUBHUB wrote:

I can definitely see B6 in Shannon as a future destination as well.

Re: Irish 10/23: Autumnal aviating

Avgeek2233 wrote:

Also three of the 4 757 had P&W engine and 1 had RR engine. So it’s worked before for ASL. CJX was mainly on the SNN-BOS route because of this though.

Re: Irish 10/23: Autumnal aviating

The UK arm of Aer Lingus generated a profit of €5.1m last year as revenue soared to just under €87m. What new routes could we see ex-MAN? My money is on ORD. MAN-ORD used to operate twice-daily (with BMI and AA) back around 10/15 years ago. The market has likely changed since but considering how st...

Re: Irish 10/23: Autumnal aviating

I think SNN is not effective at marketing their airport to the full catchment area 100%. It's very disheartening and so much more could be done on the marketing front, especially in the midlands where people might be inclined to not even consider options from SNN. Don't get me wrong, they do some m...

Re: Irish 10/23: Autumnal aviating