FlyThiz wrote:This was someone’s best idea to be funny? Pretty lame.
But he has asked this identical question previously?
Jump to postBDKLEZ wrote:What's Virgin B789 G-VBOW all about jumping in and out again at DUB tonight?
This is the week when the application should hopefully be boxed off and the routes go on sale now that counsel for them have formally requested the go-ahead on the basis of no objections having been received by the deadline for comments/observations. And nothing has been announced formally. I thoug...
Jump to postOnly those who stick their heads in the sand, go and look at some CAA stats. If you doubt what I'm saying, then why did they upgrade from a 757 to a 767-300 only the year before? UA upgauged several TATL 757 routes to 767s, only to kill them later. That detail isn't confirming. Perhaps, perhaps not...
Jump to postIt might take a while, but there is demand from MAN to the USA. To what destinations, and at what avg fares? MAN-MCO, sure. MIA (or FLL) with a JV partner ought to work. MAN-LAS is probably far enough to require a widebody but 3x in season may be worth trying. Are you seriously say there is no dema...
Jump to post... It’s hard to keep track right now! At the moment I make the fleet as follows for the summer from the air fleets database. A321LR - 5 (2 additional on G- register) A332 - 0 (4 additional parked) A333 - 8(2 additional on G- register) DUB-JFK 14 weekly (330, 321) DUB-BOS 14 weekly (330, 321) DUB-E...
Jump to postWhile I don’t disagree that mistakes have been made in the UK, this new and much-publicised strain of COVID-19 can hardly be attributed to failed UK policy. To a point. The more the virus is in circulation the more it will mutate. More mutations mean it is more likely that a more infections and/or ...
Jump to postIreland follows. Travel restrictions on flights and ferries arriving from Britain will come into effect from midnight, RTÉ News understands. It follows concern over the new Covid-19 strain emerging in southern England. The restrictions, which will be announced later this afternoon, will remain in pl...
Jump to posthttps://www.rte.ie/news/2020/1220/1185542-covid-19/
As expected:
48-hour restriction on flights and ferries from Britain over new Covid19 strain
Why with all the constant excuses when a route gets pulled? Constantly trying to justify it’s the airlines fault for equipment changes? Seems like Manchester is the only airport this happens to. The reality is that AA, UA and DL have pulled out entirely of Manchester on their own metal. Either ever...
Jump to postNot at all surprising as as KEF and PRG are leisure routes. The MAN cut is a bit surprising though it does further illustrate (as was discussed in the EI starting MAN-BOS/JFK/MCO flights) that the market doesn't really work well and isn't profitable. NO it does not.at all. The route started in 1998...
Jump to postMAN is shocking to me. PHL-MAN was one of US's most profitable TATL routes, and was one of the first routes to see the A333 upon the types introduction in 2000. When other destinations were seasonally down-gauged to a 762 MAN was consistently an A333, and I've been told that the route had a number ...
Jump to postAA pull the plug on PHL-MAN
https://mobile.twitter.com/xJonNYC/stat ... 57216?s=19
VS blames MAN-BOM/DEL cancellation to the ongoing impact of Covid-19 yet resuming operations to Barbados, with further routes to the Caribbean and US commencing in the coming weeks. https://www.vaflightstore.com/news/manchester-to-mumbai-and-delhi-launch-cancelled/ :confused: :confused: Further Car...
Jump to postDublin and Cork Airports To Launch Generous Airport Charges Discount Schemes To Kickstart Air Travel For Next Summer The schemes, which will provide generous discounts to airlines, will encourage airlines to resume services that that have been curtailed or dropped entirely due to COVID-19. Dublin Ai...
Jump to postHas MAN-US ever really been successful for airlines that have invested in that type of operation? I get that EI needs to find a place to allocate aircraft that would otherwise have been focused around SNN and that IAG is looking for lower cost ways to boost its share of the market and compete (at M...
Jump to postTK will be bringing in an A330-300 every Saturday (TK1975/1976) for the next few weeks. Would've been nice to see their 787s like how they sent them to BHX. I think this is the first time that they're operating the route with A330s on a regular basis, although we see a number of them every year. Th...
Jump to postDavid_itl wrote:Skyblue39 wrote:United have completely pulled out of Manchester which must be a huge blow (from 3 destinations to none).
May be if you are so knowledgeable about the MAN market, you could state the 3rd destination that they have pulled.
No. Just that the market isn't a slam dunk like a.net thinks it is. Starting service from MAN is a far guarantee from success and its been shown repeatedly as such. Nobody is saying it’ll be a “slam dunk”. What people are trying to explain here given their knowledge of MAN (and I count myself as it...
Jump to postNew Look For Dublin Airport's Terminal 1 Dublin Airport’s Terminal 1 is to undergo a major facelift under plans that have been lodged with Fingal County Council. The core façade and the roof of the terminal are to be replaced with a new modern, energy efficient structure that will completely transfo...
Jump to postEngland has just gone into another lockdown and this news from EI was released a number of weeks ago And this latest info in the current article suggests that Aer Lingus and the UK govt spoke to each other as little as 1 week ago, so clearly its still on the agenda. We are also talking about S21, s...
Jump to postEngland has just gone into another lockdown and this news from EI was released a number of weeks ago. The UK is not exactly a dream market now for EI to base aircraft in where hundreds of thousands of people have already lost their jobs, and sadly in the coming months many more will. UK economic out...
Jump to postFliplot wrote:How many EI aircraft are parked at MAD? Any photos?
Sticking to the trend of ungodly arrival and departure times on the India side I see There's likely a 3 pronged attack by VS; in going after MAN-USA, MAN-India and India-USA, Doing the 1st two only would probably result in altered timings. Throw in they maybe after connecting traffic then it makes ...
Jump to postAirlines operated ‘ghost flights’ to avoid refunds, hearing told I honestly would be very surprised if the cost of operating the flight would be less than the refunds due to passengers who did not travel on that flight. Glad we're dealing with the real issues here, which is finger pointing and inve...
Jump to postAA updated their schedules tonight and DFW-DUB-DFW has been cancelled for the winter. Final DUB-DFW for this season is showing as Nov.2. PHL-DUB-PHL resuming but I don't have dates for passenger service. AA is suspending all operations at DUB until MAR21. DUBPHL is currently slated to resume then. ...
Jump to postDublin - Dallas with AA is staying on over the winter.
Was supposed to finish early then pushed to end of October. Now it’s available into Nov and Dec also.
All this discussion about Belfast has me wondering. Did EI ever operate a feeder service to DUB (or SNN) so as to allow long-haul connections? No. Wouldn't really be viable as Dublin is less than two hours drive from Belfast, plus dedicated airport coaches from three operators provide hourly servic...
Jump to postNew 'medium-term' Covid-19 roadmap to allow for international travel
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40042574.html
Was on DUB-KRK-DUB at the weekend and no enforcement of Face masks on board by Ryanair crew, despite their onboard announcements. People wearing masks under their chin and not covering their noses. Really annoying to see this.
Jump to postnoriom42 wrote:FR901 holding around Cork for the last 30/40 minutes. Anyone know why?
Passenger locator form is online from 26 August, confirms Minister
https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0822/11607 ... ator-form/
British Airways seems to have pulled out of Dublin. I just noticed my flight on 24 August is cancelled and there are no BA services at all listed on the BA site. It's all Aer Lingus flights from Dublin to London Heathrow now. I have just booked BA831 DUB-LHR on 11th September.... so that is wrong. ...
Jump to postFinnair will resume HEL-DUB from this coming Sunday. Also EW will resume DUS-DUB from Sunday too. And Ryanair will commence DUS-DUB tomorrow.
Jump to postWith FR new flight to Mykonos, is this first direct ever to the island? Also at well over 4 hours, what is range of Ryanair aircraft fully loaded, with bad weather and diversion fuel Open to correction but I think Tenerife-Warsaw is FR's longest route at 2,209nm and 5:25 in duration. The world's lo...
Jump to postIn addition to Santorini, Ryanair announce Dublin to Corfu and Dublin to Mykonos:
https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/due- ... ?market=ie
Passengers in for shock as COVID measures at Dublin Airport to be seriously ramped up Passengers travelling to Dublin Airport may have to undergo a Covid-19 test before they depart, transport officials have said. Ken Spratt, acting secretary-general at the Department of Transport, said officials ar...
Jump to postI wonder where is AC planning to get all that extra A330 capacity from, even with the recent A330 deliveries. They will need 7.5 frames to operate BCN, ATH, LIS, and MAN. My guess is that they'll cancel YUL-TLS and the extra frequencies on YYZ/YUL-CDG and YUL-BRU, as well as YVR-CDG/ZRH/DUB with YU...
Jump to postRyanair Launches New Route From Dublin To Santorini Ryanair, Europe’s no.1 airline, today (Fri, 24 July) announced a new exclusive route from Dublin to Santorini commencing 17 August, as part of its extended Summer 2020 schedule. This new route will operate twice weekly from Dublin to Santorini. Pas...
Jump to postI wonder where is AC planning to get all that extra A330 capacity from, even with the recent A330 deliveries. They will need 7.5 frames to operate BCN, ATH, LIS, and MAN. My guess is that they'll cancel YUL-TLS and the extra frequencies on YYZ/YUL-CDG and YUL-BRU, as well as YVR-CDG/ZRH/DUB with YU...
Jump to postEgyptair SU-GEX an Airbus A220 inbound to DUB from CAI, for any spotters.
Jump to postASM Ireland have taken over as GSA for Ethiopian Airlines. So no return of their own offices at DUB. ET will offer flights via its European gateways such as MAN LHR FRA etc but sadly no DUB service although it is hoped that they will one day bring back a service. How are ET selling tickets via MAN?...
Jump to postUser001 wrote:LOT have put on sale a new 4 weekly WAW-DUB from Aug 31st.
Cathay have removed the DUB-HKG flights for the remainder of 2020 (hardly a surprise)
A Ryanair flight from Krakow to Dublin has made an emergency landing at Stansted following a bomb scare.
A note claiming there were explosives on board was discovered in a toilet.
https://news.sky.com/story/bomb-scare-o ... t-12027958
Travel has been called out this evening 15 of 23 cases related to travel today (65%), not going to help with easing restrictions if repeated over next 10 days. If anything tougher action might be required. The Irish Times are staying otherwise: “Despite concerns expressed over the past week about f...
Jump to post[twoid][/twoid] Disappointing but not surprising AA schedule changes this morning. ORD-DUB is dropped, DUB-DFW down to 3 weekly and DUB-PHL return pushed back When is DUB-PHL due to return now? According to the most recent press release published by AA last week the route was due to resume for in Oc...
Jump to postPeople complain that DUB is too far when they are located in Cork and Limerick! This is amusing. Look at countries such as Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark where there is only 1 major internal airport for the entire country serving long haul flights. I think SNN has had its hey day and it’s time to ...
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AmricanShamrok wrote:Routes due to resume during the coming week:
CFN-GLA (LM)
DUB-KIV (5F)
DUB-EWR (UA)
DUB-BCN (VY)
Further route cancellations:
SNN-BCN (EI)
SNN-CDG (EI)
Its just a technical problem - try again next week I know someone who works for UA at MAN...they are not returning. Yet some elsewhere are expecting big upgrades, upguages and widebodies...and thats for this summer.. United Airlines in previous week’s schedule update (weekend of 12JUN20) removed Ne...
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