Having FR so active in SNN is a double edged sword, lots of routes with them but they’re a major deterrent to other airlines launching routes as Ryanair are notorious for capacity dumping until the rival pulls the service, whereupon FR often pull it too. Very few if any airlines are willing to take ...
Jump to post738’s minimum approach speed is 15 kts higher than A320, hence all the over-runs in SE Asian rain. A320 crosswind limit is 5 kts higher than 738. There’s two better performances characteristics off the top of my head as a Controller.
Jump to postFirst airframe expected in Q3, second in Q3 or 4, with 4 more in the first half of next year, haven't heard anything more specific than that.
Jump to postThe second EI XLR is in final assembly as of this week (the first will take over DUB-MSP from the A330), so it's plausible given it is currently not accounted for route-wise.
Jump to postThis "offer" holds up the floor other airlines can negotiate Boeing down to on the jets due delays whilst potentially getting FR a better deal than they already have on their outstanding orders. MO'L is a master at this stuff.
Jump to postHas a cargo -8 never even landed in Dublin before ? I'm under the impression here that this is the first one to visit. I thought Cargolux might have sent one in when they covered the AF cargo flight back in 2019 but it must have just been a -400 There was an AN124 in before and that was a commercia...
Jump to postAny US West Coast routes from MAN would require either -200s or 242t -300s with full flight and cabin crew rest areas. The latter are not easy to come by, especially with GE engines, and it's been well documented EI don't want any more -200s AFAIK. I think West Coast routes are unlikely as a result.
Jump to postPainting an aircraft is a six figure sum and takes several days. Each day grounded is potentially hundreds of thousands in lost revenue. Doing this early would be corporate negligence.
Jump to postI think there is still a misconception here. If the aircraft can get off the runway at MTOW then it can get off with a full fuel load. The aircraft certified MTOW is a hard number which is unaffected by length of route or runway used I take your point and I know CX also flew HKG - IAD on a 359 whic...
Jump to postNorwegian pulled ORK-SWF pre-launch because it was just that little bit too far for the MAX8... But they did successfully fly ex-Cork to Providence on the MAX pre-Covid, so TATL can be done on the MAX https://www.corkairport.com/news/detail/2019/08/13/norwegian-to-end-transatlantic-flights-between-...
Jump to postCould EI give NOC-JFK a go? A 3x weekly seasonal 321NEO service to test the waters? They havent even started MAN BOS on the NEO. Didn't realise that - thanks for clarifying. If/when they do start TATL NEO ops ex-MAN, it does open up opportunities to rotate them to other ports - e.g. a MAN-JFK-BFS-J...
Jump to postI take your point and I know CX also flew HKG - IAD on a 359 which is significantly longer, but my understanding was there was an issue with the runway length at DUB. Of course this no longer applies.[/quote] There wasn't for the A350-900 specifically (which reason EI had them on order). On other t...
Jump to postZeke, a current CX A350 Pilot ran the numbers on the new route announcement thread when CX announced DUB. An an ICAO standard day, he showed the A359 can get off a wet10R/28L at MTOW. I can't remember exactly what the thread was called but it was about all the social media speculation about new rou...
Jump to postTo HKG, yes, but all the way to SIN? MTOW means Max Takeoff Weight, its all to with the airframe, not the route flown, meaning the aircraft can depart fully fueled if required/desired and reach anywhere within its range, so yes. It doesn’t matter if the aircraft is on a 10 mile flight or 10,000, fr...
Jump to post- SQ wouldn't have been able to have done DUB fully loaded until the recent runway extension. I'm sure it's on their radar, as DUB is one of SIN's top 10 unserved destinations by O&D alone. : The A359 can get off the south runway at DUB at MTOW, even when wet. To HKG, yes, but all the way to SI...
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- SQ wouldn't have been able to have done DUB fully loaded until the recent runway extension. I'm sure it's on their radar, as DUB is one of SIN's top 10 unserved destinations by O&D alone. :
Nailed it. Religion has nothing to do with it, the airlines and DAA have calculated that it would cost them more to open up and operate the skeleton schedule which would be needed on Christmas Day vs the current situation. It is a purely commercial decision, nothing more.
Jump to postIt’ll betaking over the EI DUB-MSP route from an A330 when it enters service.
Jump to postAny locals help me with two dates : First day the new ATC tower was used / last day of old. NOT the official opening I assume? First movement on the Northern Runway? Arrival/Departure? I can’t remember exact dates for the tower I’m afraid Skip, but it opened roughly 18 months before the runway IIRC...
Jump to postThe LRs originally delivered with 2 ACTs have been retrofitted with a third one.
Kerry is indeed the third busiest port for Trans-Atlantic bizjets in my experience. Wealthy golfers on Netjets and the like. I work them in and out regularly.
Tonnes of soil removed from Dublin Airport because of discovery of ‘forever chemicals’ https://www.irishtimes.com/transport/2023/11/15/tonnes-of-soil-removed-from-dublin-airport-because-of-discovery-of-forever-chemicals/ Seems they are shipping it to Norway for safe disposal. The water table under ...
Jump to postUnder EASA rules, an Air Traffic Controller is forbidden from working more than 2 hours without a break. This break must be of a minimum of 30 minutes. There’s a chronic shortage of qualified Air Traffic Controllers globally, so what you often see nowadays is airspace closures for 30 mins to allow t...
Jump to postEIDWDUB wrote:Are we expecting to see the two Qatar frames EIK and EIK getting their cabin refits this side of the year ?
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. I noticed at the time EI-CJX was mainly confined to SNN-BOS but what bearing would the engine type have on that? The RR engines are more thirsty...
Jump to post737-800 final approach speed is 15 kts higher than the A320 IIRC
Jump to postQ1 2024 I believe. They’ll be the first to get the new Y long haul seat also apparently.
Jump to postSearch and rescue contract awarded to Bristow Ireland https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/0822/1401046-search-and-rescue-contract-awarded-to-bristow-ireland/ 6 AW189 helicopters from four dedicated bases in Sligo, Shannon, Waterford and Dublin Weston Airport will operate and for the first time fi...
Jump to postAvgeek2233 wrote:I see FNH is operating DUB-IAD EI117 tomorrow while the Wamos is still operating the EI119.
Is extra capacity needed?
The increased J is a positive sign of a healthy route on DFW. Premium pax and cargo are where all the profit is on long haul. Great to see. MSP could be a bloodbath for EI now until the XLRs arrive, whereupon their costs will plummet. DL have all the connections over there, EI over here. EI are year...
Jump to postIIRC The LR on DUB-YYZ regularly had to leave bags behind or EI had to pay AC to take them on their behalf as the LR didn’t quite have the legs to make it with the full load. Might only be an issue on the southern runway but 10R is the departure runway in easterlies so the problem is still there. I...
Jump to postIIRC The LR on DUB-YYZ regularly had to leave bags behind or EI had to pay AC to take them on their behalf as the LR didn’t quite have the legs to make it with the full load. Might only be an issue on the southern runway but 10R is the departure runway in easterlies so the problem is still there.
Jump to postThe 757 has far better runway performance than its modern competitors (MAX, NEO) for 3 main reasons: powerful (and thirsty) engines, a large wing, and double bogey gear increasing stopping power, thus pushing V1 further down the runway and thus allowing takeoff from shorter runways with high loads. ...
Jump to postI think it is worth a reminder that the A359 can get off a wet 28L/10R on an ICAO standard day at MTOW with TOGA. It would not be as performance constrained at DUB as the A330. I do think it is possibly too much aircraft for EI though, it would need to be filled year round up top and down below to j...
Jump to postRegarding Vueling at ORY, I recall reading when they got the slots, they were restricted to aircraft with over 200 seats. This is why they needed the EI A330 until they got more A321s, as the 320s weren't large enough. The A321 in all Y is likely too large for the likes of SNN and ORK. The timings w...
Jump to postI’ve correlated radar with FR24 and have never seen an anomaly That's great. I'm just quoting the guideline documents for integrating ADS-B into ATC operations, which require checking & adjustment of all those parameters before they can be displayed to controllers as valid data. The same level ...
Jump to postThe amateur receivers used the by FR24 and others are usually in someone’s house or shed….somewhere……and might not necessarily have line of sight, thus the accuracy is not to be trusted. I'm unclear how you reach this conclusion. It seems to me that each ADSB Out data packet, which is generated abo...
Jump to postAvherald also notes the wrong aircraft type for what registration they claim is involved. Should be a 223. The A220 is still formally registered as a C-Series. They are filed as "BCS1" and "BCS3". The Airbus A220 effectively only exists in branding. There’s zero reason the publi...
Jump to postI used that gate in the early 00s for a flight to Bologna. A Spanair MD-8 something operated the flight on behalf of EI, who I think had strike action ongoing at the time.
Jump to postWill be a proverbial to cool. Didn't ANZ have trouble with their black 787s on extended layovers in Australian summers between flights?
I do love the colour when it's fresh, wonder how it will look after a couple of years of wear and tear and extreme desert heat.
TATL is where the money is right now and has been for some time for the legacies. Cargo and J pax, that’s all the profit. LoCos are a different story.
Jump to postAnother potential factor in the future is punitive environmental charges on less fuel efficient types, both regulatory and from airfields. An example is LHR: The landing fees for an A320 CEO are significantly higher than for a NEO (noise is a factor too). It spurred EI to purchase a small number of...
Jump to postStudents and Chinese originating tours I should imagine are what is driving it. I remember seeing a chart of Singapore's top unserved routes pre COVID and DUB was around 9th, barely behind MAD IIRC. I always thought they and Cathay made the most sense for carriers to that part of the world. Cathay w...
Jump to postI was flying domestically in the US a few years ago with a friend with an apostrophe in their name (O'Surname) and the staff had to faff around with the system for quite some time to check them in as the system couldn't handle it.
Jump to postbennett123 wrote:I could understand this being a problem for Non Irish airlines, but Aer Lingus...
Glasgow is still the third most visited city in the United Kingdom, only one spot behind Edinburgh which lies in second. No, that's not true. https://www.tripsavvy.com/popular-uk-cities-for-international-visitors-1661845 According to this, the third most visited city in the UK is Manchester. Glasgo...
Jump to postI think the Europeans have done this for years. Flying from ATL to BRU (years past) and JFK to FCO as we near Ireland DL pilots tell us we are climbing to tly climb to 41,000 to avoid Intra European short haul flights and to proceed directly to our destination. We got completely rid of routes in Ir...
Jump to postPerhaps the Dutch and Belgian kings will make an environmental point and take the Eurostar. I know Macron can't(in practice) take the train even if he wanted to because of some french regulations to protect the president. Given what's happening in France right now, the trains would probably end up ...
Jump to postIs it possible A320s are out of position or not getting back in time to do their next rotation due the French Strike?
Jump to postI said in the previous thread I think they should pull EIK & EIL off the NAT and use them within Europe and the Canaries. Even if they're too tight/greedy to pull both, they should at least extend the lease on GEY & get it back in service in place of at least 1 of the ex QR -300s, at least t...
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