Re: Irish 4/19: Summer flyin', had me a blast

Just saw D-AIHT A346 Lufthansa lift off from Shannon. It was operating the JFK-MUC flight, and diverted back to Shannon from over the Irish Sea this morning.

Re: Passenger gets plane to himself

Was with a handful of other passengers (maybe 10, and crew). Aer Lingus B747 in December 1992 or 1993 approximately. It was a positioning flight from Dublin to London Heathrow to take home passengers for Christmas. At the time, my family were all living in London so I was going in the opposite direc...

Re: Irish 3/19: Marching skyward

shamrock350 wrote:

Well, two additional A333s are due as well. Not all future expansion is reliant on the A321LR arrival.

Re: Irish 1/19 : New year, new ... us!

Who said it was about irish travelling? I commented on the continuing growth of the trans Atlantic services and was curious if connectivity will continue to grow? You did... “I’m sure the population is only 4.7m”. That implied that you didn’t realize that the world was a little bigger than Ireland’...

Re: Irish 1/19 : New year, new ... us!

I vomited a little in my mouth when I saw the hearty shamrocks.
Please, dear, kind, wonderfully marvelous Aer Lingus management, let this not be the winner.
Part of me was expecting it though. It ties in nicely with Iberia.

Re: Irish 1/19 : New year, new ... us!

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 SN...

Re: Irish 1/19 : New year, new ... us!

And a happy new year to you and yours Kaitak. Thank you for the threads!

Re: Irish 12/18: December Dreaming ...

Does Knock really have the footfall and attraction to garner TATL services?! I mean, no disrespect intended to the area, and it’s a beautiful area, you can see why people would be interested in going there, but it’s all quite rural and very spread out. The closest city to sustain it is Galway, which...

Re: DUB Closed due to radar failure

Some interesting holding occurred by the Aer Lingus flight from Chicago and the United flight from DC out over Mayo, I’m guessing holding over Knock.
Those queues tho. Nice.

Re: Irish 11/18: Sciathain na Samhain

I had the (mis)fortune to travel through the Ryanair pier of Dublin airport last Wednesday morning, (in the 6:30 tranche of early morning flights). The speaker system in that pier is woeful as is any staff member's capacity to use it. Unfortunately it didn't stop them from trying, with one announcem...

Re: Irish 11/18: Sciathain na Samhain

irelandplane201 wrote:

I just saw on wikipedia air india is starting flights from dublin to Hyderabad on 1 July but no reference though

Re: Irish 10/18: Fourth quarter flying

Are there ever any pax or cargo on the Shannon to Dublin ferries? I’d imagine it could be a wise way to disperse the transfers.

Re: Irish 9/18: Autumnal aviation

Was passing through SNN this evening at about 6:30, saw an American 767 (I think!) on the tarmac. Any clues as to why it was there?
Also nice to see the BA 777’s getting some fresh air in Shannon.

Re: Irish 9/18: Autumnal aviation

It’s the first time I even noticed the KLM swoosh. I was wondering what everyone was harping on about. I’m still wondering, because I’d agree with Shamrock350: it looks like a mistake. Here’s to the diminishing hope of a 330 getting decked out in all singing, all dancing, glittering and dazzling gre...

Re: Irish 9/18: Autumnal aviation

Heard there are 2 A330 arriving next year alongside any neos that are being delivered plus 757 are staying until 2020 I believe 4 new routes is a lot on long haul expansion for an airline the size of EI. Where are your sources? I’m noting from your post history that you suggested EI was considering...

Re: Irish 8/18: An august institution

It’s 25 ish rotations ... Let’s not get too hysterical. AFAIK, the 25 doesn't account for IAG's other rotations through BA - so, the overall number is quite a bit higher than that? LHR ... flexibility is key to meeting the demands of the consumer. How are you reducing flexibility meaningfully by co...

Re: Irish 8/18: An august institution

With the new LCY service, EI will be operating up to 50x daily flights between Dublin and London. I know that this is spread across multiple airports, but would it not be worth using A330's for some of these flights? Yes, there are gate issues, but just park them remotely and bus the passengers. I ...

Re: Irish 8/18: An august institution

Brilliant news for Dublin! Looking forward to EI’s new routes in the coming weeks!

Re: Irish 8/18: An august institution

When we can get A350s leaving the current 10/28 with little or no difficulty, I don't think the planned length of 10L/28R will pose any obstacles for any route the DAA might target. It would be interesting to know what kind of routes IALPA believes is being prevented by the planned length . I'd muc...

Re: Irish 8/18: An august institution

Seems there are delays across the board, EI109 is 5 hours behind. 2 and 3 hour delays earlier in the day.

EI 145 is approaching Dublin.

Edit: seems a technical issue on EI-LAX.

Re: Alaska Airlines (allegedly?) deplanes allergic 15 year old UM instead of an emotional support cat

An emotional support cat? Is this for real?! If the cat had already boarded then the safer option is to not allow the allergic girl to board. When are ESA’s gonna be banned? They’re not really a thing in Europe, why is it a thing in America? Are you Americans so inherently emotionally unstable that ...

Re: Updated: AS employee steals and crashes Q400 at SeaTac

Probably the brakes smoking. Someone who doesn't know how to taxi would use the brakes to control speed. This is a really naive question, but how else would you control speed? I’m guessing that riding the brakes is not a good thing, as it wouldn’t Be in a car. Nor is it the only way of controlling ...

Re: British Airways deboards Indian family over ‘crying’ of 3-year-old child

Why is the aviation regulator of India trying to get something from the UK regulator? What’s the jurisdiction connection?

Re: British Airways deboards Indian family over ‘crying’ of 3-year-old child

No, I am slating posters for defending BA with the premise that BA is so awesome that such a thing will never happen. All due respect sir, I don’t think that’s what they were doing. I think they were defending BA because there is likely much more to the story, that none of us know about. With due e...

Re: British Airways deboards Indian family over ‘crying’ of 3-year-old child

I don’t think that’s what they were doing. I think they were defending BA because there is likely much more to the story, that none of us know about. Must be the language barrier, the way I read the above posts, BA FA would never do or say such things. That has been disproven with snap chat video. ...

Re: British Airways deboards Indian family over ‘crying’ of 3-year-old child

You keep slating posters for suggesting there’s more to the story. It’s the same thing. Usually when comments get posted on this site about human behavior, there is always more to the story than Is ever portrayed in the media. The media aren’t looking for the truth, they’re looking for a story. The...

Re: British Airways deboards Indian family over ‘crying’ of 3-year-old child

i don't think the story cannot be dismissed as 'clearly false' by someone who wasn't present there. Similarly it can’t be verified as being accurate by someone who wasn’t present there. I am not claiming it is accurate. Nor does the newspaper that published this. You keep slating posters for sugges...

Re: British Airways deboards Indian family over ‘crying’ of 3-year-old child

Wasn't there another recent incident of BA FA's rant on snapchat about Nigerians? Oh yeah. To the many posters who have defended BA here purely on the belief that such a thing will never be done by a BA crew member, there is clearly some precedence for deplorable behaviour by BA crew. Link to the i...

Re: British Airways deboards Indian family over ‘crying’ of 3-year-old child

unrave wrote:

CARST wrote:

BTW why do such clearly false stories get published at all?

i don't think the story cannot be dismissed as 'clearly false' by someone who wasn't present there.

Re: British Airways deboards Indian family over ‘crying’ of 3-year-old child

Why is the word bloody racist against Indians? Also, there are 3 sides to every story. India is a huge market for BA, I’d imagine they’re more than willing to deal with this as amicably as possible, lest they loose a substantial chunk of the market share to the sub continent. And a word for the OP,...

Re: Irish 8/18: An august institution

Eitilt wrote:

Yes. EIGCF was damaged by an airbridge and needs to be repaired over the weekend.

Re: British Airways deboards Indian family over ‘crying’ of 3-year-old child

Seriously. That doesn't even sound believable Agreed. This is BA Long Haul. An FA getting more animated than "just above comatose" and speaking louder than a mumble? That would be a first. Pardon my ignorance but LCY-TXL is long haul? It’s short haul. Why so defensive? If you let discussi...

Re: British Airways deboards Indian family over ‘crying’ of 3-year-old child

Why is the word bloody racist against Indians? Also, there are 3 sides to every story. India is a huge market for BA, I’d imagine they’re more than willing to deal with this as amicably as possible, lest they loose a substantial chunk of the market share to the sub continent. And a word for the OP, ...

Re: Irish 8/18: An august institution

On future night flying and that being low-yielding, the Canaries don't strike me as time-sensitive or high-yielding anyway? Cheers, C. I have only got one explicit experience of night flying: from Dublin to Split in Croatia, via Cork. It was horrible, because you’re tired and because you loose the ...

Re: Time for AA to monetize JFK slots and Terminal space?

If slots in JFK go, or are being rumored to be going, why would any airline buy slots from AA? Instead of holding out and seeing if there is any truth to the rumor? This question doesn’t make sense on too many levels.

Re: Why so many LAX Overhead Pics?

What really irritate me about these photos is that they’re classed under the “air to air” category. Correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s “air to ground”. AmIRight. I think you are right, and I've done photos like these from Sydney. I don't classify them as air-to-air. Real air to air is photographin...

Re: Why so many LAX Overhead Pics?

What really irritate me about these photos is that they’re classed under the “air to air” category.

Correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s “air to ground”. AmIRight.

Re: Irish 8/18: An august institution

Hmm. With the first batch of 321LR replacing the 757s, will IE have enough metal to cover new routes next year? I was under the impression the first 321LRs were for expansion, with the last few to come in replacing the 757s. I can’t find it right now, but did the fleet planning from the IAG investo...

Re: Irish 7/18: Heatwave madness!

Would easyJet, Jet2 or Ryanair ever move to BHD? Are high costs and a curfew too off-putting for them? Cheers, C. Runway is only 6000 feet, so it limits options. You can get A321s and 738s in, but anything longer than UK routes and you could be leaving with empty seats. It's interesting to note tha...

Re: Irish 7/18: Heatwave madness!

There is a video today of a Vueling A320 tearing up a piece of tarmac at DUB and it getting stuck to the landing gear, the return trip was delayed 2 hours. The video suggests it’s a piece of patched up taxiway, doesn’t fill you with confidence... You simply can’t say that there’s a video of that an...

Re: Irish 7/18: Heatwave madness!

There is no argument for domestic passenger flights to anywhere else in Ireland ... If we look at the island of Ireland as a whole, what about ORK - BFS / BHD, which is actually longer than DUB - CFN / KIR? Cheers, C. Perhaps. I used to take the EI flights between Shannon and Dublin when the stopov...

Re: Irish 7/18: Heatwave madness!

It’s about a 2 hour drive between Dublin and Belfast. The two cities are connected via motorway pretty much the entire way. There is an argument to be made for services to Kerry where parts of Kerry are so far away that by the time you get to Cork city you’re still only half way between Kerry and Du...