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kaitak wrote:- EI will push back deliveries of A321LR to second/third quarter next year
Skyblue39 wrote:And.....it’s off. CX301 (B-LRI, A350) has just left HKG for DUB.
kaitak wrote:... and Ernest begin flights to Dublin...
qf789 wrote:
OA260 wrote:Great to see AC back at SNN and the new DUB-YUL starts tomorrow.
Skyblue39 wrote:Tomorrow we will have 3 x AC in DUB:-
737 Max from Montreal
767 Rouge from Vancouver
A333 Mainline from Toronto
BrianDromey wrote:Welcome Cathay! I’m glad to see DUB “too short” runway was long enough. I rather suspect it was commercial ambition and marketing ability that were too short.Skyblue39 wrote:Tomorrow we will have 3 x AC in DUB:-
737 Max from Montreal
767 Rouge from Vancouver
A333 Mainline from Toronto
Potential all three AC liveries, assuming the A330 is in the toothpaste colours.
AmricanShamrok wrote:1.5 hours for a connection at LHR is fine. I’ve made terminal-to-terminal transfers and been through security at the other side there before in under 30 minutes.
BrianDromey wrote:I think you are cutting it very fine and I would avoid this if on separate tickets.
I did a T3-T5 early morning transfer a few months back and between UK immigration, the bus transfer and re-clearing security it took a good 90 minutes by the time I was in the departure lounge at T5. I wasn’t hanging around, but early AM is peak arrivals at T3 and T5, as well as peak O&D departures. The queues for EU and non-EU passport holders are enormous and slow. Security was similar.
How long is the wait for the next flight?
Skyblue39 wrote:Asian routes also being targeted by EI as per Willie Walsh
planemanofnz wrote:Skyblue39 wrote:Asian routes also being targeted by EI as per Willie Walsh
I'm sorry - what?
This is huge. Aer Lingus really needs to diversify and spread its risk - for too long, it's simply been focused on the US, which will continue to require more and more 'mass' (routes and capacity) to grow (which DUB simply doesn't have the space for, or at least soon won't). The US is also going to see more competition, as more and more narrow-bodies plug gaps (think JetBlue as one big risk for Aer Lingus). In contrast, one or two routes to Asia won't require so much of that 'mass', while offering the long-term growth potential to become higher-yielding, as well as less exposure and risk to an LCC or narrow-body operator coming in and stealing the thunder off Aer Lingus.
If we're talking about the 332's, then PEK, ICN and NRT should be in the running, and possibly PVG and BKK (I'm not so sure about range and take-off performance, for these latter two). IMO, the big prize will be SIN, and a tie-up with QF or SQ from there down to Australasia (where there are 100,000 Irish-born individuals, within which Aer Lingus has a strong brand affiliation). That would probably only be do-able with the 359, which of course, Aer Lingus is now not getting. I don't see KUL (too small) or HKG (too competitive, with Cathay Pacific) working for Aer Lingus. If 'Asia' includes India and the Middle East, a 321NEO flight to DXB, perhaps?
Cheers,
C.
mast2407 wrote:I think in my mind, the major difficulty going into Asia for Aer Lingus will be brand recognition.
planemanofnz wrote:Skyblue39 wrote:Asian routes also being targeted by EI as per Willie Walsh
I'm sorry - what?
This is huge. Aer Lingus really needs to diversify and spread its risk - for too long, it's simply been focused on the US, which will continue to require more and more 'mass' (routes and capacity) to grow (which DUB simply doesn't have the space for, or at least soon won't). The US is also going to see more competition, as more and more narrow-bodies plug gaps (think JetBlue as one big risk for Aer Lingus). In contrast, one or two routes to Asia won't require so much of that 'mass', while offering the long-term growth potential to become higher-yielding, as well as less exposure and risk to an LCC or narrow-body operator coming in and stealing the thunder off Aer Lingus.
If we're talking about the 332's, then PEK, ICN and NRT should be in the running, and possibly PVG and BKK (I'm not so sure about range and take-off performance, for these latter two). IMO, the big prize will be SIN, and a tie-up with QF or SQ from there down to Australasia (where there are 100,000 Irish-born individuals, within which Aer Lingus has a strong brand affiliation). That would probably only be do-able with the 359, which of course, Aer Lingus is now not getting. I don't see KUL (too small) or HKG (too competitive, with Cathay Pacific) working for Aer Lingus. If 'Asia' includes India and the Middle East, a 321NEO flight to DXB, perhaps?
Cheers,
C.
richcandy wrote:Hi
Does anyone have the EI flight numbers and schedule for the DUB-DXB service? Also can anyone remember when it operated to and from?
Thanks
Alex
OA260 wrote:Looks like the flight numbers were EI 001 and EI 002 . Ex DUB TUES THURS SAT . Started 29/3/06 .
Galwayman wrote:Regarding Asia , my guess is, Winter seasonal to BKK A332 ... timed for connections from North America