DEPARTMENT REJECTS FCC HAS ‘CONFLICT’ CHECKING DUBLIN AIRPORT NOISE

The Department of Transport has rejected claims that Fingal County Council has a conflict of interest in being appointed as noise regulator at Dublin Airport.

Senior department officials told the Oireachtas Transport Committee they were confident the local authority could objectively carry out the duties required.

https://dublingazette.com/news/north-du ... gal-49724/

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Shannon Airport soaring high after winning top European award for third time

SHANNON Airport is on cloud nine after winning a top European award for the third time.

Shannon was awarded Airport of the Year Award by the European Regions Airline Association – its third win after taking the prestigious title in 2014 and 2015.

www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/341086/ ... -time.html

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Shannon Airport launches major new marketing campaign

Shannon Airport is to build on its record level of investment with the launch of a major new marketing campaign.

Following an extensive market research programme, involving over 8,000 of its customers, Shannon Airport today has unveiled its new campaign ‘Shannon Airport – making it easy’.

The aim of the campaign is to highlight the ease of the passenger experience, for travellers through Shannon Airport and it is building on the airport’s €40 million five year investment programme.

http://clareherald.com/2018/10/shannon- ... ign-11876/

Stephen Kavanagh has resigned as CEO of Aer Lingus. He will be replaced by Seán Doyle, a BA executive.

Good luck to Mr Kavanagh. I think he’s done a fine job at Aer Lingus, many weren’t expecting much from him but he has been at the helm during one of the most successful periods of profitable expansion Aer Lingus has ever seen.

Hopefully the airline will have the same good fortune under Sean Doyle. I’m relieved the job wasn’t given to Mike Rutter but his contract has been further extended so he’s not going anywhere either.

That's very sudden and unexpected; is he taking another position within IAG? It will be interesting to know what's behind this development.

At least it’s not Alex Cruz!!

LinkedIN suggests Sean Doyle is currently the Director of Network and Alliances, prior to this he was EVP and General Manager of the America’s Division at BA.
Clearly North America will continue to be a focus for EI going forward. Hopefully this will be good for EI’s long-haul operation, role (if any) in one world and the JV. I do hope that EI will turn some attention to the European Network and Fleet, as well as keeping an eye on Asia.

Congratulations to Sean Doyle I know of him and think he will be a great addition to carry on the new direction of Aer Lingus .

Ryanair!!!!!!!!!!

Isn't it time to clean up some of the silly long threads!!!!!!!!!

SQ22 wrote:

Skyblue39 wrote:

Ryanair have announced 2w Dublin - Thessaloniki starting in May for S19. Also announced Dublin to Gothenburg, Dublin to Bournemouth and Dublin to Lourdes.

Do you have a source?

Ryanair adding 9 new routes from DUB for next Summer though a few were already announced previously.

Bordeaux, Bournemouth, Cagliari, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Lourdes, Luxembourg, London Southend and Thessaloniki.

https://www.dublinairport.com/latest-ne ... -expansion

SQ22 wrote:

Skyblue39 wrote:

Ryanair have announced 2w Dublin - Thessaloniki starting in May for S19. Also announced Dublin to Gothenburg, Dublin to Bournemouth and Dublin to Lourdes.

Do you have a source?

Do you have nothing better to do? I stated that Ryanair have “announced” the flights - as a result, they are available for booking on the ryanair.com site. What next??

25 flights cancelled by EI due to Storm Callum. Also most BE from BHD in the morning rush.

Storm Callum is expected to cause disruption, especially to travel, as it moves in on Thursday night.

It will bring rain and severe gales to parts of Ireland, with the strongest gusts expected in coastal areas.

Most FlyBe flights travelling to and from Belfast City Airport between 06:00 and 09:30 BST have been cancelled.

www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-45821215

Skyblue39 wrote:

Great to have a nonstop Dublin - Calgary added!! Should do well.... and cool to have WS B789 on the route too!

Can I ask - why should this route do well? The 789 is a relatively big plane, and I would've thought that this local market is small? Am I missing something? Is it tourism? Or, connections to LAS, YVR etc? Or, cargo? What's going to be driving this flight?

Cheers,

C.

Review: What's it like to fly transatlantic from Cork with Norwegian?

Thomas Breathnach takes a transatlantic journey from East Cork to the East Coast. Here's his verdict...

It may be an economy flight, but I’m in for a treat.

After a decade of Aircoaching from Cork to Dublin, driving the night-shift on the M8 or coach-surfing in Shannon, I'm finally getting the option to fly transatlantic - by shopping local.

www.independent.ie/life/travel/travel-t ... 95691.html

Why have Aer Lingus cancelled so many flights this morning when other airlines haven’t. LHR, LGW, AMS, CDG, BRU etc all cancelled while KL, FR & AF at similar times & to the same destinations haven’t?

Eirules wrote:

Why have Aer Lingus cancelled so many flights this morning when other airlines haven’t. LHR, LGW, AMS, CDG, BRU etc all cancelled while KL, FR & AF at similar times & to the same destinations haven’t?

Forcast implied it would be worse and they likely selected major routes where most could be accommodated later to ensure they can maintain a near full schedule and minimise disruption.

OA260 wrote:

Review: What's it like to fly transatlantic from Cork with Norwegian?

Thats a fair review of the flight, I would say. I used it myself this summer and agree with the reviewer. ORK is really easy to use, this summer there was free parking for Norwegian passengers, the Aspire is an above average space with a below average food offering, Norwegian crews can be indifferent. The take-home message is that the whole thing is very easy, with one exception - Norwegian check-in at PVD was a mess. Frontier, AC and Norwegian are crammed into a shared corner the three depart at similar times and the barriers were a jumbles mess - meanwhile the rest of the space lies fallow. The physical constraints are made worse by Norwegian's own check-in process, which is slow, requires everyone to check-in at a desk and the staff don't process passengers very quickly. Eventually they have to pull passengers to the from of the queue as the cut-off approaches/is passed. It reminded me a bit of changeover day in REU in the mid 90's - something close to total chaos!

planemanofnz wrote:

Skyblue39 wrote:

Great to have a nonstop Dublin - Calgary added!! Should do well.... and cool to have WS B789 on the route too!

Can I ask - why should this route do well? The 789 is a relatively big plane, and I would've thought that this local market is small? Am I missing something? Is it tourism? Or, connections to LAS, YVR etc? Or, cargo? What's going to be driving this flight?

Cheers,

C.

It is just 3w and are you aware of the number of Irish living in Western Canada?

Skyblue39 wrote:

planemanofnz wrote:

Skyblue39 wrote:

Great to have a nonstop Dublin - Calgary added!! Should do well.... and cool to have WS B789 on the route too!

Can I ask - why should this route do well? The 789 is a relatively big plane, and I would've thought that this local market is small? Am I missing something? Is it tourism? Or, connections to LAS, YVR etc? Or, cargo? What's going to be driving this flight?

Cheers,

C.

It is just 3w and are you aware of the number of Irish living in Western Canada?

It will feed into flights to SFO, LAX , Vancouver etc presumably

Also Canadians are really well informed global travellers- they all know that Dublin is the place to get dirt cheap airfares to hundreds of destinations in Europe ...

Westjet are clearly very strategic and sophisticated number crunching - should do really well

planemanofnz wrote:

Skyblue39 wrote:

Great to have a nonstop Dublin - Calgary added!! Should do well.... and cool to have WS B789 on the route too!

Can I ask - why should this route do well? The 789 is a relatively big plane, and I would've thought that this local market is small? Am I missing something? Is it tourism? Or, connections to LAS, YVR etc? Or, cargo? What's going to be driving this flight?

Cheers,

C.

From personal experience, I know of a good few people who emigrated to Calgary and elsewhere in Alberta during the economic downturn. Apparently the Irish expat population there has grown considerably in recent years so maybe the route can sustain a 3x weekly 789 service.

BrianDromey wrote:

OA260 wrote:

Review: What's it like to fly transatlantic from Cork with Norwegian?

Thats a fair review of the flight, I would say. I used it myself this summer and agree with the reviewer. ORK is really easy to use, this summer there was free parking for Norwegian passengers, the Aspire is an above average space with a below average food offering, Norwegian crews can be indifferent. The take-home message is that the whole thing is very easy, with one exception - Norwegian check-in at PVD was a mess. Frontier, AC and Norwegian are crammed into a shared corner the three depart at similar times and the barriers were a jumbles mess - meanwhile the rest of the space lies fallow. The physical constraints are made worse by Norwegian's own check-in process, which is slow, requires everyone to check-in at a desk and the staff don't process passengers very quickly. Eventually they have to pull passengers to the from of the queue as the cut-off approaches/is passed. It reminded me a bit of changeover day in REU in the mid 90's - something close to total chaos!

They certainly have a place in the Irish market. There are people I know who only fly with them now but also people who will not fly them and prefer the legacy carriers out of Ireland. Aspire looks good at ORK I do like their other lounges.

UK Regulator Probes Aer Lingus Aircraft Lease Pact With Cityjet

LONDON (Alliance News) - The Competition & Markets Authority said Friday that it has served an initial enforcement order on International Consolidated Airlines Group SA, Aer Lingus Ltd and Cityjet Designated Activity Co in relation to a aircraft lease arrangement.

Aer Lingus is a unit of International Consolidated Airlines, which also owns British Airways and Iberia. CityJet is an Irish airline focused on wet leasing and charter flights.

The enforcement order was served to a long-term wet lease arrangement entered into between Aer Lingus and Cityjet Designated Activity. The order prevents further business transactions between the two companies until the agreement is cleared by the competition watchdog.

www.lse.co.uk/AllNews.asp?code=x9aw8q2k

EI will have three A321Neo LRs in service by next Summer, with first t/a service to PHL in July.

kaitak wrote:

EI will have three A321Neo LRs in service by next Summer, with first t/a service to PHL in July.

I thought it was previously announced that DUB-YUL would be the first 321LR route. Do you have a source for this?

Cello Aviation has ceased trafing, they replaced ASL at DUB over the summer.

Wonder will TUI increase based aircraft to 3 if they cannot source a replacment as ASL could be busy with extra EI ops.

AmricanShamrok wrote:

kaitak wrote:

EI will have three A321Neo LRs in service by next Summer, with first t/a service to PHL in July.

I thought it was previously announced that DUB-YUL would be the first 321LR route. Do you have a source for this?

They were always due 3-4 next year if things go to plan. Remember they need an extra aircraft to start MSP. Suspect final equip not 100% yet hence they have not released PHL as A321 yet.

AmricanShamrok wrote:

kaitak wrote:

EI will have three A321Neo LRs in service by next Summer, with first t/a service to PHL in July.

I thought it was previously announced that DUB-YUL would be the first 321LR route. Do you have a source for this?

Yes, Irish Air Letter.

The A321LR is still doing the YUL route; it's just that it won't be the first route. The 757 will be doing MSP.

Confirmation of cessation of trading on Cello's website:

http://www.flycello.com/

TK is sending an A333 tomorrow on TK1975/TK1976 due to TK1976 being cancelled today.

AirbusA343 wrote:

TK is sending an A333 tomorrow on TK1975/TK1976 due to TK1976 being cancelled today.

The TK widebodies are becoming a more regular sight at DUB recently and seems already penciled in for some peak dates next Summer. Great to see it.

TK might as well go scheduled A330 with one of their rotations at this stage .

Galwayman wrote:

TK might as well go scheduled A330 with one of their rotations at this stage .

Turkey seems to be on edge at the moment - very difficult economic times there? Seems a bit risky to forecast sustained demand on a route of less importance, like IST - DUB? I think we're more likely to see regular widebodies if/when TK extends IST - DUB to MEX.

Cheers,

C.

planemanofnz wrote:

Galwayman wrote:

TK might as well go scheduled A330 with one of their rotations at this stage .

Turkey seems to be on edge at the moment - very difficult economic times there? Seems a bit risky to forecast sustained demand on a route of less importance, like IST - DUB? I think we're more likely to see regular widebodies if/when TK extends IST - DUB to MEX.

Cheers,

C.

Yet the flights out of DUB have very healthy loads and pick up a lot of MIddle East/Africa and Asia traffic. Yes a lot of it low yield but it works for them. The DUB-IST route continues to grow. TK have made DUB a strong performing route in the European network thanks to their dedicated sales team on the ground who are one if not the best sales team of any airline operating into Ireland. As for Turkey I cant remember a time when there were not issues every now and then which cause loads to fall over the last two decades but they always seem to bounce back.

Galwayman wrote:

TK might as well go scheduled A330 with one of their rotations at this stage .

I think the A330 is a little too big for now. Maybe they should go with the A321 (or neo when they get more) first before deciding if they should deploy regular A330s. Apparently they are trying to see which aircraft is the most suitable for the route. They've sent A321s, A321neo, 737 MAX 8s, A332 and A333s within the last month and a half. I don't know if they actually are testing aircraft on the route or not.

TK have always maintained a 3rd daily is there objective, can't see regular A330 happening at all. 22.30 arr/23.30 dep meets the next batch of flights from IST.

JAmie2k9 wrote:

TK have always maintained a 3rd daily is there objective, can't see regular A330 happening at all. 22.30 arr/23.30 dep meets the next batch of flights from IST.

Once they move to the new airport and don’t have the same slot issues that they have in IST I’d agree a third daily narrow body service is the most likely expansion they’ll do.

planemanofnz wrote:

Galwayman wrote:

TK might as well go scheduled A330 with one of their rotations at this stage .

Turkey seems to be on edge at the moment - very difficult economic times there? Seems a bit risky to forecast sustained demand on a route of less importance, like IST - DUB? I think we're more likely to see regular widebodies if/when TK extends IST - DUB to MEX.

Cheers,

C.

They're on the verge of opening a new mega hub in Istanbul (delayed til December now apparently) so I suspect TK will go on an even more aggressive expansion in the years to come. Should be plenty of sustained demand for transit even if things do go pear shaped in Turkey itself

Do TK have any plans to offer flat beds on any narrow body aircraft? That IMHO is a real drawback versus QR, EY, EK. 4 hrs on a narrow body business seat versus 7 on a flat bed isn’t great

TK has mentioned SNN in recent Irish growth news articles. Their cargo operation here has been growing steadily also. It would be nice to see a few weekly SNN-IST scheduled passenger flights.

AmricanShamrok wrote:

TK has mentioned SNN in recent Irish growth news articles. Their cargo operation here has been growing steadily also. It would be nice to see a few weekly SNN-IST scheduled passenger flights.

I doubt Shannon can support Istanbul service when it cannot even support service to AMS, CDG, MAD, FCO and only a 1w FRA in summer.

FR will not resume SNN-LPL or SNN-BRS next summer it appears from its booking engine. All other routes have been loaded.

Not a surprise really given the terrible timings of these flights.

TK was considering IST > DUB > MEX at one stage but it all seems to have gone quiet , sadly ... Anyone got any updates ?

Galwayman wrote:

TK was considering IST > DUB > MEX at one stage but it all seems to have gone quiet , sadly ... Anyone got any updates ?

Was just an off the cuff quote from TK's Irish manager in an interview I think. Both MEX and IST are building huge new global hubs so the link would likely be a couple of years down the line when both are fully operational.

Edit: Double post...

Aer Lingus fixed the saver fare error on LCY offering checked bag and seat selection.

Ireland have begun using their new EJ-xxxx reg sequence. First aircraft to use it is an Embraer 190.

https://www.skyliner-aviation.de/viewph ... icid=10294

Video shows Dublin Airport toilets left in a shocking state over the weekend

Dublin Airport passengers have a lot to answer for after a video posted online showed the toilets in a shocking state.

Toilet paper can be seen covering the floor of every cubicle in the men's along with some bottles and other bits of rubbish.


The footage was taken by Al Jazeera photojournalist Alexander Lerche who sent it to the Airport asking "your cleaners on strike today or something?"

www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/dubl ... e-15280081

CarbonFibre wrote:

Ireland have begun using their new EJ-xxxx reg sequence. First aircraft to use it is an Embraer 190.

https://www.skyliner-aviation.de/viewph ... icid=10294

It was created for corporate/executive aircraft, that E190 is likely actually an Embraer Lineage 1000. More info on the EJ registry here:

https://www.iasc.aero/984/

X Factor 'fakery' scandal as contestants filmed on business class flights to judges' houses before being sent to economy
A fellow passenger noticed that the X Factor contestants weren't exactly getting the star treatment

But all was apparently not as it seemed.

After the airline tweeted the video to say "It was a LOT of fun flying contestants from The #XFactor to Judges Houses", other passengers commented to reveal their own version of events.

One person who was on the flight claimed that he saw the contestants being filmed in business class before being marched back to their actual seats in economy.

He said: "So, I just happened to be on this flight...

www.irishmirror.ie/tv/x-factor-fakery-s ... s-13421074

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Passengers left frustrated after Aer Lingus cancel flights between New York and Dublin Airport at late notice
Many passengers were left disgruntled after the cancellations
Passengers were left frustrated at the weekend as Aer Lingus was forced to cancel two flights at late notice.

People hoping to fly to JFK Airport in New York on Saturday afternoon were angered when the flight was cancelled.
Aer Lingus flight EI109 was due to leave Dublin for JFK at 4:10pm but was cancelled just hours before.
Many holiday-makers were sat in the airport at the time waiting for information when the news broke the flight would not be in operation.

www.dublinlive.ie/news/dublin-news/pass ... r-15281912

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