DUBLIN - 2

[Mlinnie]

Aer Lingus serve Agadir in winter so I think jet4you might be doing the summer charter could be wrong though

[Mlinnie]

BMI

What's gonna happen to the BMI DUB-LHR route ? I know British Airways are replacing the LHR route from BHD. Will the same happen in DUB ?

[PPRuNeUser0176]

Had an e-mail from BMI recently saying that they were operationg there full summer schedule so they will be here until 28 October at least.

[thebig C]

Air Moldova previously flew direct to Dublin. If I recall correctly the flights started in early 2009....but lasted a matter of weeks.

That fact that they have restarted the route would seem to suggest that there are actually enough potential pax to make it work.

I believe last time it was flown with aa A320, which may have been too large. Air Moldova have recently purchased E190s....this may make the economics alot better. Not sure about having an intermediate stop though!

[racedo]

That fact that they have restarted the route would seem to suggest that there are actually enough potential pax to make it work.

Hmmmm you are using logic, not an unrealistic thing to do BUT Airline industry not the right place to use logic most of the time.

[stab3.5up]

I think they didnt actually start operating due traffic rights problems but yes it was meant to be operated then by 320.

[EI-A330-300]

Latest News > More Than 500,000 Extra Airline Seats This Summer

Capacity at Dublin Airport is up 4% for the summer season, with more than half a million extra seats available this year.

The 2012 summer season, which gets under way in earnest over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, will see 12 new services from Dublin Airport and extra capacity on 17 existing services. This summer, Dublin has new services to both long-haul and short-haul destinations offering a huge range of choice to passengers.

Washington DC and Dubai are being added to Dublin’s existing long-haul network, which already has 13 direct scheduled services to North America and a service to Abu Dhabi. New short-haul services are being offered to Bournemouth, Budapest, Chisinau (Moldova) Dusseldorf, London Southend, Palermo, Stockholm, Verona, and Warsaw.

Extra capacity is also being added to existing services from Dublin Airport to destinations such as Brussels, Cologne, Edinburgh, Helsinki, Madrid, Geneva, Glasgow and Stockholm.

Passengers in search of summer sun can choose from a host of destinations in countries such as Spain, France, Italy, Portugal, Turkey, Cyprus, Croatia, Malta and Egypt.

Welcoming the launch of the summer schedule, Dublin Airport Authority’s Chief Operations Officer, Robert Hilliard described the increase in services and additional routes as a “further endorsement from the airlines of their confidence in the facilities that are in place at Dublin Airport”.

Passengers are also impressed with the improved experience at Dublin Airport in recent years. The most recent Airports Council International (ACI) study, which measures service quality at airports, placed Dublin joint third out of 29 European airports handling between 5 million and 25 million passengers per year. In the same study five years ago, Dublin came last.

“In just five years, Dublin Airport has moved from being bottom of the pile to joint third amongst our European peers,” Mr Hilliard said. “Our aim to continue to improve service levels for our passengers and move even higher up the table,” he added.

Meanwhile this Easter Bank Holiday weekend, which marks the real start of the summer season, will see more than 213,000 passengers travel through Dublin Airport from Friday April 6 to Monday April 9.

Passengers are advised to check which terminal their flight is departing from BEFORE leaving home. Aer Lingus, Etihad Airways, Emirates, Delta Airlines, Continental Airlines and US Airways operate from Terminal 2 while all other airlines operate from Terminal 1.

Passengers are advised to be in the terminal building at least 90 minutes before their flight departure time irrespective of whether they are checking in at the airport or have checked in on-line. A further 30 minutes should be factored in if passengers are using one of the long-term car parks.

Passengers are also advised to prepare for security screening in advance by removing laptops from cases, belts, outer jackets, umbrellas and sharp objects from hand luggage. This will avoid unnecessary delays at the passenger security screening area. Information regarding EU Aviation Security regulations concerning liquids is available on Dublin Airport - Welcome to Dublin Airport and passengers are advised to familiarise themselves with these BEFORE setting out on their journey to the airport.

Dublin Airport will have Customer Care teams on duty across both terminals this bank holiday weekend; they are there to assist passengers with their journey through the airport.

[stab3.5up]

What recession!!! so things are all great again at the daa again.

[thebig C]

"Hmmmm you are using logic, not an unrealistic thing to do BUT Airline industry not the right place to use logic most of the time."

So, so true

[thebig C]

"I think they didnt actually start operating due traffic rights problems but yes it was meant to be operated then by 320."

Thanks for that Stab....I knew they didn't last long. Coincidentally, I was talking to a Moldova aquaintence today and he reckoned that many Moldovans used to use Malev to connect to Chisinau via Budapest. He said many use CDG and Vienna as stop offS also.

[EI-A330-300]

Any reason why the airport advised that runway 10/28 will be closed tonight for essential maintenance hours before it happened. Normally they give a week or so notice. I assume that it wasn't planned?

[MidlandDeltic]

What's gonna happen to the BMI DUB-LHR route ? I know British Airways are replacing the LHR route from BHD. Will the same happen in DUB ?

Given that the BA codeshare on EI also applies to Cork and Shannon, and on flights to Gatwick, I would put a fiver on the bmi flights disappearing. After all, LHR slots are too important for short haul / domestic connectivity, aren't they?

Look forward to prices going up on EI flights thereafter thanks to their monopoly on connecting traffic via LHR.

MD

[stab3.5up]

Its not over till the fat lady sings with the bmi lhr dub route just yet.

[quantumofcheese]

Runway 34 in use!

Found this on another site, never knew a tatl 767 could take off from 16/34. Hey, you learn something new everyday

You Tube

[akerosid]

Smoke to right of 10 threshold, c.0830

I was at DUB this morning, driving alongside 10/28; one of the red/white outbuildings to the right of the 10 threshold had pretty thick, acrid smoke billowing from it, with much of the airport fire brigade in attendance.

Anyone know the cause of this (fire was out by around 9-9.30 and operations weren't affected)

[Aerlingus231]

Don't know anything about the fire, but it looks like a lot of the the runway and taxi light are out today. related perhaps...

A0550/12 - TWY B4,B5,B6 B7 EDGE LGT RWY 10/28 OUT OF SERVICE. 05 APR 16:22 2012 UNTIL 05 APR 20:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 16:23 2012

A0549/12 - TAXIWAY A CLOSED. 05 APR 22:00 2012 UNTIL 06 APR 04:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:56 2012

A0548/12 - RUNWAY 10/28 CLOSED. 05 APR 22:00 2012 UNTIL 06 APR 04:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:54 2012

A0547/12 - RWY 16/34 CLOSED. 10 APR 07:30 2012 UNTIL 13 APR 15:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:50 2012

A0545/12 - RWY TDZ LIGHTS RWY 10/28 HALF CIRCUIT ONLY. 05 APR 14:30 2012 UNTIL 05 APR 18:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:32 2012

A0544/12 - RWY 10/28 CENTRELINE LIGHTS HALF CIRCUIT ONLY. 05 APR 14:30 2012 UNTIL 05 APR 18:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:30 2012

A0543/12 - PAPI RWY 10 OUT OF SERVICE. 05 APR 14:25 2012 UNTIL 05 APR 18:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:25 2012

A0542/12 - THR LIGHTS RWY 10 OUT OF SERVICE. 05 APR 14:23 2012 UNTIL 05 APR 18:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:23 2012

A0541/12 - APCH LIGHT SYSTEM RWY 10 OUT OF SERVICE. 05 APR 14:22 2012 UNTIL 05 APR 18:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:23 2012

A0540/12 - RETILS RWY 34 OUT OF SERVICE. 05 APR 14:19 2012 UNTIL 05 APR 18:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:20 2012

A0539/12 - E6 CENTRELINE LIGHTS OUT OF SERVICE. 05 APR 14:17 2012 UNTIL 05 APR 18:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:18 2012

A0538/12 - B7 CENTRELINE LIGHTS OUT OF SERVICE. 05 APR 14:15 2012 UNTIL 05 APR 18:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:16 2012

A0537/12 - CAT 111 STOPBAR B7 UNAVAILABLE. 05 APR 14:15 2012 UNTIL 05 APR 18:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:15 2012

A0536/12 - CAT 111 STOPBARS E3,E4,E5,E6,E7 RWY 34 UNAVAILABLE. 05 APR 14:13 2012 UNTIL 05 APR 18:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:14 2012

A0535/12 - CAT 1 STOPBARS B7 UNAVAILABLE. 05 APR 14:11 2012 UNTIL 05 APR 18:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:13 2012

A0534/12 - CAT 1 STOPBARS E4,E5,E6,E7, UNAVAILABLE. 05 APR 14:10 2012 UNTIL 05 APR 18:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:11 2012

A0533/12 - TWY E5,E6,E7 EDGE LIGHTS OUT OF SERVICE. 05 APR 14:06 2012 UNTIL 05 APR 18:00 2012. CREATED: 05 APR 14:08

[EI-A330-300]

The fire was related to the runway lighting and nav equipment problems.

[stab3.5up]

Oh no part of that could be good.

[MidlandDeltic]

Its not over till the fat lady sings with the bmi lhr dub route just yet.

Define "just yet". 28th October? One of the scenarios I outlined will play out. IAG will not run their own operation and a codeshare on the same route. If they pull the codeshare out of Dublin, it would would EI want to continue it from Shannon /Cork? Maybe, maybe not - but it would be messy.

IAG, in the form of BA, make it quite clear on their views of the relative value of domestic / short haul in LHR when there is any disruption at LHR - they cancel. For the traveller, the retention of the codeshare over IAG operation could actually be beneficial in those situations, as EI would try to fly something whereas BA would just blanket cancel. Whether this is worth the price increase EI would inevitably get away with on LHR routes is for the individual to decide when booking as against transfer via CDG, FRA or AMS.

MD

[PPRuNeUser0176]

United

IAD will reduce to 5 weekly form 20 September - 6 Janurary and the from 7 Janurary - 10 March it reduces to 4 weekly. MAN service will be the same but reduction starts 1 September. EWR remains daily.