Heathrow service up and running today. The airport's social media channels are full of stories of people flying in from Brisbane and Adelaide and the likes via Heathrow, great that these people have the option to fly straight into the west of Ireland now. Unfortunately it's at the expense of former users of the Gatwick service though. Would be good to have services from both airports in the near future.
Tuesday mornings are looking a bit congested at the airport for the summer season with five arrivals due between 8am and 9am and the same five flights departing again between 8:30 and 9:30. With the apron only able to cater for three aircraft at a time that's going to cause some issues. It could also mean potentially in the region of 1000 people being crammed into the departure lounge at the same time during peak season. I've been in there when three full flights are departing around the same time and it's not great. Having five going at the same time is not going to be an at all comfortable experience for departing passengers.