Aer Lingus - 4

[akerosid]

Here's a few bits of info I picked up on A.net:
"The 3 leased old A333's will go in 2009 & 2011. These being CRK/DUB & JFK as the new A333E's arrive. The 4 aircraft mentioned in the statement to go in 2014 will be EWR/DAA/LAX and the owned ORD, which will be old at that stage!!
The question now is in 2014, there will only be 1 A332 aircraft left in the fleet - DUO, which seems a bit odd, so it makes me think we'll see some more A332's arriving from another source."

JAS has provided more detailed info on this thread (see P11):

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EI-EWR is an ILFC aircraft (scheduled lease expiry some time in 2007)
EI-CRK is an ILFC aircraft (scheduled lease expiry in July 2007)
EI-DUB is also an ILFC aircraft (scheduled lease expiry some time in 2008)
EI-JFK is apparently managed by Airbus Asset Management (scheduled lease expiry in August 2008)

EI-ORD is the only acft owned, as far as I can see, and it's not clear what's going to happen to this?

Incidentally, the new A350 order (the initial 6) will be split between -800s and -900s. I'm assuming EI will operate these in a nine abreast layout, as the XWB's fuselage is slightly wider, which would suggest an extra 30 seats on the -800 and around 40 (give or take in both cases) for the -900.