for some reason my last post didnt get posted....I will try one more time
Air India will not be operating out of T2 in Dublin Airport. The whole thing is nonsense for a very simple reason - it is simply impossible from an operational perspective with the ultra limited runway length at Dublin Airport.....I am baffled how nobody has picked up on this already ...???
Can anyone tell me how a fully loaded (passenger and baggage that is) B773ER or B744 can make it from DUB to ORD or Mumbai or Dehli for that matter ? Its simply not possible with a runway length of 2,637m. And dont think AI will give in on baggage allowance, they wont. That doesnt happen with daily scheduled flights from a national carrier. If that was to be an issue, and it is, than they will strike Dublin off the list. Of course, this has already been long done. So why all the talk still ? One simple reason - the government/DAA get the short term benefit of talking it up and make it look like they are actually doing something. Perhaps amidst all this talk another carrier might be fooled into moving into T2, partly sold by the lie that AI will be basing their US bound flights out of Dublin.
We had the same nonsense about a year ago with the so called return of Gulf Air and launch of Hainan Airlines. That was total !!!!e of course, just like this.