Aer Lingus to discuss Winter Expansion at Cork Airport with CAA
I was talking to my source at Aer Lingus again this week and asked of course how Brussels was doing. He said the route is performing ''very, very'' well and that it would definitely continue into Winter 11/12 to become a year-round route if discussions with the CAA prove successful. This is of course is to do with increasing based units in Winter Months from 3 to 4. I asked him could he roughly produce a schedule which would work for Aer Lingus in the Winter Months a time of year which suffers from low demand and is compounded by our current fiscal standing. Having looked at it I think it could also definitely prove successful. I noted the Brussels route could be increased from 3X weekly to 6X weekly which would be operated by an A319. This would represent an increase of weekly seat capacity on the route from 522 seats per week to 864, an increase of 342 seats per week. The Cork-Geneva route would be increased to 3X weekly, and Cork-Faro would continue during Winter. Cork-Munich would also increase to 3X weekly, all of this however is just a rough sketch up by my source and I might add none of it is confirmed. I asked if Brussels could continue to operate if 3 units remained at Cork Airport during next Winter and my source said it was unlikely to do so unless a Dublin based unit done a W route (i.e. DUB-BRU-ORK-BRU-DUB). He said if 3 units were to remain at Cork next Winter the schedule would be on Par with last year.
A/C 1 - A319:
EI840 DEP ORK 0600 ARR AMS 0845 MTWTFSS
EI841 DEP AMS 0940 ARR ORK 1025 MTWTFSS
EI822 DEP ORK 1115 ARR CDG 1400 MTWTFSS
EI823 DEP CDG 1445 ARR ORK 1530 MTWTFSS
EI846 DEP ORK 1650 ARR BRU 1930 MTWTF-S
EI847 DEP BRU 2015 ARR ORK 2100 MTWTF-S
EI844 DEP ORK 1705 ARR AMS 1950 -----S-
EI845 DEP AMS 2045 ARR ORK 2130 -----S-
A/C 2 - A319:
EI882 DEP ORK 0645 ARR AGP 1030 M-W-F-S
EI883 DEP AGP 1110 ARR ORK 1305 M-W-F-S
EI836 DEP ORK 0710 ARR MUC 1035 -T-T-S-
EI837 DEP MUC 1130 ARR ORK 1300 -T-T-S-
EI814 DEP ORK 1350 ARR LGW 1510 MTWTFSS
EI815 DEP LGW 1545 ARR ORK 1705 MTWTFSS
EI850 DEP ORK 1745 ARR GVA 2050 -T-T--- From 04-Dec-12 To 28-Mar-13
EI851 DEP GVA 2130 ARR ORK 2245 -T-T--- From 04-Dec-12 To 28-Mar-13
EI896 DEP ORK 1750 ARR FAO 2020 -T-T-S- From 30-Oct-12 to 29-Nov-12
EI897 DEP FAO 2100 ARR ORK 2340 -T-T-S- From 30-Oct-12 to 29-Nov-12
EI856 DEP ORK 1750 ARR ALC 2130 --W---- From 31-Oct-12 to 28-Nov-12
EI857 DEP ALC 2210 ARR ORK 2350 --W---- From 31-Oct-12 to 28-Nov-12
EI896 DEP ORK 1750 ARR FAO 2020 --W--S- From 01-Dec-12 To 30-Mar-13
EI897 DEP FAO 2100 ARR ORK 2340 --W--S- From 01-Dec-12 To 30-Mar-13
EI868 DEP ORK 1800 ARR BCN 2115 M---F-S
EI869 DEP BCN 2155 ARR ORK 2325 M---F-S
A/C 3 - A320:
EI710 DEP ORK 0720 ARR LHR 0850 MTWTFSS
EI711 DEP LHR 0945 ARR ORK 1100 MTWTFSS
EI712 DEP ORK 1150 ARR LHR 1310 MTWTFSS
EI715 DEP LHR 1405 ARR ORK 1520 MTWTFSS
EI722 DEP ORK 1600 ARR LHR 1720 MTWTFSS
EI723 DEP LHR 1815 ARR ORK 1930 MTWTFSS
EI724 DEP ORK 2010 ARR LHR 2130 MTWTFSS
EI725 DEP LHR 2215 ARR ORK 2330 MTWTFSS
A/C 4 - A320:
EI874 DEP ORK 0650 ARR TFS 1105 --W----
EI875 DEP TFS 1205 ARR ORK 1615 --W----
EI872 DEP ORK 0700 ARR LPA 1110 ------S
EI873 DEP LPA 1210 ARR ORK 1615 ------S
EI876 DEP ORK 0715 ARR ACE 1110 -T-T-S-
EI877 DEP ACE 1210 ARR ORK 1610 -T-T-S-
EI802 DEP ORK 0750 ARR FCO 1145 M---F--
EI803 DEP FCO 1240 ARR ORK 1500 M---F--
EI856 DEP ORK 1700 ARR ALC 2040 -----S- From 03-Nov-12 to 24-Nov-12
EI857 DEP ALC 2120 ARR ORK 2300 -----S- From 03-Nov-12 to 24-Nov-12
EI850 DEP ORK 1700 ARR GVA 2005 -----S- From 01-Dec-12 To 30-Mar-13
EI851 DEP FAO 2045 ARR ORK 2200 -----S- From 01-Dec-12 To 30-Mar-13
EI844 DEP ORK 1705 ARR AMS 1950 MTWTF-S
EI845 DEP AMS 2045 ARR ORK 2130 MTWTF-S