Do EI currenlty nightstop any aircraft in Europe?
I had a quick scan of the timetables and the earliest arrivals from BCN/MAD/FCO etc are all 12:00+, which rules out connections onto morning transatlantic departures. Surely as the hub continues to grow they would benefit from some earlier arrivals? It would help reduce the glut of early-morning departures from Dublin aswell.
It has been looked at however its difficult to do it and for example take away existing morning services out of DUB could really damage them with point to point and considering currently 70% of T/A services arrive in DUB before 05.45 to meet the morning wave of departures.
Why would anyone from these cities want/need to use DUB as a hub rather than flying direct? I haven't scoured the websites, but I would have thought that being larger cities, these places would have at least as wide a range of TA destinations as DUB.
LHR, FCO, AMS which are some of the best connected cities to the US are the busiest transit points s make of that what you will.