Whats next for Aer Lingus?
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Whats next for Aer Lingus?
Well Dermot Mannion is in his seat now and EI could have an exciting year ahead. Any opinions on these topics welcome:
1. Long haul. New routes will be announced soon pending the imminent conclusion of a deal that will resolve crewing issues on future LH routes (ie fly anywhere). South Africa, Dubai and Hong Kong are roumered to be first in line. And will this save the Orlando or Washington routes aswell?
2. Service product. Another roumer that DM is seriously considering an IFE update on the 330s. Any thoughts?
3. More 320s? With the last 320 on order due to be delivered in jan can we presume that the remaining options will be taken soon, possibly some 319s or even 318s?
4. (part) Privatisation, will it happen in the next year?
1. Long haul. New routes will be announced soon pending the imminent conclusion of a deal that will resolve crewing issues on future LH routes (ie fly anywhere). South Africa, Dubai and Hong Kong are roumered to be first in line. And will this save the Orlando or Washington routes aswell?
2. Service product. Another roumer that DM is seriously considering an IFE update on the 330s. Any thoughts?
3. More 320s? With the last 320 on order due to be delivered in jan can we presume that the remaining options will be taken soon, possibly some 319s or even 318s?
4. (part) Privatisation, will it happen in the next year?
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Where are Aer Lingus going to fly the extra A320s to? Aside from Scandinavia being totally missing from their route map, it's hard to see where they could have in mind.
Is there a possibility of them opening up a new short-haul base? BFS? EDI?
A319s could be useful to help some of their thinner routes to survive. However, that would mean that they'd need to find something to do with the A320s they were taking off them.
Is there a possibility of them opening up a new short-haul base? BFS? EDI?
A319s could be useful to help some of their thinner routes to survive. However, that would mean that they'd need to find something to do with the A320s they were taking off them.
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there are still plenty of european cities ei are looking to add service to, ive heard athens, moscow, istanbul, vilnius, helsinki, malta and bucharest from dublin and more spanish, german and italian routes from cork. i think the introduction of 318s/319s is extreemly unlikely given the whole reason for buying 320s was that operating a one a/c fleet would have favourable cost advantages....ei have already announced the firming up of 2 a320s to be delivered in early 2007 and i would say the a321s will leave the fleet soon after as more 320 options are firmed up.
as for long haul.....the fly anywhere cabin crew agreement should be finalised in the next few days. and the first routes are slated to begin next summer, additional a330s are being sought with qf a/c a big possibility.
interesting times ahead!!!!!
as for long haul.....the fly anywhere cabin crew agreement should be finalised in the next few days. and the first routes are slated to begin next summer, additional a330s are being sought with qf a/c a big possibility.
interesting times ahead!!!!!
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Although QF has been reported as disappointed with the 332 (which it has never used properly), the latest rumour in Australia is that the type will be transferred to JetStar for long haul low cost flights on routes dropped by QF or too uneconomical for QF.
A330s are pretty thin on the ground; thought US might go under and yield a few, but the Grim Reaper has been turned away from its door, so it'll be interesting to see where it can get them.
There is a strong expectation that the EU/US bilateral deal might be done by the end of this year, but the Irish govt is still talking about a phased approach to ending the stopover; hopefully that won't delay things.
A330s are pretty thin on the ground; thought US might go under and yield a few, but the Grim Reaper has been turned away from its door, so it'll be interesting to see where it can get them.
There is a strong expectation that the EU/US bilateral deal might be done by the end of this year, but the Irish govt is still talking about a phased approach to ending the stopover; hopefully that won't delay things.
