DUBLIN
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: dublin
Age: 56
Posts: 377
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
but dont all the new airbridges look good in the e-pier! Malev going in October seems a done deal. Is this not the second time DY have tried routes out of Dublin? Seems very strange time of the year to start anything.
Well going by all the angels of death in the other threads, Dublin if we exclude FR and EI, remember other airlines are available lol but the list is getting shorter granted, seems to be heading towards a state of the art structure with next to no traffic, at least when the Celtic Tiger gets home from the vet and is all cured we will have a nice new underused Airport to accept all the economic migrants/immigrants in or out off!!!
Well going by all the angels of death in the other threads, Dublin if we exclude FR and EI, remember other airlines are available lol but the list is getting shorter granted, seems to be heading towards a state of the art structure with next to no traffic, at least when the Celtic Tiger gets home from the vet and is all cured we will have a nice new underused Airport to accept all the economic migrants/immigrants in or out off!!!
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Dublin
Posts: 1,806
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Do you honestly think Ryanair would pay to use T2???? LOL!
T2 is being built with US Customs and immigration incorporated. It will primarily be used for longhaul carriers and im sure the few quality airlines serving DUB such as WX/BD/EY/IB/LH etc. It is due to open I believe in time for the summer schedule next year however I believe Aer Lingus will not be shifting their operation to T2 until October 2010!
Hope that helps!
T2 is being built with US Customs and immigration incorporated. It will primarily be used for longhaul carriers and im sure the few quality airlines serving DUB such as WX/BD/EY/IB/LH etc. It is due to open I believe in time for the summer schedule next year however I believe Aer Lingus will not be shifting their operation to T2 until October 2010!
Hope that helps!
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Belfast, UK
Age: 43
Posts: 896
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Etihad open day
Noticed this in the Belfast Telegraph should anyone be interested...
Etihad to hold Dublin open day in bid to fill 50 positions - Ireland, Breaking News - Belfasttelegraph.co.uk
Etihad Airways is to hold an open day in Dublin this week in a bid to fill 50 positions it is creating in Abu Dhabi, the airline announced this afternoon.
The company says it chose Ireland for an open day because of the country's highly skilled and knowledge-based work force.
Etihad is seeking licensed aircraft engineers, maintenance engineers, sheet metal workers and cabin crew.
The open day will take place this Wednesday at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin
The company says it chose Ireland for an open day because of the country's highly skilled and knowledge-based work force.
Etihad is seeking licensed aircraft engineers, maintenance engineers, sheet metal workers and cabin crew.
The open day will take place this Wednesday at the Burlington Hotel in Dublin
Proposed new control tower
IAA website with details of the proposed 'new' "new control tower".
The current tower's view of Rwy 29 (currently closed) is obscured by the new D gates, and with plans to ultimately replace 29 with 28R a new tower will be needed (or so I'm told)
IAA Dublin Control Tower
JAS
The current tower's view of Rwy 29 (currently closed) is obscured by the new D gates, and with plans to ultimately replace 29 with 28R a new tower will be needed (or so I'm told)
IAA Dublin Control Tower
JAS
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 1,879
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
EY looking to increase DUB service?!
Some good news filtering through; Etihad is looking to increase services on some existing routes, with DUB and MAN competing for possible new services; a strong possibility is that DUB could receive 3 extra weekly flights, bringing it up to 10 pw. The airline is taking delivery of more acft later this year.
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 1,879
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I'm afraid Bearcat is right on this, EC-ILS; of all the errors DM made while CEO of EI, this was the biggest. He seemed to have learned nothing from his long experience at EK ... the value of a consistent product, good marketing and scheduling. Had EI marketed this and entered into an interline agreement with EK, then the DXB route could have been a success; there was more than sufficient numbers of pax (and even still, despite the recession) flying between Asia and Ireland to justify a direct service, feeding into a major hub like DXB.
The failure of DXB raises the question with me: was the main objective to keep EK out, as it was rumoured around that time that they were looking closely at DUB as a possible route.
The failure of DXB raises the question with me: was the main objective to keep EK out, as it was rumoured around that time that they were looking closely at DUB as a possible route.
Join Date: Aug 1999
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 1,879
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
There again, another reason where they got it very wrong; there wasn't an awful lot that needed to be done to make it a very good product (and it's not as if EK's - for all their hype - are the world's greatest); a little consistency and better IFE and they'd have had a much better product, yet even for what was arguably the most important new route development in their recent history, they couldn't do that ... basically gave the market away to EY.
Anyway, that's a discussion for the EI thread, so I just want to refocus on DUB's long haul potential, such as it is; good to see EY growing anyway, but what other growth opportunities are there? I'm wondering what changes, if any, the DAA would need to put into place to make DUB more attractive to long haul low cost operators like Air Asia X and Jetstar?
It seems to me that long haul low cost is the wave of the future and the DAA needs to incentivise the development of this kind of operation at DUB; the less spent on travel to a destination, the more available to spend there; our proximity to the US, combined with Open Skies and the various US agencies (Immigration/Customs pre-clearance) available here, should make Ireland much more attractive to visit, but the mere existence of these doesn't make it so; we need to be aggressive in pushing it.
Anyway, that's a discussion for the EI thread, so I just want to refocus on DUB's long haul potential, such as it is; good to see EY growing anyway, but what other growth opportunities are there? I'm wondering what changes, if any, the DAA would need to put into place to make DUB more attractive to long haul low cost operators like Air Asia X and Jetstar?
It seems to me that long haul low cost is the wave of the future and the DAA needs to incentivise the development of this kind of operation at DUB; the less spent on travel to a destination, the more available to spend there; our proximity to the US, combined with Open Skies and the various US agencies (Immigration/Customs pre-clearance) available here, should make Ireland much more attractive to visit, but the mere existence of these doesn't make it so; we need to be aggressive in pushing it.
