DUBLIN

[dublindispatch]

Well lets see
WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING:

DY
BT
BE
MON
LG
RE
EY
3V
TOM
8A
8Q
JP
4U
EXT
IB
TK
DL
AA
CO
AC
US
GSM
PF
SK
LH
5Q
LX
UX
TY
AF
WX
Just to name a few so yes you are right nothing in DUB except EI and FR!!!!!!!!!!

[Based]

Well apparently there should be 78 if you name them all, problem is the low number of routes and frequencies from 76 of them! Using the next 24 hours at DUB as an example, FR and EI will constitute 72% of all aircraft arrivals!

[EC-ILS]

5Q dont fly to DUB any more, 8Q, JP, 4U, AC, GSM(Y2) are strictly summer only and 8A, UX and TY are few and far between.

Lets face facts, with EI and FR DUB really has sweet FA.

[dublindispatch]

DUB

When i put in 5Q I was thinking off the top off my head and was thinking Air South West, im buggered if i can remember there 2 letter code, 72% of flights may be EI/FR but the other 28% percent or nearly the other third is still a third off a resonably large pie.

And that 28% is also esponsible for a not unconsiderable amount of peoples jobs!! Jobs that are not in a semi-state body or a megolomaniacs domain so, i think it is very justified to ask if there is any news rumours etc etc that involve the silient minority in DUB......

Well any news...........

[ara01jbb]

It's a long shot, but travelled DUB-LGW on FR118 on Saturday 7.11.2009. Sat in 1A and got chatting to the friendly DUB-based cabin crew before and after service, but on leaving the plane left a small but expensive text book in the seat pocket adjacent to 1A. Would appreciate any assistance (via PM) to relocate the book, possibly via the Belfast-born crew member I was chatting to. It has return address details inside for Queens University Belfast, modest compensation offered. LGW lost property has not received it. Thanks.

[bia botal]

but on leaving the plane left a small but expensive text book in the seat pocket adjacent to 1A

try contacting A1 trash compacters

[wxjedi]

Heard a very interesting rumour this morning on a flight that DUB may be seeing some little buses to jump the atlantic. They won't be green or blue.

Can a A318 do DUB-JFK or BOS???
Not the elite one just a regular A318.

[Seljuk22]

Mmmmh...this rumour?
New low-fare airline planned for Ireland-U.S. route | Irish News | IrishCentral

[wxjedi]

No not that one.
A Skyteam service using two french 318s!!

[Seljuk22]

The A318 seats 107 passengers in a typical two-class cabin layout over a range of up to 3,250 nm/6,000 km, powered by CFM56-5 or PW6000 engines.

Performance

[EC-ILS]

Danube Wings started Poprad this morning, I think it came via MAN with a miserable 25 passengers on it, once a week frequency is a disaster!

[Just a spotter]

DAA Wins Gold Award

But perhaps not the type they were looking for.

The Dublin Airport Authority has been award a Golden Bull award by the UK's Plain English Campaign for this little gem from one of their agreements with a contractor ..

(c) Neither the execution and delivery by the Consultant of this Agreement nor the consummation by it of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, requires, with respect to it, the consent or approval of the giving of notice to, the registration, with the record or filing of any document with, or the taking of any other action in respect of any government authority, except such as are not yet required (as to which it has no reason to believe that the same will not be readily obtainable n the ordinary course of business upon due application therefore) or which have been duly obtained and are in full force and effect.

Golden Bull winners 2009

JAS

[positive]

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, is to increase its flying programme to Dublin, moving from its current daily service to 10 flights per week from March 28, 2010.
Etihad launched its Irish service in July 2007 with an initial four flights a week, increasing to six and then moving to a daily service in March 2008.
James Hogan, Etihad Airways' chief executive officer, said: "Dublin has been one of our most successful ever destination launches, with more than 300,000 people flying on these services since launch and an average seat factor of 80 per cent. "We have steadily increased frequencies on the route in line with demand not only on the Dublin-Abu Dhabi route, but also via Abu Dhabi to and from our destinations in the Far East, such as Bangkok and Sydney. "The latest increase in our Irish flying is indicative of the huge confidence we have in this important market."
Supporting this increase in services, Etihad is planning a new lounge at Dublin airport, which is set to open in 2010.

[Shingles]

Yes, I saw this here and thought it seemed a little foolhardy of Etihad to up Abu Dhabi-Dublin by 35%+ at a time when the Irish economy is screwed - but the figures obviously add up for them, and it has got to lift the gloom somewhat.

[ryan2000]

Ethiad

Also helps long haul customers to avoid LHR and make Australia in one stop if I'm correct.

[akerosid]

Actually, the Irish economy grew in the last quarter, so technically - if there is another quarter of growth, we're out of recession. So, "screwed" is not quite accurate; sure, there's a long, long way to go, but clearly EY feels the potential is there and most importantly, they have a greater incentive to market Ireland more effectively around their growing network.

[Just a spotter]

@akerosid {watching out, thread drift ....}

Unfortunately that's not correct.

The generally accepted definition of a recession is two, or more, consecutive quarters of economic contraction (or negative growth) as measured by real GDP. In order to exit recession an economy merely has to break the run of back to back negative quarters. So, one quarter of growth, or even of 0% in real GDP following several of contraction would mean said economy had exited recession, even if it were to slip back into a decline after that. In fact, in extremis, an economy can have a massive negative quarter, followed by a flat or slight up quarter, followed by a massive down, followed by a flat .... [repeat as you you see fit] and while it would be suffering from significant contraction would not 'technically' be in recession as it did not have consecutive negative quarters.

That said, the figures being 'hailed' for Ireland as growth in Q3 09 is seasonally adjusted GDP which, as it's an adjusted figure and not a real (i.e. unadjusted) one does not count for defining if 'we' are in or out of recession.

Sorry to burst any warm fuzzy bubble that had been created by the premature calling of the end of the recession.

JAS

[Shamrogue]

Bubble Bursting

Once Christmas is over, I would suspect further job losses will be announced in both retail and construction - or perhaps not announced - just merely happen.
You only have to walk around a number of Irish cites to see how quiet life is.

FDI will rise to the top of the tree in the eyes of the politician and low and behold pressure will come on the IDA to move projects along and get jobs back in.

Of course costs will have to drop first, and labour prices likewise.

But without turning it all into an economics lecture. The EY link just re-affirms the link to the Far East and natives from over there working in Ireland and also takes on the market which BA/QF/SQ traditionally owned between Ireland and OZ. Effectively EY becomes a Desert Kangaroo for Paddies.
Additional airline routes next year will be thin on the ground - summer charters to the Greek Islands will be as exciting as it gets.

Cheerio

Shamrogue

[irish lad]

Major disruption at Dublin this morning... seems like EI are the worst affected and alot of flights to UK cancelled

Did we really get that much snow in Dublin this morning??

[EI-BUD]

irish lad, I think the issue was more the ice and low temperature topped with some snow!

RTE said on the news bulletin that many flights were cancelled and many other diverted... Does anyone know how many flights diverted, to where etc?


Happy new year to all...!

EI-BUD