Aerlingus to asia?
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Shamrock are about to open a base at LHR..mebbe these flights will be BA and ticketed by Aer Lingus within the terms of 'One World'.
(I just flew from LGW to TFS with BA, ops by GB and ticketed by Iberia
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I wish someone would explain airline ticketing to me
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(I just flew from LGW to TFS with BA, ops by GB and ticketed by Iberia
)I wish someone would explain airline ticketing to me
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Connect with CX at DXB
Aer Lingus will be feeding pax to/from CX's flights from DXB to BKK and HKG, once its new flights start at the end of this month.
What's this about an LHR base? Surely it's not considering any other flights from there, beyond the three Irish routes?
What's this about an LHR base? Surely it's not considering any other flights from there, beyond the three Irish routes?
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Actually, they can't fly to Asia from anywhere in the EU; the right to open up a base anywhere in Europe applies currently only to inter-EU flights (or any other country with which the EU has an open aviation area); it will apply to the US from October.
I'm not sure whether any such agreements are in place with Asian countries?
However, I was really trying to focus on the commercial sense of doing this; rather than going onto someone else's patch - PARTICULARLY at LHR, it seems to make much more sense to be focused on its own market.(As long as SIPTU will allow them, of course ...)
Although EI has set up a codeshare/feeder agreement with Emirates, I understand that the new HKG/DXB flights are actually with CX from Dubai; they have a flight that goes DXB-BKK-HKG.
Hopefully they will fly to one of these cities within the next 2 years.
I'm not sure whether any such agreements are in place with Asian countries?
However, I was really trying to focus on the commercial sense of doing this; rather than going onto someone else's patch - PARTICULARLY at LHR, it seems to make much more sense to be focused on its own market.(As long as SIPTU will allow them, of course ...)
Although EI has set up a codeshare/feeder agreement with Emirates, I understand that the new HKG/DXB flights are actually with CX from Dubai; they have a flight that goes DXB-BKK-HKG.
Hopefully they will fly to one of these cities within the next 2 years.
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I was under the impression that LHR was already a base and that planes from there operated Shannon and certain Dublin rotations. Are all those just night stoppers then?
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Hi EI321,
This was posted on A.net:
From Galileo:
3 DUB DXB 11/1100 2130 EI 102 J9 D9 U3 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 V9#332C E
4 HKG 12/0020 1210 CX 732 J9 C9 DR IR Y9 B9 H9 KR MR#777B E
NO SMOKING FLIGHT
PARTNERSHIP FLIGHT FOR ONEWORLD ALLIANCE
However, someone else posted a connection showing flights with EK, however this involved a connection of nearly 6h (dep. DXB at 0315) ... maybe CX is preferable in this case (not least because you get 9 abreast on CX's 777.
This was posted on A.net:
From Galileo:
3 DUB DXB 11/1100 2130 EI 102 J9 D9 U3 Y9 B9 H9 K9 M9 V9#332C E
4 HKG 12/0020 1210 CX 732 J9 C9 DR IR Y9 B9 H9 KR MR#777B E
NO SMOKING FLIGHT
PARTNERSHIP FLIGHT FOR ONEWORLD ALLIANCE
However, someone else posted a connection showing flights with EK, however this involved a connection of nearly 6h (dep. DXB at 0315) ... maybe CX is preferable in this case (not least because you get 9 abreast on CX's 777.
