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Before I am allowed onto the site I not only have to confirm my home country and language but my local airport.
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It's good from a marketing perspective and is no harm for people booking flights.
It's an awful pain for checking in online, adding bags etc, especially when cookie settings at work seem to stop it being remembered.
It's an awful pain for checking in online, adding bags etc, especially when cookie settings at work seem to stop it being remembered.
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Its seriously gonna have to be sorted out this week, theres only 8 cabin crew still on the payroll at cork out of a total of 130 employed. Two aircraft are operating the cork base Air Berlin (until tonight) & Monarch as well as one Aer Lingus A320, but two are parked up waiting to be used. I hear the Cork Operation alown is costing EI in rental charges just over €170,000 a day!. And the losses from bookings is probably quadrouple that alown probably more...
I doubt it, you're probably 16 and very intrested in aviation but as said you need to have a life off PPrune too. You've already had ''your'' unoffical Cork Airport face-book page deleted.
I was at work yesterday and I happoned to see the arrivals boards.
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Great to hear that the dispute has been settled and that those removed from the payroll have been, or will be, returned.
However, I see that the agreement includes a no strike clause for the duration of "Greenfield", which is supposed to last two years (not clear if it's two years from now or two years from inception); what kind of further developments are planned?
- Alliance partner and codeshare (hinted at this week by CM)
- Smaller jet aircraft?
- Changes in schedules to improve hubbing opportunities?
- Other plans?
However, I see that the agreement includes a no strike clause for the duration of "Greenfield", which is supposed to last two years (not clear if it's two years from now or two years from inception); what kind of further developments are planned?
- Alliance partner and codeshare (hinted at this week by CM)
- Smaller jet aircraft?
- Changes in schedules to improve hubbing opportunities?
- Other plans?
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Where was a no strike clause mentioned? Industrial peace is all that has been quoted so far, whatever that means. Perhaps the LRC will clarify further although I doubt it. If you looked at Mulveys last ruling there were loads of areas where he never actually ruled as such but instead stated that AL and the CC should "discuss further and reach agreement". To AL this means you do what they say. Unfortunately this is part and parcel of the LRC, lots of grey areas and no black and white. AL needs black and white as time and time again they have proven that they are incapable of playing fair.
For the avoidance of doubt the CC were not on strike anyway. They just stuck to their previous working conditions. The company then deemed them to be in breach of the "new" rules and disciplined them as they saw fit which for the most part meant suspending them.
http://www.aerlingus.com/media/aerli...RNS-040211.pdf
For the avoidance of doubt the CC were not on strike anyway. They just stuck to their previous working conditions. The company then deemed them to be in breach of the "new" rules and disciplined them as they saw fit which for the most part meant suspending them.
http://www.aerlingus.com/media/aerli...RNS-040211.pdf
Aer Lingus €32.5 Million down for firing and rehiring staff.
Aer Lingus takes euro32.5 mln charge in tax dispute - Bloomberg
Works out at a cost of €46k per person taken back on or couple of effectively most of the revenue earned in January from passnegers on short haul flights.
Aer Lingus takes euro32.5 mln charge in tax dispute - Bloomberg
Works out at a cost of €46k per person taken back on or couple of effectively most of the revenue earned in January from passnegers on short haul flights.
, is delivery still set for April 2011 ??
The eagle has taken off.
For those that missed it, as part of the 75th Anniversay, Iolar (EI-ABI) has been returned to flight.
22 Feb 2011
24 Feb 2011
Well done to all involved.
JAS
22 Feb 2011
24 Feb 2011
Well done to all involved.
JAS
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Great to see her back airborne again! , is there going to be special flights from base airports? i.e. Belfast, Cork, London Gatiwck, Shannon etc??? or maybe even London Heathrow?
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2010 Preliminary results
Much improved results compared to 2009:
2010 preliminary results - London Stock Exchange
- Operating profit €57.6 M, from -€81M in 2009.
- Profit after tax €46.5 M, from -€130.1M in 2009.
However, their outlook for 2011 isn't particularly chripy:
"In 2011, we will continue to face a difficult economic environment in Ireland. In contrast to most other European carriers we therefore will stay flat in our capacity deployment in 2011". There are further warnings about fuel and airport charges.
2010 preliminary results - London Stock Exchange
- Operating profit €57.6 M, from -€81M in 2009.
- Profit after tax €46.5 M, from -€130.1M in 2009.
However, their outlook for 2011 isn't particularly chripy:
"In 2011, we will continue to face a difficult economic environment in Ireland. In contrast to most other European carriers we therefore will stay flat in our capacity deployment in 2011". There are further warnings about fuel and airport charges.
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Not bad considering they will be giving €32m to the Revenue for yet another almight cockup. It was patently obvious to everyone that if you left a job and restarted the next day then it wasn't redundancy.
Rumour has it that they wasted €15m on hire ins during the cabin crew dispute. The cost to our branding for putting passengers onto FR flights (many refuse to fly FR in the first place) is largely incalculable but time will tell if they vote with their feet and find other ways of getting from a to b. There will no doubt be private cases against AL by the cabin crew in relation to the numerous instances of intimidation in the workplace and release of private details to courier companies that called to their houses and woke them from their beds at 2am to serve them with suspension notices.
Then we have volcanic ash and the snow which would have no doubt cost the company tens of millions.
Anyone think that Mueller is doing a great job or is he just following in the footsteps of the long line of previous CEO's. Time will no doubt tell no doubt.
Rumour has it that they wasted €15m on hire ins during the cabin crew dispute. The cost to our branding for putting passengers onto FR flights (many refuse to fly FR in the first place) is largely incalculable but time will tell if they vote with their feet and find other ways of getting from a to b. There will no doubt be private cases against AL by the cabin crew in relation to the numerous instances of intimidation in the workplace and release of private details to courier companies that called to their houses and woke them from their beds at 2am to serve them with suspension notices.
Then we have volcanic ash and the snow which would have no doubt cost the company tens of millions.
Anyone think that Mueller is doing a great job or is he just following in the footsteps of the long line of previous CEO's. Time will no doubt tell no doubt.
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Three A330 orders converted to A350's
Three A330 orders converted to A350's
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Can I ask a question on the revenue issue. Why is the airline paying this?
Surely it should be the people who got the redundancy that should be paying this? Genuine question.
If there is a tax deduction to be made in relations to these redundancies surely its the person who received it that is liable. Even if the airline chooses to pay this out of goodwill or whatever, then essentially the employees are getting money tax free. Or have I got the wrong end of the stick somewhere.?
Surely it should be the people who got the redundancy that should be paying this? Genuine question.
If there is a tax deduction to be made in relations to these redundancies surely its the person who received it that is liable. Even if the airline chooses to pay this out of goodwill or whatever, then essentially the employees are getting money tax free. Or have I got the wrong end of the stick somewhere.?
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@vkid:
The company are willing to pay any revenue liabilities as they gave assurances to the employees that the 'leave and return' scheme was above board and would be classed as redundancy. If the employees were held accountable they would probably all take legal action against EI for misleading them.
2010: E57M operating profits is pretty impressive considering the mess the the CEO walked into (E81M operating losses in 2009)
Conversion of A330 to A350 seems strange. EI currently operate 8 A330, seems very optimistic to plan to operate a larger aircraft in greater numbers. Perhaps its a crafty move to delay the delivery slots of new widebodies to allow them time to find an alternative? The A330 were due in 2013-14, so now EI have no widebodies due until 2015.
The company are willing to pay any revenue liabilities as they gave assurances to the employees that the 'leave and return' scheme was above board and would be classed as redundancy. If the employees were held accountable they would probably all take legal action against EI for misleading them.
2010: E57M operating profits is pretty impressive considering the mess the the CEO walked into (E81M operating losses in 2009)
Conversion of A330 to A350 seems strange. EI currently operate 8 A330, seems very optimistic to plan to operate a larger aircraft in greater numbers. Perhaps its a crafty move to delay the delivery slots of new widebodies to allow them time to find an alternative? The A330 were due in 2013-14, so now EI have no widebodies due until 2015.
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Rumour has it that they wasted €15m on hire ins during the cabin crew dispute.
We'll see these costs wash through on the next interm Management update.
Can I ask a question on the revenue issue. Why is the airline paying this?
Surely it should be the people who got the redundancy that should be paying this? Genuine question.
If there is a tax deduction to be made in relations to these redundancies surely its the person who received it that is liable. Even if the airline chooses to pay this out of goodwill or whatever, then essentially the employees are getting money tax free. Or have I got the wrong end of the stick somewhere.?
Surely it should be the people who got the redundancy that should be paying this? Genuine question.
If there is a tax deduction to be made in relations to these redundancies surely its the person who received it that is liable. Even if the airline chooses to pay this out of goodwill or whatever, then essentially the employees are getting money tax free. Or have I got the wrong end of the stick somewhere.?
Having subsequently been judged as invalid by the Revenue Commissioners, the employees would in essence be subject to a significant tax liability for the amount of relief that they received in relation to their redundancy payments, ie. for the portion that they received which would normally be taxed as income, plus additional conventional interest and penalties.
However - the employees were acting upon the instruction of the company and therefore it is only equitable that the company picks up the tab for giving misguided advice to it's employees. There would indeed be quite likely legal implications for the company were to it have sought to have the employees singularly repay their individual liabilities as a result of the Revenue ruling.
In a normal redundancy situation, a statutory redundancy payment is tax free. Statutory being - two weeks per year of employment served with the addition of one bonus week. It is amounts in excess of this which are subject to tax, generally at the marginal rate, depending upon a person's income.
The EI outlook is justifiably cautionary in nature, considering that Q4 in particular saw a notable decline in both the operating performance and financial position. The share price was rocked by the cautious outlook today. With 62% of the fuel requirement for fiscal '11 hedged, we are likely to see the effects of price inflation adversely affecting the operational cost base of the company from H2 onwards.
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Ah rumors, you have to love them! I was talking to some people in recent time that tell me that the US west coast is coming back. They havnt decided on SFO or LAX yet. Has anyone heard this same rumor?
Also, how is the MAD-IAD service doing?
Also, how is the MAD-IAD service doing?
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With the long haul fleet being cut and oil prices looking grim I doubt we'll be seeing West Coast flights for a good few years at least. Back when SFO was cut management said it could return but warned the length of the route made it very marginal so it would be down to the price of oil and with that on the up once again it pretty much rules out any return to SFO or LAX or any new long-haul routes for that matter.
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Was there only marginal profit because of poor payloads or they were too cheap? The government needs to get its priorities right. We supported pointless routes to regional cities for years, yet something that would be beneficial to the Silicon Valley satellite offices wasn't supported! 
Also I think one route should be in place to the West Coast and one to the future large markets such as Beijing or Shanghai to start developing the markets there now!
With proper scheduling Aer Lingus could replicate what Finnair does to the East, to the West. Bolstering trans-atlantic pax with passengers from the East... Even Finland!
Also I think one route should be in place to the West Coast and one to the future large markets such as Beijing or Shanghai to start developing the markets there now! With proper scheduling Aer Lingus could replicate what Finnair does to the East, to the West. Bolstering trans-atlantic pax with passengers from the East... Even Finland!