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Hamburg this winter?
New routes from DUB to Sofia, Hamburg, Newcastle, Salzburg and Agadir. Extra frequencies to Paris Charles De Gaulle, Düsseldorf, Warsaw, Bucharest, Geneva, Milan, Barcelona, Malaga, Lisbon and Manchester.
Does anyone have any info on if the route has been pulled?
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EI pulls Belfast-Geneva
Aer Lingus Group Plc will scrap
flights linking Belfast, Northern Ireland, with Geneva because of
poor bookings, the Belfast Telegraph reported, citing an
unidentified spokesman at the airline.
The carrier, which started operating in Belfast in 2007,
will stop the service by the last quarter of 2008, the newspaper
reported.
Reported in today's Belfast Telegraph
So which routes have stopped/started out of Belfast so far?
Will they ever consider going back to Shannon? 40 years of service and hadnt to tinker with it once!
flights linking Belfast, Northern Ireland, with Geneva because of
poor bookings, the Belfast Telegraph reported, citing an
unidentified spokesman at the airline.
The carrier, which started operating in Belfast in 2007,
will stop the service by the last quarter of 2008, the newspaper
reported.
Reported in today's Belfast Telegraph
So which routes have stopped/started out of Belfast so far?
Will they ever consider going back to Shannon? 40 years of service and hadnt to tinker with it once!
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Aer Lingus had pulled BUD and GVA from Belfast, that's it.
The new routes, ACE, MXP and MUC look promising and a welcome change. I believe BFS-ACE will become the longest Aer Lingus short-haul route.
The new routes, ACE, MXP and MUC look promising and a welcome change. I believe BFS-ACE will become the longest Aer Lingus short-haul route.
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EI at SNN
They wern't allowed tinker with it once
They did tinker, just not very much!
Nothing left to tinker with now, only withdraw, unfortunately
Irish Times: Aer Lingus may cut long-haul routes
Reported by The Irish Times, 9th July 2008
I suppose, no great surprise. Not much said in the article.
JAS
I suppose, no great surprise. Not much said in the article.
JAS
Jamaican Tourism Minister seeks direct route
European investor confidence in Jamaica received a major boost this week as Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett embarked on a whistle-stop tour of key cities, drumming up interest in Jamaica's tourism product and wooing investors.
In the Republic of Ireland, the minister held talks with principals of leading Irish carrier Aer Lingus with a view to increase tourism traffic from that country to Jamaica. He encouraged Aer Lingus to resume direct flights to Jamaica.
In the Republic of Ireland, the minister held talks with principals of leading Irish carrier Aer Lingus with a view to increase tourism traffic from that country to Jamaica. He encouraged Aer Lingus to resume direct flights to Jamaica.
When did Aer Lingus have a direct service to Jamaica?
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Aer Lingus passenger numbers lower on Belfast route
Aer Lingus passenger numbers lower on Belfast route
Aer Lingus passenger numbers lower on Belfast route - Irish, Business - Independent.ie
Aer Lingus passenger numbers lower on Belfast route - Irish, Business - Independent.ie
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I don't think anyone will be too worried.
For one thing, Belfast is a new base, so it will take a while to establish. It's the passenger level in two years time that will be of most concern.
Added to that, Cork-Heathrow is up by 28,000 over the same 6 months, so it seems that a lot of the Shannon pax haven't been lost to Aer Lingus. I'm sure some will have used Dublin as well, but because of the presence of BMI, it's harder to compare route performance.
Am I right in thinking that SNN-LHR used to use an A321, while BFS-LHR uses an A320?
For one thing, Belfast is a new base, so it will take a while to establish. It's the passenger level in two years time that will be of most concern.
Added to that, Cork-Heathrow is up by 28,000 over the same 6 months, so it seems that a lot of the Shannon pax haven't been lost to Aer Lingus. I'm sure some will have used Dublin as well, but because of the presence of BMI, it's harder to compare route performance.
Am I right in thinking that SNN-LHR used to use an A321, while BFS-LHR uses an A320?
July passanger figures
RTÉ reporting that in July, EI carried in excess of 1M pax in one month for the first time in the company's history. Overall load factors are down, but short haul seems to be holding up.
Story here
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Story here
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It's good to see the growth, but it's very worrying that t/a pax were actually down, notwithstanding the additional capacity - and the axing of the DXB route.
The US market continues to be quite soft; maybe it's time (or well past time) that EI starts looking seriously eastwards again.
Incidentally, there have been some serious delays to t/a schedules over the past few days, with last night's (Sunday's) EI 109 delayed to 23.30 and operated by an Omni DC10 - presumably still airborne as I write this - and a EuroAtlantic L1011 also leased in. What's the trouble?
The US market continues to be quite soft; maybe it's time (or well past time) that EI starts looking seriously eastwards again.
Incidentally, there have been some serious delays to t/a schedules over the past few days, with last night's (Sunday's) EI 109 delayed to 23.30 and operated by an Omni DC10 - presumably still airborne as I write this - and a EuroAtlantic L1011 also leased in. What's the trouble?
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LOL, Captkremin has it right sadly!
The 109 was delayed as a result of the company being unable to source a complete flight deck. All cabin crew turned up ready to go and were not stood down until 2 hours after STD while the company made some desperate attempt to call in spare pilots from their days off at the last minute. Sad to see EI result to these tactics but well done to the flight crew for sticking to their guns!
The 109 was delayed as a result of the company being unable to source a complete flight deck. All cabin crew turned up ready to go and were not stood down until 2 hours after STD while the company made some desperate attempt to call in spare pilots from their days off at the last minute. Sad to see EI result to these tactics but well done to the flight crew for sticking to their guns!