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If possible I would like to get an educated answer to this.
LAS is a great route for VS. Daily flight is always busy. BA are now flying to LAS from LGW and LHR. So there must be some form of demand there.
If not an american carrier but why has EI not jumped on this route yet, even 3 a week.
LAS is a great route for VS. Daily flight is always busy. BA are now flying to LAS from LGW and LHR. So there must be some form of demand there.
If not an american carrier but why has EI not jumped on this route yet, even 3 a week.
It's similar to Florida, thousands fly via MAN/LGW and the US yet EI have a low frequency direct service. If it was worth their while to claw back those passengers they would but guess more money to be make elsewhere.
BA regularly cancel one of their JFK flights ex LHR to fit in something else that's been delayed. Now that people from the UK regions can earn and spend Avios with EI funnelling them through DUB from the UK regions to free up a couple of slots at LHR might really appeal to them.
MAN and GLA do have LAS links with VS and TC but as has been stated their populations are far higher. A big chunk of EI pax are US tourists visiting the old sod, not as a large of an Irish American presence in Nevada I should think.
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With the feed coming from the UK regions and the wider European area there is surely a viable market to make this route work on at least three times a week basis a la Orlando. There are very large trade conferences there every week so LAS is not as purely leisure dominated as you would initially think. Strikes me as EI being overly cautious, hopefully IAG will push it through as part of their planned accelerated expansion to the US ex DUB.
If they can make a higher amount out of another route, why would they start LAS?
Before this year everything bar YYZ was resuming a pre recession route (SFO, IAD) or expanding pre existing routes. LAX and EWR are resumptions of pre recession routes. Only BDL is new this year. BWI is the only former A330 destination that hasn't resumed and that was before they moved to IAD last time.
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No I can't, but Aer Lingus do and there is a reason that they haven't started the route! Your not going to convince them of starting it either, they know what they're doing.
Also, there's very little connectivity from LAS, unlike most of the traditional routes. SFO, LAX, JFK, BOS, ORD, EWR.
Also, there's very little connectivity from LAS, unlike most of the traditional routes. SFO, LAX, JFK, BOS, ORD, EWR.
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I find it hard to get excited when Aer Lingus launch on routes served by other carriers. BDL is the only new route this year when push comes to shove, and that's not until September...
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Check westjet from London - peanuts, extremely cheap! Saving that can't be ignored - a hop on Shamrock or Ryanair into Gatwick, switch at Gatwick. Sorted.
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With the feed coming from the UK regions and the wider European area there is surely a viable market to make this route work on at least three times a week basis a la Orlando. There are very large trade conferences there every week so LAS is not as purely leisure dominated as you would initially think. Strikes me as EI being overly cautious, hopefully IAG will push it through as part of their planned accelerated expansion to the US ex DUB.
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I'd be inclined to agree with Jamie. Furthermore, routes to the East Coast or generally the East side of the US are closer and hence less hungry in terms of ac tied up. A West coast service can see an A330 gone for 24 hours, while a NYC or even Toronto is a lot shorter allowing for potentially greater utilisation of said fleet and if more passengers can be carried on said services it is not just revenue from tickets, the ancillary revenues are greater.
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Sources say announcement coming very soon....watch the space.
In regards to what?
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I'm guessing he may mean in regards to the 2 long haul route announcements rumored a few weeks ago.
Anyway was 2017 a time for those rumours you refer to?
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daa to remove security checks for transit passengers who comply with requirements at departure points. EU and US passengers will not longer be required, once new facility is completed.
Does not chnage TSA checks when flying to US.
Does not chnage TSA checks when flying to US.
Was it wind that caused diversions earlier on today around lunch time? Just saw an LH from FRA that came virtually all the way before circling for a while and heading back to FRA. Just curious.