DUBLIN - 2

[PPRuNeUser0176]

strikes have being deferred

[stab3.5up]

No surprise really. we just dont have the collective balls that the greek spanish etc have to on strike and make a point.

[ayroplain]

No surprise really. we just dont have the collective balls that the greek spanish etc have to on strike and make a point.

And cost their countries further millions in lost work, damage to property and injury or worse to their police force.
siptu has never let much if anything stop them disrupting the country in the past. On this occasion they saw their moneypot about to roll off the edge.

[MCDU2]

Who was going on strike? I thought it was a 2hr rolling work stoppage. You weren't seduced by all the hype that the media were fed by the employers now were ya?

Now for a good ole fashioned strike you want to read up on Lech Walesa. Now he knew how to close a place down.

[ayroplain]

Coming out through DUB the other day I noticed a couple of things.

As you exit security you have the wall-mounted Departure Board screens in front of you. Previously, your Gate No. was already up even a couple of hours before your flight but now this has changed and you see that your gate will show only an hour before your flight time. Now, I know this is not unusual but other airports that use this system have a dedicated lounge where everyone waits. There is no such lounge at DUB. So, to recap, pax exiting security see the screens (located in a narrow corridor) showing what time their gate info will appear. It could be gates in the 100, 200 or 300 series. Where are they supposed to wait?

The second point concerns Pier D which is 90% plus for Ryanair pax. About 100 yds into this long walk there is a floor standing sign stating that this walkway is for gates 100 -121 only and pax should CHECK THE GATE NO. ON THEIR BOARDING PASSES before proceeding. Now, when was the last time you saw your gate no. printed on your (home printed) boarding passes?

[Stevek]

They have a fair sized public seating area now opposite Wright of Howth. I don't think that sign mentions a boarding pass.

[CallBell]

Dub gate information

I have noticed that too Ayro. But if you are in T2 and your flight is using the "300" gates the FIDS will show you the gate number. It will only display "wait for gate" if you are departing from the "400" gates. The gate will usually be displayed at about 45 mins prior to departure but if you walk along to the FIDS at gate 413 all gate numbers are displayed hours ahead of departure. I think it is the DAA's attempt to keep people in the main shopping/eating area in T2.

[ayroplain]

I should have mentioned my original post was in respect of T1.

Originally Posted by Stevek

They have a fair sized public seating area now opposite Wright of Howth. I don't think that sign mentions a boarding pass.

Had a friend coming through DUB on FR today and asked him to get me a pic of this sign. So, especially for you Steve

[PPRuNeUser0176]

From all my flights at T2 the departure gates have always being like that. 300 gates are always up so people can't make excuses as to why they missed the flights etc. I havn't noticed that further up Pier E the gates are up but will see next time but they always only put them up 45 mins before departure. Its makes sense in some ways as most gates have limited seating and it stops passengers who are not travling on x flight to be sitting at the gate taken up seats when there is no need. They also do have a large seating area at the top of Pier E so passengers don't have to stay in the shopping area!

[EI-A330-300]

Unions seek €330m from Aer Lingus and DAA to resolve pension deficit row - RT News

330million needs to be given from EI and DAA or stirkes will happen. Its a cheek for unions to expect DAA and EI to pay part of it when they had nothing to do with it.

[Jamie2k9]

Over 1.8 million passengers in September up 7%

Europe over 1 million up 8%
UK 580,000 up 1%
Transatlantic 178,000 up 7%
Middle East/Africa 45,000 up 82%
Domestic 6,000 down 17% (FR ORK route)

Year to date 14.8 million up 1%

Some seasonal cut backs that happen early September didn't happen this year.

Latest News > Over 1.8 Million Passengers Through Dublin Airport In September 2012

[clareview]

Traffic statistics

The important issues from these figures will be maintaining the Middle East numbers in the long term and sustaining the US traffic at these levels. Domestic is a bit of a red herring as it was mostly PSO which has been cut back but was not sustainable anyway

[PPRuNeUser0176]

2012 will be down on 2011 unless October see the same growth that September has and thats unlightly but think it will see some growth. November and December are almost certain to down or just about level on 2011.

[Sober Lark]

Middle East pax would have previously gone with the likes of BA, SQ, MH and QF, etc to Australasia via the likes of LHR, AMS, FRA, CPH, CDG.

Two million Australians claimed Ireland was their main country of their ancestry (source 2006 census). Remember the hopes for a direct SQ service from DUB? Now at last we have a one stop convenient service with fantastic and increasing connections via AUH and DXB. Tourism and emigration will keep EY and EK happy.

[stab3.5up]

DUB

Can you get stats on cargo going in and out of DUB. I think that this may be the elephant in the room as regarding economics at DUB. Not so long ago we had 3 x a week SQ and the AF as well as the AMS A300 on a Sat and the TNT used to be an A300 every night, well almost every night


Would be very interesting to see the stats regarding cargo over the last few years.

[akerosid]

I'd be very interested in seeing these stats too; one thing I know, from previous experience, is that the DAA has very little interest in cargo. When they announced their €1b expansion of DUB a few years back (part of which was T2), not a single cent was dedicated to cargo; there is an area at the far side of 34/16, which is apparently to be set aside for cargo, but in the current environment I don't think it will happen.

It would be a pity to lose sight of this; exports can contribute a lot to economic growth; I know EY and EK carry a lot of freight out of DUB, but I think it could do with a dedicated freight service and both carriers (and QR too) have significant dedicated freight fleets.

If the DAA isn't willing to take an interest in this, perhaps an experienced international cargo operator could invest in a terminal?

[quantumofcheese]

Air France 777 at DUB ?

Used to love seeing the AF Cargo 747 at DUB, but is it only 77F nowadays? Haven't seen the 747 there in a few months at least.. :/

✈ Air France Cargo B747-428F [F-GIUC] | Takeoff | Dublin Airport ✈ - YouTube

[dublinaviator]

I've seen an AF 744F out there a couple of times over the last few months.

[levis]

There is a dedicated cargo service and has been for the last 15 years ,DHL , they have a super hub west of the airport and run A300 every night but is currently been serviced with one of their brand new B767 300 , the DAA had plans to build a cargo ramp but concentrated on their shiny new T2 first and now they have no more money , so cargo apron tossed between down by south apron or the old transatlantic stand , Neely every international airport had its own cargo ramp but Dublin does not , and here is the governments mantra that exports will get us out of this recession , these 767 normally service JFK , CVG , LOS , HKG , but they are utilising it on the dub ema bru dub route for training
purposes !

[PPRuNeUser0176]

Emirates have said they have carried over 160,000 passengers and over 6000 tonnes of cargo for the first 9 months at Dublin. Was announced by the carrier officially opened there office in Dublin this week. They are also amazed at the numbers of Chinese, Japanese and Korean flying to DUB with them.