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July Traffic
Total passengers 1.109million
Long Haul 99,000 up2% LF of 89.9% with caacity flat.
Short Haul 905,000 down 2% LF of 85.1 up 2% with capacity down 2%.(LGW base).
Regiaonal 105,000 up 40%.
Long Haul 99,000 up2% LF of 89.9% with caacity flat.
Short Haul 905,000 down 2% LF of 85.1 up 2% with capacity down 2%.(LGW base).
Regiaonal 105,000 up 40%.
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North American Airlines will be operating a return JFK-DUB flights on 1 and 2 September on a B767-200. G
I guess this is a charter for the Notre Dame-navy game in the Aviva
I guess this is a charter for the Notre Dame-navy game in the Aviva
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Aer Lingus seem to be having fleet problems today with two Boston flights having major delays.
I arrived from Bristol at 10.00 for my flight at 11.00 and its being delayed unitl 18.00 which is only an estimate and this afternoons flight to Boston at 14.15 is showing Delayed Next Infomation @ 18.30. Both flights are full to add to problems. One of the return flights to DUB tonight is noiw cancelled.
Is it just 2 A330 gone tech or is it problems in Boston?
I arrived from Bristol at 10.00 for my flight at 11.00 and its being delayed unitl 18.00 which is only an estimate and this afternoons flight to Boston at 14.15 is showing Delayed Next Infomation @ 18.30. Both flights are full to add to problems. One of the return flights to DUB tonight is noiw cancelled.
Is it just 2 A330 gone tech or is it problems in Boston?
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They leased an HiFlyA340 to cover EI133 and fixed one of there A330 to operare EI137.
If anyone intrested the HiFly A340 will be arriving back in DUB at 23.30 (24/08).
If anyone intrested the HiFly A340 will be arriving back in DUB at 23.30 (24/08).
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Etihad interested in buying Ryanair's stake in Aer Lingus:
Bloomberg: Etihad CEO Interested in Buying Ryanair Stake in Aer Lingus
The Sunday Business Post: Etihad Interested in Ryanair's Aer Lingus Stake
RTÉ News: Etihad interested in Ryanair's near 30% stake in Aer Lingus
TheJournal.ie: Etihad eyes Ryanair’s Aer Lingus stake
BreakingNews.ie: The Journal: Eithad interested in Ryanair's Aer Lingus stake
Bloomberg: Etihad CEO Interested in Buying Ryanair Stake in Aer Lingus
The Sunday Business Post: Etihad Interested in Ryanair's Aer Lingus Stake
RTÉ News: Etihad interested in Ryanair's near 30% stake in Aer Lingus
TheJournal.ie: Etihad eyes Ryanair’s Aer Lingus stake
BreakingNews.ie: The Journal: Eithad interested in Ryanair's Aer Lingus stake
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Ryanair offer to pull a number of Aer Lingus routes from Dublin to allow in foreign competitors such as British Airways and Virgin in an attempt to win over takeover approval from the European Commission.
Ryanair in talks with EC over Aer Lingus takeover plans - RTÉ News
Ryanair in talks with EC over Aer Lingus takeover plans - RTÉ News
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You got to love his cheek. He really has no respect for anyone, be it his customers, the Irish in general or the EU mandarins.
So if successful in his takeover he proposes to pull AL from some routes that they and FR compete on and we are lead to believe that:-
a) BA and VS will come along to bridge the gap
b) if none of the above that there will be a knight in shining white armour that has nothing better to do with its airframes than to send them to Ireland in order to ply short haul routes
c) That FR will play the game and not force them off the routes just like he did when Easy tried doing busy in the ROI
Cloud cuckoo land stuff. And the reason that no one believes any of it is that we can all see through the smoke and mirrors and realise that all FR really wants to do is to take out a competitor and have a monopoly. BA would be more than happy as they can feed in their own aircraft to LHR for longhaul and will scoop up any slots coming available.
So if successful in his takeover he proposes to pull AL from some routes that they and FR compete on and we are lead to believe that:-
a) BA and VS will come along to bridge the gap
b) if none of the above that there will be a knight in shining white armour that has nothing better to do with its airframes than to send them to Ireland in order to ply short haul routes
c) That FR will play the game and not force them off the routes just like he did when Easy tried doing busy in the ROI
Cloud cuckoo land stuff. And the reason that no one believes any of it is that we can all see through the smoke and mirrors and realise that all FR really wants to do is to take out a competitor and have a monopoly. BA would be more than happy as they can feed in their own aircraft to LHR for longhaul and will scoop up any slots coming available.
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Aer Lingus have restored the third weekly DUB-MCO for summer 2013. This now only leaves a Tue and Thur gap for the Long haul fleet at DUB. Most lightly will be used for maintance etc. This summer there was 1 day left free.
The extra BOS and MCO are bookable but the extra 4 flight to ORD are not and are still in timetable
The extra BOS and MCO are bookable but the extra 4 flight to ORD are not and are still in timetable
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I was in the very first instance when Fr bought some of EI stock and made it plans known, not overly against the idea. However, now I am. MOL would love to reduce DUB airport to 1 significant customer and hold the state to randsom, so anything that can be done to prevent FR taking over has to be a positive one. FR is great at what it does based on its strategy, which to be fair it has stuck to rigorously.
EI has emerged strongly returning profit when in the vast majority of its markets it is faced with Ryanair competition.
However, take an example and I know this is going to be controversial, Dublin Alicante, the route has less flights than Belfast Alicante, and the prices are huge by comparison, well certainly on dates that I look at. The schedules often are a mirror image especially in winter. The prices dont reflect to me a big lot of competition, and in other markets FR have reduced frequency and this is reflected in both airlines capacity London market (been in decline for FR), Brussels market, Paris market plus a few others.
EI has emerged strongly returning profit when in the vast majority of its markets it is faced with Ryanair competition.
However, take an example and I know this is going to be controversial, Dublin Alicante, the route has less flights than Belfast Alicante, and the prices are huge by comparison, well certainly on dates that I look at. The schedules often are a mirror image especially in winter. The prices dont reflect to me a big lot of competition, and in other markets FR have reduced frequency and this is reflected in both airlines capacity London market (been in decline for FR), Brussels market, Paris market plus a few others.
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Not sure but they had a huge percentage of flights prior to 1986 and their owners controlled fares and issued route licences. Whatever else happens we can't go back to those days. It used cost up to 400 punts for a day trip to Heathrow which would be about €1,500 in today's money.
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Prove it !
Ir Pounds 400 for a day trip to LHR ?
Who told you that , or did you make it up ?
I went to LHR for a day trip in 1990, to do a CPL medical.
Booked it a week before, cost me IR£120.
Long way from£400, is £120
Ryanair propagandists would have you believe that every
seat in and out of Ireland on Aer Lingus was a rip off.
It wasn't.
Who told you that , or did you make it up ?
I went to LHR for a day trip in 1990, to do a CPL medical.
Booked it a week before, cost me IR£120.
Long way from£400, is £120
Ryanair propagandists would have you believe that every
seat in and out of Ireland on Aer Lingus was a rip off.
It wasn't.
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Peacock1, if you read the post from Ryan2000, he did say prior to 1986.
You state 1990, which was a whole new world in terms of price. In fact the date u mention is only 2 year before BA axed the route, the price war was well under way with FR offering unrestricted one way fares that Didnt require a Sat night stay. Prior to 1986 the fares were commonly IR£300, with day returns as high as suggested.
This is well documented in many publications when EI and BA had cosy cartel. Google Dublin london route and cartel and you should get some evidence.
You state 1990, which was a whole new world in terms of price. In fact the date u mention is only 2 year before BA axed the route, the price war was well under way with FR offering unrestricted one way fares that Didnt require a Sat night stay. Prior to 1986 the fares were commonly IR£300, with day returns as high as suggested.
This is well documented in many publications when EI and BA had cosy cartel. Google Dublin london route and cartel and you should get some evidence.