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It was great to hear that EI will not be absorbed into Ryanair but hopefully they will now become more innovative and open new routes. The 757 lease is at least a step in that direction. It'll be interesting to see what Cork Airport will offer them if they do give consideration to operating a service to JFK from there.
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Lets see. What European countries connect directly from California? UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Turkey* and Russia*. Some very very big populations served there although some are seasonal I think. Definitely good yields there in most cases I'm sure.
I'm tired of people insisting that EI should have to fly to SFO/LAX. If there was such a great market for it why haven't one of the big US carriers done it ...... ever? EI have done it with some success but at the moment it's gone and rightly so. Fuel is an issue along with other overheads. I don't see any airlines flying to Poland, Austria, Czech, Greece, Portugal, Belgium, Baltic states, Finland, Balkan states, Norway, Sweden. I could go on but you get the point. Many of the big carriers are already feeding into Ireland and the other countries mentioned above via a main European hub. Dublin/Ireland is not a major hub ....... or at least not yet.
Don't get me wrong it would be nice to see EI going back to California but not for the sake of flying an aircraft to keep big businesses happy and for a load of seats to go empty or for some sort of romantic/sentimental notion. Why the demand on EI? Is the same request being put to DL? UA? AA? You can sure they've looked at it too ........ for all of a second.
If EI go back to California they'll want to make money and for no other reason.
* very likely serving a large part of their Asian/Micro Asian population. So do they count?
Sorry rant over.
I'm tired of people insisting that EI should have to fly to SFO/LAX. If there was such a great market for it why haven't one of the big US carriers done it ...... ever? EI have done it with some success but at the moment it's gone and rightly so. Fuel is an issue along with other overheads. I don't see any airlines flying to Poland, Austria, Czech, Greece, Portugal, Belgium, Baltic states, Finland, Balkan states, Norway, Sweden. I could go on but you get the point. Many of the big carriers are already feeding into Ireland and the other countries mentioned above via a main European hub. Dublin/Ireland is not a major hub ....... or at least not yet.
Don't get me wrong it would be nice to see EI going back to California but not for the sake of flying an aircraft to keep big businesses happy and for a load of seats to go empty or for some sort of romantic/sentimental notion. Why the demand on EI? Is the same request being put to DL? UA? AA? You can sure they've looked at it too ........ for all of a second.
If EI go back to California they'll want to make money and for no other reason.
* very likely serving a large part of their Asian/Micro Asian population. So do they count?
Sorry rant over.
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Nice to see a 757 in the colours of EI ! . They won't go back west coast ,not for now anyway , it's a flight where they don't make profit so why would they fly it ? . Also any news on a Cadetship for this year 
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Do you think Aer Lingus will ever consider a route from Dublin to Gibraltar? I know Malaga is a very popular destination from Dublin and I think a Dublin to Gibraltar route would sell really well.
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The recently announced agreement with UA to expand their code share, direct flight to IAD from DUB and ORD from SNN now showing up on the website. economy class only, Business not available.
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Passenger numbers down in February
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Of course, we must remember that in 2012, there were 29 days in February, so with 3.5% less days, a 1.5% drop means a growth in numbers on average for each of the days if I'm thinking right? 
Load factors up it looks like, a lot of growth on Regional, I can't remember, is it a year yet since all Aer Arann flights started operating under the Regional banner, if not then that'd explain the large rise in numbers as more flights would have come under that umbrella, if it is more than a year, those are pretty significant growth figures.
Short haul passengers and revenues down on last year by about 6.3%, but I'm not sure if that's offset by the lower number of flights.
Still good results all around I guess.
Load factors up it looks like, a lot of growth on Regional, I can't remember, is it a year yet since all Aer Arann flights started operating under the Regional banner, if not then that'd explain the large rise in numbers as more flights would have come under that umbrella, if it is more than a year, those are pretty significant growth figures.
Short haul passengers and revenues down on last year by about 6.3%, but I'm not sure if that's offset by the lower number of flights.
Still good results all around I guess.
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Looks like there is some truth to the 757 rumours: Aer Lingus to Acquire Boeing 757s - ITTN | Irish Travel Trade News Magazine
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Looks like there is some truth to the 757 rumours: Aer Lingus to Acquire Boeing 757s - ITTN | Irish Travel Trade News Magazine
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So with the B757s coming and summer not far off, what's the fleet deployment going to be? Are the routes the B757s going on currently on sale with an A330 product up front? If the A330 comes out of SNN, what's new from DUB for it to fly?
Why bother with Cork long haul if they can just get the Cork punters to use existing services?
Why bother with Cork long haul if they can just get the Cork punters to use existing services?
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If the A330 comes out of SNN, what's new from DUB for it to fly?
Why bother with Cork long haul if they can just get the Cork punters to use existing services?
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EI are trying to build a hub at Dublin and have made great strides in recent years, would it not be in their interest to cut services at SNN altogether and use that capacity to improve US connectivity ex DUB. I appreciate there is a market for SNN but would it not be better and more profitable at DUB?
Perhaps they are happy with the profitability on the routes and don't want to leave the market to the US carriers.
Perhaps they are happy with the profitability on the routes and don't want to leave the market to the US carriers.
Last edited by VanBosh; 15th Mar 2013 at 08:27.