Aer Lingus - 6

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The last sentence is the significant one.

If there is a market there, it will be filled by a US carrier and SNN pax will use that carrier and not just head up to fill extra seats ex DUB. So, it would just be a case of giving up a profitable business.

[Jack1985]

Aer Lingus cleared by courts to increase reserves for shareholders

Court ruling gives Aer Lingus room to boost dividends | Reuters

[Jack1985]

Expect Announcement Soon

Been told by a well-informed source you'll be hearing about year-round SNN operation and new Toronto service shortly, West Coast route ''expected'' (latter two from Dublin for Summer 2014).

[fivejuliet]

A man on Morning Ireland today claims 6 weeks time until an announcement though the essence of what he said was basically the rumours floating around message forums so nothing new really

[MCDU2]

Yep CEO confirmed verbally during a briefing to us mere mortals this week. Only confirming the rumours which have been doing the rounds for a while now.

[EI-A330-300]

A man on Morning Ireland today claims 6 weeks time until an announcement though the essence of what he said was basically the rumours floating around message forums so nothing new really

He talked about possibly SJC over SFO and IDA would support SJC as its closer to Silicon Valley area.

[DubWannabeNerd]

Heathrow Schedule Change

Howdy all,

I travel DUB-LHR regularly for work. Looking at the schedule for next month, my regular flight, the EI156 isnt listed (usually leaves 0850/0900). The options are now 0740 and 0945. Is this flight gone for the season now? Pity if it is, the other options arent as appealing. Thanks.

[Noxegon]

I can't say that a Toronto service excites me all that much when two carriers serve there from DUB already. West coast would be nice though.

[Flame]

Aer Lingus will be leasing 3 Finnair B757's for W13 to serve SNN-JFK/BOS and DUB-YYZ. Expect DUB-SFO to be announced shortly. A330 being leased to a Scandinavian company to operate to the Caribbean for W13

[CallBell]

I travel DUB-LHR regularly for work. Looking at the schedule for next month, my regular flight, the EI156 isnt listed (usually leaves 0850/0900). The options are now 0740 and 0945. Is this flight gone for the season now? Pity if it is, the other options arent as appealing. Thanks.

Looks to be off the schedule just for April. I see it's back from may 1st.

[high-flyer]

Yes, EI156 is gone for the summer, so the options, as you say, are the 154 or the 158.

high-flyer

[johnrizzo2000]

He talked about possibly SJC over SFO and IDA would support SJC as its closer
to Silicon Valley area

Whilst SJC would be a huge coup for San Jose airport and for business travellers to Silicon Valley, I cant see it happening over SFO. SFO is a United hub which will offer lounge facilities, onward connections, and attract both leisure and business traffic.

Been told by a well-informed source you'll be hearing about year-round SNN
operation and new Toronto service shortly, West Coast route ''expected'' (latter
two from Dublin for Summer 2014).

Id heard that the 757s wont operate SNN-JFK and SNN-BOS daily during the particularly quiet Jan-Mar period. They will operate DUB-JFK on some days, as usually this flight reduce to 4x weekly from Jan-Mar

Although DUB-YYZ wont be a new route for passengers, it will be welcome competition, as fares on this route can be extremely high, and help bolster EI's hub development in Dublin.

[MCDU2]

Just to clarify an A330 is being wet leased to Novair for the winter to operate routes to the Caribbean and Mexico. Flight deck crew will be EI and CCMs provided by Novair.

[Mlinnie]

Toronto

Would Toronto be daily for winter ? Seems a bit much during the quieter months, maybe EI will codeshare with AC on the route

[Jamie2k9]

Howdy all,

I travel DUB-LHR regularly for work. Looking at the schedule for next month, my regular flight, the EI156 isnt listed (usually leaves 0850/0900). The options are now 0740 and 0945. Is this flight gone for the season now? Pity if it is, the other options arent as appealing. Thanks.

No the 08.50 departure from DUB resumes for 1 May, think its an aircraft delivery delay. The 2 A319's haven't arrived yet but will soon.

[DubWannabeNerd]

EI156

Thanks all. It was April dates that I had looked at. Roll on May 1 so!!

[DADDY-OH!]

When FlyGlobespan operated Eire - US/Canada, it operated DUB & SNN to YYC & YVR on a B763. From BFS it operated to Orlando-Sanford. The aircraft were always full with pax & freight.

With the 757, we operated DUB, SNN & BFS to Toronto-Hamilton (YHM) and the loads again were always full.

But the route that amazed all of us was Knock - JFK operated by a 2-class 190 seat B757. The service originated ex-LPL with around 20 pax but always filled up ex-NOC. When we spoke to the Airport Manager, he wasn't surprised at all & said he always thought JFK, BOS & ORD would all do well from NOC. I don't know that part of Eire very well but when I spoke to our pax, they would say that the alternatives of BFS & SNN were a 3-5 hour drive away. Ideal for a B757 really.

[MCDU2]

I don't think AL really need to be following the business plan of a defunct UK no frills airline. Seats may have been full but its all about yields.

[DADDY-OH!]

FlyGlobespan was brought down because it had its £50 million ATOL bond illegally withheld by EClear, the CAA approved holding bank. All Tom Dalrymple could do to get the £50 million back was to put GSM into Administration. EClear collapsed shortly afterwards.

I was merely pointing out that the demand was proven to be there.

[DADDY-OH!]

I suggest you Google Elias Elia.