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Demand will always be there if the price is right (ie: cheap). Problem is AL getting the price it wants to profitably operate the routes you described which is unlikely to or else it would have jumped in when Globespan went bust. The other obstacle is that it doesn't have the right size of aircraft to prove routes. The 757s as an interim measure and the A321NEO in the medium to longer term will provide this. The days of flying around 20 people in an A330 to keep a route going in the hope that demand will pick up in the summer are long gone.
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Aer Lingus really embracing social media now as they should be doing. Already on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest and soon to be..https://twitter.com/AerLingus
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Aer Lingus and United further expand their codeshare. UA will codeshare on DUB-MAN and BHX. From 1 April UA Business/First Passegners with UA at DUB can use the Aer Lingus Gold Circle Lounge while EI Business Passengers can use United Lounges at 21 airports in the US.
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Aer Lingus and United further expand their codeshare. UA will codeshare on DUB-MAN and BHX. From 1 April UA Business/First Passegners with UA at DUB can use the Aer Lingus Gold Circle Lounge while EI Business Passengers can use United Lounges at 21 airports in the US.
If DUB was 2 daily and they were connecting onto a later/earlier flight, that's one thing, but this just seems rather pointless.
And before its thrown up, even the USPBC is a moot point, as you are kind of negating the benefit of 'saving time' by 'wasting time' on the extra flight.
Unless UA are desperate to fill DUB and have more demand than the supply at MAN/BHX?
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Aer Lingus and United don't codeshare on DUB-EWR route.
Adding MAN and BHX will allow people book onto EI's flights to BOS, JFK, ORD and MCO. None of the MAN and BHX connections could make UA EWR flight.
Adding MAN and BHX will allow people book onto EI's flights to BOS, JFK, ORD and MCO. None of the MAN and BHX connections could make UA EWR flight.
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Possible but as DUB-IAD has LF of around 90% when I last did the figures so don't think that the reason. Don't know loads at MAN.
Expect a lot of this has to do with the AA/US merger so UA will want to offer what they can from MAN and BHX. UA would prefer people from lets say the MAN side of BHX go via DUB and they get some revenue from it or via LHR and not with AA from MAN.
Expect a lot of this has to do with the AA/US merger so UA will want to offer what they can from MAN and BHX. UA would prefer people from lets say the MAN side of BHX go via DUB and they get some revenue from it or via LHR and not with AA from MAN.
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Aer Lingus lease to VS
Aer Lingus A320 in the livery of Virgin Atlantic ..
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Aer Lingus A350s
Rumour circling on other forums that Aer Lingus is to swap A350 slots for A321NEO slots, and will be the first airline with A321NEO ETOPS certification for transatlantic routes.
If true I feel it's hardly a major surprise really, anyone agree ?
If true I feel it's hardly a major surprise really, anyone agree ?
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Now is it a slot swap with Aer Lingus taking the earliest A321NEOs in 2016 and renegotiating A350 deliveries for later in the decade or is it Aer Lingus cancelling the A350 altogether in favour of the A321NEO?
The latter would be a poor choice in my opinion, yes the A350 is considered quite large for Aer Lingus and this has even been stated by the CEO but it currently seems like the only viable replacement for the A330s which will need replacing whether they like it or not.
The A321NEO for Aer Lingus would be no surprise though, I'd be more surprised if it wasn't ordered eventually! It would give the long haul operation from SNN a secure future while potentially make ORK-East Coast flights very possible and naturally complementing the A330/350 based at DUB. The NEO family is an ideal replacement for the bulk of the short haul fleet anyway, I just imagined the A321NEO being part of that order with a few designated for transatlantic ops rather than being ordered in favour of the A350. It'll be interesting to see if any more details emerge from this rumour.
The latter would be a poor choice in my opinion, yes the A350 is considered quite large for Aer Lingus and this has even been stated by the CEO but it currently seems like the only viable replacement for the A330s which will need replacing whether they like it or not.
The A321NEO for Aer Lingus would be no surprise though, I'd be more surprised if it wasn't ordered eventually! It would give the long haul operation from SNN a secure future while potentially make ORK-East Coast flights very possible and naturally complementing the A330/350 based at DUB. The NEO family is an ideal replacement for the bulk of the short haul fleet anyway, I just imagined the A321NEO being part of that order with a few designated for transatlantic ops rather than being ordered in favour of the A350. It'll be interesting to see if any more details emerge from this rumour.
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dub-agp info please
Just checked in dub-agp-dub returning 10/4 and suprised to see rtn flt has centre isle - [A330?]
Can someone please confirm a/c type and whether the use of larger aircraft is a common occurrence on this route.
Thanks
Can someone please confirm a/c type and whether the use of larger aircraft is a common occurrence on this route.
Thanks