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It's all about scale
UK airlines barely serve Ireland never did never will
On the other hand most uk airports number one or two busiest routes are EI or Fr ,so both the uk and irl want to have competition to Ireland and that means two irish airlines, very simple it's in UK interest to have its top ten airports whose number one or two busiest routes are to Ireland on one of two irish carriers, continue to grow and prosper.
Economics page one chapter one , keep the revenue coming in by product that's wanted and competitively priced .
UK needs EI footfall and FR cannot provide it to UK by themselves
On the other hand most uk airports number one or two busiest routes are EI or Fr ,so both the uk and irl want to have competition to Ireland and that means two irish airlines, very simple it's in UK interest to have its top ten airports whose number one or two busiest routes are to Ireland on one of two irish carriers, continue to grow and prosper.
Economics page one chapter one , keep the revenue coming in by product that's wanted and competitively priced .
UK needs EI footfall and FR cannot provide it to UK by themselves
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Perhaps the interest of the British Office of Fair Trading is based on the importance of the Irish market to British exporters.
Ireland is one of Britains major export destinations, as well as being a major source of British imports.
Safeguarding rapid access, and crucially, non - monopolistic, competitive fares is therefore important to the home economy, hence the OFT concern.
Ireland is one of Britains major export destinations, as well as being a major source of British imports.
Safeguarding rapid access, and crucially, non - monopolistic, competitive fares is therefore important to the home economy, hence the OFT concern.
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UK airlines barely serve Ireland never did never will
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Agreed re Bmi ba be etc
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Overall the percentage of people who fly uk Roi is 80/20 on Fr and EI
ba are doing fine on one route no longer serve ex man Bhx LGw to Dublin so Fr really need proper competition to ROI and BA have bigger and higher yield routes to focus on other than ROI ?
Overall the percentage of people who fly uk Roi is 80/20 on Fr and EI
ba are doing fine on one route no longer serve ex man Bhx LGw to Dublin so Fr really need proper competition to ROI and BA have bigger and higher yield routes to focus on other than ROI ?
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Aer Lingus set to resume flights to San Francisco - Tourism News | Travel & Tourism Industry News | The Irish Times - Mon, Jul 01, 2013
Here's the link for those interested. Congratulations to Aer Lingus, hopefully we'll hear an announcement for that 3rd 757 route soon.
Here's the link for those interested. Congratulations to Aer Lingus, hopefully we'll hear an announcement for that 3rd 757 route soon.
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DUB-SFO may be announced on Wednesday.
I took this comment from the Travelbiz.ie PPRuNe account.
"It looks as though Aer Lingus are launching their new Dublin-San Francisco flight at last. With Christoph Mueller inviting the trade to lunch on Wednesday it is assumed he will officially announce it then. But watch out for a second announcement ! Might be another new route !!"
I took this comment from the Travelbiz.ie PPRuNe account.
"It looks as though Aer Lingus are launching their new Dublin-San Francisco flight at last. With Christoph Mueller inviting the trade to lunch on Wednesday it is assumed he will officially announce it then. But watch out for a second announcement ! Might be another new route !!"
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AerLingus from 02APR14 is resuming*Dublin – San Francisco*service, where it’ll operate 5 weekly service on board Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Reservation for this route opened Tuesday (02JUL13) morning.EI147 DUB1220 – 1520SFO 332 x24EI146 SFO1720 – 1135+1DUB 332The airline last operated this route in October 2009.
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Return to Canada
Also, the Irish carrier from 21APR14 will begin*Dublin – Toronto*service on board Boeing 757 aircraft. Service will operate on daily basis, marking the airline’s return to Canadian market on scheduled basis since October 1979 (2 weekly Shannon – Montreal route with Boeing 707). Configuration of the Boeing 757 is C12Y165.
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eick320, thanks for posting this news - if you are going to cut and paste, it's polite to at least credit your source Airline Route
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It's been taken off the site, probably in preparation for their own official announcement either today or tomorrow. The Toronto service showed a 757 seat map with a small Business Class cabin of 12 seats.
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well if JFK-SNN is 5 weekly will they use the 757 on another route on the 2 free days? Prehabs a W style rotation into Dublin.. Or SNN to Orlando route could do very well twice a week in the summer
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They have to keep a day off for maintenance of the 3 B757 and some slack is needed for recovery of schedules if any major delays take hold and with connecting passengers it can cost the carrier a lot if flight schedules are not restored as normal as quickly as possible.
They keep a day free for the A330 fleet and that will happen next summer to so no room for extra flights from DUB besides the new ones just announced
They keep a day free for the A330 fleet and that will happen next summer to so no room for extra flights from DUB besides the new ones just announced