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Hi there, just a query on the IAG takeover regarding LHR slots. Could a condition of the sale be that Aer Lingus would have to 'sell' the slots to the Government for a nominal fee, with the government then leasing the slots for use on Irish routes back to IAG (or indeed anyone else interested in operating the route in the future perhaps with a codeshare with BA). By doing this, would it not ensure future connectivity between Ireland and LHR?
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Aer Lingus are going to start serving Liverpool again. However, people expecting props may look elsewhere as this route will be A320-served at a frequency of 16 flights a week.
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/business/liverpool-john-lennon-airport-strikes-9300848
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/business/liverpool-john-lennon-airport-strikes-9300848
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Good to see ei expanding with the iad route extended to Jan 6 the lpl route is going to go well I'd say fares are from 19.99. The restoration of the a320 at Shannon is also great news
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Fighting for the P2P leisure traffic alone isn't worth fighting for
Nobody is going to self-connect (and pay two legs of baggage fees) for a TATL flight.
Even with the increased frequency the Ryanair timings are usually unusable for P2P business travel.
Nobody is going to self-connect (and pay two legs of baggage fees) for a TATL flight.
Even with the increased frequency the Ryanair timings are usually unusable for P2P business travel.
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EI will survive on LPL, some may go to EIR but they will be fine. Yet again they have caught Ryanair on the hop who have decreased LPL/EMA in favour of MAN/BHX.
Now they have to dump capacity and cut fares to 9.99.
They have responded with 2 more daily BHX and 1 daily MAN and LPL. You will see them pull back capacity in time like they already did at BHX when it was 6 daily not so long ago!
Now they have to dump capacity and cut fares to 9.99.
They have responded with 2 more daily BHX and 1 daily MAN and LPL. You will see them pull back capacity in time like they already did at BHX when it was 6 daily not so long ago!
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Even with the increased frequency the Ryanair timings are usually unusable for P2P business travel.
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Leeds - Ryanair get you in after 9am, flight back is before 6pm. Airport is nearly half an hour from the city. EI are ~0730 and 1840
Glasgow - flights back are either too early (1525) or too late (2155)
Newcastle - gets you in at about 11am, and home the next day most days,as opposed to 8am and 7pm roughly on EI
Its generally the same story on all dual-served routes. EI sacrifice frame utilisation for better timings, FR sacrifice suitable timings for frame utilisation. Two models, both should work but one has far higher yielding fares.
When FR's capacity dumping ends on MAN/BHX/LPL it'll be status quo again there.
Glasgow - flights back are either too early (1525) or too late (2155)
Newcastle - gets you in at about 11am, and home the next day most days,as opposed to 8am and 7pm roughly on EI
Its generally the same story on all dual-served routes. EI sacrifice frame utilisation for better timings, FR sacrifice suitable timings for frame utilisation. Two models, both should work but one has far higher yielding fares.
When FR's capacity dumping ends on MAN/BHX/LPL it'll be status quo again there.
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Leeds - Ryanair get you in after 9am, flight back is before 6pm. Airport is nearly half an hour from the city. EI are ~0730 and 1840
Business traveller going from Dublin to Leeds:
Ryanair arrival at 9am, departure at 7:25pm
Aer Lingus arrival at 8:05am, departure at 5:40pm
(No clear winner)
Business traveller going from Leeds to Dublin:
Ryanair arrival at 7:35am, departure at 8:55pm
Aer Lingus arrival at 9:40am, departure at 4pm
(No clear winner)
The smart business traveller will be open to doing each leg with a different airline, and that for all routes. I don't know if that happens a lot though...
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I guess we know what the Little Red A320s will be doing when they come back
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Cancellation today is due to inclement weather below minimum operating criteria. Yesterday's flight was delayed then cancelled as well as Fridays. Weather on Friday was like today's, so that cancellation could be due to weather although not sure about yesterday's.
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I have taken that LBA-DUB many times and at near 2100 is seriously depressing. The days work is done by 5pm-ish, then have to hang around until that time. By the time you get in, back to car and home you are talking midnight.
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the EU have raised no concerns
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No concerns? About BA/EI as a monopoly on LHR-DUB - only this time as a joint operation. How strange...........and what about the UK CMA? Why aren't they up in arms over this prospect?
