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A couple of thousand people left in the lurch by Aer Lingus and you say it is a shame that they ended early. It is an absolute disgrace and it looks like the Consumer Council are going after them. It shows the Aer Lingus arrogance that they think they could take on Easyjet from the "higher yield" City Airport and win! Throw Ryanair and Jet2 in as well and game over.
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This is about Aer Lingus and their dalliances with Northern Ireland - not about BFS or BHD.
Presume they must have a load of seats still to sell to Spain this summer out of Dublin with not only a lot less northerners going to DUB, but more and more people from ROI using Belfast as a departure point because of the exchange rate. Solution for Aer Lingus - can your Belfast departures in the height of the season and try to give people already booked with them little choice but to go on their Dublin flights.
It's nothing new. They turned up on Belfast transatlantic services just after the nineties ceasefires in NI and once they were satisfied nothing too challenging was going to happen from Belfast they ran back to Dublin under cover of the 9/11 aftermath.
Then they rocked up in a blaze of glory in 2007 when the DUP and Sinn Fein co-joined to make a go of Government in NI and once the economics turned sour they gradually drew back from that preferring to promote their Dublin flights to NI based customers.
Predictable history is only repeating itself again now. They have no interest in Belfast, unless they feel there is a reason to have a presence here to mind their established market in Dublin.
Given current general uncertainties and dynamics no doubt there'll be further examples of their Hokey Cokey approach yet to come!
Presume they must have a load of seats still to sell to Spain this summer out of Dublin with not only a lot less northerners going to DUB, but more and more people from ROI using Belfast as a departure point because of the exchange rate. Solution for Aer Lingus - can your Belfast departures in the height of the season and try to give people already booked with them little choice but to go on their Dublin flights.
It's nothing new. They turned up on Belfast transatlantic services just after the nineties ceasefires in NI and once they were satisfied nothing too challenging was going to happen from Belfast they ran back to Dublin under cover of the 9/11 aftermath.
Then they rocked up in a blaze of glory in 2007 when the DUP and Sinn Fein co-joined to make a go of Government in NI and once the economics turned sour they gradually drew back from that preferring to promote their Dublin flights to NI based customers.
Predictable history is only repeating itself again now. They have no interest in Belfast, unless they feel there is a reason to have a presence here to mind their established market in Dublin.
Given current general uncertainties and dynamics no doubt there'll be further examples of their Hokey Cokey approach yet to come!
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Nothing to do with that at all just Aer Lingus' complete disregard for Northern Ireland.....I have never ever seen a carrier of the "quality" of Aer Lingus just stop early because the route was not performing with only 6 weeks notice. Even you have to see that it is a complete disgrace.
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I think it's worth remembering it was only ever a matter of time before EI went to BHD, IAG would never have had them operating from both. I'd say next year we'll see FAO and AGP as they seem to be the most popular sunshine routes for EI. On the point of disregard for Northern Ireland I'd say EI have a disregard for anything outside DUB, in the same way as BA have disregard for anything outside London.
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I don't think IAG had anything Directly to do with Aer Lingus going to BHD in 2012.
Rather BA had just taken over BMi and Aer Lingus already had a relationship / codeshare with BA, thought that BA management would just fold up short haul and hand the Heathrow and Gatwick feed to a 'partner' to monopolise from Edinburgh, Belfast, Manchester, Glasgow .. At that point Aer Lingus were just trying to establish pole position for that day.
BA didn't actually do that, and now five years on, things with BA and EI have progressed another stage.
On your point about disregard outside Dublin, this is exactly why NI air travellers should treat Aer Lingus with considerable cynicism - and for that matter arguably BA too.
They don't have the track record of Flybe, easyJet or Jet2 from Belfast.
Rather BA had just taken over BMi and Aer Lingus already had a relationship / codeshare with BA, thought that BA management would just fold up short haul and hand the Heathrow and Gatwick feed to a 'partner' to monopolise from Edinburgh, Belfast, Manchester, Glasgow .. At that point Aer Lingus were just trying to establish pole position for that day.
BA didn't actually do that, and now five years on, things with BA and EI have progressed another stage.
On your point about disregard outside Dublin, this is exactly why NI air travellers should treat Aer Lingus with considerable cynicism - and for that matter arguably BA too.
They don't have the track record of Flybe, easyJet or Jet2 from Belfast.
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[QUOTE=mart901;9824309]In fairness through I know people who have been left high and dry by EZY cancelling routes out of MAN and we all know FR's record in the not too distant past on such matters.[/QUOTE In general Flybe and Easyjet have been loyal to the Northern Ireland market. As for the 2 carriers from Dublin they treat us with the same level of respect as Shannon Cork and the other regional airports in The Free State. London Airways not much better either!
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A couple of thousand people left in the lurch by Aer Lingus and you say it is a shame that they ended early. It is an absolute disgrace and it looks like the Consumer Council are going after them. It shows the Aer Lingus arrogance that they think they could take on Easyjet from the "higher yield" City Airport and win! Throw Ryanair and Jet2 in as well and game over.
I don't recall EI saying anything about higher yielding airport in NI.
Awful soar grapes over a commercial decision!
This is about Aer Lingus and their dalliances with Northern Ireland - not about BFS or BHD.
Presume they must have a load of seats still to sell to Spain this summer out of Dublin with not only a lot less northerners going to DUB, but more and more people from ROI using Belfast as a departure point because of the exchange rate. Solution for Aer Lingus - can your Belfast departures in the height of the season and try to give people already booked with them little choice but to go on their Dublin flights.
It's nothing new. They turned up on Belfast transatlantic services just after the nineties ceasefires in NI and once they were satisfied nothing too challenging was going to happen from Belfast they ran back to Dublin under cover of the 9/11 aftermath.
Then they rocked up in a blaze of glory in 2007 when the DUP and Sinn Fein co-joined to make a go of Government in NI and once the economics turned sour they gradually drew back from that preferring to promote their Dublin flights to NI based customers.
Predictable history is only repeating itself again now. They have no interest in Belfast, unless they feel there is a reason to have a presence here to mind their established market in Dublin.
Given current general uncertainties and dynamics no doubt there'll be further examples of their Hokey Cokey approach yet to come!
Presume they must have a load of seats still to sell to Spain this summer out of Dublin with not only a lot less northerners going to DUB, but more and more people from ROI using Belfast as a departure point because of the exchange rate. Solution for Aer Lingus - can your Belfast departures in the height of the season and try to give people already booked with them little choice but to go on their Dublin flights.
It's nothing new. They turned up on Belfast transatlantic services just after the nineties ceasefires in NI and once they were satisfied nothing too challenging was going to happen from Belfast they ran back to Dublin under cover of the 9/11 aftermath.
Then they rocked up in a blaze of glory in 2007 when the DUP and Sinn Fein co-joined to make a go of Government in NI and once the economics turned sour they gradually drew back from that preferring to promote their Dublin flights to NI based customers.
Predictable history is only repeating itself again now. They have no interest in Belfast, unless they feel there is a reason to have a presence here to mind their established market in Dublin.
Given current general uncertainties and dynamics no doubt there'll be further examples of their Hokey Cokey approach yet to come!
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Assume if your handle is anything to go by, we can expect a balanced assessment!
Who actually mentioned Ryanair here?? They're still flying passengers from Belfast to Spain this summer, while Aer Lingus are leaving local NI travellers in the lurch mid-season.
Take it on the chin and concentrate on something that's defensible.
Who actually mentioned Ryanair here?? They're still flying passengers from Belfast to Spain this summer, while Aer Lingus are leaving local NI travellers in the lurch mid-season.
Take it on the chin and concentrate on something that's defensible.
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Quite the conspiracy theory.
I'm afraid anything will work to help you deny that the market simply isn't there, and they Aer Lingus simply don't want to fight off EZY, RYR, Jet 2 and others.
I'm afraid anything will work to help you deny that the market simply isn't there, and they Aer Lingus simply don't want to fight off EZY, RYR, Jet 2 and others.
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Assume if your handle is anything to go by, we can expect a balanced assessment!
Who actually mentioned Ryanair here?? They're still flying passengers from Belfast to Spain this summer, while Aer Lingus are leaving local NI travellers in the lurch mid-season.
Take it on the chin and concentrate on something that's defensible.
Who actually mentioned Ryanair here?? They're still flying passengers from Belfast to Spain this summer, while Aer Lingus are leaving local NI travellers in the lurch mid-season.
Take it on the chin and concentrate on something that's defensible.
Just pointing out not everybody in NI uses EI ex DUB and if anything FR are the biggest carrier f pax ex NI at DUB.
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Looks like FR picking up the mess that EI have left customers in
Passengers angry over Aer Lingus cancellations - BBC News
Passengers angry over Aer Lingus cancellations - BBC News