Aer Lingus Regional
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ORK-NCL? That would be a strong move. Jet2 are already on the route, 2 weekly I think. Must perform OK, it's been around for 5+ years, never at great frequency though. Not sure that NCL would be my favoured route for EIR to launch from ORK. LBA, SOU as mentioned, CWL as well would add more coverage to the route map.
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Aer Lingus Regional
Looks to be a Dublin based aircraft so no link with Cork. Great news for Dublin passengers given the schedule and also US bound passengers who can take advantage of Dublin pre-clearance as they can arrive as domestic passengers in the US thus avoiding the queues on arrival.
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I would avoid jumping onto ORK NCL against Jet2 if I were AerLingus Regional.
Jet2 are well known and well established in the Newcastle where no doubt a significant proportion of the traffic will originate. Without an onward feed as in DUB a ORK route wouldn't seem to me a good option.
Jet2 are well known and well established in the Newcastle where no doubt a significant proportion of the traffic will originate. Without an onward feed as in DUB a ORK route wouldn't seem to me a good option.
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I think the timetable has been misread, both NCL flights originate in Dublin and have 25 min turnaround in NCL returning to Dublin. Any Cork flight would have to originate in Cork, which seems unlikely to me.
I'm puzzled as to why they are offering these aircraft (3 x ATR42 & 1 x ATR72 by the way) on an operational lease or ACMI basis. I would have thought they would sell them off completely if they are not required for their own use, either on the existing network or anything else they may have planned for next year.
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short term lease maybe? I beleive there was the intention to do continental european flights from Southend next spring. As well as base an aicraft at Carlisle when it is developed.
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With the 4 new -600's in service giving a fleet of 14, but a requirement for 11 aircraft from the schedule (not including any spare/maintenance requierments) and the remaining 4 -600's due in the next few months they will have a surplus of aircraft.
I'm not familiar with leasing agreements, are RE able to lease an aircraft out to another operator until the current lease runs out rather than paying lease termination fees costs?
If the intention is to get rid of the remaining -200's it's not worth starting new routes hiring new crew if the aircraft aren't staying to increase the schedule.
I'm not familiar with leasing agreements, are RE able to lease an aircraft out to another operator until the current lease runs out rather than paying lease termination fees costs?
If the intention is to get rid of the remaining -200's it's not worth starting new routes hiring new crew if the aircraft aren't staying to increase the schedule.
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Myanmar
Just to throw more doubt into the whole thing regarding the fleet, it appears that Myanmar Airways are looking to acquire the three remaining AT75s.
Myanmar Airways to Buy Planes from Irish Airline - The Irrawaddy Magazine | The Irrawaddy Magazine
Myanmar Airways to Buy Planes from Irish Airline - The Irrawaddy Magazine | The Irrawaddy Magazine
That isn't quite what was said on eturbonews.com from which the newspaper report is taken. It said there that Mayanmar Airways wants to buy three ATR72-500s to replace grounded MA60s and identifies EI-REO as being its first intended purchase. It also mentions that additional capital will have to be found to finance its purchase, so it doesn't sound like a done deal.
It certainly doesn't say that all three aircraft would be sourced from Aer Arann, although that is a possibility of course.
It certainly doesn't say that all three aircraft would be sourced from Aer Arann, although that is a possibility of course.