Aer Lingus Regional
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All the fleet apart for EHH have been painted. All are in an all white colour scheme. 2 72's have green engines like the the last bad aer arann regional scheme, But all 3 42's have been painted recently cbk ( aer lingus) byo and cpt all white with grey under bellies.
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CBK recieved a full refurb last January, a brand new Cabin was installed with vibration absorbing seats. It also had a full re-paint. I except the same will happen with BYO, CPT. EHH however will be withdrawn from service in April, it is unclear whether it will also recieve a full refurb or if it will be returned to its lessor. REL, REO, REM, REP, SLL, SLN all have new Cabins and new colours, SLM which is expected to return to operational service from May also has a new cabin/colours. REH, REI are in RE colours with old cabin's their leases run out this year so it is unclear whether like EHH they will be returned to their lessors or recieve a full refurb.
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EI-SLM is scrapped.......being stripped in SNN for spares at the moment.
. So were probably looking at 2 new leases from Air Contractors this Summer then.
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I don't really think they fly any long enough routes to make the most of an E175's extra range and speed, also they don't offer many more seats than the ATR 72's do currently. I think the most likely fleet option would be Some more ATR 72 500's or a few 42 500's. Of course they might somehow find the cash to splash out on some brand new 600 series ATR's which would be very nice!!
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With the E175s, it's a chicken and egg scenario.
They don't fly very long routes because they don't have the aircraft, but that in turn makes it harder to justify buying the aircraft.
Only really ORK-EDI and ORK-GLA of their current route offerings might benefit from moving to an E175.
They don't fly very long routes because they don't have the aircraft, but that in turn makes it harder to justify buying the aircraft.
Only really ORK-EDI and ORK-GLA of their current route offerings might benefit from moving to an E175.
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Its only a few years back and Arann had a order in for 10xATR72-212A in the end they took 6 of these aircraft and sold 1 and the other 5 are still flying I would say a change is out of the question they have come through a complete overhaul of the company, the Aer Lingus Regional is doing well the only thing I see them doing is maybe getting some more second hand ATR72/42 as they are not in profit and are not cash rich airline, also with fuel rises ahead this puts more pressure on a small airline.
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Anyone know which aircraft this was and also which/how many aircraft are based at Shannon?
Flight to Manchester had to return to Shannon - The Irish Times - Fri, Apr 06, 2012
Flight to Manchester had to return to Shannon - The Irish Times - Fri, Apr 06, 2012
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EI-REP was the aircraft involved, it just went through some heavy maintenance in Toulouse a month back. One ATR72 is based at Shannon but this increases to two ATR72 from the 1st May 2012.
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Someone in a position to know these things told me this morning that Aer Lingus "are" flying an ATR to/from Orly as part of the previously rumoured extension of the Aer Arann's ops further into Europe. Is there any meat on that bone, or should I think that maybe he's picked up on another (now dead) rumour that I actually know more about?
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I have to admit the ATR's reliability at the moment are very poor. Frequent tech issues are now very common amongst the fleet and I wonder if or when we will see new aircraft or otherwise?
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I would say they are being used more than ever now as well. It seems to be mainly the Cork and Shannon one with most tech issues. Waterford had a bad run of tech issues but now they seem to be sorted out.
In regaurd to Orly it would be a good way to test the market and I asume we are talking from Dublin.
In regaurd to Orly it would be a good way to test the market and I asume we are talking from Dublin.