Dublin

[VickersVicount]

Pictures on Twitter. Think doors designed to ‘rip off’ cleanly when required so should be reasonably simple fix but guessing a few data of AOG. Doubt handy 787 door in EI hangers.

[Just a spotter]

Originally Posted by bnt

Reports this morning of a jet bridge failure at Dublin, ripping a door off an AA B787 in the process:

https://twitter.com/Shauns_Aviation/...10551396442113

Covered with pictures in The Irish Independent

https://www.independent.ie/irish-new...208326075.html

JAS

[ardpro]

Originally Posted by positive

That's correct they could use it from 7am to 11pm but are only using it at reduced hours for the time being, they the DAA have applied for 6am to 12pm but are currently awaiting a decision from the planning authority

They're finally now using both runways continually. When the new runway opened last year they only used it 0800-1300 and then extended it to 1800 this year but looking at it on FR24 yesterday it was in fully continuous (28R for deps, 28L for arrs) until way past midnight.

What actually was the reason for it taking so long? Staffing issues post-COVID?

[MANFAN]

Originally Posted by ardpro

They're finally now using both runways continually. When the new runway opened last year they only used it 0800-1300 and then extended it to 1800 this year but looking at it on FR24 yesterday it was in fully continuous (28R for deps, 28L for arrs) until way past midnight.

What actually was the reason for it taking so long? Staffing issues post-COVID?

I was in Dublin on 3rd July and noticed this then, thankfully causing less of a bottleneck and therefore less delays!
When I was there on this day it closed around 7/8pm, so certainly don’t think there is a justification to open it that late but maybe there were knock on effects from delays that day.

[Skipness One Foxtrot]

Originally Posted by ardpro

They're finally now using both runways continually. When the new runway opened last year they only used it 0800-1300 and then extended it to 1800 this year but looking at it on FR24 yesterday it was in fully continuous (28R for deps, 28L for arrs) until way past midnight.

What actually was the reason for it taking so long? Staffing issues post-COVID?

Is 28R landers and 28L departure the norm or will they switch? What's the SOP on Easterlies?

[Blakedean]

0700-2300 new operating hours from the first week of July. Rumours the 51st & Green will be closed for a couple of weeks in a few months time for renovations.

[ardpro]

Originally Posted by Skipness One Foxtrot

Is 28R landers and 28L departure the norm or will they switch? What's the SOP on Easterlies?

You mean 28L landers and 28R departure. Yes that's the norm and there's no switch like LHR (they're coming in over sea and then rural areas so no noise abatement obligations).
On easterlies it's 10R departures and 10L arrivals.

[Skipness One Foxtrot]

Originally Posted by ardpro

You mean 28L landers and 28R departure. Yes that's the norm and there's no switch like LHR (they're coming in over sea and then rural areas so no noise abatement obligations).
On easterlies it's 10R departures and 10L arrivals.

And THAT's why I am not a pilot! Thanks!

[Una Due Tfc]

Twitter

EI to announce new route to DEN & return to MSP tomorrow. MSP was a daily 757 in 2019 and was due to be a 5 x weekly A332 route in 2020 before being pulled altogether due COVID. Delta applied for and were given slots for MSP-DUB this year but ultimately didn't launch it.

[NorthernCounties]

I know it's been said before that IAG wants to prioritise Latin America through Iberia, but it's crazy that Aer Lingus still hasn't flights to Sao Paulo. I know a lot of Latin Americans, and they have to utilise AF/KLM, Lufthansa or TAP to get there. I never hear of anyone using Iberia or BA. Just do it already. With the sizeable Indian population here too, how they haven't looked East is beyond me too.

[Una Due Tfc]

Yields aren’t worth it is the consensus. The Brazilian community in Ireland are extremely price sensitive, often making huge detours via the ME3 to save money. Also those whose destination isn’t GRU are routing via LIS with TAP.

In other news AA confirm DFW-DUB is joining PHL-DUB as year round route, and CLT-DUB season extended. Both DFW & CLT to be operated by B772, whereas ORD & PHL will continue on the B788

[BA318]

Originally Posted by Una Due Tfc

https://twitter.com/TravelExpert_IE/...S-zB9V9ZQ&s=19

EI to announce new route to DEN & return to MSP tomorrow. MSP was a daily 757 in 2019 and was due to be a 5 x weekly A332 route in 2020 before being pulled altogether due COVID. Delta applied for and were given slots for MSP-DUB this year but ultimately didn't launch it.

Delta have announced 5x weekly seasonal MSP-DUB with 763. https://news.delta.com/delta-launch-...Y2VGqFxtmCLJTI

[Una Due Tfc]

4 x weekly EI A332 and 5 x weekly DL B763, that's a lot of capacity next summer. DL are seasonal, EI will be reverting to daily year round A321XLR from next Autumn.

[Noxegon]

Amusing that both services were announced on the same day. I'm guessing there was a last minute scramble at DL HQ to match the EI announcement.

[Seljuk]

July figures were on a par with July 2019 with July 30th the busiest ever day (120k passengers).

[Economics101]

The ILS for 10L seems not to be fully commissioned yet. When there is low visibility and the !0s are being used, they revert to single runway operation using just 10R. There are predictable results in terms of delayed departures and arrivals having to hold.
I realise that a lot of work may be needed before CAT III can be used, but are the delays at DUB inordinate? I can see there may be buck-passing between DAA and IAA when questions are asked about this.

[CabinCrewe]

Looks like DUB SEA being culled from daily to 4/wk Was always a bit ambitious.
Surprise to see MCO being reduced too.
First sign of easing in US demand?

[Seljuk]

2023 figures (finally) published: 31,908,471
https://www.dublinairport.com/latest...minals-in-2023

[Una Due Tfc]

The figures published by the DAA don't include transit passengers. They're being creative to avoid breaching a 32m passenger cap imposed by the local council in 2007 which they are in the process of appealing.

[Una Due Tfc]

DL announced DTW-DUB, 4 x weekly. A330.

Rumours that there'll be 3 new new TATL routes from EI next year. BNA, RDU and the third is an unspecified A330 route. YYZ is going to the 321 (so far only 1 x daily but a second daily is heavily rumoured, that frees up an A330).

Could be anywhere between 3 and 6 XLRs on property by Summer.

There's a huge bunfight between the Regulator (IAA) and everyone else. IAA are imposing movement caps etc. Ryanair, Aer Lingus and DAA are taking them to the High Court in 2 separate cases as slot allocation for DUB is done by ACL and Eurocontrol. They have a strong case. The airlines appear to be beginning to ignore the pax cap as a result.