Thaught T2 was great. Quick and easy to get through,

Ryanair plane's near-miss at airport was 'routine' - National News, Frontpage - Herald.ie

Well, at least she didn't sensationalise the "go-around".....:ugh:

Reading through some wikileaks stuff that was posted from US embassy in Dublin, it states from US Embassy that the CO route from Dublin to the US was Continentals most profitable route worldwide.

Have being in Düsseldorf Airport since 19.10 for a 21.10 departure to Dublin. Flight has being delayed and thats all everybody has being told. In coming aircraft hasn't arrived yet. No info on DUB website about the arrival just left blank. :mad:

Anybody know why its delayed?

The Dublin - Düsseldorf flight diverted to Cologne-Bonn due to weather conditions at Düsseldorf. Your being bused to Cologne-Bonn anytime now for the flight to Dublin. Est departure is at 00.45 arriving DUB 01.35. Not confirmed yet.

Thanks for Info. They told us that just after I posted here. We are on the bus now. They were brining the aircraft back here but they didn't in the end.

Blue Air to continue Dublin - Bacau for winter. Was due to be seasonal.

Arrive DUB 23.45 - Wednesday & Sunday
Depart DUB 00.30 - Monday & Thursday

There are 282,000 seats available from Dublin between tomorrow and Monday. This time last year there was just over 250,000. Taking into account that most domestic flights are gone there is a big increase.

Over 150,000 will fly on Friday and Sunday, taking into account the that all seats will not be filled.
T1 - 45,000 passengers on Friday and Sunday
T2 - 30,000 passengers on Friday and Sunday

Saturday and Monday will have slightly less.

Flew out of T2 this morning and wouldn't like to be the ground staff who have to deal with American Airlines passengers today. :D

Would agree. Passengers very angry and ****** off with AA. It will be
a long day. The following is confirmed:

ORD - DUB 08.00 Delayed 21.30 - en-route
DUB - ORD 10.00 Delayed 23.00 - estimated
Will arive in T5 in ORD. Some passengers cleared USPC but were given option to leave airprot and come back this evening and USPC will be finished by then.

ATC had it delayed by 2 hours then it was a tech fault and crew out of hours.

You would have to ask the question why AA hadn't crew or aircraft in ORD to cover. Its there largest base.

Tomorrows flights are delayed by a few hours also.

Have heard that AA92 has just landed DUB with emergency services on standby and following it in. Don't know what problem was but no doubt Jamie2k9 will ;)

Not their week, is it!

Hope they have enough $$ to start looking at new widebodies after their recent A32X/738 purchases!

224 out 225 passengers on board and while on approach to Dublin (3000ft) the crew advised of a flight control bug, Leveled off at (5000ft) and held for 20mins. Emergency services called as the they were told that it would not make a normal landing but a while lather it did make a normal landing.

To throw another spanner into the works regarding Emirates... Emirates to launch Dublin flights? - The Networker

I just tried to book a flight from BNE to DUB departing around Christmas time on the Emirates AU website... I got flightplans that included a codeshare flight from somewhere in the UK (BHX, MAN, LHR) to DUB.

False alarm methinks...

Emirates have being on about starting DUB flights with years. Every few months there is an article or something about them coming to DUB. Would like to see them come but if they did they would affect Eithad.

T1 lounge question
 

I am connecting through Dublin this month, from an EI transatlantic to an Aer Arran codeshare to EDI. I have a long stopover so I am thinking of booking a lounge in Dublin.

Can anyone confirm that the lounge in T1 is airside and accessable to connecting passengers?

Cheers,
Delight

You can use the lounge in T1 if connecting from T2.

If anyone is flying with Air Canada over the next few days you will be on a B777-300ER and not the B767-300 which is normally used.

AC use the larger 767-300 on the DUB route and its gone for maintence which is why they have to use a B777 over the next few days.

It was the B777-200ER they used into DUB today, reg: C-FIUF

Didn't realise Air Canada had actually sourced an aircraft in C-GHPE and dedicated it to YYZ-DUB !

That aircraft has operated most flights this season. Only time I can remember a different aircraft was 15 July as C-GHPE was on ground in Dublin after cabin pressure problem on 14 July.

Think they meant that one as its the closest match to C-GHPE in terms of passengers.

Isn't DUB an oddball as it's mainly Y that's being sold with virtually no business class? Seasonal holiday routes sort of thing, AC had a subfleet of B763s that didn't get the new business cabin that used to fly these routes which is why DUB used to get the same few aircraft. The B77L has a much better product up front I think? Does C-GHPE have the new AC interior I wonder?

C-GHPE has the old AC interior and it will resume flights from Tuesday.

It does. Pictures on AC website.

There are 24 Business class seats on offer from DUB like all other AC 767 but the older 767 have more Y seats than the new ones.

C-GHPE is the youngest of the fleet AND they've only had it for a few months but I know what you mean. It's inherited some hand me down seats.

Cheers!

Austrian charter gone for winter 2011-2
 

Inghams weekly charter to Austria will not be flying winter 2011-2, Inghams announced they are closing the Dublin office this morning.

Over 2 million passengers for July. Up 1%.

European Traffic 1.16 million - same as last year
UK Traffic 660,000 - up 4%
Transaltantic Traffic - 190,000 - up 8%
Middle East - 26,000 - up 1%

Over 11 million year to date, up 5%.

And Air Canada very kindly diverted an A330 ito Dublin this morning so thats most of the fleet types in DUB in one season for Transatlantic flights. Just need an A340 and thats the aerosexuals catered for

And didnt Etihad operate a B777-300ER on their AUH-DUB-AUH route about a month or two ago?

They did, all we need now is for a BMI A330 to pop in doing a LHR rotation, they have already sent in the 757 and those stupid barbie jets!

Air Southwest Dash-8 made an emergency landing because of a damaged cockpit windscreen today.

More like a shattered windscreen, pax travelled onwards to GLA on a J41. A/C was routing NQY-GLA

Do we know what happened with American Airlines ORD flight today and when passengers will leave? Last time I saw it the air bridge was being moved away from aircraft.

US Airways to use a B767 on DUB - PHL for the whole winter season this year. They had planned to have B757.
Last year they had a B767 between 29 Oct - 4 Jan only.

(Holidays) Czech Airlines will not operate from Dublin this winter. Its not know the reason for the pull out but Europe Airpost will take over most of the routes.

The airline is currently cost cutting and restructuring. They are due back for summer 2012 season.

A friend of mine is going to Lanzarote on Sunday, He flying with Europe Airpost and today he got a letter from the tour operator saying that there would be a fuel stop in Santa De Compostela on the return flight. This makes the flight time 5 hrs 15 mins instead of 4 hrs 10 mins. Anybody know the reasons for this. The outbound flight is direct.

They asked could they change onto the other Europe Airpost flight that departs 15 mins earlier and he was told it was full when it is not. That flight is direct.

if memory serves me correct i think the first flight is on their larger aircraft and the second on the B737-300 so maybe with a full load it cannot make it and needs the fuel stop. just a theory

Both flights are operated by B737-300. Its a fueling problem in ACE and it was not planned to happon. The flight alway arrives back before 01.30 if it leaves on time.

91% of passengers using DUB airport between April - June waited less than 5 mins to clear security in both Terminals. Only once the queue exceed 20 mins. It was messed at both Terminals over 17,700 times.

Commission for Aviation Regulation said that passengers had to spend less than 30 mins at security.

The airports inbound baggage system was available 99.99% of the time.

Commission for Aviation Regulation said it had to be available 99% of the time.

Air Baltic are leaving DUB for winter at the end of the month. Yet there are operating most flights with a B757-200 insted of the B737-500. Thats quiet an increase for an airline which says there is not enough demand for a route. If they didn't start to operate the route daily I think they would not be pulling it.

Top Business leaders to hold talks with to United/Continental about starting SFO next year. Don't think they will be the ones to start it but Aer Lingus would of the advantage of connecting pax.

From United/Continental