T2 has separate car parks. Aircoach and 747 pick up from T2 also. All EI ground staff are in T2 so that may be why they wont use T1.

Its only 4 flights so wont affect that many passengers. Saturday is the only night it realy happons.

@j636

With the new terminal and gates layout, it's important to not think of gates as being necessarily associated with either of the terminals. Yes, the 400 gates (formerly Pier E) are physically part of the T2 development, in the same way as the 300 gates (formerly Pier B) are part of the T1 (formerly the Main Terminal) development.

But now, the Terminals are the check in/departures and arrivals areas and all the gates are accessible to either Terminal via an air side connection. So a passenger checking in through T2 could depart via any gate, similarly an arriving flight could disembark passengers at any gate and have them "arrive" into either terminal (in practice, T2 pax will mostly depart and arrive via the 400's).

JAS.

BTW, There was an interesting little historical snippet on the radio a few days back. A DAA spokesman was discussing the bus drop off/pickup and car park arrangement and mentioned that T2 is the 5th passenger terminal to be build at Dublin. 1st was the Central Terminal (now known as the "Old Terminal"), then there was a temporary structure known as the "Lourdes Terminal", the North Terminal which is beside the Old Terminal, followed by the Main Terminal (now T1) and now T2.

Went through T2 passport control when I came in on Saturday morning. 1 garda on the EU passports line, 2 on the non EU passports line. So the TA flights, and the europe flights that are in at that time of the morning dont warrant some extra staff?

2 on non EU passport line up to 10.30 or 11.00 would be needed but after 11.00 there would need to be 2 EU passport line.

12 US/Middle East flights due in between 5.00 - 10.30 (13/14 some days)
8 European flights due in between 5.00 - 10.30


Air Baltic to cancel DUB - Riga for winter but will operate daily from March 2012. Ryanair have increased it for winter.

Cimber Air have gone from 4 weekly to daily on DUB - Billund until mid August but it will finish in October and resume next march.

Luxair will drop DUB along with other European routes as they are selling 2 aircraft.

And on a happy note?? Ah nothing oh time for my P45

Over 1.8 million passengers in June up 1%
Almost 9 million year to date up 6%

European traffic - up 1%
UK traffic - up 1.5%
US traffic - up 7%
Middle East - level with 2010.
Domestic - down 54%

Latest News > Over 1.8 Million Passengers Travelled Through Dublin Airport In June

Incident: Air Canada B763 near Dublin on Jul 14th 2011, pressurization problems

Due to leave at at 12.00.

Aer Lingus regional routes would appear to be doing rather well! Taking Dublin Glasgow route (and comparing to Prestwick), it would seem that the trend is toward Glasgow International and it has been traditionally Ryanair that carry the numbers on Prestwick Dublin!! Well done Aer Lingus Regional.

The othe markets where FR & EI Regional compete all seem to be growing hopefully the new entrants are getting their fair good share of the traffic (not new new but since last year).

Looking at the comparison on PIK & GLA from Dublin and indeed the general performance of FR to STN from PIK V EZY to STN from PIK, this may give some clues as to why FR may find GLA an attractive route.
(I do realise PIK STN frequency is now low but still figures been in decline)

The improvement in figures of Aer Lingus R on GLA may alone give FR some sense of urgency to look at GLA. MOL hasnt passed up many opportunities to challenge Aer Arann or indeed Aer Lingus for that matter.

EI-BUD

Alitalla and Zest Air flights had to return to DUB over the last few days as well as AC.

Todays LHR - St. Johns dropped in to get fuel.

SAS are still looking at night stopping in DUB from next March to have early morning flights to CPH.

The planned DART airport - city centre will now cost 200m and not 300m stated in May. This is much less than Metro and is lightly to be picked by the Gov in September. If go ahead given it will be open in 4 years.

Train every 15 minutes.
Journey time of 25 minutes.
Station 5 mins walk from T1 and T2.
6.5km new track from airport to Clongriffin.
City Centre Resignalling completed by 2012 - 12 to 20 trains an hour.
Park & Ride build near airport for commuters from Swords.
A proposal will be submitted by an Iarnrod Eireann at end of the month.

Are weather conditions causing problems at the airport today?
And Air Transit deparuture to YYZ?

Wind (strong gusts) was a problem.

Air Transit departure to YYZ has being delayed. Next information @ 08.00 tomorrow but expect 24 hour delay.

Reports are that on deparutre from YYZ the aircraft burst a tyre and damage to the airframe was found on arrival in Dublin.

Now due to depart at 01.30 tomorrow morning. Air Transit don't have an aircraft to send over without it affecting there schedule further. That is what happoned J2k9.

Last few weeks on & off an A332 has been operating the evening DUB-FAO-DUB route on Wednesdays, im guessing the other days different A332 a/c are off-duty being serviced.

The morning DUB - FAO is due to be A320 with the evening being a A321. Over the last few weeks the A321 have being tech quiet a bit.

A332 not scheduled to operate it. So not sure why it is but if there is more than 174 pax booked and A321 has being tech then EI would have to use A332 as its doing nothing that day or cancel the flight.

on a wednesday there is a spare A332/3. The aircraft normally operated DUB -MCO 3 days a week and the 2nd daily flight the other 3 days a week leaving wednesday as a free day, normally this allows for maintenance to b carried out or flights upgraded because as u say, FAO is sometimes booked at capacity. Up until the EI/United JV it used to be operated by the A330 as well as AGP and sometimes NCE.

The long haul fleet are currently operating as follows........................
1xJFK 104/5 Daily (the aircraft that comes in as EI104 normally rotates and does the AGP flight and then the 108/9 to JFK)
1xJFK/AGP 584/5 and 108/9 Daily
1xBOS EI139/138 Daily
1xORD EI124/5 Daily
1xSNN (operates m-w-f-s to JFK as EI110/111 and -T-T-S- to BOS as EI134/5)
1x -T-T-S (normally an A332 to MCO then on M---F-S to BOS as EI138/9)
1x IAD-MAD (UA Joint Venture - A332 -now operated by EI-DUO, was EI-DAA up until the 12th July but aircraft switch was made in BOS)

Air Transit flight to YYZ left at 03.00. A replacment A330.
The other Air Transit A330 with burst tyre and damage to wing departed form hanger 6 at 03.30 for SNN.

Would sombody have a list of Airlines and what Piers they use at DUB. Thanks.

Pier A:
Aer Arann
Aer Lingus Regional
Air France/Cityjet (also use B)
Air Southwest
Air Nostrun
Cimber Sterling
Luxair
Tyrolean Airways

Pier B:
Adria Airways
Air Contractors ***
Aer Lingus (few morning dep and few evening arr)
Air Baltic
Air Canada
Air France/Cityjet (also use A)
Air Italy
Air Transit
Alitalia
Arkia Israel Airlines
BMI
BMI Regional
Dubrovnik Airline
Europe Airpost ***
Flybe
Germanwings
Hoildays Czech Airlines ***
Jet2
Jet4You
Lauda Air
Luthansa
Malév Hungarian Airlines
Monarch Airlines ***
Norwegian Air Shuttle
Orbest Orizonia Airlines
Pegasus Airlines
SATA
Scandinavian Airlines (also use D)
Swiss
S7 Airlines
Spanair
Thomson ***
Tunisair
Travel Service
Turkish Airlines

*** Also use Pier A/D if Pier B is full during the summer season. Saturday would be mostl lightly. Pier B gives priority to scheduled airlines.

Pier D:
Blue Air
BH Air
Onur Air
Ryanair
Sky Airlines
Scandinavian Airlines (also use B)
Tailwind Airlines

Pier E:
Aer Lingus
American Airlines
Continental
Delta
Eithad
US Airways

Still missing 10 - 15 airlines but most use Pier B and if full A or D. May not all be correct but most is.

Incident: Air Transat A333 at Toronto on Jul 15th 2011, tyre and wing damage on takeoff

Crew thought it was a bird strike. AAIU investigator was sent to airport but Canada's Transportation Safety Board will investigate.