DUB-PEK
 

EI, the price was right on the DUB-AUH-PEK but it took a day.


Via IST, DXB and AUH is one hell of a long way round! Shortest is via HEL, then LHR. Would imagine that DUB-PEK would be no longer than 20-30 minutes longer than LHR-PEK(?).

Turkish are increasing IST-DUB from 10 weekly to 12 weekly in March.

2x daily except Tue/Wed which is 1 daily. B737 continues to be used.

Over 1.4 million passengers in November up 7%


UK 626,000 up 11%
Europe 620,000 up 3%
Transatlantic 123,000 up 5%
Africa/Middle East 39,000 Flat
Domestic 5,000 up 26%

Year to date almost 18.8 million up 5%.
Latest News > 1.4 Million Passengers In November At Dublin Airport

November 12 to November 13 is close 1 million ahead.

2013 should just see around 20 million passengers if the weather is kind in December, last December numbers were 1.296 million.

Any word on Thomas Cook Airlines doing Dublin-Cancun that was talked about a page or two back??

The new app is a big improvement with gate numbers, check in numbers, baggage belt and time to clear security all included.

Part of me wonders why they don't have the ability to buy a security fast track in the app. That seems like a quick win...

Is there a daa app?

Dublin Halifax is a real possibility for 2014.

Dublin - Perth service to be served 6 times weekly via Abu Dhabi.............. Airline name is :mad:.

EY
 

Love the marketing spin DUB AUH change planes AUH PER , so we get Dublin Perth, mmmm


And we slag FR.

Yeah I know but not wanting to comment further as then forces Mods to start deleting stuff.

S14
 

What happened to the rumours of Moscow, St.Petersburg, Cancun and Beijing being launched next year?

Cancun could still be launched. Thomas Cook/Condor have announced MAN-TAB and DUB-CUN for 2014 which are still to be put up for sale.

Maybe because t2 is full of all the air india a/c no room for the new routes!.

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Maybe because t2 is full of all the air india a/c no room for the new routes!.

:ooh::ooh::ooh:

God, just think what T2 would be like if AI actually did come, looking back the daa were mad suggesting that could take all there flights in the mornings. They can't even handle current traffic, poor passengers who arrive early in the mornings know all about it.

I imagine EI's shorthaul ops would have stayed at T1 had Air India come in.

All AI transatlantic flights are non-stop now anyways. Some were 788 but they have all gone back to 77W. I've heard 2 A320s have been earmarked to have extra fuel tanks fitted for Halifax, can anybody confirm?

2 A320s getting fitted for Halifax? Really what airline ??

The speculation is that Aer Lingus will be doing Halifax - Dublin come summertime against WestJet's St John's service, so that is who owns (or has a lease on) the A320s concerned.

EI
 

Halifax the new Dubai?

To make it work a Canadian partner is needed , that's the issue for EI

Plus ideally UA or JetBlue working multiple connections to USA ,
Still lots of news, growth in the pipeline

It's point to point leisure surely.

Aer Lingus management stated a few weeks ago that they would announce a new Canadian partner for the Toronto route shortly, this was before the WestJet announcement so I wonder if their plans for a new interline/codeshare partner were changed after this?

Halifax
 

Well not really , Halifax UK is a better bet point to point according to routes there is a limited point to point market , but the idea would be connecting traffic one stop

dub Yvr
Dub sea

Etc etc via Halifax rather than the normal busy hubs

Sorry, Hangar6, maybe I've misunderstood you. There aren't any Halifax-YVR or Halifax-SEA flights that I can see. Are you suggesting they will be introduced?

New hub
 

Yep isn't it time we had a new western looking hub ? All very aspirationall at moment but S14 will see new routes/partner ex Dub to canada and USA


More good news this week Aercap bought AIG subsidiary ILFC so huge fleet now managed out of Ireland and they have lots planes in the pipeline to lease on,

Indeed, the only existing routes which would be of much use (competitively speaking) transferring from Halifax would be Calgary, Ottawa and Montreal (all three of which would be easily accessible from Toronto Pearson (and of course there is a range of rural destinations in NS and NL)).

I suppose what EI's game plan with Halifax is going to be subject to conjecture until something more concrete comes of it.

New York North...............taking lessons from FR :E

FR
 

It's 11 months and 18 days since I passed any negative comment on FR
And now ducksie has gone all customer focused on us, still a great airline
Once they allow competition and if EI single aisle does TATL then FR will follow?

Two of the ex Iberia 320s were originally etops specc'd. No idea what the performance/payload figures look like nor the config. Could be a runner as far as wacky rumours go I suppose.

AI at DUB
 

Don't panic, AI are not coming to DUB. LHR and BHX are the nearest they'll get to DUB.

The Dublin DAA gluttony knows no bounds.

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Confused more than usual

Halifax
 

I think the plan would be for the connections to be on this side rather than via YHZ to somewhere else, eg.
UK-DUB-YHZ

EI has got Scotland well covered which could connect with a YHZ flight from DUB, also for pax in NI at is a short drive down to DUB. Zoom flew from BFS to YHZ a few years back.
Even if the market from DUB is small, you can tap into all the UK markets for additional traffic.
Direct options from the UK to YHZ are very limited at the moment.

According to today's Sunday Business Post, the EI Halifax route is not going to happen.

I think Tom means the Air India hub would have been in ORK, were it not for The Conspiracy. :cool:

According to Travel Extra the 20 millionth passenger of 2013 will handled lather this morning.


Travel Extra?s Sunday Supplement: Iced-in in Antarctica & Gatwick Gets a Soak | Travel Extra

Excellent, fair play to the DAA.

Funchal
 

Any chance of EI resuming the Dublin-Funchal route now that SATA no longer operate it?

With DUB now back over 20 million per annum, how long will it be till we see an extension to the runway - what is the threshold that must be surpassed?

Does anyone know roughly how many additional seats will be on sale with the recent announcements?