Just seen the Hainan Airlines aircraft to Shenzhen fly by my office - any idea how it's doing?

Shenzen is a response to Cathay's Hong Kong increase in frequency. Shenzen is close enough to Hong Kong.

​​​​​​What I understand is that Cathay are doing well from a revenue perspective, with good loads in business too, and Hainan getting soft uptake in business class...
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EY had 787-10 in this morning... good sign, though demand probably higher due Easter.

Not sure Cathay have increased capacity since launch but its going to happen shortly. Shenzen has had 10-30 on some flights.

Can anyone explain why? Arrived at Dublin on EI from LHR, parked out near T2. All get off the plane, walk on foot into the (totally empty) terminal, directed left to wards the east end, exit outside again and board a bus which then takes forever to drive right round the airport and drop us off next to the US immigration area - about 300 m from our aircraft.... I mean - why not a bus direct from the plane to the gate???

last time I saw something like that was at Dubai

Pretty Third World (or Aberdeen) IMHO - this is the 21st Century - buses should be an emergency measure only. The SLF , as usual, come way down the line cp "financial considerations"

New pier will replace the facility by Q2 2023.

Qatar to increase to 11x weekly from 1st of July next summer, all operated by B787-8.

I have read elsewhere that PEK-DUB/EDI HU service looks like it is for the chop - last flight from PEK 31st August.

Reported on Edinburgh thread that Hainan Beijing service is back on sale.

UA EWR
 

See that UA's EWR service is 787-10 from Thursday. Looking forward to flying on it later this year.

The aircraft may be nice, but you'll still be flying with United...

Define expensive?

Both will be a new experience, having used Norwegian I can't imagine anything much more basic and that was fine. Reality is nowadays we sit on a low cost airline for 5 hours to say Cyprus with no inflight meal or entertainment, no free hold baggage, no free allocated seats, what's so different when we spend an extra hour or so to the US?

Why are you comparing direct and indirect flights in two currencies, in different classes? There are so many variables as to make the comparison pointless. Are you looking to fly premium Economy and accept a one/two stop route or do you value your time and want a non-stop flight?

Fundamentally AA are neither an Irish or Canadian airline and don't have a non-stop flight between the nations or an alliance partner in either country. They have no ability to command a high fare in this specific circumstance. WS have an advantage of recognition in their home market and their large FFP base.

Yes, for two completely different things.... Google "Supply and Demand"

If they're filling the plane then obviously it is. Fair play to them.

Airfares are not paid for by the mile. You're not buying shaved ham at the deli.

Some people want to do more than fly across the Atlantic, they specifically want to get to Halifax as fast as possible.

It's clear that you don't understand yield or revenue management. This is what I do for a living, pricing structures are demand driven, the higher the demand, the higher the price! It's a basic supply and demand, while you might think this the price is excessive, others are happy to pay it to get a direct flight. Fair play to them!!

If you're not happy to pay that price, look for something cheaper, there are plenty of alternatives.

Congratulations on your first transatlantic booking owenc :p

It depends where you are flying to and from and who you fly wiith. I often fly to Oregon on the west coast of the USA from Cardiff and in general it costs me between £800 and £1100 with KLM or Aer Lingus depending on the time of year and how far i book in advance and Heathrow is no cheaper a lot of the time.

New/more e-gates at Dublin.

It'll be great if they're all actually operational at any one time.

April passenger numbers of 2.8 million up 7%
https://www.dublinairport.com/latest...ion-passengers

May passenger numbers almost 3 million up 4%
https://www.dublinairport.com/latest...dublin-airport

Total traffic year to date over 12.3 million up 7% (764,000)

I regularly need to fly from Brussels to Atlanta for work. Since we're talking sterling, mostly a return fare is north of £1000.
So instead I book Brussels - Atlanta - Buenos Aires - Atlanta - Brussels: same flights, but with a couple of extra flights thrown in: £500.
My work saves £500, and I get to visit Argentina for free :O

Once I got a fare Brussels - Atlanta - Los Angeles - Sydney - Brisbane - Los Angeles - Atlanta - Brussels for a little over £1000, but it was still cheaper than Brussels - Atlanta - Brussels.

Sorry that's all off topic.
Back on topic: some great traffic figures for Dublin!

The ETD B789 and B78K have been operating out of DUB for months no?

Heard a few people saying EI might cut LAX ? Surly this can't be thru , used this route the last 3 years and again in september ,

They are supposed to be moving terminals to the International one I believe.