Anybody also see the new face-book page for ''Dublin Airport needs silicon valley route''. Also MIA to LAX i'd say LAX (operated for EI since the 90's) also AA tried already in 2003 to launch LAX-DUB but it was only going to be allowed go ahead if route via SNN which did not materialise.

And if you saw 'North Pole' on the arrivals boards would you believe it too?

Surely all this is simply testing equipment prior to the reshuffling when T2 opens in the near future

Well actually that appears on the boards yearly. ;)

Germanwings
 

Summer timetable now available and doesn't include Dublin. So far anyway. Has this been dropped?

Germanwings are cutting a number of routes from Germany because of the travel tax. I think it's €16 for German tax and the €10 for Irish so it's quiet costly. You should know if the route is returing by end Nov or early Dec but it says all routes are on sale until Sep 2011.

According to the podcast of the show it states that it will be a new route to a US city. It should be announced before the end of the week.

Its now friday evening, so any news on this new route?

Another white elephant to put in the DUB zoo we call T2!!

US Airways to add Charlotte (NC)-DUB from May 2011.

US Airways to begin direct flights from Dublin to Charlotte - The Irish Times - Mon, Sep 20, 2010

JAS

Before we get all excited its a seasonal service only for the Summer, and im guessing getting massive grants etc etc from the DAA.

Oh whats next from this route conference in Canada im just plain moist with excitment!!!

The DAA are still in talks with Air India about a European hub.

The Hindu : Business News : Dublin Airport woos AI to make it its European hub

The DAA are still in talks with Air India about a European hub.

The Hindu : Business News : Dublin Airport woos AI to make it its European hub

Aint gunna happen, they have decided on a non-stop strategy so unless they plan to duplicate all their TATL routes for the sake of DUB, I think its time to finally put this to bed. How long have we been rumouring this now? 4 months? maybe longer than that?

That's what I thought, having read about the additions of n/s flights to the US, BUT presumably the DAA is aware of this and yet is still lobbying, so one can only assume that there is some window of opportunity there.

I see all we missed Kingfisher!! That one slipped under the radar!!!

Dispatch - give the caustic negativity a break, and just once, give the guys in the DAA the benefit of the doubt on Air India.

Nobody expected the battle to get an indian carrier to transit through Dublin to be an easy battle, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. Remember that many years ago a similar entrepreneurial approach to Aeroflot brought SU to Ireland for many years, and a little bit of Ireland to Moscow for the past twenty years or so.

I see from another thread that the DAA operate the duty free in the just opened Delhi airport terminal 3, so somebody in the DAA is doing something right in India, and a track record of working successfully with the Indians is established.

If the DAA brought in 100 airlines and €500 per passenger I would think that Dublin Dispatch would have something negitive to say about it. The constant hammering he gives the DAA leads me to believe he is an FR troll! :=

Oh so wrong just hate waste and i see that as part off the deal for transit passengers, the DAA will PAY the airline 6 euros per pax that they bring thru the airport, that on top of the massive discounts on fees, does i fell justify my attempts on here to ensure that the DAA are held accountable for what appears so far to be having little results. Maybe airlines just dont want to use ireland no matter waht way you sex up the deal.

I do not work for any airline in Dublin, what I do have is a vested interest in ensuring that my job is secure at Dublin Airport with a future rather than some half ass airlines that stays for a few months and fecks off after getting a there palms crossed with a few coins as a bribe too use Dublin.

Yes i have no respect at all for the DAA as looking from the inside out I can see what a waste of money it is.

DAA are really desperate to get Air India into T2.

DAA offers visa enticements to win Air India European hub - report - Business & Finance

So what exactly is going on with AI?
Are DUB chasing something that cant be chased? AI have said they dont want another EU hub opting for non-stop India-USA.
Its only the DAA making noise, as AI havnt said they are looking, and what about BHX/CPH? Surely they wont be just sitting on their laurels and just handing AI to DUB on a plate?
Im very confused by the matter.

Also, as many have said before, DUB's runway isnt exactly the longest in Europe, so would AI happily limit loads/cargo just to save its passengers a few minutes?

Im still not convinced by pre-clearance. In my opinion, it will only benefit if an airline wants to serve an airport with no customs from an international point, and I just dont see that happening anyway.
As more people/airlines start to use pre clearance, its wil get busier, taking more time to get through and then taking away the benefit. If the queue is too long, you may as well just clear in the US, and sometimes it doesnt even take that long. I arrived on the VS3 a few weeks ago, and was out within 15-20 minutes, which in my opinion isnt long at all. The EI arrived just as I was going through the customs desk so it wouldnt have taken the guys off that flight long either.
Even with clearance, it could take 15-20 minutes to wait for your bags.

You could be waiting that amount of time in a lot of European airports to get your bags.

If AI could be saving €14 million a year they must still be considering a hub. After all airlines don't want to be throwing money away.