Aer Lingus Fleet/Routes Discussion

Clonmel1000

What do EI fly on their Washington route could anyone tell me? Have a trip booked next September thanks

Jamie2k9

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

What do EI fly on their Washington route could anyone tell me? Have a trip booked next September thanks

B752 planned for now.

A319er

Still under review depends on QR among others

But will be finalised by Jan end 2018

Shn99

JCX BXC wrote: »

That's understandable, but with such a big fleet of A330's is it needed or would it not be facilitated elsewhere.

Flew one last summer to JFK, not nice at all

Tenger

Clonmel1000 wrote: »

Thanks guys was really hoping it was the 330. Haven’t heard anything good about the 757 comfort and IFE wise.

I understand the comfort situation but apparently the B757 is more responsive than the A330. Personally I haven’t travelled on an B757.
Both being wedged between 2 people must be the same on any aircraft.


Shn99......want to expand on that review? Was it the seat, the lack of legroom, the food or the IFE that wasn’t nice?

Jack1985

Funny I've heard the 757 trumps the 330 comfort and IFE wise.

Shn99

Leg room is the only thing that "trumps" the a330 comfort wise. No ajustable head rests, seat cushions werent even glued on! IFE isnt great, very unresponsive, froze quite alot. Bring your own headphones as they supply you with cheap earpods, unlike the A330 noise cancelling headphones. I wouldnt go rushing back to the EI 757 in the future.

Razor44

My Folks went out on a 752 to IAD last year and back on a 333 from JFK. they found the 752 much nicer, in terms of comfort etc and so on. they would care for IFE so not a big deal for them. they found the 333 flight cold and service was poor in the cabin.

Tenger

Shn99 wrote: »

Bring your own headphones as they supply you with cheap earpods, unlike the A330 noise cancelling headphones. I wouldnt go rushing back to the EI 757 in the future.

Where you in Business class?

kona

Shn99 wrote: »

seat cushions werent even glued on!

Id be worried if they were!

Locker10a

I have to say from my personal experience, I really liked the 757. I found the seats sturdy, strong and comfortable. Leg room was great no complaints. IFE was absolute fine seamless and easy. Service was great, was done quickly.
The only negative experience I had was I felt the toilets a bit unpleasant. They are the only part that give away it’s an older generation aircraft and still have that horrible blue loo water and flap covering the pipe to the waste tank as opposed to the suction flush. But for the 2 mins it takes to use the loo I don’t consider it a significant issue. And aside from this I found the cabin appearance to look very clean and fresh.

alancostello

I was on the 757 two weeks ago from Washington DC and quite liked it, there actually seemed to be less cabin noise, I always think you hear a lot of noises from the galleys and other passengers on the A330, but I didn’t notice it on this trip. Agree with the above about the toilets, makes the age of the aircraft very obvious, but no big issue really.

kkapp

All of the newer A330 have the newest IFE product onboard including EWR, FNG,FNH,GAJ,GCF - the other a330 will be retrofitted with the latest IFE product commencing this month.

Bussywussy

kkapp wrote: »

All of the newer A330 have the newest IFE product onboard including EWR, FNG,FNH,GAJ,GCF - the other a330 will be retrofitted with the latest IFE product commencing this month.

kind of....EWR has an old EXlite system..the screens make it look new like the EX3 as it has the newer eco monitors,however the retrofits coming next month wont have USB outlet on the monitor it'll be a mix of like the business class power/usb outlets in economy front rows and stand alone USB outlets in the seat front in normall rows

alancostello

Bussywussy wrote: »

kind of....EWR has an old EXlite system..the screens make it look new like the EX3 as it has the newer eco monitors,however the retrofits coming next month wont have USB outlet on the monitor it'll be a mix of like the business class power/usb outlets in economy front rows and stand alone USB outlets in the seat front in normall rows

Interesting, so are those undergoing refit getting all new seat backs with the new tray that folds in half too?

Bussywussy

No just new monitors and removal of handsets in non front row economy seats

Mc Love

There's going to be war as snn crew will have to travel to Dublin to work the 757 and dub crew will have to go to snn to work the 330.

Thats EI for you.

joeysoap

And Dub crew regularly work the Belfast routes.

JCX BXC

joeysoap wrote: »

And Dub crew regularly work the Belfast routes.

Although not long haul like the Belfast routes you mentioned, Cork crew have to go to Shannon every day during the summer to operate FAO/AGP.

joeysoap

I think it’s mostly Belfast - LHR.

BZ

Mc Love wrote: »

There's going to be war as snn crew will have to travel to Dublin to work the 757 and dub crew will have to go to snn to work the 330.

Thats EI for you.

Heard that the plan to base the A330 in SNN is not finalized and in fact it is looking more likely it will be two 757s operating same as this year.

Candamir

JCX BXC wrote: »

...............I must point out that Shannon operated with A330's for years, the 757's are still a relatively new addition.

................with Dub crew. No war:rolleyes:

Jamie2k9

DUB-IAD has been switched back to A330 daily...

DUB-PHL increased from 4 to daily on B752.

DUB-YYZ drops from 7 to 6 weekly and gives 4 spare A330 slots for cover.

HTCOne

JCX BXC wrote: »

While I have the same thoughts myself, I must point out that Shannon operated with A330's for years, the 757's are still a relatively new addition.

Not daily though, 3 or 4 weekly depending on the route.

Van.Bosch

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

DUB-IAD has been switched back to A330 daily...

DUB-PHL increased from 4 to daily on B752.

DUB-YYZ drops from 7 to 6 weekly and gives 4 spare A330 slots for cover.

Effective when? Thanks

Jamie2k9

Van.Bosch wrote: »

Effective when? Thanks

25 March

cson

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

DUB-IAD has been switched back to A330 daily...

DUB-PHL increased from 4 to daily on B752.

DUB-YYZ drops from 7 to 6 weekly and gives 4 spare A330 slots for cover.

Would make sense capacity wise as UA appear to have dropped their IAD-DUB service.
They're (UA) also going using a domestic configured 777 on EWR-DUB route afaik.

Jamie2k9

cson wrote: »

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

DUB-IAD has been switched back to A330 daily...

DUB-PHL increased from 4 to daily on B752.

DUB-YYZ drops from 7 to 6 weekly and gives 4 spare A330 slots for cover.

Would make sense capacity wise as UA appear to have dropped their IAD-DUB service.
They're (UA) also going using a domestic configured 777 on EWR-DUB route afaik.

UA IAD is staying, (second EWR gone).
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Correction to above, PHL daily by May, other changes from March.

Captain_Crash

Two more A330's confirmed

https://blog.aerlingus.com/new-a330s-and-philadelphia/

Razor44

Captain_Crash wrote: »

Two more A330's confirmed

https://blog.aerlingus.com/new-a330s-and-philadelphia/

Do we know if that's on top of the rumored lease in 330 and the 330 in H6 at dublin?