Aer Lingus Fleet/Routes Discussion

goingnowhere

Also EIN9020 1420 today
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4 planned for Tuesday

FlyLo

Anyone noticed the pictures going around on social media and in today's Independent (photo from @snoopdogmoll) from the cabin onboard the Aer Lingus flight with cargo. It doesn't appear to be Aer Lingus whatsoever. The seats are blue not green and there are curtains at the door 3 area in the centre of economy area. The EI A330 does not have curtains in this location.

Tenger

Already mentioned thread.
2 images being used, one has blue seats the other had grey.
Not really a big issue as the EI cabin loading will look 95% similar. No harm to it.
Only really noticeable to a geeks.


Also EI-9018 returned shortly after takeoff today. Birdstrike as EIDW feed mentioned runway inspection after it landed.
Will be interesting to see if they can get it out later or will they have to cancel.
2 more departures planned today anyway.

MJohnston

Tenger wrote: »

Already mentioned thread.
2 images being used, one has blue seats the other had grey.
Not really a big issue as the EI cabin loading will look 95% similar. No harm to it.
Only really noticeable to a geeks.


Also EI-9018 returned shortly after takeoff today. Birdstrike as EIDW feed mentioned runway inspection after it landed.
Will be interesting to see if they can get it out later or will they have to cancel.
2 more departures planned today anyway.

No harm to it maybe, but it points to a larger inattentiveness to factual reporting by the Indo

fishy_fishy

Tenger wrote: »

Also EI-9018 returned shortly after takeoff today. Birdstrike as EIDW feed mentioned runway inspection after it landed.

Would hazard a negative on that. Hours are up against max as is. Maybe they can get another crew on by this evening though.

Cookiemunster

MJohnston wrote: »

No harm to it maybe, but it points to a larger inattentiveness to factual reporting by the Indo

Nearly every article I saw on Saturday about the flight leaving (on multiple different sites) used a stock photo of an A320. The photo editors really don't care because they know that the vast majority won't know the difference.

trellheim

The photo editors really don't care because they know that the vast majority won't know the difference

And may be cheaper to print a stock image in the daily

fitzparker

Maybe this has been answered before but I cannot find it.

Has Aer lingus changed their direct flight time table to Miami?

Last year I flew direct on a Friday (to cruise on a saturday) now it seems direct flights are a Saturday.

Bit of a pain as most cruises sail Saturday so will miss them.

Anyone have any idea when this changed (im looking at dates in 2021)?

Sexual Chocolate

EI-LRA operating 137 to Boston today. Think this is the first flight in nearly a week by an LR across the Atlantic?

Cookiemunster

fitzparker wrote: »

Maybe this has been answered before but I cannot find it.

Has Aer lingus changed their direct flight time table to Miami?

Last year I flew direct on a Friday (to cruise on a saturday) now it seems direct flights are a Saturday.

Bit of a pain as most cruises sail Saturday so will miss them.

Anyone have any idea when this changed (im looking at dates in 2021)?

There are no dates for 2021. There won't be until late 2020 when the 2021 schedule is revealed.

billie1b

Tenger wrote: »

Also EI-9018 returned shortly after takeoff today. Birdstrike as EIDW feed mentioned runway inspection after it landed.
Will be interesting to see if they can get it out later or will they have to cancel.
2 more departures planned today anyway.

Fair bit of fan blade damage on No1

Inquitus

billie1b wrote: »

Fair bit of fan blade damage on No1

Any pics?

billie1b

Inquitus wrote: »

Any pics?

I do but for some reason won’t let me upload it

Inquitus

billie1b wrote: »

I do but for some reason won’t let me upload it

imgur.com is free

fitzparker

Cookiemunster wrote: »

There are no dates for 2021. There won't be until late 2020 when the 2021 schedule is revealed.

I actually found a timetable for Aer Lingus, it looks like Friday is replaced with Saturday from May

https://www.aerlingus.com/html/flights-time-table.html#/sourceAirportCode_0=DUB&destinationAirportCode_0=MIA&departureDate_0=2020-10-16&sourceAirportCode_1=MIA&destinationAirportCode_1=DUB&departureDate_1=2020-10-21&fareType=RETURN&fareCategory=ECONOMY&numAdults=1&numYoungAdults=0&numChildren=0&numInfants=0&promoCode=

Again a bit crappy for people who cruise (alot of cruises leave on Saturdays from Miami

billie1b

Think I got it, it’s not my image, was just sent to me by a friend from work, so I don’t know who’s it is to credit.

Inquitus

billie1b wrote: »

Think I got it, it’s not my image, was just sent to me by a friend from work, so I don’t know who’s it is to credit.

Thanks for that, fair bit of damage alright.

Cookiemunster

fitzparker wrote: »

I actually found a timetable for Aer Lingus, it looks like Friday is replaced with Saturday from May

https://www.aerlingus.com/html/flights-time-table.html#/sourceAirportCode_0=DUB&destinationAirportCode_0=MIA&departureDate_0=2020-10-16&sourceAirportCode_1=MIA&destinationAirportCode_1=DUB&departureDate_1=2020-10-21&fareType=RETURN&fareCategory=ECONOMY&numAdults=1&numYoungAdults=0&numChildren=0&numInfants=0&promoCode=

Again a bit crappy for people who cruise (alot of cruises leave on Saturdays from Miami

That goes to mid Dec 2020. Again, there are no timetables yet for 2021. There's no guarantee that EI will still be flying to MIA in 2021, never mind what days they'll be flying.

Cloudio9

Inquitus wrote: »

Thanks for that, fair bit of damage alright.

Must've been a big enough bird to bend a few blades

Tenger

Cloudio9 wrote: »

Must've been a big enough bird to bend a few blades

The Journal article states "a flock of birds". (pinch of alt needed as always)

But certainly looks bad, can they be repaired after removal?

goingnowhere

Swap the engine out, could be back flying tomorrow with a bit of luck

ATC reported flames out the tail so that suggests something went down the core

Cloudio9

EI-GAJ left around 5 o clock. Is that the replacement?

Inquitus

Cloudio9 wrote: »

EI-GAJ left around 5 o clock. Is that the replacement?

Yes, EIN9018 replacement.

California Dreamer

Do they generally have a spare engine or 2 hanging around?

sherology

Inquitus wrote: »

Yes, EIN9018 replacement.

Sweet

billy few mates

California Dreamer wrote: »

Do they generally have a spare engine or 2 hanging around?

Plenty of spare engines and aircraft knocking around at the moment.
If the bird(s) only went down the fan stream you can get away with just replacing the badly damaged blades and blending out the damage (depending on the extent and location) of the minor damage.
They'll have to do a boresocope to see if anything went down the core and damaged anything internally.
I wonder if the recent drop in aircraft operations has led to an upsurge in bird activity..?

joeysoap

billy few mates wrote: »

...........
I wonder if the recent drop in aircraft operations has led to an upsurge in bird activity..?

That thought crossed my mind too.

I’m no 100% sure AL should be flying to JFK at the moment, seems to be a hotbed, but then again I wouldn’t like to be stranded there either. I hope the cabin crew have some protection.

cson

fitzparker wrote: »

Again a bit crappy for people who cruise (alot of cruises leave on Saturdays from Miami

I suspect cruise ops will be severely curtailed in 2021 given the fiscal situation facing Carnival & Royal Carribean.

Stephen Strange

fishy_fishy wrote: »

Would hazard a negative on that. Hours are up against max as is. Maybe they can get another crew on by this evening though.

3 Beijing flights showing for tomorrow

Stephen Strange

Stephen Strange wrote: »

3 Beijing flights showing for tomorrow

And 5 daily by Thursday.