Aer Lingus Fleet/Routes Discussion

Pat Dunne

adam88 wrote: »

Was she a new aircraft

Decision not made yet till it's been fully investigated. Possibility wiring could be goosed which mean it's a lengthy repair if not it'll be flown back unpressurised to Dublin.

snubbleste

JCX BXC

Nothing new about that!

Tenger

They cancelled the DUB-BOS-DUB flights the day after the incident. I await the media reports of Boston being treated like a 2nd class airport.

JCX BXC

Tenger wrote: »

They cancelled the DUB-BOS-DUB flights the day after the incident. I await the media reports of Boston being treated like a 2nd class airport.

Im going to guess that the SNN flights had less pax booked so were chosen based on less disruption/compensation?

BOS flights aren't constantly cancelled.

The less pax is the most likely scenario, factors could be yield and transfer pax though.

Dardania

DO they ever run shuttles from SNN to DUB to accomodate passengers when the SNN flight is cancelled?
Obviously dependent on having capacity going on the A330

billie1b

Friend of mine is on the EI maintenance team in MCO, said he'll update me later on her condition

xtradel

snubbleste wrote: »

Ok...this is freaking me out because we are due to fly out next Wednesday 19th for 5 night family holiday :eek:

So what exactly happens if they cancel? €1500 on flights and $2000 for hotels already paid!

Locker10a

xtradel wrote: »

snubbleste wrote: »

Ok...this is freaking me out because we are due to fly out next Wednesday 19th for 5 night family holiday :eek:

So what exactly happens if they cancel? 1500 on flights and $2000 for hotels already paid!

Dont panic too much, your will most likely be rerouted through Dublin, although i would guess by next week things will be sorted out, by that time the necessary repairs will have been completed of if not they will have hired in a charter to operate the flights they are short an aircraft for

xtradel

Locker10a wrote: »

Dont panic too much, your will most likely be rerouted through Dublin, although i would guess by next week things will be sorted out, by that time the necessary repairs will have been completed of if not they will have hired in a charter to operate the flights they are short an aircraft for

A million thanks for that....of course I will now hold you entirely responsible for any cancellations

Locker10a

So i recently came across this photo, I think its from a few years back;

http://www.flightglobalimages.com/airbus-a320-aer-lingus-at-dubin-airport-with-evacuation/print/1567291.html

Does anyone remember this incident ? what actually happened i couldn't find anything in my search online

Locker10a

xtradel wrote: »

Locker10a wrote: »

Dont panic too much, your will most likely be rerouted through Dublin, although i would guess by next week things will be sorted out, by that time the necessary repairs will have been completed of if not they will have hired in a charter to operate the flights they are short an aircraft for

A million thanks for that....of course I will now hold you entirely responsible for any cancellations

Haha out of interest which flight are you booked on?

xtradel

Locker10a wrote: »

Haha out of interest which flight are you booked on?

EI-111 & EI-110 on the way back.

JCX BXC

Cancellatons usually vary, could be Shannon-New York one day, Dublin-Chicago the next. They usually do this to avoid too much disruption on any one route.

JCX BXC

xtradel wrote: »

EI111 & EI110 on the way back.

Just to fix it, don't know where the extra 0 came from.

And don't worry, you'll be taken care of.

kub

How come EI are hiring in, when they now have an extra 2 A330's

Cravens

Because one of their older A330s got a bit burnt in Orlando.

orionm_73

Locker10a wrote: »

So i recently came across this photo, I think its from a few years back;

http://www.flightglobalimages.com/airbus-a320-aer-lingus-at-dubin-airport-with-evacuation/print/1567291.html

Does anyone remember this incident ? what actually happened i couldn't find anything in my search online

Think that was smoke in the cabin just after pushback on a flight to Milan-Linate.

billie1b

Locker10a wrote: »

So i recently came across this photo, I think its from a few years back;

http://www.flightglobalimages.com/airbus-a320-aer-lingus-at-dubin-airport-with-evacuation/print/1567291.html

Does anyone remember this incident ? what actually happened i couldn't find anything in my search online

That was the funniest thing ever that morning, watched the whole thing, was on the stand next door to it. The story goes that here was about 6 pax on the aircraft, somebody put their breakfast in the oven to heat up and it started smoking, the crew panicked and told the flight deck the galley was on fire and a full evac was ordered. That was the serious part, the funny part was the Airport Fire Service making a complete show of themselves on arrival, from falling from ladders, trying to climb up the emergency slide, hosing the engine etc etc. Just madness that day.

billie1b

billie1b wrote: »

Friend of mine is on the EI maintenance team in MCO, said he'll update me later on her condition

UPDATE : I have received updates, all I can say is that its not as bad as it looks, can't say much further as EI are trying their best to keep it out of the media, they didn't even want the pictures public, my friend has asked me not to post the info of her condition on any public forums.

vicwatson

billie1b wrote: »

UPDATE : I have received updates, all I can say is that its not as bad as it looks, can't say much further as EI are trying their best to keep it out of the media, they didn't even want the pictures public, my friend has asked me not to post the info of her condition on any public forums.

EI ain't doing a very good job -

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/aer-lingus-plane-grounded-after-fire-at-orlando-airport-1.2820720

http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/travel-news/hurricane-matthew-aer-lingus-passengers-stuck-in-florida-following-fire-at-airport-35111856.html

Among others

lintdrummer

vicwatson wrote: »

billie1b wrote: »

UPDATE : I have received updates, all I can say is that its not as bad as it looks, can't say much further as EI are trying their best to keep it out of the media, they didn't even want the pictures public, my friend has asked me not to post the info of her condition on any public forums.

EI ain't doing a very good job -

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/aer-lingus-plane-grounded-after-fire-at-orlando-airport-1.2820720

http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/travel-news/hurricane-matthew-aer-lingus-passengers-stuck-in-florida-following-fire-at-airport-35111856.html

Among others

Edit: apologies, you meant not doing a good job of keeping it out of the media.

billie1b

vicwatson wrote: »

EI ain't doing a very good job -

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/us/aer-lingus-plane-grounded-after-fire-at-orlando-airport-1.2820720

http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/travel-news/hurricane-matthew-aer-lingus-passengers-stuck-in-florida-following-fire-at-airport-35111856.html

Among others

I know yeah, supposedly they're going mental that its as public as it is.

robyntmorton

Unfortunately these things have ways of becoming public, especially in our instant share social media world.

Comhrá

billie1b wrote: »

I know yeah, supposedly they're going mental that its as public as it is.

Why are they so bothered about the publicity? Doesn't appear to be any fault of theirs, and apart from the two unfortunate people who received burns, it's hardly such a big deal for anyone here in Ireland, is it?

Jamie2k9

tippman1 wrote: »

Why are they so bothered about the publicity? Doesn't appear to be any fault of theirs, and apart from the two unfortunate people who received burns, it's hardly such a big deal for anyone here in Ireland, is it?

It's bad PR for them, even if it's not their fault.

Mebuntu

This is just a big slice of bad luck. A fire over which they had no control and just before the arrival of a hurricane that closed the airport.

Safety is not in question. Everyone knows that Aer Lingus will not fly the aircraft again until it is safe so to do.

The big question, as far as PR is concerned, is how well (or otherwise) did they look after the passengers due to travel back to DUB at that time and all other passengers that have been affected since the incident by the absence of the 330 from the fleet.

Far from trying to hide the incident from the media Aer Lingus should be proudly advertising how well they did in the aftermath (assuming they did do well).

Comhrá

This reminds me of the long ago, whenever a major air accident happened overseas involving say, a DC-8 or a B727.

If there was a suspicion the cause was related to a possible malfunction of the 'plane, Aer Lingus would immediately release a statement saying that this particular aircraft type wasn't operated by Aer Lingus, just to reassure the Irish public.

kevinandrew

I actually think Aer Lingus did pretty well keeping it quiet enough, photos were obviously doing the rounds in some circles but they weren't all over social media or forums like this until the last day or two.

There's nothing they could do about the story itself, in the world of social media these things are reported instantly but even so, it hasn't received the attention of previous incidents of much smaller scale, emergency landings have been known to warrant half a page in some Irish papers!

Hope -DUO gets all the required TLC needed and is back in the air soon!