Aer Lingus Fleet/Routes Discussion

Strumms

EICVD wrote: »

Titan probably, their 767 positioned in to DUB not so long ago

Wondered that when i saw it but its a 767 and parked well away from the advertised gate but thanks

Strumms

flanzer wrote: »

EIDEK - 320

thanks Flanzer !

EICVD

flanzer wrote: »

He's off to BOS as the 139 at 16:15

Cheers, solves that 'mystery'

Tenger

Strumms wrote: »

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Also just got an sms this morning from EI basicially telling me to buy any food and drinks at the airport as for operational reasons there will be 'little or nothing' available on board.. which i found odd so far in advance.

Could be an issue with their catering section or the suppliers. Nice to get the heads up in a text I guess, better than finding out at check-in

Locker10a

Strumms wrote: »

Also just got an sms this morning from EI basicially telling me to buy any food and drinks at the airport as for operational reasons there will be 'little or nothing' available on board.. which i found odd so far in advance.

Common practice when there is catering issues, better to let people know in advance so they can purchase something in the airport

arubex

EICVD wrote: »

Cheers, solves that 'mystery'

And G-POWD brought EIN138 back this morning.

Strumms

Tenger wrote: »

Could be an issue with their catering section or the suppliers. Nice to get the heads up in a text I guess, better than finding out at check-in

Yep, better to get the heads up indeed. Anyway I asked one of the cabin crew about it and she just laughed and said she didn't know what that was about as they had plenty of everything. The new sliders on the menu and pretty tasty btw :pac:

Locker10a

Strumms wrote: »

Yep, better to get the heads up indeed. Anyway I asked one of the cabin crew about it and she just laughed and said she didn't know what that was about as they had plenty of everything. The new sliders on the menu and pretty tasty btw :pac:

I'm just home from my flight and I got no warning of catering issues from EI or at check in and there was absolutely nothing in the form of catering on the flight ! All there was was tap water that's it! No passengers were informed prior to departure

LoonyLovegood

Did they mix up the flights?

I saw the Titan at the gates when I was passing the airport earlier, it actually looks pretty nice with that livery. Is that the one that will be filling in all summer, or has it been decided?

Tenger

Locker10a wrote: »

I'm just home from my flight ........ and there was absolutely nothing in the form of catering on the flight ! All there was was tap water that's it! No passengers were informed prior to departure

Bad show indeed.

LoonyLovegood wrote: »

.........I saw the Titan at the gates when I was passing the airport earlier, it actually looks pretty nice with that livery. Is that the one that will be filling in all summer, or has it been decided?

No. Its been confirmed that Omni will provide the B767 operating SNN-BOS for th 12 weeks in summer.

Titan are operating some flights for EI as the cabin refit ran into some problems in Feb (I think it was?) and is behind schedule. So it seems that EI are short an aircraft at the moment.

Jack1985

Unfortunately, there has been plenty of issues with catering in the last few weeks. I believe this is a 'shot across the bows' so to speak toward management from the caters following the dismissals of workers only in the last few days from the catering division as EI switches to ''All Day'' catering on short to mid haul flights. This works fine in procedure terms but in practice is anything but. Anyhow I would expect these issues will continue throughout April as EI review reports of catering issues aboard flights in an attempt to sort it out.

highlydebased

An interesting tidbit, read in a few places EI-DEO which is in Virgin colours at the moment is going to be painted in IRFU colours following the completion of the Virgin wet lease

Locker10a

Jack1985 wrote: »

Unfortunately, there has been plenty of issues with catering in the last few weeks. I believe this is a 'shot across the bows' so to speak toward management from the caters following the dismissals of workers only in the last few days from the catering division as EI switches to ''All Day'' catering on short to mid haul flights. This works fine in procedure terms but in practice is anything but. Anyhow I would expect these issues will continue throughout April as EI review reports of catering issues aboard flights in an attempt to sort it out.

Aw I see that explains it ! Company I work for did the same thing last winter, things have been ok so far, at times it can be annoying as you run out of things from the bar on lates but this depends on the aircraft routing of the day! There are some aircraft that do early ALC then FAO then a late night ALC ! By the end of the day during busy summer months there is sweet FA! left in the bar !! Passengers are dissatisfied, it makes crews day that little bit more difficult and results in loss of revenue ! But reduces fuel burn( weight) and turn times and that's what gets the bean counters their bonuses !!

Jack1985

EI-CPG returns to service this Sunday (26-04-2015), after under-going heavy maintenance and updating in H6 since 25-10-2014,........

Snow Leopard

Nice to see CPG returning to service. The A321s continue to serve EI well.

roundymac

Long time since we've seen one of those in Cork.

JCX BXC

Even longer since they've been in Shannon!

Locker10a

roundymac wrote: »

Long time since we've seen one of those in Cork.

I was on one to cork at xmas !

duskyjoe

Jack1985 wrote: »

EI-CPG returns to service this Sunday (26-04-2015), after under-going heavy maintenance and updating in H6 since 25-10-2014,........

Wow, 6 months off the line....... Did they rebuild it? An "e" check 😄😄

lateconnection

When is EI-EWR returning to Dublin from Bordeaux?

Bussywussy

duskyjoe wrote: »

Wow, 6 months off the line....... Did they rebuild it? An "e" check 😄😄

It was in storage in H6 for a while and then went to Dublin Aerospace fore base maintenance

LXFlyer

duskyjoe wrote: »

Wow, 6 months off the line....... Did they rebuild it? An "e" check 😄😄

Winter schedules don't require as many aircraft.

galwayjohn89

Anyone know why the Boston Flight is a B757 today?

LXFlyer

Presumably because the last A330 is getting the new seats fitted and being checked?

lxflyer

lxflyer wrote: »

Presumably because the last A330 is getting the new seats fitted and being checked?

Plus there could be a spare 757 available for this rotation rather than hire in.

Tenger

lxflyer wrote: »

Presumably because the last A330 is getting the new seats fitted and being checked?

This I dont get. They currently have 7 A330 in DUB. The 8th A330 (curently in BOD) is to allow the start of DUB-IAD and the additional MCO and SFO flights.....this doesn't kick it till May 1st.
I can understand hire-ins and aircraft subs in Feb/Mar when they had 2 A330 out of service. Even the hire-ins in early April can be attributed to the overall delay in the refit (original plan was for 7 to be done by end of March)

Of course the B757 subbing could be just due to low loads and a tech issue with an A330.

ProfessorPlum

It was always rostered as a 757.

A319er

ProfessorPlum wrote: »

It was always rostered as a 757.

No

In fact EWR and DAA are both in BOD so still short 330 , EWR due back this week, DAA 5 or 6 May

Overrun on the re configure of flat bed seats

JCTO

Long time lurker of this forum. I recently flew on the Omni 767-300 from Boston on Saturday and they are old. No screens on the back of seats and the interior is old. Seats rattle a lot and the interior is in need of a good makeover. I fly a lot and it had to be the oldest interior I have seen a long time. Seats are also crammed into the plane also.

ProfessorPlum

A319er wrote: »

No

In fact EWR and DAA are both in BOD so still short 330 , EWR due back this week, DAA 5 or 6 May

Overrun on the re configure of flat bed seats

It was planned as long as a month ago as a 757 - hence my answer to Tenger's question that it may be due to a tech issue or low loads. So, yes. 'Always' maybe was the wrong choice of word. The refit has been behind schedule for months now, so it hasn't come as a surprise to the fleet planners. There's a huge amount of wastage atm with crews positioning around the place. It's shocking really, but I'm sure the bonuses will be paid none the less.