Does Aer Lingus fly to Liverpool?

Everlong1

I've always preferred to fly Aer Lingus and have never had any problems with them but I've just spend a frustrating hour trying to find out out details of their flights to Liverpool. Now, however, I'm starting to get the impression that they don't fly there. I find it incomprehensible that the country's national airline doesn't fly to one of the most important cities in the UK, but their website doesn't accept Dublin - Liverpool queries and I can't get through to their telephone enquiry service. And apparently they don't have an email enquiry option apart from very specific service areas like group enquiries, medical enquiries etc. All in all I'm severely unimpressed. I'd expect this kind of mickey mouse nonsense from Ryanair but not Aer Lingus. Advice would be appreciated.

whelan2

No they dont fly to Liverpool anymore. Only Ryanair

wally79

Everlong1 wrote: »

I've always preferred to fly Aer Lingus and have never had any problems with them but I've just spend a frustrating hour trying to find out out details of their flights to Liverpool. Now, however, I'm starting to get the impression that they don't fly there. I find it incomprehensible that the country's national airline doesn't fly to one of the most important cities in the UK, but their website doesn't accept Dublin - Liverpool queries and I can't get through to their telephone enquiry service. And apparently they don't have an email enquiry option apart from very specific service areas like group enquiries, medical enquiries etc. All in all I'm severely unimpressed. I'd expect this kind of mickey mouse nonsense from Ryanair but not Aer Lingus. Advice would be appreciated.

No they don't fly to Liverpool

VG31

If you want to know what airlines fly where from Dublin, check the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Airport#Airlines_and_destinations

Everlong1

This is incredible stuff. Why? Surely it can't be unprofitable?

Collie D

What's Mickey Mouse about not flying to Liverpool? Personally I would have thought it was a viable route with the numbers travelling from Ireland to watch Liverpool FC but I'm sure Aer Lingus know more than me and have their reasons.

ScouseMouse

Not any more. They did restart it with the connection-to-transatlantic-flights angle, but it was cancelled in January as it never "took off"

Everlong1

Collie D wrote: »

What's Mickey Mouse about not flying to Liverpool? Personally I would have thought it was a viable route with the numbers travelling from Ireland to watch Liverpool FC but I'm sure Aer Lingus know more than me and have their reasons.

You don't find it bizarre that the country's NATIONAL airline doesn't provide a service to one of the most important cities in the UK? What am I missing? By the way, the mickey mouse comment was more in reference to the fact that I couldn't get through to them by phone and they don't do email, apparently.

VG31

Everlong1 wrote: »

This is incredible stuff. Why? Surely it can't be unprofitable?

They flew to Liverpool last year but stopped flying there in January. Manchester is only 1 hour away by train.

Everlong1 wrote: »

You don't find it bizarre that the country's NATIONAL airline doesn't provide a service to one of the most important cities in the UK? What am I missing? By the way, the mickey mouse comment was more in reference to the fact that I couldn't get through to them by phone and they don't do email, apparently.

What's being the flag carrier go to do with it? Aer Lingus is a private company seeking to maximise its profits. They're not going to fly a loss-making route just because it's an 'important city' in the country. If that was the case they'd still have Cork flights.

Collie D

Everlong1 wrote: »

You don't find it bizarre that the country's NATIONAL airline doesn't provide a service to one of the most important cities in the UK? What am I missing? By the way, the mickey mouse comment was more in reference to the fact that I couldn't get through to them by phone and they don't do email, apparently.

Not particularly. I'm sure they have their reasons. Maybe they think their flights to Manchester cover it.

ScouseMouse

Everlong1 wrote: »

You don't find it bizarre that the country's NATIONAL airline doesn't provide a service to one of the most important cities in the UK? What am I missing? By the way, the mickey mouse comment was more in reference to the fact that I couldn't get through to them by phone and they don't do email, apparently.

Its a commercial airline, if it isn't profitable, it gets cut. Romantic ideas that Aer Lingus is anything other than commercial entity is silly. It isn't even Irish anymore, it belongs to IAG group. In other words British Airways / Iberia and maybe others.

Everlong1

Everlong1 wrote: »

You don't find it bizarre that the country's NATIONAL airline doesn't provide a service to one of the most important cities in the UK? What am I missing? By the way, the mickey mouse comment was more in reference to the fact that I couldn't get through to them by phone and they don't do email, apparently.

Why do you believe Liverpool is one of the most important cities?

Everlong1

VG31 wrote: »

What's being the flag carrier go to do with it? Aer Lingus is a private company seeking to maximise its profits.

Liverpool isn't the Outer Hebrides. I'm no businessman but I'm just taken aback that it would be unprofitable to fly there. Consider me "enlightened". *Sighs" Ryanair it is then, I suppose.

shar01

Everlong1 wrote: »

*Sighs" Ryanair it is then, I suppose.

It's a 55 minute flight. You'll survive.:rolleyes:

whelan2

shar01 wrote: »

It's a 55 minute flight. You'll survive.:rolleyes:

35 minutes normally

Mycroft H

Flew it around this time last year and it was on the little ATRs. There wasn't much in the way of passengers on the plane. Plus Liverpool is a horrid little airport with crap transport links. No rail or tram links to the city compared to manchester

Everlong1

shar01 wrote: »

It's a 55 minute flight. You'll survive.:rolleyes:

Yeah, I'm already starting to look forward to buying a bingo card and singing along with the shrieking hen parties.

whelan2

I have flown to Liverpool a few times each time the plane was full

Mr rebel

Aer Lingus are certainly no better than Ryanair these days....those days of our national carrier being a symbol of pride and a "premier" airline are long gone.
The only advantage Aer Lingus hold over their fellow low cost rivals is that they still get offered the better terminals at big airports for some reason.

abarkie

Mycroft H wrote: »

Flew it around this time last year and it was on the little ATRs. There wasn't much in the way of passengers on the plane. Plus Liverpool is a horrid little airport with crap transport links. No rail or tram links to the city compared to manchester

There are a number of buses to Liverpool City Centre or to Liverpool South Parkway.

What airports are you comparing it to?

Granted it's not Manchester but there are worse

coylemj

Liverpool is a small airport with a single runway and poor transport links. It has no attraction as a hub for someone flying from Dublin as there is virtually no destination that you can get to from Liverpool that you cannot fly to direct from Dublin - with the possible exception of some obscure regional UK airports.

If you have business in Liverpool, in many cases you would be better off flying to Manchester because there are four morning flights from Dublin (vs. one at 7:05 to Liverpool) and there is a mainline railway station at Manchester airport from where you can get a nonstop train which will take you to Liverpool Lime St. in 64 minutes.

lawred2

Everlong1 wrote: »

You don't find it bizarre that the country's NATIONAL airline doesn't provide a service to one of the most important cities in the UK? What am I missing? By the way, the mickey mouse comment was more in reference to the fact that I couldn't get through to them by phone and they don't do email, apparently.

It is not a national carrier. It is a private airline.

JCX BXC

One of the most bizzare threads I've read in a while.

roundymac

JCX BXC wrote: »

One of the most bizzare threads I've read in a while.

Great free advertising for Ryanair though.:D

ScouseMouse

roundymac wrote: »

Great free advertising for Ryanair though.:D

Is that you Michael / Leo Hairy Camel?

coylemj

From Dublin there is one morning flight to Liverpool and four to Manchester - go figure.

fdevine

Everlong1 wrote: »

Yeah, I'm already starting to look forward to buying a bingo card and singing along with the shrieking hen parties.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057677268

Sorted. You're welcome

witchgirl26

To be honest I'm not surprised they cut it. I flew this time last year on Aer Lingus to Liverpool & my flight was cancelled as there were only 5 people booked on it & put onto the next flight. It was a small plane & it was in no way full either.

whelan2

witchgirl26 wrote: »

To be honest I'm not surprised they cut it. I flew this time last year on Aer Lingus to Liverpool & my flight was cancelled as there were only 5 people booked on it & put onto the next flight. It was a small plane & it was in no way full either.

Is that not because their air fare was too high?

JCX BXC

whelan2 wrote: »

Is that not because their air fare was too high?

When Aer Lingus operated the route using jets the air fare was extremely competitive, that didn't help the route much.

witchgirl26

whelan2 wrote: »

Is that not because their air fare was too high?

That the route was cancelled? Was cheaper than Ryanair when I flew last year. That's why I picked it. Looking at going this year for same timeframe and is going to cost about €60 more than Aer Lingus last year.

Locker10a

VG31 wrote: »

Everlong1 wrote: »

This is incredible stuff. Why? Surely it can't be unprofitable?

They flew to Liverpool last year but stopped flying there in January. Manchester is only 1 hour away by train.

Everlong1 wrote: »

You don't find it bizarre that the country's NATIONAL airline doesn't provide a service to one of the most important cities in the UK? What am I missing? By the way, the mickey mouse comment was more in reference to the fact that I couldn't get through to them by phone and they don't do email, apparently.

What's being the flag carrier go to do with it? Aer Lingus is a private company seeking to maximise its profits. They're not going to fly a loss-making route just because it's an 'important city' in the country. If that was the case they'd still have Cork flights.

But aer lingus have many Cork flights !?!

JCX BXC

Locker10a wrote: »

But aer lingus have many Cork flights !?!

Dublin-Cork flights I think is what they meant.

VG31

JCX BXC wrote: »

Dublin-Cork flights I think is what they meant.

Yes that's what I meant.

Jayop

I just can't understand someone being fussy over which airline to use for a 35 minute flight. Don't worry about getting hawked stuff during the flight because it's so short that they don't have time to do much more than go up and down the aisle with the food/drink cart once.