Why do some Aer Lingus flights appear on Opodo but not on Aerlingus.com ?

radar0976

Just been researching flights for Summer hols via Skyscanner for June.

EI882 (Cork to Malaga) and EI883 (Malaga to Cork) appear in the search results but only sold by third party sites like Opodo.

Aer Lingus is not selling them on their own site which seems strange. Would like to book flights directly with them but can't.

Never seen this before. Is there a reasonable explanation?

goingnowhere

EI is showing only EI884 and EI888 during the Summer schedule

EI882 would imply a departure around 6-8am which is available only in the Winter schedule

radar0976

goingnowhere wrote: »

EI is showing only EI884 and EI888 during the Summer schedule

EI882 would imply a departure around 6-8am which is available only in the Winter schedule

Yes I agree but EI882/883 are showing up on Opodo and other sites for searches in June, just not on Aer Lingus. Was wondering if maybe all the seats have been bought up by holiday companies for reselling ?

goingnowhere

Even if sold out it would appear in the timetable

If a flight was chartered it would have a 4 digit flight number starting with 4

radar0976

goingnowhere wrote: »

Even if sold out it would appear in the timetable

If a flight was chartered it would have a 4 digit flight number starting with 4

Must be an error on the third party sites so, or they have outdated data on flight schedules perhaps.

endofrainbow

radar0976 wrote: »

Must be an error on the third party sites so, or they have outdated data on flight schedules perhaps.

This.