Aer Lingus Fleet/Routes Discussion

Locker10a · 03-05-2017 05:17PM

lxflyer wrote: »

Locker10a wrote: »

Do you mean the replacement frames or a titan aircraft again ?

Look at the subject of the previous post - it references EI-GAL in the title.

Sorry perhaps the pervious post has been edited? As the previous post visable to me is ref. Titan sub in

L1011 · 03-05-2017 05:39PM

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Locker10a · 03-05-2017 06:20PM

L1011 wrote: »

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Apologies

A319er · 03-05-2017 06:36PM

Apologies if I confused anyone EI have 4 new aircraft due this year , two have left ZV to Allegiant and ZW to Brussels airlines ,

Today we anticipated EI - GAL A320 from leasing company ex Russian airlines but for operational reasons aircraft will position Friday from OSR

Aircraft fully EI livery Y174 new EI seats and EI config

So back to 33 A320 with One more due and ad hoc hire likely

JCX BXC · 03-05-2017 06:58PM

Locker10a wrote: »

Apologies

Not your fault at all, many of us use mobile and aren't able to see the things that others on desktop see. It can be quite annoying, especially on the weather forum when people blatantly refuse to post their location as "they have it in their bio"

john boye · 03-05-2017 07:03PM

On a related note, the next A330 has reached the paint booths.

LXFlyer · 03-05-2017 07:17PM

A319er wrote: »

Apologies if I confused anyone EI have 4 new aircraft due this year , two have left ZV to Allegiant and ZW to Brussels airlines ,

Today we anticipated EI - GAL A320 from leasing company ex Russian airlines but for operational reasons aircraft will position Friday from OSR

Aircraft fully EI livery Y174 new EI seats and EI config

So back to 33 A320 with One more due and ad hoc hire likely

Probably best not to use the title row in your posts if half the people can't see them - put it in the body of the post.

Dardania · 03-05-2017 07:25PM

A319er wrote: »

Apologies if I confused anyone EI have 4 new aircraft due this year , two have left ZV to Allegiant and ZW to Brussels airlines ,

Today we anticipated EI - GAL A320 from leasing company ex Russian airlines but for operational reasons aircraft will position Friday from OSR

Aircraft fully EI livery Y174 new EI seats and EI config

So back to 33 A320 with One more due and ad hoc hire likely

wonder are they eyeing up any opportunistic Alitalia jets which may be parked in Dublin soon, with EI regs already?

Bussywussy · 03-05-2017 10:10PM

john boye wrote: »

On a related note, the next A330 has reached the paint booths.

GAJ looking like 29/30th for delivery.

Locker10a · 03-05-2017 10:59PM

Dardania wrote: »

A319er wrote: »

Apologies if I confused anyone EI have 4 new aircraft due this year , two have left ZV to Allegiant and ZW to Brussels airlines ,

Today we anticipated EI - GAL A320 from leasing company ex Russian airlines but for operational reasons aircraft will position Friday from OSR

Aircraft fully EI livery Y174 new EI seats and EI config

So back to 33 A320 with One more due and ad hoc hire likely

wonder are they eyeing up any opportunistic Alitalia jets which may be parked in Dublin soon, with EI regs already?

They'd be ideal if they had plans for expansion in Short haul, but unfortunatly I don't think they do at the moment. Although if AZ do collapse then perhaps EI could add capacity to Italy and pick up connecting traffic , who knows!

Tenger · 03-05-2017 11:30PM

L1011 wrote: »

Post subjects appear only on some versions of the site

I was somewhat bemused myself but sorta guessed it was info on new frame joining fleet.

Have been 'sans-laptop' over the last 4-5 days so only on the mobile phone.

kevinandrew · 04-05-2017 03:23PM

Ryanair will be the airline to swoop in if Alitalia do ground aircraft but Alitalia appears to the be the airline that never dies, loss making for the majority of its history but still flying and able to spend money on rebrands!

Pleased to hear the "new" A320s are on the way and of course the new A330! Wonder if the A320s have been fitted with slimline seats like other IAG carriers or if they've stuck with the current standard which I prefer to be honest.

L1011 · 04-05-2017 05:48PM

kevinandrew wrote: »

Ryanair will be the airline to swoop in if Alitalia do ground aircraft.

There's also a huge collection of other LCCs with Italian bases - it won't be even as clear cut as when Malev died and there was only one LCC in BUD.

Blue Air have a major base in Turin, Vueling in Florence and FCO, Volotea with bases all over etc. Additionally, there'll be legacy carriers adding capacity for connections to replace longhaul and that could easily include Aer Lingus as well as the obvious ones - BA/IB/LX/KL etc

Not saying that Ryanair won't be in ASAP and pick up major share; but its not a single player opening!

Locker10a · 05-05-2017 08:38PM

EI997 has just landed in DUB from Ostrava, one of the new jets I assume

LXFlyer · 05-05-2017 08:56PM

Locker10a wrote: »

EI997 has just landed in DUB from Ostrava, one of the new jets I assume

That agrees with the earlier post - should be EI-GAL.

john boye · 06-05-2017 09:42PM

Locker10a wrote: »

Has it not been flying today? The EI604/5
And the afternoon AGP? Although I may be wrong

Yeah I was fairly sure I sure I saw it in AMS earlier, meant to look it up on playback when I get home.

A319er · 07-05-2017 03:37AM

New arrival GAL flew AMS And AGP saturday , was on the aircraft and noted the brand new EI config, spotless inside and out .

GAM due this week, both are containerised luggage in hold in line with all other 319/320 in fleet

Www.thelingussource.com also confirms EI GAJ the next 330 has flown , test flight, full exterior paint completed but I have no arrival date yet

With FAO going A330 days 12345 from 29may GAJ is certainly due into service by then .

kevinandrew · 07-05-2017 06:09AM

Here's EI-GAJ, fully painted and doing tests in Toulouse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzrf4Od7qbA

Named St. Carthage / Mochuta

Cloudio9 · 07-05-2017 08:42AM

kevinandrew wrote: »

Here's EI-GAJ, fully painted and doing tests in Toulouse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzrf4Od7qbA

Named St. Carthage / Mochuta

What a name. Wish they'd drop this tradition.

Would love to see them name them after Irish rivers or mountains, islands etc.

roundymac · 07-05-2017 10:38AM

Yeah, get rid of this saint thing, it's not as if it makes a difference any more.

Bussywussy · 07-05-2017 12:05PM

Cloudio9 wrote: »

What a name. Wish they'd drop this tradition.

Would love to see them name them after Irish rivers or mountains, islands etc.

I think I heard GAK will be St.Ultan,another makey uppy one ðŸ˜€ðŸ˜€

Locker10a · 07-05-2017 01:34PM

roundymac wrote: »

Yeah, get rid of this saint thing, it's not as if it makes a difference any more.

''Tis bad luck to make or break tradition

EchoIndia · 07-05-2017 01:58PM

alancostello wrote: »

The future EI-GAJ, EI's new A330-300, has its paint on and is currently doing ground tests at Toulouse

https://youtu.be/Pzrf4Od7qbA

As posted by kevinandrew earlier today...

alancostello · 07-05-2017 02:01PM

Oops. I had bookmarked an old page of the thread!

Bussywussy · 07-05-2017 02:42PM

A319er wrote: »

New arrival GAL flew AMS And AGP saturday , was on the aircraft and noted the brand new EI config, spotless inside and out .

GAM due this week, both are containerised luggage in hold in line with all other 319/320 in fleet

Www.thelingussource.com also confirms EI GAJ the next 330 has flown , test flight, full exterior paint completed but I have no arrival date yet

29/30th delivery
Don't think it has test flown, not scheduled till 15th may

billy few mates · 07-05-2017 03:02PM

A319er wrote: »

Apologies if I confused anyone EI have 4 new aircraft due this year , two have left ZV to Allegiant and ZW to Brussels airlines ,

Today we anticipated EI - GAL A320 from leasing company ex Russian airlines but for operational reasons aircraft will position Friday from OSR

Aircraft fully EI livery Y174 new EI seats and EI config

So back to 33 A320 with One more due and ad hoc hire likely

Is EI-EZW having a pre-delivery/acceptance flight today or something...?
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/ei-ezw#d4f2845

Tenger · 07-05-2017 11:06PM

roundymac wrote: »

Yeah, get rid of this saint thing, it's not as if it makes a difference any more.

In 1946 the option of using Irish birds as names was considered.

Personally I like the naming of aircraft. I do think the introduction of the B757 was an opportunity to alter the tradition by calling those airframes after Irish rivers. Ie. Shannon, Lee, Liffey, Foyle (or Bann even)

Comhrá · 07-05-2017 11:29PM

Tenger wrote: »

In 1946 the option of using Irish birds as names was considered.

Personally I like the naming of aircraft. I do think the introduction of the B757 was an opportunity to alter the tradition by calling those airframes after Irish rivers. Ie. Shannon, Lee, Liffey, Foyle (or Bann even)

I like the tradition of naming the aircraft after Irish saints.

It's original and the river thing has already been done by British Airways with their Boeing 737 fleet a long time ago.

Let's stick with our original saint idea instead of copying BA. We sometimes do things differently to other nations and originality is a good thing, not to be ashamed of.

Jamie2k9 · 07-05-2017 11:39PM

Tenger wrote: »

roundymac wrote: »

Yeah, get rid of this saint thing, it's not as if it makes a difference any more.

In 1946 the option of using Irish birds as names was considered.

Personally I like the naming of aircraft. I do think the introduction of the B757 was an opportunity to alter the tradition by calling those airframes after Irish rivers. Ie. Shannon, Lee, Liffey, Foyle (or Bann even)

We have Irish Rail for river names, I like the tradition of saints and stopping it would just be more pc nonsense.

duskyjoe · 08-05-2017 12:24AM

kevinandrew wrote: »

Here's EI-GAJ, fully painted and doing tests in Toulouse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzrf4Od7qbA

Named St. Carthage / Mochuta

Was that RTO planned?

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