Aer Lingus Fleet/Routes Discussion

john boye · 15-08-2018 08:48AM

Mebuntu wrote: »

Presumably, that's the same one they hired in on 3rd Aug..

...and the Omni 772 that Aer Lingus earlier hired in on Monday is now on its way from Killeen-Fort Hood, TX to Shannon under Flight No. OAE543. ETA 12.19.

The omni is most likely just doing its day job if it has that call sign

Mebuntu · 15-08-2018 09:02AM

john boye wrote: »

The Omni is most likely just doing its day job if it has that call sign

What do you mean by its day job?

Tenger · 15-08-2018 09:19AM

Mebuntu wrote: »

What do you mean by its day job?

Troop transport for US military.
If Omni are hired by EI and traveling to Ireland they will have an EI call sign.
EI hire them to ferry over to Dublin and return, not just the DUB-BOS-DUB sectors.

Qprmeath · 15-08-2018 09:27AM

The Omni

Arciphel · 15-08-2018 12:18PM

Any word on why the LAX flight had to return to Dub?

Jamie2k9 · 15-08-2018 01:50PM

Arciphel wrote: »

Any word on why the LAX flight had to return to Dub?

To prevent it been taking out of service for an extra 24 hours in LAX most likely, there was clearly not emergency if it managed to fly for 6 hours. The right decision was made to bring it back to reduce disruption.

basill · 15-08-2018 02:04PM

I wouldn't read to much into the late push backs of the AL TA fleet. Most likely CBP delays and waiting for connecting passengers. The latter no doubt delayed on inbounds due to the Dublin Airport infrastructure.

mx5ire · 15-08-2018 06:00PM

The late push backs are a pain if you have a connection in the US. My wife just scraped onto a chicago connection and i have missed a number of connections in the past. I fly again first week of Sept connecting through IAD so am hoping for an on time flight. And that is most likely on the Qatar 330 with the old business cabin too.

Their TA fleet is a mess this week and last it seems, 330's returning to base, 777's (ORD & BOS) and 757's (EWR) in the mix where they aren't normally, hours late departures (JFK & BOS), cancelled flights (BOS), no business class on the 777 either so its pot luck. I go to the US (EWR) next week and its been a 757 the last two days, and late again today. How do they select who to bump from business when a 757 is substituted in for a 330?

15-08-2018 07:15PM

I imagine it’s either contract business passengers first or your ranking in the loyalty programme.

goingnowhere · 15-08-2018 07:42PM

There is a published list

AerClub status holder on a revenue ticket is the bottom of the list
Status upgrade vouchers and staff tickets at the top

Beyond that its going to be based on first come first served at check in

alancostello · 15-08-2018 07:46PM

john boye wrote: »

Today's EI139 will be operated by a Privilege B767 apparently.

I wonder why BOS nearly always gets the subbed in aircraft, is it just that it has the quickest flight time/turn-around so costs them less?

john boye · 15-08-2018 07:52PM

alancostello wrote: »

I wonder why BOS nearly always gets the subbed in aircraft, is it just that it has the quickest flight time/turn-around so costs them less?

Possibly less premium pax on it too?

splashuum · 15-08-2018 07:55PM

Anybody get compensated the full €600 from Aer Lingus for a cancelled flight?

Cloudio9 · 15-08-2018 07:56PM

goingnowhere wrote: »

There is a published list

AerClub status holder on a revenue ticket is the bottom of the list
Status upgrade vouchers and staff tickets at the top

Beyond that its going to be based on first come first served at check in

Yeah but they’ll phone people first not just shaft them at checkin.

They even phoned me before on day of flight to offer me an earlier flight because my return from Bos was going to be a few hours delayed due to late departure from Dub.

mx5ire · 15-08-2018 08:04PM

Cloudio9 wrote: »

Yeah but they’ll phone people first not just shaft them at checkin.

My wife only found out she was not in business (with a concierge upgrade) when she spent 40 mins (1 counter open) at the AerClub desk in Dublin on Monday, no phone calls or texts.

Not sure how you find out in advance if the aircraft is swapped out for something else - easy enough after the fact of course.

Karl8415 · 15-08-2018 09:24PM

Unless I’m mistaken there’s no sign of EI-LAX today,wotever happened yesterday to it must be pretty serious,as of today that’s both EI-LAX and GCF our of service,the latter due to routine maintenance in the hanger,Aer Lingus cash reserves must be getting a pounding with the last week or so with all the hire ins that have appeared this week

Qprmeath · 15-08-2018 09:35PM

Karl8415 wrote: »

Unless I’m mistaken there’s no sign of EI-LAX today,wotever happened yesterday to it must be pretty serious,as of today that’s both EI-LAX and GCF our of service,the latter due to routine maintenance in the hanger,Aer Lingus cash reserves must be getting a pounding with the last week or so with all the hire ins that have appeared this week

LAX out til Sunday I’m told

Karl8415 · 15-08-2018 10:30PM

WOW,that’s some serious tech issue that’s resulted in the aircraft taken out of service on a Tuesday evening till Sunday,credit to the crew for making the call on it,I wonder wud they have spoken to HQ while over Greenland and were told to bring aircraft home because as pointed out earlier in a comment having the aircraft stranded in lax wud cause the company serious headaches

trellheim · 15-08-2018 10:30PM

Aer Lingus cash reserves must be getting a pounding

dont you worry EI are coining it.

Tenger · 16-08-2018 08:42AM

Karl8415 wrote: »

...........Aer Lingus cash reserves must be getting a pounding with the last week or so with all the hire ins that have appeared this week

If you're going to sweat your assests so heavily then you should foreseen tech disruption and pressure on your maintainance team.
If they didnt have a plan in place then I would ask questions about their Exec team.
"Hope is not a strategy"

trellheim · 16-08-2018 10:50AM

seriously though EI are minting it . They could have put a 330 on standby its just beancounters not giving a fk cos they are not rewarded on passenger outcomes . That is a solid plan if you are on the Exec team and all you care about is sucking up to Mr IAG.

( On another note - what went wrong with LAX ? The interwebz is silent enough )

Tenger · 16-08-2018 11:20AM

trellheim wrote: »

........

( On another note - what went wrong with LAX ? The interwebz is silent enough )

No idea. But being out of service for 5 days is very serious. Not a normal day to day issue that can be solved by installing a new part.
Wasnt it poor LAX that got hit by a truck last year?

Bussywussy · 16-08-2018 01:38PM

Karl8415 wrote: »

WOW,that’s some serious tech issue that’s resulted in the aircraft taken out of service on a Tuesday evening till Sunday,credit to the crew for making the call on it,I wonder wud they have spoken to HQ while over Greenland and were told to bring aircraft home because as pointed out earlier in a comment having the aircraft stranded in lax wud cause the company serious headaches

The crew were told come back...yes the A330 is fitted with a Satcom system

markc91 · 16-08-2018 01:43PM

Bussywussy wrote: »

The crew were told come back...yes the A330 is fitted with a Satcom system

123 cancelled a/c damaged by jetway seemingly

Nibs05 · 16-08-2018 01:49PM

Seems every summer lately.

EI-DUZ now out of action.

mx5ire · 16-08-2018 01:49PM

markc91 wrote: »

Bussywussy wrote: »

The crew were told come back...yes the A330 is fitted with a Satcom system

123 cancelled a/c damaged by jetway seemingly

Todays 123 cancelled ? I cannot find an update on it anywhere. My wife is meant to be on the return 124 tonight.

Karl8415 · 16-08-2018 02:09PM

So that’s 3 x 330’s out of service,Jesus lads at the rate the 330’s are dropping EI mite have to bring out the DC 3 that flew in the bray air show recently to provide cover,only joking, I’m not sure wot checks gcf is in the hanger for but you wonder will they burn the midnight candle to get her back into service,unless she was damaged which I don’t think so,she must b undergoing minor routine checks,she’s only in service 6 months

mx5ire · 16-08-2018 02:11PM

EI Website saying 123 will go at 3.00pm today - i had checked with Concierge line - they didnt have any info to say that 123 was cancelled yet, they say it is planned to go...

Bussywussy · 16-08-2018 02:14PM

Karl8415 wrote: »

So that’s 3 x 330’s out of service,Jesus lads at the rate the 330’s are dropping EI mite have to bring out the DC 3 that flew in the bray air show recently to provide cover,only joking, I’m not sure wot checks gcf is in the hanger for but you wonder will they burn the midnight candle to get her back into service,unless she was damaged which I don’t think so,she must b undergoing minor routine checks,she’s only in service 6 months

All 3 were jetbridge damage....don't have enough ground staff and put severage pressure on current staff,rushing them to bridge one aircraft to the other

Mebuntu · 16-08-2018 02:15PM

Bussywussy wrote: »

The crew were told come back

Aren't you going to tell the viewers WHY she was called home?

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