Aer Lingus Fleet/ Routes Discussion Pt 2 (ALL possible routes included)

I say 'tail section's and 'LR' and gulped... Thinking LRD had some issue. Then my contact lenses slurped into their correct position and I thought... Yeaahhh!

Looking forward to the XLRs... Really think they'll make EI a very solid transat player to smaller marketsz with a better DUB/CBD/gates situation.

The loads on BA’s LHR-IAH twice-daily services (which EI code-share on) always seem good and the prices can be eye-wateringly expensive in J which suggests the oil money, or maybe healthcare/research money, is still there. Timings aren’t great for my preferred SNN connection though so you end up hanging around Heathrow for hours on the outbound going direct. I’ve travelled via DFW a good few times, often via SNN-BOS/JFK when connection timings can be made to work; or from DUB with AA when they don’t. Have to say the AA transfer product is generally excellent, but there are always risks of missed connections that a direct flight would avoid…

Quick question for those in the know booking seats on the 776 DUB/ACE this Sunday just noticed that the seats up front only have 2 So called EI and the lad told me the aircraft is an A321, Now its a while since I've been on the 321 and from memory they did not have the biz class seats.

It's the missis birthday next week so was thinking of booking those seats if they are the biz class type.Also what happens if you pay for such a seat and there is a tail swop and you are lumped into a normal seat do EI pay you the difference back.

Cheers will book it for her the nearest I ever get to a biz class seat.

Is it the LR version?

If not then it's just normal seats

The old 321s are long gone and in a second life as freighters. They were high density all Y aircraft, 212 seats.

Working out €190 for the two of us one way.

There was 6 in total, CPC-H

Just checked the return sector looks like it's the same aircraft type as the seat allocation is showing 2 each side.

Aer Lingus has called on Fingal Co Council to grant an immediate interim increase in the passenger cap at Dublin Airport pending a decision on the application. Quote taken from the times. Is that possible for Fingal to grant immediate increase?

Been long rumoured so wouldn’t be a huge surprise but RDU is remarkably well connected with Europe already, especially for an airport its size. It currently has flights to LHR, CDG, KEF and soon FRA so Aer Lingus doesn’t have the lucrative first mover advantage like it had at BDL and CLE which obviously came with lots of incentives and in some cases, cold hard cash.

If they do launch RDU before the likes of BNA, they must see a strong market for it as I’ve no doubt BNA would have been very keen to get Aer Lingus in town.

SNN-JFK

SNN-BOS

DUB-EWR

DUB-IAD x 2

DUB-PHL

DUB-CLE

DUB-BDL