JetBlue to launch daily Dublin-Bos and JFK for 2024, no dates yet.
I’d say the cap getting more popular is one thing because there’s lots posted about it on Twitter/X and the weird comments from people mentioning Shannon/Cork/Knock and the amount of spare capacity they have. People think transferring flight is a option as well to those airports which is complete nonsense.
Do you mean the cap is getting more popular or the removal of the cap is gaining more popularity ?
Everyday it's getting more and more popular, everyone is talking about this cap now.
There has been a lot of talk this weekend in the papers in relation to the cap. All top government seem to support it. I highly doubt we will be left waiting a long time for it to be overturned.
The green party are doing their best to ensure these airlines overfly Dublin going forward, shame about the potential jobs that will not exist now both direct in Dublin airport and the wider tourist related industries... Talk about an own goal!!
Probably ended since the cap is in place. The cap is ruining everything. EDI and MAN already incentivising airlines to choose them over Dublin.
Not a chance with aerlingus but didn’t they daa say they were talking with latam?
Ah ok thanks
Well discussed in the Aer Lingus thread -the consensus is "not a chance".
Any plans for direct flights to Latin America, specifically Brazil?
Great news. Pity the Irish Govt didnt tell them not to fly here before this announcement
TLV is officially gone for 2024.
Whatever non-transferring traffic to HKG there was is basically gone too. Dictatorships need to be glamorous (UAE) for people to go there on holidays.
Cathay have a long road to recovery. They destroyed morale with crews during covid + post and are massively short pilots resulting in cancellations continually as existing crews are maxed out.
Can’t see Cathay returning. I believe they are in a restructuring phase after Covid. I’m going out on a limb here and not in the know, but I’m going to hazard a guess at SQ(Singapore) when the cap is eventually lifted by Fingal council. Maybe to start at a 3/4 day service and to increase over time. You heard it here first if it happens.
Anyone know if Cathay will come back any time soon? The flights to HK use to be quite full. If not Cathay then Japan Airlines, Air China, Eva Air or an airline like that?
Vueling operate direct flights to Cardiff and Amsterdam from AGP, and there could be others they operate to from there for summer that I’m not aware of also. So it wouldn’t be too much of a surprise if they did launch a summer seasonal route to DUB from AGP.
Looking at today's arrivals and departures for AGP, other than LGW and FCO, Vueling's presence is confined to internal Spanish routes. Therefore I doubt they are hungering to open a route to DUB, unless they were planning a Malaga base focused on connections outside Spain.
I would think AGP would be a no brainer for them. EI and FR have a nice Duopoly going on there.
Vueling's Orly base is A321s only, AFAIK.
Vueling probably just making another submission as requested by sister airline EI.
or maybe they want to do Gatwick.
Vueling probably looking at Malaga Palma or Alicante, places like that, Barcelona is 10 weekly this summer, even during the winter Orly and BCN seem to be on the 321 quite often
Emirates have the slots for 2 daily this summer as usual, but probably interested in a third daily. There was something circulating about Qatar doing 3 daily this summer and Etihad announced recently all European routes are going 2 daily. Also considering Qatar have been flying the 350 on the second daily rotation to Dublin with both flights switching to the 787-9 for the summer, plus Etihad operating the A35X and 777 makes it look like loads are really good. emirates wants to be on top
Emirates have been looking to add a third daily flight for a long time, in the mornings .
Emirates? I wonder are they concerned about the cap cutting off their second daily rotation, or are they potentially looking for a third?
I understand that timings and competition from QR/EY make this unlikely, but who knows.
This "green" shite seems to have no rhyme or reason to it. It should start with dialling up public transport investments to 11 with more rail services etc and get people out of their cars. We can't all seriously live the American dream in a country this small - mostly in the city I mean. For now, tourism and air transport remain quite vital to our economy I'd imagine. Why not take all the growth we can get and instead look at a more genuine approach to it.
What's next - will they now take away overfly rights to cut local emissions? (joke)
More frequencies to BCN might be first on the cards.
VY became my preferred option to BCN, when timing made sense. Seating is a little uncomfortable but the service onboard beats EI - they actually have food to buy, which is cheaper and better; and the staff seem as good - and you still get Avios.
I thought the Vueling one in particular was interesting. They must be planning a number of new routes out of DUB (after the cap is removed). Currently only Paris and Barcelona.
Cap is seriously damaging Dublin now.
Emirates, Ryanair, HiSky, Vueling, Hainan and others submitted reports to FCC about the cap. Hainan said they want to do 4 weekly but can't get the slots for it. This cap needs to go
Is the National Airline not Ryanair being Irish owned, HQ'd and the largest operator by many multiples than EI? Ryanair are not very conservative I would say.
EI is just one small cog in the IAG machine and any expansion will be in line with that group's overall market share.
Up until the point of embarkation, can you think of a more apt description of how all passengers, regardless of ticket, are treated?
For you, I will henceforth cease to use cattle and refer to economy as steerage.
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