WishUWereHere wrote: » Thanks for sharing this. On opening the page, I saw the following on the scroll bar on the RH side:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4_t7a0gXRQ On 1m23, there is a TU 134 belonging to Aeroflot taking off. Did Aeroflot fly regularly then between Dublin & ( I guess ) Moscow?
EI-DEG spotted in SNN waiting for repaint. Interesting to see it stripped back of the old livery.
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Wow. That dull yellow 'airbus' anti-corrosion coating is gone too... That's really down to the metal.
Do they recoat the anti-corrosion material before the 'decorative' layers?
No, the primer coat that will be under the livery does that job. The yellow anticorrosion is only for when the aircraft is testing before having its livery applied, it’s not possible to remove a coat of paint and leave only the protective coating, that would be like stripping your wall at home but trying to keep an old coat underneath undamaged while your at it
Ah. Thanks for that. Never saw an Airbus airframe without the anti-corrosion layer. Didn't realise it was a temporary coating. Assumed it was an inorganic 'non-disolving' later.
Thanks again... I swore I wasn't gonna learn anything today... Damn 😀
That’s an interesting shot! Is it not quite unusual to see them outside during this process? I’m assuming the IAC hanger is pretty busy so between stripping and repainting, it was towed outside for another aircraft to be brought in?
Do IAC not also have a hanger in Dublin? Few A350s came in recently for repaints
They have a hangar at DUB, yes.
Ei fat atr was done in it last year be interesting to see if fav the last atr to be done is done this year
Looks like ei deg taking longer to be repainted might explain why it was outside the hanger could be a delay with iac
It's due out in a day or two. 😉
DEG is due out tomorrow and back to Dublin. But there is no other 320 positioning to Shannon in its place.
Maybe next week since DEG is two days late. They usually swap on Mondays
I've seen it suggesed that there are no further A320s due for repainting this winter.
Would make sense, that’s the vast majority done now. With at least four more A320neo’s joining one or two retirements of older frames seem likely so by this time next year seeing an A320 in the old scheme will be much rarer.
The attention will turn to the A330s.
Michael Kelly has a tweet out saying DEG got the Irish rugby green spirit livery the same as DEI.
DEO had this but was repainted into the new livery.
Youd imagine some differences in it now on DEG since Aer Lingus updated its logo in 2019. DEI has the old logo.
I have heard that it is a new Irish rugby livery but haven't seen photos yet. EI-DEG is due to position SNN-DUB later today so we will find out then.
Aer Lingus have photos up on Social media now of DEG in the hangar in Shannon in the new livery.
Here’s one of them for those not on SM
Ohhhhh... That dark 'teal' green really lifts it. Noice!!!
From there story aswell
Looks good! I like the new design, it’s cleaner and the new corporate colour palette used gives it a fresher look.
I wonder if it still has #greenspirit on the belly? Can’t see it anywhere else on the livery but maybe they’ve moved on from hashtags as a marketing tool.
I like it, would’ve been good as the new livery (without the player decals).
Is there no Ireland flag 🇮🇪 beside the registration?
The other ‘Green Spirit’ doesn’t have the Irish flag either.
There will be murder in some quarters that all players are current Leinster squad.
EI-LRG doesn’t have the Irish flag either.
That was mentioned before. It was supposed to go to MAN as well. The same as EI LRH which also arrived without a Irish flag. Its been applied now because it was added back to the Irish Register after coming back from MAN.
Seen this from Eoghan Corry this morning. In the space of 17/18years, passenger numbers for Aerlingus are only up 2.1m when 2023 is compared with 2006.
That struck me too. Poor performance imo. However in 08/09 they were independent, so were constrained by their own balance sheet. Shows the benefit of being part of IAG that they have better financial resilience, in that they can be more confident in growth being funded by the parent rather than fickle markets.
I guess the 12m in 2017-19 was when the three 757's were hired in. Though with the fleet expansion since then, you'd think that there is currently capacity for far more than 12m. Load factors must have been significantly higher in 17/18.
The fleet has barely grown, it’s still around 50-60 aircraft and has been for over a decade. We’ve seen lots of growth across the Atlantic but short haul has been stagnant for years and that’s where you usually see volume.
As for 2023, an undeniably strong year for the carrier and hopefully further investment from IAG follows to ensure it’s maintained over the next couple of years.
There’s also some noticeable spin in the results presentation regarding future investment in Aer Lingus, essentially it is dependent on achieving savings and labour agreements.
The fleet page claims Aer Lingus will receive 2 A320neo on the condition that collective labour agreements are reached. The XLR is noticeably missing with one confirmed for Iberia and the other two listed as ‘to be allocated’ even though we know those are for Aer Lingus. Message to the unions?
One used A330 is going to Level. Nothing else of noticeable interest to Aer Lingus.
Again, when you read the growth opportunities for 2024, Iberia is mentioned as getting a new A350 and XLR. BA gets lots of new deliveries and Level gets an extra aircraft. Aer Lingus? Investment is contingent on reaching agreement with pilots.
It shows how Aer Lingus, as by far the smallest in the group, has to fight for every cent of investment and how easily IAG can move assets around or choose to invest elsewhere; BA getting €7bln over the next couple of years for example!
It'd be interesting to compare those figures with Ryanair's Irish traffic over that time!
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