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?
Next summer wouldn’t be for sale yet, it’s going in the winter but I’d shocked if it didn’t come back next summer.
I got an A330 from Heathrow in 2009 (I think) after some bad weather delayed flights. Was that Heathrow Terminal 1 outpost up there with the worst in aviation?
I think Raleigh Durham would make more sense than Nashville from an IAG perspective. IIRC, BA are the only transatlantic carrier from BNA currently (?), whereas RDU has competition from LH and AF. RDU also has a lot of AA connection possibilities if EI ever integrate properly with the JV and/or Oneworld.
AA already fly direct from Charlotte to DUB and RDU is only about 150 miles further away in the same state (North Carolina) and has multiple European destinations so there is a relative demand being served locally already there within the state. Would Nashville with its 2 million metro population and over 7 million in Tennessee be a more attractive proposition for EI for both point to point and transit pax to Europe as there are less alternatives? (BA is the only other airline that flies to Europe from there).
The XLRs are on the way! EI-XLR (D-AZXY) was spotted in full EI livery besides the engines at XFW. Brilliant news for EI! https://aviation.flights/aib/A320/11348
Nashville/Dublin seems like a better 'destination' route for both Irish and US passengers with both cities being known fun/cultural centers. TN/KY states have a pretty good diaspora. As mentioned, AA have NC covered, but one aircraft could do a 3/4 days per week initial launch of both routes.
Business Journal has an article naming either discovery or aer lingus as about to launch the BNA route.
Thats Brilliant. Hope they change those engines soon
Pity it seems they’ve opted against the cockpit window mask though, would have looked cool.
Strange how corporate haven't communicated that outwards... with so much communication on the negative previously. They're an odd bunch.
How do you present that news without admitting that the whole painting and XLR debacle was a cock and bull story from the outset? Don't get me wrong, I know Luis Gallego was giving all the sound bites to infer that EI were not getting the XLRs, but I never believed for a moment that a pretty bog standard pay review for pilots was going to destroy the business case that had been made for them.
I guess they'll say that given the cost certainty going forward they have now gotten the green light and Airbus were kind enough to facilitate late notice painting.
That's exactly what I was thinking, blatantly looks like scaremongering now.
Fresh from the paint shop
11348
- IAG In primer with EI tail and IB engines. full body paint in EI colour.
https://aviation.flights/aib/A320/11348?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR24MFanJXzweFQo7O21CsoYIXyEzhBWk14b1_1txHVdBUZUSDl7t1qSFhg_aem_3qOVkU_YXlrL_Nu3NcB5vg
EI-LRE has operated SNN JFK today and yesterday. Its taken a longer route than normal. Its gone up by Iceland and overgreen land.
The other 321 neo including EI-LRG who has operated SNN BOS have gone straight over the atlantic.
Just wondering does the ETOPS on the NEO cause issues sometimes?
May I ask 2 questions on the photo:
Is it a big job to remove the Iberia on the engines? And
2 why is the German flag on the tail?
The EI cowlings (engine covers) are green, so it's just a paint job (and removal of the iberia decal)... Not that a paint job is a minor thing, but doable if inefficient.
German flag is temporary as it's currently registered in German (at Airbus Hamburg) until it's new home.
many thanks Sherology
The way ETOPS works is that there are certain system requirements that must be functional in order for the aircraft to fly ETOPS certified routes. Something relatively minor, such as a failure of one of the two ATC transponders would prevent the aircraft from operating ETOPS routes. I'd say it's likely they have some snag that has been deferred waiting on a part or down-time for maintenance. In the meantime they have to go the long way across the pond for a few days. I checked and it looks like it will only be about 40 minutes late tonight. Not too bad.
I'm guessing if we have 2 XLRs coming before the end of the year/summer 2025, those will replace GEY. There's also talk of a 330 moving to MAN after the XLRs come in, how likely is that to happen?
EI106 (EI-EAV) returned to JFK shortly after take off (45 mins) 25/8/24.
Edit: Took off again at 00:56
Thanks very much for that. I seen LRE on FR24 and it was high speed and got a shortcut into Shannon. Pilots must have been trying to reduce flight time
Two XLR’s Q4 2024 and reducing Dub departures to LHR by 2 a day just announced
Between that and the dropping of LGW it's going to be more expensive to get to London.
EI reduce LHR rotations every winter, in fact capacity to LHR is higher this year than last winter.
These appear to be year round cuts. Outside of the usual reduction for winter.
Oh really? I hadn’t noticed that!
Its really just the surplus’s BHD (2 of 3) slots that were just moved to DUB by default with Brexit. I don’t think the flights have being cut for S25 yet but they have 3 or 4 flights within 2 hours which I think will change. NOC has the other. BA have also cut back for winter.
Aer Lingus COO mentioned new routes are planned with the XLR. What else could they do outside BNA, MSP? Raleigh Durham and Pittsburgh have been rumoured before.
I think a lot depends on the kind of incentives offered by an airport or municipality in the US. There was a fair bit of coverage a few years back about Pittsburg being a sure thing with local media from that city reporting it as practically a done deal but then it never materialised. Cleveland, Denver and even Vegas came as relative surprises when they were announced as there weren't months of grapevine leaks IIRC (apart from Vegas being frequently lobbied on this forum by one or two particularly enthusiastic individuals!).
I remember Detroit being mentioned by Simplyflying or a similar site as one of the top unserved cities to Dublin so maybe that's a possibility too? It's a Delta hub however so maybe like MSP, Delta will be territorial about it. I think at this stage I'd put my money on Nashville.
Nashville seems highly rumoured. Becoming more popular destination aswell from Ireland. Im hearing of more people going there
I remember chatting to an EI mate around 2014-2015. Aer Lingus had a list of 20 possible destinations on the USA. All of the above airport were in the list. But the decision rested on airport incentives, transfer options, competition, etc.
So why Nashville have stated that they would like Aer Lingus to launch, another airport may trump them with a great financial order to Aer Lingus.
The same mate told me that Vegas was a surprise internally, so mayhap this was the case.
This tweet seems to be source for Nashville. I think this account predicted Vegas ahead of the announcement;
https://x.com/IshrionA/status/1827059771981042071?t=Xr1wPiMY8mXo_3Fsm9GytA&s=19
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