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?
maybe it’s just me but if I was announcing the reduction in services to LHR, the delivery in a few months of the XLR’s, I’d announce the new route in the same meeting to put a positive spin on it.
Announcing the reduction separately is useful from a PR perspective to blame it on the cap.
There was no need to announce the LHR cuts. You only announce good news not bad news.
This is definitely true, wasn't Hartford a shot to nothing when EI started the route? I believe they were guaranteed a certain amount of seat sales by the airport for the first year, so even if it wasn't selling there was no risk in it for EI.
I also heard that before Vegas was announced, Cancun was the favoured option, but some last minute incentives from KLAS secured the route.
I get the point, but I think both hometown airlines will take any opportunity to cast a negative shadow upon the cap that is affecting them.
I wonder if EI and Ryanair should come together to protest the cap somehow - maybe pick a day in November and cancel all flights. Prob too late now given bookings etc
Extremely unlikely given the negative reaction 8 hours of pilot strike action caused. Can you imagine how much a one day work stoppage would cost in onward bookings and compensation?
Lobbying and press releases is all they can do.
Why were Delta not territorial the first time Aer Lingus launched MSP back in 2019 was it?
Maybe one could do MSP daily and the other Detroit daily and then offer each other a full connection suite on each end. It would open up a lot more 1 stop flights.
Maybe EI can not do that if it's medium term plan is to join one world. On the flip side it does connect with Umited and JetBlue and Alaska too. Not at all airports which is odd.
I would agree however making the announcement and saying its pilot, cap and demand is not overly effective messaging.
Is Detroit rumoured? MSP and Nashville seemed to be more heavily rumoured
There was a strong DL rumour when they were fliying B752 a few years ago that they would add DUB.
Not sure EI would try DTW especially with the situation at MSP at this time.
With this XLR announcement it will be hard for EI staff to take any management “threats” seriously. Hopefully a new, more competent management team inbound after all the carry on this summer.
Aw bless, a new competent management team? Does such a thing exist in EI?
Anyone no what European Routes Aer lingus will be flying there A321 Aircraft for the winter months thanks.
From an outsider looking in I thought Mueller did a good job.
On a separate note I hear forward bookings on LAS are disappointing?
so the LHR slots not being used are going to … BA ! Quelle surprise EI will never get them back. Separate businesses my eye.
Rome, London Heathrow (EI154 07.30 flight) & Paris.
No sign of them on Lanzarote yet during Jan-Feb. The 320 Neo are operating DUB-ACE every Sat morning though
I thought Sean Doyle started to get things rolling before he left for BA (not that EI ever 'rolls').
LAS was launched pretty late (for those who prebook well in advance of trips), it's winter/spring, launch followed by months of strike rhetoric and eventually an actual W2R/strike... So I'd wonder how forward bookings are generally. Add in a bit of a general slowdown globally in travel growth (the post-covid effect seems to be waning); profits down, costs up, prices up etc. Time will tell I guess.
I'd use the cap in Dublin to solidify profitable routes over growth, dump low profit routes, improve product, better align schedules into Hubs with transatlantic partners, and use the XLRs to go daily/double daily into Hubs. If you can't grow… fix!!
And... Workout the methodology of using FR first wave flights into Dublin/SNN connecting onto TATL. Very hard to make money on short haul... Only FR can do it well. EI should focus on premium euro-capitals and ES/PT... Make 'you're very welcome' actually mean something .
Is it usual then for the first flight to be almost fully booked? The first flight to LAS on the Aer Lingus website seat map is pretty full.
Shouldn’t read too much into these things but it is noticeable that there are many, many flights to LAS for less than €540 return throughout winter. Pretty sure that’s the lowest base fare you can get so I’d hazard a guess they’re still trying to fill plenty of early seats.
I suppose they're just trying to work the A330 fleet more off peak, so anything that costs them less money than leaving the airframe idle on those 3 days a week is an improvement.
But other routes from Dublin are also priced the same.
So they must have a lot of seats to fill this winter
Does anyone know which 321 is operating SNN JFK on Sunday?
Too far ahead to be sure. I think the A321s stay in Shannon for a week at a time (the A320s used to do that in Cork) So should be the same 2 aircraft there this week. Depends on what day they switch/rotate them out.
What is the liklehood of the Las Vegas route being extended beyond April do people think? Planning to travel next Aug/Sep and the direct flight would be ideal.
Messy night in IAD, both inbounds diverted (117 to PHL, 119 to BDL) and the 116 canceled.
I wouldn't hold my breathe anyway. I've also heard, that Denver route bookings are performing bad also
Doubtful. Aer Lingus launched/marketed it as "winter sun".
And usually a route takes 2-3 years to mature enough to go year round.
winter sun is hilarious; been there in December and late January - neither would have implied a sun holiday. Anecdotal, I’d admit. For winter sun, they’d be better with Dom Rep as a comparator (casinos etc).
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