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?
London city airport have applied to the CAA to operate A320neo into London City Airport , I wonder if EI would be interested in returning to LCY
I wonder have they a noise comparison versus the A318, the ERJs and any remaining Avros that might fly in there. Noise was one of the more difficult hurdles to cross there with the closeness to residences, schools etc.
The Avros are well gone from any European/UK fleets at this stage. Popular as fire-bombers in the USA and Canada though!
Really doubt it. LHR is the focus now with LGW out of the picture. BA serve LCY already so no need at all for EI to do it.
Flew in business on EI104 from JFK-DUB last night. An invitation to the revival lounge at DUB was included with the food menu.
The only catch is that this lounge doesn’t open until 4:30am, regardless as to when inbound flights land.
FR24 suggests that EI104 almost always arrives before 4:00am - and often well before. We were driving out of the airport with our bags at 4:15am.
It’s a measure of EI that one of their advertised amenities isn’t in fact available to passengers who’ve paid for it.
I hope you have provided this as feedback to EI in the form of a formal complaint via their website.
The only way such issues are raised with customer experience.
Respectfully disagree here, I think Row 31-26 aisle is the play, easier to use the lavs if you need but not impacted by people queueing in the aisle for them, on a ~8-9hr hop to BNA you'll be making at least a couple of visits and as @knockon mentioned, if you sit anywhere forward of the emergency exits you're basically blocked off from the lavs for about an hour or so during service.
Again, its criminal they don't have a lav mid cabin, TAP managed it.
I have, not that it'll make even the remotest amount of difference.
I would disagree, and do so in a very pedantic way, (but no offence intended) TAP (and JetBlue) didn’t “manage it”, they were happy to pay to get a different cabin layout before assembly.
my missus tells me that pre-COVID the EI crew were told “that was the only option available”. Which after about 4 mins of online searching, I knew was a mistruth.
I think it’s much more likely Aer Lingus weren’t willing to lose the two rows of seats the mid cabin lav requires. TAP has 13 less seats in economy than Aer Lingus, not an insignificant number.
Is EI-GEY finished with EI or will it operate again this Summer?
Probably won’t go anywhere until the delayed XLRs are delivered
But if you move the location of the cabin toilet from the back left to the front/behind J Class then the “lost seats” can be installed at the back of the cabin?
So 1 behind the cockpit, 1 behind Business class! Then 2 in the galley at the back.
I wonder if Diehl or Airbus have thought about redeveloping the 2-toilet inserted monument to the right of the rear galley (the space saving toilet module) as a 'crew rest module' for LR/XLR frames.
You could likely fit 2/3 zero-g chaise style bunks (if not fully flat) in the centre-most area (where the crew seat hangs currently) and have a door on the right (as there is now for the second toilet) for access.
Wouldn't be huge but crew rests never are, and would give some longhaul std. privacy. Two toilets behind the business class and one behind economy across from the galley as there is now. Less economy seats but not airlines are as tight as EI.
Diehl came out with this module at the Fwd Entry door. Not sure if its progressed.
https://paxex.aero/bringing-dedicated-crew-rest-to-the-single-aisle-market/
With ei dei due back today if it is in the new standard livery be interesting to see if in the future one of neos be painted in the rugby livery
Just watched dei land it is now in standard livery
That looks dreadful. Crew expected to sleep side by side in effectively the same bed. The unfortunate soul on the inside loses a lot of space to the slide bustle and is going to have to climb over the other crew if they need to go to the toilet. It's beside a main door, the coldest part of the cabin. There is only a curtain to separate it from the aisle which is next to a galley and a toilet so it will be noisy. No storage or heat/air controls as you would have in a proper crew rest area.
Providing an adequate area for crew rest is essential on longer flights, this is one of many problems with extending the range of narrowbody aircraft. Sacrificing economy seats at the back to put in a proper rest area would be the correct solution but of course the airlines don't want to do that as it affects revenue.
Strange. I imagineered the same semi-solution in my head... But the crew seats themselves kinda slide down, folded out, making something akin to a cushioned, supportive, elongated, shaped, zero-g type camp bed/chaise... As an improvement on just an L-shaped crew seat.
I was a bit surprised the XLR (many years after the LR) arrived to market with 'no' additional crew rest solutions (to my knowledge anyway). Airbus and partners are pretty good usually.
good news - thought that livery looked terrible.
Anyone any insight into when(or if) Dub/Nce daily flights will be available for end of October/November? No Tue/Thur/Sat flights as of yet.
Not sure it operated Daily this winter. Schedules especially to sun routes would generally have reduced frequency during lower demand winter months.
Ei gaj is off to toulouse anyone what this is for as it only back from maintenance
Could it be for repaint?
Probably. I think GCF,GAJ, FNG and FNH are all getting painted. (obviously 2 already have been)
Gcf and fng are repainted so it could be
Starting on February 8th, economy passengers on Aer Lingus transatlantic flights will get a free beer or glass of wine with the meal service. Long overdue and very welcome improvement to the service.
The union are not happy about it. By all accounts there has been no consultation in relation to lost commission for crew and no communication with crew or the union regarding it being implemented so quickly, despite only a couple of trial flights having been completed in the last few days with mixed findings.
Do the crew really get commission off booze sales?
You wouldn't think it judging by how hard it is to get a second off them at times.
Yep, 12% according to the last pay deal.
