Aer Lingus Fleet/ Routes Discussion Pt 2 (ALL possible routes included)

if that is the case, how long realistically could they get out of the frame, considering it’s coming up on 24 years old. Would that also mean they could line it up for the new livery. It does have a strong capacity at 281, so after the 300 versions it has the next highest capacity so great revenue earner once full

EI-GEY is an odd ball aircraft as its a -200 but is not configured for West coast ops. The economics prefer the A330-300 as its pretty much the same operating cost but more seats, more freight.

GE powered A330's are tricky to come by

can someone tell me…genuinely.

why are aer lingus so vested in US routes other than europe Or does it just appear that way?

There are airports ryana1r fly into but aer lingus dont, and busy routes at that. Aer Lingus fly to Marrakesh but not to Agadir for example, and ppl reckon Agadir is more popular / better spot to go ? we were looking to fly to agadir, but not doing a 3hr transfer from Marrakesh, trying to avoid giving ryana1r money, so wont be going there at the moment.

and aer lingus fly to two islands in greece, but omit going to Cyprus for example and just doing one main greek island ? And Cyprus wouldnt be that much further ?

Once the war in Ukraine ends would it be profitable to start flights to the country for Aer Lingus? There will be a number of Ukrainians who live permanently in Ireland but still want to visit family again, along with those looking to move home.

Michael O'Leary said he envisions opening two hubs in Kyiv and Lviv with aspirations to fill up to 5 million seats. Would there be enough to go around for both Ryanair and Aer Lingus?

Marrakesh is a bigger place and more demand , it seems to be doing very well!

They serve 4 places in Greece Athens, Corfu, Santorini and Heraklion also Kos and Rhodes were served before. Aer Lingus will go where they can make money the same as every company will make decisions based on !

would EI consider connecting Ireland to Georgia (Tbilisi) - we have no direct route to that region of Europe, its supposed to be a really nice holiday destination great mountains, wine, food etc. They did chartered flights for Irish rugby team earlier last month. There is also a growing Georgian diaspora in Ireland and FR is not interested at the moment in that region.

We risk moving back into "fantasy airline CEO" territory here.

From a quick look at FR24 for tomorrow, as far as European operators go, Tbilisi is served by Lufthansa, LOT, Austrian, BA and Aegean; also, Air France have two flights a week, as have Transavia from AMS. Many of the flights are from Russia, Turkey and the Middle East, as you would expect, given its geographical location. It's 2,200nm from Dublin or about a five-hour flight each way, so it would occupy one aircraft for the day, in practical terms. If it is on any Aer Lingus potential routes list, it must be quite far down. 😆

thanks @kevinandrew @Shamrockj

i really think aer lingus could make a few routes work with europe if they looked into it. granted they dont have the fleet of ryana1r but i think it could work. here is hoping.

A lot of this thread is “I would like to visit this place once. Why can’t airlines cater specifically to my wishes?”

The key with short haul growth is overnighting aircraft in major European cities and getting more feed onto the first morning wave of TA’s. EI’s historical risk aversion pretty much stops them doing this bar FCO recently. Hopefully the success of FCO embolden them to expand into obvious markets.

Beirut was suggested a few months ago

But that’s the problem. People came on here speculating many places ( yes Beirut was one of those places ), but without thought going into the feasibility of such connections.

Would be a nice addition if they go through with it. Have a friend who went recently on TAP. They said it was beautiful and quite warm for January. It does well from the UK so I wonder how the Irish market would embrace it.

It could definitely be an issue for some, but it’s not that much longer than SSH or LCA, which TUI have done on the B737 in the past, or even PFO which does well for Ryanair currently. Demand is another thing, not sure it’s there but if its a partnership with TUI it’s obviously much lower risk than a standalone route.

Possible but as YUL was previously on sale it might be related to this.