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

https://x.com/IshrionA/status/1968254086639452671

BNA/IND/MCO gain extra weekly.

Excluding the spare GEY, that reduces free slots from 2 to just 1.

New DUB-JFK service

DUB-JFK 19:45-22:15

JFK-DUB 23:45-11:20

Boston also increased to 3 times a day

This will probably be the first time US business visitors can do a full day's business in Dublin on their departing day and fly home that evening. I don't recall there ever being a post 6pm transatlantic flight from Dublin? I wonder will Border Control staff work later to accommodate this flight that is hours after all the other departing transatlantic flights or will pax have to do border clearance in JFK?

Raleigh-Durham is an interesting choice too. Its the 2nd North Carolina destination for DUB after Charlotte which is operated by AA (approx 250 kms from RDU). This is EI's 19th US destination from DUB by my count (and 21st transatlantic if you include YYZ and CUN)...impressive!

EI scooping up that golf traffic to SNN ahead of Adare in 2027.

Love that late JFK flight, it'd be a poor utilization of an aircraft but I would love to see a daytime NYC-DUB flight.

Seems a weird move for Aer Lingus to expand US routes considering all the talk of depressed demand considering the environment over there now

By my reckoning that’s 5 daily EI flights on certain days from Boston to the island of Ireland. Impressive!!

As with most things surrounding the current US administration it's likely been blown way out of proportion. Demand remained strong over summer and it makes perfect sense for Aer Lingus to continue focusing on a winning formula which North America has proven to be.

The new routes but in particular the increased frequencies on existing services proves the airline has good confidence in its model and competitiveness with US based rivals. Jetblue certainly won't be welcoming the news of additional frequencies to BOS and JFK, Delta will also be reminded that Aer Lingus is equally willing to defend its patch as they are.

If you're going to be refused entry by DHS/ICE, would you prefer to be in

a: A US airport, put in to a holding cell for feck knows how long or

b: in Dublin?

That has to be diverting traffic from other routes to connect through DUB

With these later departure times , will a321s end up on longer short haul routes, or some later morning departures?

They have, CUN is a good example.

Yup, any problems in Dublin you just walk away and they can't touch you. Given the current circumstances any employer sending people to the US for meetings should be protecting them as far as possible and USPC could become a big advantage. Of course the odds of a refusal are super low anyway

The fact the new routes to Indianapolis and Nashville are already upping frequencies proves the buoyant demand is there regardless of what's going on in the news about America. I think what happens in the news only influences a fraction of us in determining where we travel or holiday in...most people are indifferent and will continue to go where they want to go regardless...

I imagine Trump could do the most despicable or scandalous thing today and a tiny fraction will be all over their socials or WhatsApp about it in outrage whereas the other 98% won't even pass a cursory comment on it as they search for hotel rooms in Manhattan, Vegas or Orlando for next month/year's holiday...it is what it is.

There’s probably some truth in that but the dollar has dropped 15% against the Euro in the last 9 months. That’s the point at which European travellers would find the US more attractive and might see a fall off in traffic from the US to Europe as the costs bite. None of that is positive given the negative sentiment across much of Europe.