Dublin routes news and general chat

was juneyao not planned to do that route pre-covid? How come they didnt come back?

ASA negotiation does not mean a route is coming; but its unlikely the request to have an ASA came from nowhere.

I believe we have some ASAs with countries we have never had service to.

But new ones are usually only put in place because an airline wants them, e.g. we signed one with Ethiopia in 2014.

Looks like Etihad will resume daily to Dublin in the next few weeks.

https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/260310-eymar26

They've not announced any summer schedule. They've cut Rodez, Hahn, Palanga and Eindhoven. I don't know whether they are trying to prove something because of the cap or the daa price increases but they've just added 300,000 seats to Germany and a bunch of new routes despite the aviation tax there which they are in an ongoing dispute with. They're still releasing summer schedules elsewhere though so maybe some hope. 130 routes in 2023 was peak, down to 120 so far for S26.

I think you are right they must be trying to prove a point. Demand for travel is still high out of Ireland so i don't think there is a market related reason to cut so many seats. As a comparison, Ryanair have added nearly a million more seats out of Stansted this summer, even though the UK economy is still suffering from the impact of Brexit.

Is EK back to normal as such where they’re taking pax who are transitioning via Dubai as recently it was just people leaving or returning to Dubai was my belief?

As one of those travellers, I'd still much rather go from Cork to Amsterdam to Incheon rather than travelling up to Dublin. If Korean Air were doing it, I'd guess not too bad compared to Aer Lingus

Airlines don’t pivot quickly, and long-haul routes especially are slow, calculated moves. That said, instability in the Middle East absolutely creates opportunity gaps. The question is who is actually in a position to exploit them.

So talks of Korea, Thailand, Singapore and China are interesting and may open up new options for Australia.

You’ll see incremental moves by Asian carriers tightening their grip on traffic that’s already flowing.

Qatar Airways is the largest shareholder in International Airlines Group (IAG), holding a 25.1% stake as of 2020. So this may not be a possibility BUT does it take much to operate a code share? EI to LAX/SFO connect to services with Qantas to SYD/MEL/BNE.

I know, that’s why I suggested it. I also know it’s longer but if someone wanted options, a codeshare on DUB-LAX/SFO-SYD/MEL might be an option.

it’s not necessarily a good option but it’s still an option.

SYD-SFO is only 15hrs.

SYD-DOH is 15hrs, DOH-DUB is 9hrs, and DUB-SFO is 11hours. So you'd be looking at 35 hours flight time, plus the additionaal connection times - so closer to 40.

Its well over double the distance, it wouldn't be remotely financially (or logically, or time) viable. Its not an option.

(and MEL and BNE are the same)

Never knew that but the LHR-LAX before heading on to AKL was extremely popular in the early 00's when they operated the 747 with lie flat seats (when nobody else was really doing it)