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

On its way at the moment!

Well yeah I was hoping somone might be able to answer that question!

Do they do the repair you need, how much do they charge and when do they next have a hangar slot available? That'll come into it too.

Finance people have little care for cost and leasing companies are literally swimming in cash so enjoy it while it lasts, grab all the airmiles

Gogo in the US use UHF (850Mhz) and microwave (3Ghz) for ground to air internet.

There's 5G Air to Ground in Europe, which might actually dip as low as UHF frequencies; I'm not sure and can't quickly find what they use.

Icelandair and Finnair both have WiFi on board their short haul flights. No idea what they use.

Talking about this stuff in this thread is almost as pointless as talking about Las Vegas! 😗😉🤔

IAG are looking to place a widebody order.

Article talks about BA's 777's replacements being the target, but could any aircraft be destined for Aer Lingus?

BA has a much more varied set of wide bodies than IB which is solely Airbus. bA’s 772 are all year 2000 vintage - tail numbers are G-YMM- (YMM = Year 2000) and likely up for replacement. (YMMM having gone to the graveyard in the sky back in 2004 following the short landing at Heathrow.). Logically, you could see the. Mixing and matching with IB to have. A fleet which could be used by both t but then flight crew would need to be fungible as well which might not be as easy.

There's a thread on airliners.net about this order where some people are really going into detail as to the advantages pro cons ect on the difference between the 78X and both A350s. From what I've gathered in between all the bickering is that the 78Xis the better medium haul performer (7-9hrs) where as the a350 is better on longer flights (+9hrs). And the 78X has two extra economy rows in a typical layout over the A359.

List price between the two isn't too far different but that becomes irrelevant very quickly when airlines go to purchase.

The IGW that the 78X is supposed to be getting is expected to add on roughly 400nm bringing it's range up to 6700 with full pax and bag and I believe excluding cargo.

And somewhere in between all of that the A330neo fits in nicely.

Maybe something new will be announced - DUB or MAN.

Obviously having one fleet costs less on MX and crewing, and spares, What would happen if EI were to replicate BA cost wise?

Would love to go back in to aviation but the hours would kill me.

Oh god 🙄

The fleet plan for the LR allows for conversion to shorthaul high density, the seat numbering already reflects this (over wing exits on all EI A32x aircraft is 12/13).

There is also a door behind the wing which is plugged on the EI LR's which would be needed to meet evac requirements in high density config. The extra fuel tanks are all removable on the LR, they are structural on the XLR

LR is still a great aircraft for IE-US East Coast, bear in mind the XLR costs more than the LR to purchase, has a higher MTOW so higher ATC fees.

They are leased so EI will have the option to return them or extend the lease at some point