Dublin routes news and general chat

Thrashssacre wrote: »

Really nice to see that blossoming is it just the precleance that is making this option attractive for people or is Dublin seen as a nicer airport to transfer in by seasoned travelers due to being a lot smaller then a Heathrow or schipol

I'd say most people just book on fares and time to be honest. Dublin is an attractive hub for a lot of UK regionals, so for example if I want to fly Birmingham to SFO I can go with EI for 827eur on 21 May vs 983eur for Lufty via Munich. And who wants to be flying over their house on the way home. It seems Delta and KLM are fighting a lot on price via Amsterdam though.

exaisle wrote: »

Not sure, but it seems like a bit of a gamble to me...

He's here all week folks

777 could be in US domestic conf which is ugly and could be 10 seats across in the back

787 is likely to be better but seats on 787's are never nice for some reason

VG31 wrote: »

I wouldn't say never. I've heard that Japan Airlines 787s are excellent for comfort. They have them in a 2-4-2 configuration which is unusual.

I choose to fly JAL over BA specifically for this reason.

JAL are the outlier, it 2+4+2 with 34 inch pitch in the back is very nice on the way to HND,

Even the Boeing 787 cabin demonstrator is just the dated 777 interior with bigger windows

777 with UA will most likely be the ugly US domestic config with no entertainment with 10 seats.

The reason I ask is that one of the United flights is supposedly gone to 787 this week dub-ewr . I was only on the 777 a few weeks back and it was much comfier than I had thought, stripping out the IFE got a load back as they are all onboard wifi with no screens now.

It's the 787-10, DAA are pushing it hard on Twitter at the moment. UA used the domestic config 777 the past 12-18 months as they worked through the Polaris updates to the 777 fleet to the best of my knowledge.

Fwiw having flown the 787 on AA & BA; AA is tolerable if you get a Main Cabin Extra seat, BA is just outright horrific and I would go out of my way to avoid. The A332 is the best Y class aircraft for transatlantic pax imo.

Any trip reports AA DUB-DFW ?

Marcusm wrote: »

It’shardly A missed trick; EI plans to enter an existing JV with AA, BA, AY and IB for transatlantic flights. This is a full revenue sharing JV meaning EI will be interested in the success of the route without operating it!

Now if we could just get EI miles credited to the AAdvantage program...

trellheim wrote: »

Any trip reports AA DUB-DFW ?

I haven't done DFW but have flown their 787 TATL. Economy terrible, business good, would like to try premium economy as it's well reviewed on the -9. I wouldn't fly economy on AAs 787 again to be honest unless I was stuck. Then again, on every trip I've made to DFW connecting with United I've been left with delays and one 24 hour stranding in IAD. Connecting in and out of DFW is a nightmare in my experience - lots of ground stops due to weather etc.

Noxegon wrote: »

Austin would be useful.

Why useful? While it is the capital of Texas, I would have thought that it is very much a second tier city in the States and can't see how there would be a large flow of two way reciprocal traffic between there and Ireland. I've never heard of Austin having a measurable Irish diaspora either. Just googling Wikipedia, it is only the 30th largest metro area by population

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_statistical_areas#United_States

If DFW figures exceed expectations, don't be surprised if UA swoop in and add a route from DUB to their hub in Houston in the next year (which interestingly, per the Wikipedia link is the only top 10 most populous metro area in the US that now doesn't have a direct flight to Ireland). Houston is surely on Aer Lingus' shortlist for 2020 US route announcements.

trellheim wrote: »

Austin a considerable Tech hub e.g Intel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEig1GkLSMY ;);)

Was up there every day this week ( have a client near the ALSAA swimming pool ) I have to re-enter the main thoroughfare on the road opposite the Circle K garage. The traffic ( I am there around noon-13h00 ) is now building back up to the Airport.

Becoming a mission to exit the Airport these days.

WishUWereHere wrote: »

Was up there every day this week ( have a client near the ALSAA swimming pool ) I have to re-enter the main thoroughfare on the road opposite the Circle K garage. The traffic ( I am there around noon-13h00 ) is now building back up to the Airport.

Becoming a mission to exit the Airport these days.

Needs a flyover to replace entrance roundabout.