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Aer Arann To Order 8 ATR72-600s

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    L1011
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    At least one -42 has a new interior, so I can't see it being got rid of that quickly. They are, however, virtually antique at this stage compared to the average age of planes at other Irish airlines.

    The original rumour was for 6, which would be fleet replacement territory; 8 would suggest some expansion planned.

    The 600s are slightly faster and should be a lot more reliable so they could likely push more flights on the same amount of metal too.


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    cabincrewifly
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    I can see them keeping 1 ATR 42, so some leaps in capacity are ahead for WAT and KIR, both having a based ATR 42 each. Great to see a new order finally, there are some major issues with reliability at the moment


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    shanemul
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    cabincrewifly wrote: »
    I can see them keeping 1 ATR 42, so some leaps in capacity are ahead for WAT and KIR, both having a based ATR 42 each. Great to see a new order finally, there are some major issues with reliability at the moment

    Will be good for WAT to have a 72 based again


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    b757
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    shanemul wrote: »
    Will be good for WAT to have a 72 based again

    The only good thing for Waterford is to get rid of Southend route and go back 2x daily to Luton to like it was before Stobart.

    They also need Edinburgh direct, something that was a rumour when Flybe added the BHX route.


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    cabincrewifly
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    There's no point in them doing EDI direct from WAT when Cork has something like 11 weekly as it is. I would have like to see Waterford to London-Gatwick instead of Luton or Southend.


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    kub
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    b757 wrote: »
    The only good thing for Waterford is to get rid of Southend route and go back 2x daily to Luton to like it was before Stobart.

    They also need Edinburgh direct, something that was a rumour when Flybe added the BHX route.

    Speaking of Stobart, is he a director of Aer Arann now? Does he also have some connection with Southend?


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    cabincrewifly
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    kub wrote: »
    Speaking of Stobart, is he a director of Aer Arann now? Does he also have some connection with Southend?

    Stobart isn't the director but a shareholder. He owns and runs Southend Airport also.


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    b757
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    cabincrewifly wrote: »
    There's no point in them doing EDI direct from WAT when Cork has something like 11 weekly as it is. I would have like to see Waterford to London-Gatwick instead of Luton or Southend.

    Sure if you look at it like that, there is no point in them doing London/Manchester/Birmingham since Cork has numerous flights per week..

    Luton was the best route for them, they used to be getting 7-10k passengers a month back when it was 2/3x daily.

    WAT-EDI would work if it was 4/5x per week like what Manchester is.
    kub wrote: »
    Speaking of Stobart, is he a director of Aer Arann now? Does he also have some connection with Southend?

    I don't think he his. They own Southend Airport, and are putting up the money for the new aircraft.


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