Dublin Airport 2015 Routes News

L1011

Not a fan of paper airlines... Citywing is manx2 basically

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L1011 wrote: »

Not a fan of paper airlines... Citywing is manx2 basically

Explain the term "Paper Airlines" please I've never heard it before!

EICVD

Carnacalla wrote: »

Explain the term "Paper Airlines" please I've never heard it before!

An airline that not a single aircraft is operated by themselves.

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EICVD wrote: »

An airline that not a single aircraft is operated by themselves.

I thought they were banned as a result of the Manx2 accident?

L1011

Carnacalla wrote: »

I thought they were banned as a result of the Manx2 accident?

Not yet.

Its even worse than an airline with no planes, this can actually be fine - Austrian Airlines in theory for a long time subcontracted all its services - its not even an airline, its a "ticket seller".

Take a look at the flowchart of responsibility (or lack of, more like) in the Cork crash report and you'll not want to use one!

man98

Carnacalla wrote:

I thought they were banned as a result of the Manx2 accident?

Citywing is just a rebranded Manx2 I think? Also I remember Manx2 stating they wanted to fly Sligo - Dublin after the PSO ended. Citywing was a mgmt buy out, so it's the same brains behind this decision.

JCX BXC

There's probably a reason for this, but why don't they participate in the PSO contract offer?

man98

Carnacalla wrote:

There's probably a reason for this, but why don't they participate in the PSO contract offer?

There wasn't one from 2011 AFAIK.

L1011

Carnacalla wrote: »

There's probably a reason for this, but why don't they participate in the PSO contract offer?

We don't offer one anymore. What LDY are sourcing from the UK treasury is much the same.

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I understand thay Sligo is not a PSO route anymore, but how come they didn't participate in the Kerry and Donegal contracts?

highlydebased

Carnacalla wrote: »

I understand thay Sligo is not a PSO route anymore, but how come they didn't participate in the Kerry and Donegal contracts?

Do they have an aircraft big enough to meet the PSO requirement?

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American Airlines restart their JFK service tomorrow. It was cancelled for the winter last year as they were unhappy with expected loads.

billie1b

Carnacalla wrote: »

American Airlines restart their JFK service tomorrow. It was cancelled for the winter last year as they were unhappy with expected loads.

Bastards! I was booked with them and they cancelled on me, went through LHR then

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billie1b wrote: »

Bastards! I was booked with them and they cancelled on me, went through LHR then

Should they give you the option of a direct flight ex another airline via Dublin?

billie1b

Carnacalla wrote: »

Should they give you the option of a direct flight ex another airline via Dublin?

Only LHR was the option, at first it was JFK-LHR-DUB, then it changed to JFK-DUB direct with American, when they canx their service it was back to JFK-LHR-DUB.

Vueling started yesterday, Finnair today and they announced last week that they will continue the route through the winter on a 3x weekly service.

Dublinflyer

Slightly off topic, but you can tell the summer has begun. It's crazy busy in DUB this morning.

lc180

Dublinflyer wrote: »

Slightly off topic, but you can tell the summer has begun. It's crazy busy in DUB this morning.

It's called easter holidays

Dublinflyer

lc180 wrote: »

It's called easter holidays

Are you sure, i can't see any chocolate on my desk :P

b757

lc180 wrote: »

It's called easter holidays

Not entirely just Easter, the majority of airlines start their summer schedule late March. Which means new routes and most likely increased frequency.

pclive

Direct Flights From Dublin Airport To Mexico And Jamaica In 2016:

http://www.dublinairport.com/gns/at-the-airport/latest-news/15-05-20/Direct_Flights_From_Dublin_Airport_To_Mexico_And_Jamaica_In_2016.aspx

Idbatterim

http://www.dublinairport.com/gns/at-the-airport/latest-news/15-05-15/April_Passenger_Numbers_Up_11_To_2_Million.aspx

April Passenger Numbers Up 11% To 2 MillionMay 15 2015

Just over two million passengers used Dublin Airport in April, an 11% increase on the same period last year, according to daa. Passenger volumes to and from Continental Europe grew by 9% with almost 1.1 million passengers travelling to and from continental European destinations in April. UK traffic increased by 13%, as almost 732,000 passengers travelled to and from the UK last month. Transatlantic passenger volumes grew by 5%, with almost 165,000 passengers travelling to and from North America in April. Other international traffic, predominantly to the Middle East, recorded a 23% increase, as almost 62,000 passengers travelled to and from these destinations in April. Domestic traffic rose by 16%, with more than 6,000 passengers travelling on domestic routes in April. Almost 6.8 million passengers have travelled through Dublin Airport in the first four months of this year, which is a 15% increase over the same period last year. This means that Dublin Airport has welcomed an extra 870,000 passengers so far this year.

A friend of mine was at the IAA GA open day where they said it was expected 24.3 million Passengers approximately would use Dublin this year.

These flights to the Caribbean and Cancun are great news and long overdue, from what I've heard and seen Thomson 787s get good reviews.

Jack1985

The growth were seeing at DUB in the last 3 years to me seems more stable and faster than in the early noughties?

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Finally! Them exotic routes are long overdue, where have they been the past few years?

EICVD

Carnacalla wrote: »

Finally! Them exotic routes are long overdue, where have they been the past few years?

Via LGW with BA & VS....

EICVD

EICVD wrote: »

Via LGW with BA & VS....

And Manchester, don't forget Thomson and Thomas Cook

Idbatterim

PLEASE Vegas up next for the charter from Dublin!!!

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Idbatterim wrote: »

PLEASE Vegas up next for the charter from Dublin!!!

In the meantime, Vegas is available from BFS. Its one of the only routes that they have the advantage of DUB over.

LXFlyer

Carnacalla wrote: »

In the meantime, Vegas is available from BFS. Its one of the only routes that they have the advantage of DUB over.

For a very limited period of time of operation however.

Idbatterim

In the meantime, Vegas is available from BFS. Its one of the only routes that they have the advantage of DUB over.

not a chance I would go via belfast, makes no sense IMO, I would take a layover any day before going via belfast and that isnt even taking into account the weak euro v sterling...

according to google maps Dublin airport to belfast airport is 1 hour 53 minutes, 173 km, plus you have the toll there and back, at least in my case I would...

weisses

pclive wrote: »

Direct Flights From Dublin Airport To Mexico And Jamaica In 2016:

Great for resort lovers

dogcat

Are they year round or just for Summer? It would be great to have a flight to Mexico City.

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dogcat wrote: »

Are they year round or just for Summer? It would be great to have a flight to Mexico City.

Just for 6 weeks. Read link above for more info.

I'd be sceptical as to the likelyness of a service to Mexico City. Id imagine its at minimum 10 years off. If Mexico develops fast in the next 10 years it probably will happen, but not now.

dogcat

Carnacalla wrote: »

Just for 6 weeks. Read link above for more info.

I'd be sceptical as to the likelyness of a service to Mexico City. Id imagine its at minimum 10 years off. If Mexico develops fast in the next 10 years it probably will happen, but not now.

Sadly . I would like as many flights as possible to many international destinations especially to South America but it won't happen for a while .

Tenger

dogcat wrote: »

Are they year round or just for Summer? It would be great to have a flight to Mexico City.

Sounds great on paper. Mexico is a huge city and a massive business hub for Central America but this ort of route requires ties to make it work. It needs tourism, business, connections and perhaps freight.
I'm not sure the Mexico is a big destination for travellers from Ireland, or for business links. (This could of course radically alter in 5-10 years)

These new routes are welcome but they are just seasonal charters ops. Thompson can offer the whole package to customers, a scheduled airline doesn't have the resort/package/insurance scope to offer to customers.
Of course if successful we could see more than 6 weeks in 2017........

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Anxious to see the prices, I've always dreamt of a holiday in Cancun.....

Not happening next year, but still would like an idea.

Noxegon

Not that it adds very much, but I took a holiday in Mexico City just last month...

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Aer Lingus going to operate a 16 weekly liverpool service from October, offering transatlantic connections. It will be operated by an A320.

Forgive me if it was mentioned a few pages back but Aer Lingus's new Washington route has been extended till January.

L1011

Carnacalla wrote: »

Aer Lingus going to operate a 16 weekly liverpool service from October, offering transatlantic connections. It will be operated by an A320.

I was expecting LPL, but on an ATR. They'd pulled the A320 off nearly every other UK route bar London and some rotations to MAN/BHX.

Last obvious gap in the UK route network filled really. They could start going after KLM's connecting pax from the tiny airports (MME, DSA, etc) but I doubt there's major returns there.

Van.Bosch

L1011 wrote: »

I was expecting LPL, but on an ATR. They'd pulled the A320 off nearly every other UK route bar London and some rotations to MAN/BHX.

Last obvious gap in the UK route network filled really. They could start going after KLM's connecting pax from the tiny airports (MME, DSA, etc) but I doubt there's major returns there.

Agreed - next steps for me, although probably a while off would be to focus on mainland europe, places like Eindhoven, Brugges etc possibly even Scandanevia as SAS dont have a huge US network.

Van.Bosch

Van.Bosch wrote: »

Agreed - next steps for me, although probably a while off would be to focus on mainland europe, places like Eindhoven, Brugges etc possibly even Scandanevia as SAS dont have a huge US network.

Brugge, does it even have its own airport ?

Ostend and its 25km away.

Stevek101

Didn't take long.

Dublin to Birmingham (from 4 up to 6 x daily), Liverpool (from 3 up to 4 x daily) and Manchester (from 5 up to 6 x daily)

http://corporate.ryanair.com/news/news/150521-extra-business-services-from-dublin-to-the-uk-from-just-9-99/?market=ie

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A few bargains to the UK are guarenteed! 12x daily to BHX, 12x daily to MAN and 6x/7x daily to LPL!

Jamie2k9

Van.Bosch wrote: »

Agreed - next steps for me, although probably a while off would be to focus on mainland europe, places like Eindhoven, Brugges etc possibly even Scandanevia as SAS dont have a huge US network.

They have DY, EI and FR have failed on Stockholm, FR have drastically reduced Rygee also. Scandinavian generally support there own and can't see it changing.

Chris_5339762

I'll take it! The more choice to the UK, the better.

Could do with a few more altogether new Ryanair routes though.

Van.Bosch

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

They have DY, EI and FR have failed on Stockholm, FR have drastically reduced Rygee also. Scandinavian generally support there own and can't see it changing.

True. If they want to expand the hub though they will have to increase capacity somewhere, especially with Ryanair responding to their UK expansion as shown today.

L1011

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

They have DY, EI and FR have failed on Stockholm, FR have drastically reduced Rygee also. Scandinavian generally support there own and can't see it changing.

EI got significant transfer traffic from ARN - before DY started direct transatlantic.