Dublin Airport New Routes 2016

L1011

Carnacalla wrote: »

They use 767 on EDI/GLA/MAN and others occasionally and they could also use larger aircraft inc. 777 should schedules permit.

767s are going though.

Jamie2k9

Anyway Aer Lingus are looking at using their A330's to fly to London, Paris, Rome and Madrid I'm led to believe in the early morning to combine flights and increase capacity. They intend having the 2nd flights to JFK,BOS,ORD later in the evening to provide this ability.

Unlikely to be operationally possible, as you are going to have to delayed the 11.00 departures and delayed the 16.00 departures.

EI are going to have to expand there fleet to increase short haul capacity and while they have taken some steps to address the deplorable OTP on some routes for this coming summer it's not enough.

Pat Dunne

Will the A330's be doing the DUB - AGP route in 2016?

Jamie2k9

Pat Dunne wrote: »

Will the A330's be doing the DUB - AGP route in 2016?

Yes daily 07.00 and 07.10 to FAO Sundays.

Pat Dunne

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

Yes daily 07.00 and 07.10 to FAO Sundays.

Cheers Jamie2k9, I flew on the 330 in the past to AGP, have used FR for the last few years now. But it might be a nice treat to pay the bit extra to use the new toys at the pointy end

Jamie2k9

Pat Dunne wrote: »

Cheers Jamie2k9, I flew on the 330 in the past to AGP, have used FR for the last few years now. But it might be a nice treat to pay the bit extra to use the new toys at the pointy end

Lots of dates where the big toy is cheaper or only €7 more next summer with the EI sale!

Locker10a

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

EI are going to have to expand there fleet to increase short haul capacity and while they have taken some steps to address the deplorable OTP on some routes for this coming summer it's not enough.

Yes this seems to be a big problem especially in the summer, mind you it's not an EI problem, I think any airline operating out of big airports, that are pushed to limits during summer season have serious OTP issues ! In my experience airport congestion and ATC slots are the main cause of the abysmal OTP experienced during the summer

Rawr

newacc2015 wrote: »

I dont think China will be likely considering their economy is tanking and it is quite expensive for Europeans compared to 3/4 years ago. There isnt even great connection flights in mainland China compared to Singapore or HK

I remember some murmurings here on A&A regarding some possible India routes (?)

I'm wondering if this might come to pass with an Indian operator. If it were Air India, a direct route between Dublin and Delhi would allow for onward connections with that airline to Australia (at roughly the half-way point), as well as Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Bangkok, and a whole load of Indian cities.

Indira Gandhi Airport in Delhi also appears to be winning some awards too. I'm wondering if it is a good place to transfer, compared to say Dubai?

LXFlyer

Ryanair have cancelled the Dublin-Alghero route for summer 2016 (along with several other routes from Alghero).

OP / Mods - Might be worth updating the opening post list for routes cancelled as well.

Idbatterim

http://www.breakingnews.ie/business/ryanair-introduce-new-routes-for-winter-717694.html

Ryanair has announced new routes from Dublin Airport to Hamburg in Germany in Sofia in Bulgaria, as part of its winter schedule.
In addition, it will put on extra services to Athens, Bologna, Porto and Seville.
The airline has said there will also be more flights to Bucharest and London Gatwick.
Ryanair has said the new routes and additional flights will deliver 12.3 million customers a year and support 9,200 jobs.
The latest additions will bring to 68, the number of routes operated by Ryanair from Dublin Airport.
The winter schedule begins on 30th October.

JCX BXC

The Hamburg service will be welcomed among business communites.

Khuitlio

RYANAIR DUBLIN WINTER 2016 GROWTH

Hamburg NEW 5 x weekly
Bologna 2 x weekly
Murcia 2 x weekly
Sofia NEW 3 x weekly
Bucharest 5 x weekly
Porto 2 x weekly
Athens 2 x weekly
London Gat 8 x daily
Seville 2 x weekly

- See more at: http://corporate.ryanair.com/news/news/160127-dublin-winter-2016-schedule/?market=ie#sthash.3dRZAt5U.dpuf

Khuitlio

Khuitlio wrote: »

RYANAIR DUBLIN WINTER 2016 GROWTH

Hamburg NEW 5 x weekly
Bologna 2 x weekly
Murcia 2 x weekly
Sofia NEW 3 x weekly
Bucharest 5 x weekly
Porto 2 x weekly
Athens 2 x weekly
London Gat 8 x daily
Seville 2 x weekly

- See more at: http://corporate.ryanair.com/news/news/160127-dublin-winter-2016-schedule/?market=ie#sthash.3dRZAt5U.dpuf

More to be announced over next few months.

Las Vegas is one of the routes Aer Lingus is looking at for 2017.

Khuitlio

[Deleted User] wrote: »

More to be announced over next few months.

What routes are you expecting to be announced during the year?

JCX BXC

Can I ask about the Stobart Dublin to Carlisle route in the OP, what's the story with that now? Going ahead or?

highlydebased

Carnacalla wrote:

Can I ask about the Stobart Dublin to Carlisle route in the OP, what's the story with that now? Going ahead or?

Read somewhere Stobart are saying nothing from Carlisle this year

Idbatterim

Las Vegas is one of the routes Aer Lingus is looking at for 2017.

dear god YES! this route trumps any for me... What would they be looking at June to September a few 3-5 times weekly?

January

Idbatterim wrote: »

dear god YES! this route trumps any for me... What would they be looking at June to September a few 3-5 times weekly?

Please say year round.... we go January or October (looking to go October 2017 actually...) so this would be excellent news!

Idbatterim

Please say year round.... we go January or October (looking to go October 2017 actually...) so this would be excellent news!

I would only go mid March (roughly when the pools open and the weather hits mid to high twenties) until October ish. Generally I go August to September though. Personally if I am going to vegas, I want to get the weather and pools out of it too

Noxegon

Idbatterim wrote: »

dear god YES! this route trumps any for me...

Trump Casino is in Atlantic City rather than Vegas.

Nothing firm yet just that it is one of the routes that Aer Lingus want to start in 2017.

Another is Beijing. Most likely another east coast route as ASL have their eyes on another 757. new one in Shannon is getting winglets and new RR engines.

smurfjed

Another is Beijing.

Seriously? Is there enough of a market for point-to-point services?

JCX BXC

smurfjed wrote: »

Seriously? Is there enough of a market for point-to-point services?

China is a major trading partner despite the recent downturn in their economy.
It was fiercely argued before that a Knock-Beijing route was viable (Wonder where that is hmm), so DUB is nearly guaranteed to have a massive market for that route.

Jokes aside, there's alot of Chinese citizens here and lots of trading done with China, so a route would probably be viable.

donvito99

Carnacalla wrote: »

It was fiercely argued before that a Knock-Beijing route was viable

By Our Lady herself no doubt.

Zonda999

I would think a Chinese destination is viable at Dublin but to be honest, I think a Chinese airline would be able to make a better go of it, Air China send many A330-200's to Europe, which would be perfect for the route I would think. Would amount to another one-stop option for Irish people going to SE Asia or Australasia too, which could only be a good thing

smurfjed

smurfjed wrote: »

Seriously? Is there enough of a market for point-to-point services?

Apparently, and not necessarily for next year but South America and India are also key destinations for IAG for Dublin. I believe the aim is to set up these routes and then feed UK/IRL pax through Dublin rather than have them go through Heathrow or other hubs in Europe.

I imagine that's why Cathay and Qatar (if they stay in IAG)are looking at starting Dublin so they can keep passengers either within IAG or One World Alliance.

LeakRate

Not a new route, or operator, however, United airlines will be operating double daily Newark year round, with the UA23/22 and UA130/131 from April.

JCX BXC

Going from Double Daily only in the summer?

Jamie2k9

Carnacalla wrote: »

Going from Double Daily only in the summer?

2 daily 26 May-19 November, followed by 13 weekly thereafter.