Dublin routes news and general chat

Van.Bosch

California Dreamer wrote: »

Try landing in an airport like Doha and being on a remote stand that takes 20/30 minutes to get to the gate. Dublin's problems are tiny compared to others around the world.

Would have thought the new airport in Doha wouldn’t have those type of issues?

Inquitus

Van.Bosch wrote: »

Would have thought the new airport in Doha wouldn’t have those type of issues?

I flew there direct from DUB on Qatar a few weeks back and we parked at a remote stand that was a 15 min coach ride to the Terminal.

Sexual Chocolate

Yeah I recall the bus ride from the gate to the stand being quite long in Doha this year.

Idbatterim

https://m.independent.ie/business/irish/daa-must-challenge-irish-firms-for-more-competitive-tenders-38779632.html


DAA 'must challenge' Irish firms for more competitive tenders

Not surprising the result finds very poor value for money !

Kev11491

https://onemileatatime.com/united-airlines-san-francisco-dublin/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=OneMileataTime&utm_content=United%20Airline%20To%20Launch%20San%20Francisco%20To%20Dublin%20Flight

United to start operating DUB-SFO

Slashermcguirk

Great to see United Airlines starting direct flights from Dublin to San Francisco in 2020. Aer Lingus already offer that direct route from Dublin but always good to see more direct transatlantic flights out of Dublin.

Kev11491

Slashermcguirk wrote: »

Great to see United Airlines starting direct flights from Dublin to San Francisco in 2020. Aer Lingus already offer that direct route from Dublin but always good to see more direct transatlantic flights out of Dublin.

Indeed, that and easier connections to the likes of Hawaii

theguzman

The Boeing 787 has really been a game changer for the industry we wouldn't see routes like appearing only for that aircraft.

HTCOne

With the yields EI have enjoyed on this route, it was only a matter of time!

So does that mean SFO will be 17 x weekly in summer? Or was 10 x weekly EI ever confirmed?

cson

Might still drive some traffic for EI with interline connections given they still have the partnership with UA.

Kev11491

cson wrote: »

Might still drive some traffic for EI with interline connections given they still have the partnership with UA.

Can't see this lasting long tbh

trellheim

cson wrote: »

Might still drive some traffic for EI with interline connections given they still have the partnership with UA.

Much of the US traffic will take the high-status UA Mileageplus folks whose corporate booking system will default to United for status maintenance

First west coast competition fair play

stockshares

Lads Ive been looking on Tap Air for flights from Dublin and according to their Route map https://www.flytap.com/en-ie/destinations/destinations-map
there are direct flights from Dublin to the following:
Lisbon
Bilbao
Barcelona
Madrid
Valenica
Alicante
Malaga
Tangier
Seville
Faro
Porto
Terceira(Azores)
Ponta Delgado(Azores)

Can anyone let me know if the above is correct? Apart from Dublin to Lisbon I havent seen these flights announced before.

Thank you

VG31

They're connections via Lisbon.

stockshares

VG31 wrote: »

They're connections via Lisbon.

Thank you

TK Lemon

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.rte.ie/amp/1103032/

New route to St Petersburg?

Article is not clear, will FR be serving Dublin to St Petersburg? If not, then why is it news that Ryanair will be serving Russia because they already do with their Maltese subsidiary.

If they do operate this route, I for one will be using it as this is one of the cities in which Irish citizens have been grated E-Visa status.

davebuck

Any word yet on Hainan returning on the Beijing route? if they are returning why leave it so late to advertise the route?

IngazZagni

TK Lemon wrote: »

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.rte.ie/amp/1103032/

New route to St Petersburg?

Article is not clear, will FR be serving Dublin to St Petersburg? If not, then why is it news that Ryanair will be serving Russia because they already do with their Maltese subsidiary.

If they do operate this route, I for one will be using it as this is one of the cities in which Irish citizens have been grated E-Visa status.

The article is just an assumption that Ryanair will start operating there because of a relaxation on the strict rules that have prevented airlines flying there before plus the easier visa process.

Also I believe you are confusing Ryanairs Malta Air with Air Malta. You're not the first and won't be the last. Malta Air is just a front for tax compliance and for certain union agreements. It's still using the Ryanair brand.

Nigel Fairservice

TK Lemon wrote: »

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.rte.ie/amp/1103032/

New route to St Petersburg?

Article is not clear, will FR be serving Dublin to St Petersburg? If not, then why is it news that Ryanair will be serving Russia because they already do with their Maltese subsidiary.

If they do operate this route, I for one will be using it as this is one of the cities in which Irish citizens have been grated E-Visa status.

Nothing set in stone there from the looks of it. I'm heading over in February via Lufthansa and Frankfurt. I'll try and sort the e-visa in January.

Living Off The Splash

I see that Ryanair has a new Dublin to Menorca route starting this summer. Was this officially announced?

kevinandrew

Living Off The Splash wrote: »

I see that Ryanair has a new Dublin to Menorca route starting this summer. Was this officially announced?

Early last month.

https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ryanair-launches-new-dublin-summer-2020-route-to-menorca/

Twice weekly.

Qatar going Double daily during core summer months up from 11 per week. Emirates have slots for a third flight, possibly announcing soon, most likely after they’ve finished eating their own hat.

Phil.x

Jamie2k9 wrote: »

TUI have more less cancelled there 2019 expansion plans after Cello went bust. They needed to base a third aircraft and appears not to be happening or at least schedules have been pulled for now.

Any update on this, i flew cello maybe 2017/18

Idbatterim

Would any airline send in an a380 if Dublin could accommodate it ?

Idbatterim

Ryanair December passenger numbers up nine percent on the previous year. It will be five percent growth last year for Dublin and I reckon five percent again this year

Donegal Storm

Idbatterim wrote: »

Ryanair December passenger numbers up nine percent on the previous year. It will be five percent growth last year for Dublin and I reckon five percent again this year

I can see next year being a lot lower, we've had very few new route announcements, both EI and FR seem to have stalled on their expansion and there's not really anyone else to take up the slack. We've also got Brexit on the way and looking ever more likely the US will continue in their efforts to reduce the Middle East to rubble

Until the new runway comes online and there's a significant jump in peak time runway slots I'd say we're looking at modest capacity upgrades and a few new routes here and there

Captain_Crash

Donegal Storm wrote: »

I can see next year being a lot lower, we've had very few new route announcements, both EI and FR seem to have stalled on their expansion and there's not really anyone else to take up the slack. We've also got Brexit on the way and looking ever more likely the US will continue in their efforts to reduce the Middle East to rubble

Until the new runway comes online and there's a significant jump in peak time runway slots I'd say we're looking at modest capacity upgrades and a few new routes here and there

This tweet seems to suggest a new long haul route announcement at some point in 2020


https://twitter.com/AerLingus/status/1212064454353051648

cson

Bit of a reach with 'new' there, aren't IAD/LAX/EWR just reboots of routes they'd previously cancelled?

cson

cson wrote: »

Bit of a reach with 'new' there, aren't IAD/LAX/EWR just reboots of routes they'd previously cancelled?

By my defintion they are new as they weren't being served already by Aer Lingus.

If you buy a 2020 Focus but had traded in a 308, but previously had a focus 8 years ago is it a new Focus ?

kevinandrew

Donegal Storm wrote: »

I can see next year being a lot lower, we've had very few new route announcements, both EI and FR seem to have stalled on their expansion and there's not really anyone else to take up the slack. We've also got Brexit on the way and looking ever more likely the US will continue in their efforts to reduce the Middle East to rubble

Until the new runway comes online and there's a significant jump in peak time runway slots I'd say we're looking at modest capacity upgrades and a few new routes here and there

With regards to Aer Lingus, there may not be a new transatlantic route but the additional capacity added to various routes equals a new service in terms of seats and frequency. Miami goes to 3 weekly, Orlando 6 weekly and Seattle goes daily which added up results in an extra 5 weekly flights to the network over last summer.

There’s also three additional short haul routes, the most they’ve added in one summer for quite a while, all are low frequency holiday destinations but I don’t think they’ve come at the expense of any noticeable cuts to the current network and should therefore provide at least some growth.

While not a blistering expansion, growth has by no means stalled, at least with Aer Lingus.