DUB old routes / destinations?

TK Lemon

Contrary to the new routes thread, what airports used to be served from DUB?

What routes can you remember? I suppose we could discuss routes from SNN and ORK and other airports.

I remember there was a route from DUB to Ljubljana and Tampere (both with FR) and one to Tunis as well, DUB also had a route to ORK and Sligo too (possibly Galway too). There was also ORK to Belfast.

Caranica

One of my favourites, though short lived was FR DUB-VGO I originally used to go Iberia Express via Madrid so a direct route was amazing. Miss it

L1011

Domestically, GWY, WAT, ORK, SXL. Possibly Oranmore before GWY was public if you go back far enough but not 100% sure on that. LDY and one or both of BFS/BHD in the North.

BLK, OXF, DSA, NWI and others in the UK.

BWI in the US. not served since it was dropped by EI quite a long time ago. I think they announced resumption just before the crash but never actually relaunched.

Van.Bosch

TK Lemon wrote: »

Contrary to the new routes thread, what airports used to be served from DUB?

What routes can you remember? I suppose we could discuss routes from SNN and ORK and other airports.

I remember there was a route from DUB to Ljubljana and Tampere (both with FR) and one to Tunis as well, DUB also had a route to ORK and Sligo too (possibly Galway too). There was also ORK to Belfast.

Don’t think Ryanair ever served Ljubljana?

ldeayton

My first flight ever was DUB to Algergrove sometime in the early 80’s. BAC1-11.
On the return flight we got back to our house in Dublin quicker than our grandparents returned to theirs in Belfast after dropping us off at Belfast airport.

Chris_5339762

Those were the days...

Dublin to Cork with FR
Cork to Derry/Londonderry with FR
Cork to Belfast with Manx

I'd love a new Cork to Belfast flight. And for Cork to Dublin to return 3x daily, say, with Aer Lingus and ATRs, allowing domestic passengers to connect through the Aer Lingus/IAG route system in Dublin rather than having to Aircoach it a million hours before the flight.

easypazz

I remember when going for a spin from Shannon to Dublin on a 747 with the kids was a thing.

Fly up, day out in Dublin, train home.

Gaoth Laidir

easypazz wrote: »

I remember when going for a spin from Shannon to Dublin on a 747 with the kids was a thing.

Fly up, day out in Dublin, train home.

1990, my first time in a plane. 747 to Shannon. Just after takeoff my name is called out as the captain wanted to see me. My neighbour had secretly organised a cockpit visit through an EI pilot friend. Amazing.

Spent a few hours in Shannon before taking a 737 back to Dublin. Getting on the plane, hostess checking the boarding passes, "Oh, the captain wants to see you after we take off". Twice in the same day. :-) Also, I was sat amongst a gang of French female exchange students, so for a young teenage boy that was an added bonus!

Those were the good ole days.

donvito99

Caranica wrote: »

One of my favourites, though short lived was FR DUB-VGO I originally used to go Iberia Express via Madrid so a direct route was amazing. Miss it

This was still offered as late as Summer 18 was it not? EI still fly to Santiago which is only about an hour and a half or so in the car, motorway all the way.

Dardania

donvito99 wrote: »

This was still offered as late as Summer 18 was it not? EI still fly to Santiago which is only about an hour and a half or so in the car, motorway all the way.

DUB-VGO would have been dead handy when I was studying there. First time I went I went via Madrid, on Spanair (think they were boarding from the tail?)
Then I ended up just taking the airport bus link down to OPO and FR from there - much handier than connecting in MAD.

Caranica

donvito99 wrote: »

This was still offered as late as Summer 18 was it not? EI still fly to Santiago which is only about an hour and a half or so in the car, motorway all the way.

They only ran it for two years iirc. Used it last in 2018, went to book for 2019 and it was gone. It was a busy flight every time I used it so was disappointed to see it gone.

donvito99

Caranica wrote: »

They only ran it for two years iirc. Used it last in 2018, went to book for 2019 and it was gone. It was a busy flight every time I used it so was disappointed to see it gone.

I think FR had a falling out with the airport. Flew it many time and it was always fully loaded as you say.

PinOnTheRight

I can't recall the operator but there was a 767 service to Cape Town via Palma back around 2006?

Board Walker

Didn't Gulf do Bahrain until 2006 or something?

Jonny one

Torp Norway

goingnowhere

Dublin Cherbourg

Back in the 60's EI flew this

faceman

Dublin to San Javier in Spain. Tiny airport so handy when flying to the southern part of Costa Blanca. Airport is now closed and the Murcia International opened

Noxegon

Board Walker wrote: »

Didn't Gulf do Bahrain until 2006 or something?

They did.

L1011

Malmo MMX sold subtitled as "Copenhagen" on Ryanair.

The competition ruling from the first attempt by Ryanair to buy Aer Lingus actually has most of the European routes listed in it in different sections - there's a few more there.

https://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/decisions/m4439_20070627_20610_en.pdf

cson

L1011 wrote: »

BWI in the US. not served since it was dropped by EI quite a long time ago. I think they announced resumption just before the crash but never actually relaunched.

I think this is ripe for them to look into again, I don't doubt they could make an A321LR route pay given that BA run a 772 on this during the summer and the only other European route is Condor to FRA.

brettmirl

JetMagic on ORK-DUB

Czech Airlines to PRG

Jack1985

JetMagic never operated ORK-DUB ? Was EI then RE and finally FR.

A320

Chris_5339762 wrote: »

Cork to Derry/Londonderry with FR

When was this? I remember Aer Arann Cork to Galway

FunkyDa2

Skiathos was served for a year or two, from Dublin, about 15 years ago I think. It was on my list of Greek island destinations for a holiday, but unfortunately was cancelled before I got a chance to go. :-(

EI321

The Capetown route was an A330 charter with LTU around 2006.

EI321

I flew Malev to Budapest in 2006. Think it lasted until the airline went bust.

cson

Not a DUB route but one of the good old boom time routes that got going was GWY-WAT-FAO on a Avro/BAe146 iirc.

Just looked on Wikipedia and GWY handled 300k passengers in 2007. That's pretty wild there's not 1 commercial route 13 years later, absorbed by NOC & SNN no doubt.

L1011

cson wrote: »

Not a DUB route but one of the good old boom time routes that got going was GWY-WAT-FAO on a Avro/BAe146 iirc.

Just looked on Wikipedia and GWY handled 300k passengers in 2007. That's pretty wild there's not 1 commercial route 13 years later, absorbed by NOC & SNN no doubt.

The M6 and Gobus will have made a significant impact also - DUB flights were generally cheaper and more available.

titan18

Used to be a Cork to Krakow route. Think it was Ryanair or Wizz Air

Van.Bosch

Sky Europe did Bratislava and Centralwings had routes to about 4? Polish destinations - Wroclaw, Gdańsk, Warsaw and somewhere else I think.

Locker10a

L1011 wrote: »

Domestically, GWY, WAT, ORK, SXL. Possibly Oranmore before GWY was public if you go back far enough but not 100% sure on that. LDY and one or both of BFS/BHD in the North.

BLK, OXF, DSA, NWI and others in the UK.

BWI in the US. not served since it was dropped by EI quite a long time ago. I think they announced resumption just before the crash but never actually relaunched.

Also NOC-DUB and you could connect on domestically too. I remember flying NOC-ORK, short stopover in DUB where you changed planes, just entered Pier B (200 gates) and walked from one gate to the next without any security checks, was very hand.