Dublin Airport New Runway/Infrastructure.

Not gouging motorists is a function of the number of spaces and not the landing charges. If DAA provide cheap parking without providing eniugh of it then motorists would be gouged by not being able to get in unless they booked 6 months ahead.

The competition authroity invesitgation is fine, but someone should have insisted that the Quickpark was leased out to operators over the summer.

I see Easy Jet have secured slots at DUB for W23. If it were to happen would they be based in T1 more than likely?

Ideally, DAA should be stripped of 2 out of 3 (green/red/blue) car parks - which should be handed to independent private operators for sake of competition. We are currently, effectively in the monopoly situation with obvious price gauging and take over of QP will only worsen the situation.

Yeah Ryanair reaction will be interesting. Previously drove out Go fly, easyJet and drove aer arann off the Dublin cork route. There are probably other examples. Although several lcc’s do operate here so not clear how they pick their enemies.

i wouldn't be overly concerned at EZY v FR. They wouldn't like it but equally there are other low cost carriers at DUB and FR have not driven out.

Its x2 weekly slots (possibly x4 if narrowed to ski season) with an A320.

If they were to expand onto core bucket and spade routes in time they would arguably be a bigger nuisance for Shamrock House to deal with.

Interesting to see what happens.

Yeah, hopefully if they get a good set up in time to come and with talk of Jet2 having an interest in DUB also, it would bring welcome competition. That’s all wishful thinking tho me thinks 🫤

As a non-EU carrier, Jet2 would be confined to UK-Ireland routes, so I couldn't see them setting up a DUB operation. They don't have an EU-based affiliate as EZY do.

Other than the reality that Ryanair would €3 fares them out of existence.

They have dipped their toe here before (Cork) and left due to that. Ditto Wizzair.

True - but there is effort and cost involved. If it was simple a paper exercise every large UK operator would have done it.

I counted 15 aircraft in the queue to depart this morning at 07:45. How they can stand over this each morning for the rest of the month is mad! Surely swapping the times around from the late evening to the morning would be far more beneficial. The amount of unnecessary fuel burn and time wasted by thousands of people every morning.

When every airline wishes to depart at the "optimal" time something has to give.

railways typically have multiple platforms in the major stations with several tracks outside.

Aviation can be viewed as the opposite, lots of capacity once airborne but curtailed by ground infrastructure.

My pet hate is when one or two planes skip the queue and uses one of the rapid exit ways to take off like in the pic while I’m next or second to take off from the full length point on the runway!!

Another reason this is done is it often improves efficiency and the movement rate. Putting smaller aircraft out ahead of larger ones means no wake turbulence separations need to be applied. If there’s an A330 and an A320 waiting to depart, getting the A320 out first is the smart thing to do if possible. Slots and what mode the runway is in (ie mixed mode meaning fitting in arrivals will space out departures anyway and thus negate wake turbulence separations) play their part.

The vast majority of flights are not subject to regulation (T & C's apply).

The biggest capacity constraints in aviation are ground based.

Consequently most regulations when applied relate to an ARRIVAL time which is worked back to give a "departure slot".

Slots usually apply to the major European Airports only (T & C's apply).

Even then this only for certain times of the day. Everyone wants to arrive in London/Paris/Frankfurt etc at the same "local" time.

On the ground issues occur when an aircraft with a slot has pushed and consequently blocks other aircraft which has no restriction.

Not every airport has convenient taxiways that allow constrained aircraft to be passed once they commence taxi.

Also when airlines are running late its convenient to blame ATC rather than trying to give a detailed correct explanation.

En route delays do exist/occur but are rare, again T & C's will apply.