Aer Lingus Fleet/ Routes Discussion Pt 2 (ALL possible routes included)

It's common in the US with all their regional subsidiaries.

I think what they do is take your 10kg bag at the gate and check it in free of charge

On many airlines for their prop aircraft or regional jets you can drop your bags off by the aircraft steps. They are returned to you when disembarking.

I don't know why Emerald can't do that. It's much faster and easier than having to wait for your bags at the baggage reclaim.

Wonder will be see any fleet widebody fleet announcements as well ? At least the regular -300 should be able to make DEN with issue.

A7-AEO Qatar 330-300 has been parked since march in Doha. May be a contender as QR are getting their a350s back in service and EI/QR have lease history (EIK/L) and QR own 20% of IAG?

If they do expand the fleet a little... Maybe there's time to reconfigure the interior of whatever they lease to EI std. and avoid (instead of repeating) the dice-roll debacle.

GEY being back in the fleet does allow for the new routes if it's a 3 DEN 4 MSP rotation... But back to zero backup again... Which is EIs modus operandi.

Given that they've leased in Wamos to cover their current services it's hard to see how they can add another 7 weekly flights to the USA without at least one additional frame.

Last I heard, the lead time on the J class seats was around 5 years. The seats for EIK & EIL were likely ordered in early 2020 when they first joined the fleet and are being installed in approx January.

I saw an advert for Intel looking for aircraft engineers on FB and people were asking why would a chip manufacturer want LME. Pay wise I wouldn't be sure what is on offer mates brother is director of engineering in my place must ask him as we have contracts with Intel.

Hard to believe 13/14 year ago the same people were thrown on the scrap heap, Along with truck drivers tradesmen now you can't get any.

With employers wanting to.look future afield than Europe for staff swings and roundabouts I suppose.

Emerald are paying a lot more too

Minneapolis will switch to daily on the A321NEOXLR once it arrives in autumn 2024

Has it been confirmed Delta will actually operate the route? They had the slots for it this summer but failed to launch.

Delta would have some advantage with local traffic but Aer Lingus will have the European and UK connections + the right sized aircraft at the right frequency come winter 2024.

I’m told there is daily spare capacity when everything is fit and healthy that is.

Yes a new order is required for further growth, but my reply was directly in relation to the question “will they also announce a new order when they announce these new routes”. I said No chance, and there hasn’t been. I think we’d have heard through the grapevine long before now if they were ordering something. I know they have talked to Boeing about 787s and to Airbus about 330NEOs but that’s all they have done.

Recaro CL3810 for economy and business is unconfirmed yet I think. Looking at all direct aisle access to keep up with the current industry direction.

Can they even get it in EI cabin config in time at this stage? Pretty sure there's a shortage of J seats at the moment?

Or are they just gambling on EI [operated by Privilege Style] and no one will complain about the brand/paxex differences?