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

There have been additional flights next summer from ORK loaded on the app/website (eg. Tenerife showing x2 weekly from mid June or an additional AGP Sunday flight) but all showing as sold out with the past 2 weeks. Does anyone know any more about these?

That's a really expensive shelf (which could be done with a basket on a trolley/countertop in the galley)... The floor room would house 3 economy seats.

God knows... sure you could apply that argument to the other European airports that service vegas AND those other destinations. We hear there is not enough freight etc, oh and that is different from Manchester or Copenhagen how exactly? Or London... look ultimately only a handful in iag know the reason, my best guess is their hyper conservatism... connecting is beyond painful. Id fly there three times as much if no connection, ill also pay a fifty percent premium to do so... any time they announce new us routes, guess where the comments want a route launched too ? And no its not a dull as dishwater backwater, its the entertainment , gambling and conference capital of the world

What other European cities exactly? There are actually very few in the grand scheme of things.

London Heathrow - BA & VS - Year round

London Gatwick - BA - Seasonal

Manchester - VS - Seasonal

Amsterdam - KL - Year round

Frankfurt - DE & 4Y - Seasonal & Year round

Zurich - WK - Seasonal

I have no skin in this game, I’d actually quite like to see Aer Lingus add another west coast destination but that list is hardly a ringing endorsement is it. Demand is clearly very seasonal, even from some of Europe’s largest cities and even then, it’s served by low cost/leisure subsidiaries like Discover, Condor and Edelweiss and at relatively low frequencies.

No direct service to Paris, Madrid, Copenhagen, Rome, Munich etc.

It doesn’t look like a goldmine to me.

The cost of the place has gone through roof for sure. You need to know where to go. My mate got cocktail at pool party 57 usd excluding tip. 500 a night to stay in a 3 star off strip property, e50 usd weekdays...

I was there in 2019 and there was one dollar bottled beers in a bar, a minute off the strip on foot ..

Day time JFK would be interesting, if a 3rd gets added that'd be what I could see.

I think part of the issue with Navadia is weak inbound traffic. While its popular it might prove a bit of a flop like Miami.

Miami is certainly not a flop.. it has performed very well since it returned after Covid and is mostly on the -300 now

They could time it better for some Caribbean connections though. The late in, late out timings when it was first launched were better; now it’s a bit too early to leave Miami for the islands that are served by AA flights that do a day trip from/to MIA. You used to have to do a night stop one way, currently it’s both ways for a few popular islands.

Let’s face it, Cork is hardly the most interesting part of the network or gets any notable fleet movements. It’s consistent but uneventful.

So far all we’ve heard for Cork next summer is a few frequency increases on the typical sun destinations. I’m sure a new route announcement would spark more of a discussion.

In terms of route launches I wouldn't consider it overly successful. Yes its probably profitable etc but cant see it matching the targets they would have expected when deciding to launch it. I accept the pandemic and other carriers have had issues with MIA also.

Not sure why it is “funny”. Cork airport has approx 1/10 of the passenger numbers of Dublin airport so you’d expect one tenth of the interest. Still, there are half a million people in Co Cork and some of us are boards users. There is a very active thread on Cork Airport developments for those who are interested.

There's a couple of EI TATL crew members that pop up on my ticktok every now and again and do look to be having a ball on their days off, especially if they bring a family member or friend. The most recent one I seen was a cabin crew member with her aul fella in Times Square enjoying themselves. Think another one a few weeks back from someone else was jogging up to the Golden Gate Bridge and another time around Central Park plus other stuff....

Also have a sort of distant family member in EI cabin crew who does bring his brothers, sister and girlfriend away (at different times) when they had a couple of days rest whenever it was he went. I believe NY and Orlando were the favourites for his younger siblings unsurprisingly.

Any more news on the 787, or was it a load of rumours.

Under serious consideration. Probably more likely that we see the 787 over the A330neo at this point. But it's all still up in the air, of course!