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Doughnuts On The Mound – A day trip with Aer Lingus and a lot of #avgeeks

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Doughnuts On The Mound – A day trip with Aer Lingus and a lot of #avgeeks

Donughts On The Mound - A day trip with Aer Lingus and a lot of #avgeeks

In this epic day trip (and it t’was epic)

Spotting for the Day? In Dublin? Why not?

I do love passenger experience. I do love writing about… but I also love to spend time watching planes. There’s something oddly relaxing of just watching planes take off and land the allows the mind to drift off a little – or be as sharp as anything when glued to FlightRadar24 looking out for something unusual arriving.

But there are other things to – the chance to catch up with people and share stories.

A couple of people on Twitter from the Irish #avgeek crowd asked if I was free, and wanted to come over for the day to watch planes.

And of course – I said yes.

This rapidly snowballed into people asking if they could come along too – in the end 12 people were due to be turning up for the day, with four flying in from the UK, and the rest being local.

So how was I flying in? Going between Birmingham and Dublin, there are two choices – Aer Lingus and Ryanair.

Whilst Ryanair was cheaper – the timings didn’t work for me. I therefore chose the classic option – Aer Lingus. The return fare came in at £80, with the outbound segment on an Airbus A320, and the inbound segment on an ATR 72-600.

Considering you can spend £80 on a walk-up train fare, I put the hammer down. Sure, this isn’t as cheap as some of the £9.99 Ryanair/£25 Aer Lingus fares I’ve had in the past – but it still isn’t bad value at around £40 each way.

And besides – going for the experience would be more fun than mere cash.

So… a route map.

Birmingham to Dublin and back - Data - Great Circle Mapper
Maps generated by the Great Circle Mapper – copyright © Karl L. Swartz

So, with that done – let’s go to Dublin!

Next: Manoeuvres in the Dark. I mean Birmingham Airport.

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