An interesting battle has started at on the London City Airport to Dublin routing, with three carriers going toe-to-to-toe with FlyBe, British Airways and incumbent CityJet fighting over passengers on the route. So lets do a bit of background. The incumbent CityJet has been through the mill recently, but has gone on the attack with a 9 time a weekday service between the two … [Read more...]
Ethiopian Airlines to operate Addis Ababa to Los Angeles… via Dublin
There are times when you look at a route map, and you think... wha? This is one of those times, with Ethiopian Airlines planning a route between Addis Ababa to Los Angeles... via Dublin In terms of Great Circle Map, it looks something like this: Planned Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa to Los Angeles via Dublin Great Circle route: Maps generated by the Great … [Read more...]
The Road to BAcon – one flight down with Aer Lingus
Good evening from Dublin's Fair City. Or rather the outskirts of it as I'm in an airport hotel. A quick wrap up from my first flight - with Aer Lingus. Check In. The Serviair team were in good form tonight, with the check in staff joking and chatty. Always a good sign. Even better when they offer you an window seat in an exit row. Security was its usual BHX self - not … [Read more...]
British Airways links London City to Dublin, goes after CityJet
In a broadside shot, British Airways is to open a service between London City Airport and Dublin in the upcoming Winter 2014/2015 timetable. British Airways Embraer 190 taxing at London City Airport - Image GhettoIFE, with thanks to London City Airport for Ramp Access. The service between the two capitals will be operated using a mixture of the London City Airport based … [Read more...]
British Airways to move Dublin and Belfast flights to Heathrow Terminal 5
In what can only be described as a good move, British Airways will be shifting its Dublin and Belfast City flights from from Heathrow Terminal 1 to Heathrow Terminal 5. Both will move on the 5th October 2014 as Terminal 1 continues its wind-down in operations as the new Terminal 2 (The Queens Terminal - or The Star Alliance Hub). British Airways operate up to 6 flights a … [Read more...]
Etihad joins Emirates in going double daily to Dublin
It seems that Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways will be joining Emirates in offering double-daily services to the the Irish Capital, with the confirmation a that Etihad will be increasing its flights from 10 per week to 14 The new timetable looks like this: Abu Dhabi to Dublin EY045 DEPART AUH 02:25 ARRIVE DUB 07:30 EY041 DEPART AUH 09:15 ARRIVE DUB 14:25 Dublin to Abu … [Read more...]
Emirates to double up services between Dubai and Dublin
It seems that the gamble for Emirates to start a route up to Ireland is paying off, as the airline prepares to increase services between Dubai and Dublin. The doubling of services go into effect from 1st September 2014, with the following timetable going into effect: Dubai to Dublin EK161 DEPART DXB 07:25 ARRIVE DUB 12:15 EK163 DEPART DXB 16:00 ARRIVE DUB … [Read more...]
United Airlines boosts is Dublin operations for the summer.
United is planning to boost its operations to Dublin over the summer season, with a doubling of frequency between Newark and Dublin. The revised timetable looks like this: UA023 DEPART EWR 19:00 ARRIVE DUB 06:55+1 UA130 DEPART EWR 22:25 ARRIVE DUB 10:20+1 UA022 DEPART DUB 09:00 ARRIVE EWR 11:30 UA131 DEPART DUB 12:30 ARRIVE EWR 15:00 Operates daily between 5th June … [Read more...]
Delta trims it’s Atlanta-Dublin service for part of winter
Delta is trimming its Atlanta - Dublin operation for the latter part of the winter timetable. The winter timetable will operate from 27th October 2013 to 10th January 2013 (based on US departures - add 1 day for Ireland departures), and will suspend operation of the route from 11th January to 8th March. The booked timetable looks like this: DL176 DEPART ATL 17:55 ARRIVE … [Read more...]
Aer Arran to operate more Aer Lingus services
If you're wondering why I'm not writing about the AA/US Merger, it's been well covered with a lot of different angles. I'll have my commentary on it as the merger/takeover/reverse takeover continues. Moving onto matters a bit closer to Ireland and the United Kingdom is the news that Aer Arran is reciving a new fleet of ATR 72-600's beginning in May, with major changes to … [Read more...]