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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 11:30:14 GMT 1
..and you'll have some fond memories of Aer Lingus I imagine, Ron - as do I. I used to know the guys in ops in Dublin very well (or movement control as they used to call it! ). I often went over there for the craic and we had great times.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2015 11:47:37 GMT 1
Great news, and another Hub airport to offer connection possibilities, and maybe not just USA with Aer Lingus, but also Etihad to Abu Dhabi and Ethiopian to Addis Ababa. I noticed this week that Etihad shows onward connections with Aer Lingus from Dublin, im aware they also operate from Manchester, but its still a bonus to LPL. Also good it's an A320 operation, which they seemed to fill quite well last time Aer Lingus was in LPL. On the hills of AMS connections with Flybe, this in very positive news.
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Post by ronturner on May 22, 2015 12:00:28 GMT 1
Yes. very fond memories of Aer Lingus. Dc-3s to complement the "Pionairs" of BEA. And the loading of the newspapers which paid for most of my flying lessons. The F-27s were great in their day too.
Its hard to underestimate the importance of this announcement. I was always envious of Manchester when Aer Lingus operated the so called fifth freedom flights with Viscounts from Manchester, onward to places like Amsterdam, Brussels and the like. Way before true direct flights started up by other airlines. Now we have a similar thing working for us, albeit not quite the same, but very important.
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Post by eye2eye5 on May 22, 2015 12:31:15 GMT 1
Carl, I get USA and Addis Ababa via Dublin, but Etihad is illogical when they fly direct from Manchester and Dublin is in the wrong direction for the Middle East! You will know from my posts that I'm a great supporter of Liverpool, but it is important for the North West that Manchester Long Haul continues to flourish.
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Post by ametyst on May 22, 2015 23:29:19 GMT 1
The Ethiopian Airlines flights only operate in one direction e.g. Addis Ababa - Dublin - USA the return flights from the USA to Ethiopia operate non-stop. The reason for the Dublin stop is for security and immigration clearance (similar to the Pakistan International operation through Manchester).
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Post by ametyst on May 22, 2015 23:34:53 GMT 1
When the Aer Lingus service is re-introduced on Friday 23rd October, only one flight will operate that day arriving Liverpool at 17:20 and returning to Dublin at 18:00 as EI 2196/2197.
Only one flight will operate the following day, on Saturday 24th October, arriving Liverpool at 08:05 and returning to Dublin at 08:40 as EI 2192/2193.
The full schedule (16 flights a week) will commence on Sunday 25th October.
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Post by tonyspeke on May 24, 2015 21:04:31 GMT 1
Transatlantic Aer Lingus flights have code share with United. Hopefully the Liverpool flights will also offer a similar code share in due course.
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Post by bustcapl on May 25, 2015 9:08:29 GMT 1
Great news, and another Hub airport to offer connection possibilities, and maybe not just USA with Aer Lingus, but also Etihad to Abu Dhabi and Ethiopian to Addis Ababa. I noticed this week that Etihad shows onward connections with Aer Lingus from Dublin, im aware they also operate from Manchester, but its still a bonus to LPL. Also good it's an A320 operation, which they seemed to fill quite well last time Aer Lingus was in LPL. On the hills of AMS connections with Flybe, this in very positive news. Great news about Aer Lingus. Any news on the Flybe connections at AMS yet?
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2015 11:18:03 GMT 1
Carl, I get USA and Addis Ababa via Dublin, but Etihad is illogical when they fly direct from Manchester and Dublin is in the wrong direction for the Middle East! You will know from my posts that I'm a great supporter of Liverpool, but it is important for the North West that Manchester Long Haul continues to flourish. I did mention that Etihad flew to Manchester in my post, and I understand that's the way most in the Northwest would travel if choosing Etihad. Reason I mentioned it, was I needed to check a flight from Australia to Lisbon, and one of the options was via Etihad to Dublin, then onwards with Aer Lingus , so its more the point that Liverpool could be shown as a connection in the future from Dublin, which is still worth while. However I grant you, its much more US transfers where Liverpool could benefit.
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Post by lfc84 on May 29, 2015 23:46:52 GMT 1
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Post by andyh on May 30, 2015 8:14:38 GMT 1
This is not a given. The UK government has to agree, and they would surely have reservations about allowing armed US Customs Officers on our soil.
It will be good if it ever happens although still has the disadvantage of requiring a trip to Manchester.
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Post by alwaysared on May 30, 2015 11:09:41 GMT 1
This is not a given. The UK government has to agree, and they would surely have reservations about allowing armed US Customs Officers on our soil. It will be good if it ever happens although still has the disadvantage of requiring a trip to Manchester. I'd still go to the U.S. via Dublin, right direction and more pleasant...
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Post by maverick on May 30, 2015 13:43:43 GMT 1
This is not a given. The UK government has to agree, and they would surely have reservations about allowing armed US Customs Officers on our soil. It will be good if it ever happens although still has the disadvantage of requiring a trip to Manchester. Don't believe the customs officials are armed? Went through Shannon last year - never saw anyone armed. Besides we've had armed U.S. military personnel on our bases for years. Not to mention all the nukes.
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Post by LPL on May 30, 2015 14:33:13 GMT 1
Noticed on the EI website that you can only interline through DUB with EI to the US and Canada and not to others cities on its network.
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Post by viscount on May 30, 2015 14:46:03 GMT 1
Besides we've had armed U.S. military personnel on our bases for years. While that's true, we have never had armed American agency personnel handling civilian passengers at British Airports. Somewhat different! It is a big enough culture shock for many travelers to find armed British Police at our airports, let alone American officials (if that is indeed the case).
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