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Post by tonyspeke on May 30, 2015 15:12:06 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. This needs to be addressed. I might travel to Europe via Dublin if they offered an attractive fare, less than booking the legs separately. A problem with Norwegian was that they did not do this.
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Post by LPL on May 30, 2015 17:37:29 GMT 1
Wonder if its a condition that they dont so that they dont step on what flybe and the airport are going to announce via AMS?
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Post by John Jones on May 30, 2015 18:05:50 GMT 1
Wonder if its a condition that they dont so that they dont step on what flybe and the airport are going to announce via AMS? You can do a jolly down to LHR for us spotters. LPL DUB Tue, Oct 27, 2015 EI193 08:40 - 09:35 Liverpool (LPL) Dublin (DUB) DUB LHR Tue, Oct 27, 2015 EI168 14:10 - 15:30 Dublin (DUB) London/Heathrow (LHR) Fare Summary Passenger Total GBP 37.98 Admin fee GBP 14.00 Fare Total GBP 51.98 Checked Bag Fees
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Post by lpltcx on May 30, 2015 19:54:07 GMT 1
When will the airport announce the connections via AMS? Seem to have gone quite or they waiting for BE to release their winter programme?
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Post by lfc84 on May 30, 2015 20:57:40 GMT 1
Wonder if its a condition that they dont so that they dont step on what flybe and the airport are going to announce via AMS? No, limited connections via DUB have been that way on EI website for as long as I can remember. IOM connections via DUB are the same as LPL connections. Other connections - ie. those not possible on aerlingus.com using multi city - are possible with EI if you book via the likes of Expedia.
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Post by LPL on May 30, 2015 21:05:49 GMT 1
You would think that the airline would want to link all combinations via its own website.
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Post by viscount on May 30, 2015 22:06:35 GMT 1
You would think that the airline would want to link all combinations via its own website. Why? Why would passengers in Liverpool, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh etc want to fly to Dublin to fly to popular European destinations eg Amsterdam, Madrid, Palma, Barcelona, Paris, Rome by flying the wrong way to start with, when logic says use the service direct from the point of origin? True there might be a handful of specialist European destinations served only from Dublin (though the chances they are operated by Ryanair, not Aer Lingus). Agreed there are British mainland destinations eg Heathrow, Bristol, Glasgow, Aberdeen etc., but again the question is why take two flights when you could drive or get the train almost as quickly? But could Aer Lingus offer two flights for the price of petrol or a train/coach ticket and make a profit? Liverpool-Dublin-USA makes a great deal of sense on a map and hopefully in the wallet too, over driving/train/coach to Manchester or Heathrow. Agreed there will be a very limited number of people who for their own individual reasons will take the less than obvious route, but I doubt enough to make it worthwhile providing listed fares and connections for every eventuality. Even the LJLA-DUB-LHR time and fare example provided on an earlier post does not offer a day-return facility, which is so easily available from Manchester or by car, coach or train. Lets concentrate and revel in our new-found ability to offer Dublin for long-haul connections westwards, Amsterdam for long-haul connections east and south and stop moaning that illogical connections are not programmed for. I've no doubt someone will come up with European destinations via Dublin (or Amsterdam) that could work, but would it have the popular appeal and demand that travel transatlantic or Far East does?
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Post by ronturner on May 31, 2015 7:56:54 GMT 1
On the subject of men bearing arms (Gendarmes), and although a slightly different situation, armed French Police work at the British end of the Eurotunnel. A special law was passed to allow this, so that after passing onto "trainside"( airside) passengers are deemed to be in France so that they can drive straight off at the French destination with no further intervention. A reciprocal arrangement exists at Calais.
On the subject of Viscount's last point. Totally agree. Its only specialists and extroverts like aviation enthusiasts who would want to fly via Dublin to somewhere in UK/Europe when it would be just as easy to go by car, train or another air carrier.
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Post by harbourcotter on May 31, 2015 11:46:40 GMT 1
Its not merely the shortest route as the crow flies, but other factors which come into play. For example if you fly to anywhere in the states then logically, driving to Glasgow and flying from there would be the shortest routing, albeit not the quickest. Cost and convenience however play a big factor as well as previous experiences. How many passengers from Liverpool have gone east to manchester to fly west to Ireland? This appears illogical yet many thousands of passengers do so unfortunately. I think you would be surprised at how many passengers don't fly apparently logical routing. I personally fly via AMS to the states, even though it adds several hours to flight routings because I save several hundred pounds per couple (mainly due to not having to pay longhaul APD). When I travel to Rome I go via Pisa, its usually cheaper, there is a station right at the airport and train services are good and very cheap to Rome. That weighs against travel and expense to MAN and again from the Airport into Rome. Times? not a lot in it. Cost? Cheaper. Experience? A lot better. There will be another choice shortly via DUB. I will have to weigh up the pros and cons, but another option nevertheless.
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Post by ametyst on May 31, 2015 17:08:17 GMT 1
I work in travel, and amongst the bookings we have made in the past week are:- A family of six flying Manchester - Hamburg - Malaga, plus people routing Manchester - Heathrow - Aberdeen and Manchester - Heathrow - Dublin (why? ??) and Manchester - Billund - Munich It is all about price and availability. The family of six to Malaga are travelling peak summer and the fare was cheaper than the LCC's. So it is not always extroverts or aviation enthusiasts. I travelled Liverpool - Dublin - Zurich once as flights from Manchester and Heathrow were full or very expensive.
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Post by ronturner on Jun 1, 2015 10:20:57 GMT 1
This clearly shows the advantage of having a good travel agent then.
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Post by lfc84 on Jun 1, 2015 10:57:29 GMT 1
Which many people do not have access to in the world of online agencies, nor would people even think of going in to a high street agency
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Post by andyh on Jun 3, 2015 20:13:27 GMT 1
'About to' is stretching things a bit. The Government's need to reach agreement first, probably followed by a change in the law. Then the airports need to build the facilities. Plenty of time for Aer Lingus to get established.
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Post by maverick on Jul 9, 2015 19:47:51 GMT 1
Just had a quick look at Aer Lingus' website and played around with the connections to the US and Canada.
One thing I don't understand is that on all the destinations available Aer Lingus use only the morning departure. 8.25-9.20. Whilst this is understandable to connect in good time etc. What is the point of the other two rotations - do they expect that many people will want just the point to point. Not that I'm knocking that - Ryanair deserve all they get..
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