Aer Lingus

[Jerry]

Article also states 4 other regional airports have bid. If Cardiff was one I'd be surprised especially as there would be more important routes to bring back like Dublin.

Aer Lingus may move transatlantic services from Shannon to the UK

Airline's long-range craft are currently subject to Covid-19 travel restrictions here

www.irishtimes.com

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Article also states 4 other regional airports have bid. If Cardiff was one I'd be surprised especially as there would be more important routes to bring back like Dublin.

Aer Lingus may move transatlantic services from Shannon to the UK

Airline's long-range craft are currently subject to Covid-19 travel restrictions here

www.irishtimes.com

If it wasn't for the pandemic I would think that the WG would be interested. Yes, I know that it's the pandemic that's brought about the availability of the aircraft but whatever the reason the WG might have other uses for any spare cash right now if it comes to shelling out a substantial amount in a 'bid'.

Against that, the WG has made no secret of the fact that its airport, although with an eventual aim of profitability, is also intended to assist in driving the Welsh economy. What better way, and at the same time score some political points, than being able to announce regular scheduled services to the USA?

Still probably a long shot though.

 

[Jerry]

Still probably a long shot though.

Oh it definitely is a long shot! Interestingly on the dried fruit forum someone mentioned that Aer lingus won't be operating the flights it'll be a different airline. My suspicion would be BA and I'd imagine that the WG would pay handsomely for BA transatlantic flights!
Going back to Aer Lingus maybe they should be looking at doing a deal with them anyway but for flights to Ireland. Restoring flights to Dublin, Belfast and Cork would be a big win for CWL and no doubt the WG.

 

[Jerry]

It's been mentioned elsewhere and on twitter that Dublin-Cardiff has been listed as sold out. I know Cardiff has been in the drop down for a while but i'm sure it wasn't marked as sold out before? I'm probably grasping at straws.

 

[Foxlimayankee]

It's been mentioned elsewhere and on twitter that Dublin-Cardiff has been listed as sold out. I know Cardiff has been in the drop down for a while but i'm sure it wasn't marked as sold out before? I'm probably grasping at straws.

It's also shown on the destination map with Dublin as a route with onwards connections to the USA. The drop down lists also show the US destinations. I've not checked it for some time, were the onwards also shown previously since Flybe closed up?
Checking BRS-DUB in June, Sept and Oct, and it's only showing x2 daily. Wasn't it more than that pre-covid?

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Checking BRS-DUB in June, Sept and Oct, and it's only showing x2 daily. Wasn't it more than that pre-covid?

EI has been 3/4daily, depending on day of the week on BRS-DUB for a number of years. By coincidence I looked at the EI booking engine earlier today and BRS-DUB is due to resume on 28 March, but not daily at that point.

Ryanair has been 19 or 20 weekly (depending on year and/or season) on BRS-DUB for a number of years but this year it's not listed to resume until 28 March and then only 3 x weekly in April and May, gradually increasing until July-October sees 9 x weekly.

It must be dreadfully frustrating for airlines trying to put together some sort of programme this year with so much uncertainty around.

 

[Severn]

Could it be related to todays arrival?...... (18-Feb-21)

Aer Lingus A320 (EI-DVL) arrived at 16:25 from Dublin as EI4292 and has stayed the night

 

[Jerry]

Could it be related to todays arrival?...... (18-Feb-21)

Aer Lingus A320 (EI-DVL) arrived at 16:25 from Dublin as EI4292 and has stayed the night

That's probably for the Leinster rugby team playing the Dragons Friday evening.

 

[Jerry]

It's also shown on the destination map with Dublin as a route with onwards connections to the USA. The drop down lists also show the US destinations. I've not checked it for some time, were the onwards also shown previously since Flybe closed up?
Checking BRS-DUB in June, Sept and Oct, and it's only showing x2 daily. Wasn't it more than that pre-covid?

I'm sure someone mentioned before that it had been taken out of the drop down and then put back in. I do find it odd that they put it back considering it's a destination that they haven't served for a while.

 

[Jerry]

Aer Lingus will return on the Dublin route from 30th August!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1387801634030432258

 

[geoff]

Some good news at last, once it gains momentum I think the frequencies could increase fairly quickly.

 

[Jerry]

Some good news at last, once it gains momentum I think the frequencies could increase fairly quickly.

I expect that as travel especially travel to the USA picks up then we could hope to see frequencies increased but for now it looks like they're targeting weekend breaks. But it is good to see Dublin back as i was fearing it could be a while until it returned.

 

[aviatorconcorde]

Was hoping they’d be back before august when i saw the announcement.

 

[Silvercity]

Aer Lingus will return on the Dublin route from 30th August!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1387801634030432258

good news

 

[Nigel B]

Good news, hopefully just the start..

 

[Jerry]

Just need them to put it onsale and release the flight times now!

 

[Silvercity]

Just out of interest how is Ireland doing with Covid19, does anyone know ?

 

[Jerry]

Does anyone find it odd that there are prices up for Cardiff to Dublin but no actual flights? View attachment 23370

 

[CM.]

Does anyone find it odd that there are prices up for Cardiff to Dublin but no actual flights? View attachment 23370

Yes seems very odd, the only reason I could think of is that they haven’t finalised the flight times yet. Could be wrong but just a suggestion.

 

[Jerry]

The good thing is that the prices appear more normal than before!