Aer Lingus

[markietg]

Dublin route won’t restart until the end of October by the looks of it. Sunday 25th is the first flight bookable.

 

[lbaspotter]

Dublin route won’t restart until the end of October by the looks of it. Sunday 25th is the first flight bookable.

Not surprised what with the Irish Republic Government draconian Covid-19 travel restrictions not being relaxed anytime soon.

 

[Heathrowflyer]

It's a shame as it would have been a popular 'staycation' route.

 

[lbaspotter]

Sadly Aer Lingus are being delayed from restarting there Leeds/Bradford - Dublin service due to the Irish Republic Government Covid-19 travel restrictions. So now they will be flying the new Belfast City - Leeds/Bradford oute before the Dublin route returns.

Even Ryanair are being held back, as they were originally due to go back to daily operation on the Dublin - Leeds/ Bradford route this weekend, its now going to remain 5x weekly (Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat & Sun) until September at the earliest.

 

[LBA4EVER]

trying to decide if this is good old yorkshire humour, or just plain offensive? Words like ‘bent’ are not particularly inclusive.

I actually took the effort to check out that saying, its british slang from the London area, does not bother me in the slightest, im a chill guy me, its just a bit of humour between me and offint haha

 

[lbaspotter]

Warning!
Some of the recent posts on here are getting way of topic for this Aer Lingus thread.
In the interest of keeping the peace can people avoid the use of words that are provocative. It might also be a good idea if people read the forum guidelines with particular reference to paragraph 2.1

Moderator & Administrator team

 

[paully]

I had an email last night from the Admin team of this forum saying they had had many anonymous complaints regarding my comment.
All I can say there are a lot of sad individuals on here if they were offended by what I said yet people are allowed to insult me by saying I look like Philip Schofield....was I offended, no of course not as it was was in jest. Sad, sad people...

Some, these days are firmly in the easily offended category. Usually no common sense either. The fact they aren't prepared to put their name to any complaint merely re inforces my opinion. They need to grow up!!.. I'll leave it at that

 

[LBAYORKIE]

I'm with Offint and Paully on this.

 

[Aviador]

Regardless of who you agree or disagree with, to degrade someone because of their age, race or sexuality is against the law, whether in gest or not. As such it was a clear forum violation. Had we not received any external complaints I would have still had to take some form of action against you. If you choose to continue to post here, your banter is permitted but it must adhere to the forum rules.

 

[Len Fish]

Whether we like it or not we have to tread carefully these days and the moderators have to walk that same tightrope but I would give short shrift to anyone who complains anonymously and does not have the courage of their convictions.

 

[LBA4EVER]

I had an email last night from the Admin team of this forum saying they had had many anonymous complaints regarding my comment.
All I can say there are a lot of sad individuals on here if they were offended by what I said yet people are allowed to insult me by saying I look like Philip Schofield....was I offended, no of course not as it was was in jest. Sad, sad people...

Im with you offint (not literally haha) to us it is just a bit of banter but I guess others can be a bit more easily offended, plus the comments are in the aer lingus room which is a bit off track.

 

[Severn]

It is the function of a forum to able to report a comment anonymously if deemed inappropriate, and there should be no need for a user to have to "publicly confront" others on here, this isn't a schoolyard.

We must remember that this forum is being read by many more than actually post here, and therefore we should all behave as such.

"Banter" isn't being banned here, we just need to remember that what is being said needs to be inclusive to all, and if you're not sure, then re-word it or don't post it.

 

[Peter Barber]

Whatever happened to freedom of speech? Probably why the country is going to the dogs!

 

[Scottie Dog]

Before any posts are possibly deleted can I just say that I thought this was the Leeds Aer Lingus thread. Enough said?

 

[LBA4EVER]

Back to aer lingus anyone know how the bookings are looking for the new Belfast route?

 

[Aviador]

I imagine it's too early to tell. Flights to Northern Ireland are highly freqented by family members going back and forth and squaddies. Many of which will book last minute.

 

[Aviador]

Some posts have been removed, not because of their content but to get the thread back on track.

If you wish you may use the current affairs section of the forum if you wish to discuss it further.

 

[airforced]

Before any posts are possibly deleted can I just say that I thought this was the Leeds Aer Lingus thread. Enough said?

Air Lingus thread or not probably the best place for non-airport banter and the like is facebook. Anyone agree?

 

[Aviador]

I hadn't realised Aer Lingus had A321neo in their fleet. It's worth knowing for those who might be looking onward travel.

 

[Severn]

I hadn't realised Aer Lingus had A321neo in their fleet. It's worth knowing for those who might be looking onward travel.

Yep, they have 4x A321neoLR (to replace their leased in B757-200s and further expand their network to the US and Canada on thinner routes) and 4x more on order. They also have A321neoXLR and A350s on order but they're way down the line yet. Their current long-haul fleet also consists of 4x A330-200s and 11x A330-300.
Aer Lingus operates long-haul routes to only the US and Canada. Next summer, the destinations available from Dublin (and therefore with one-stop from LBA) are:

USA
New York (JFK/EWR)
Boston (BOS)
Chicago (ORD)
Philadelphia (PHL)
Washington (IAD)
Seattle (SEA)
San Francisco (SFO)
Los Angeles (LAX)
Hartford, CT (BDL)
Orlando (MCO)
----
Canada
Toronto (YYZ)

(all above are bookable in June 2021 as an example)