New Aer Lingus routes

"Padraig Breathnach" wrote in message
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There are no train services from Birmingham, Faro, or London to Cork.

June 2003: departed Gloucester Road (London) tube station at 7am; arrived
Cork railway station 7pm. Exhausting but exhilarating!

Cheers,

George W. Russell
Bangalore

"grusl" wrote:

"Padraig Breathnach" wrote in message
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There are no train services from Birmingham, Faro, or London to Cork.

June 2003: departed Gloucester Road (London) tube station at 7am; arrived
Cork railway station 7pm. Exhausting but exhilarating!

Some tube that!

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"Padraig Breathnach" wrote in message
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"grusl" wrote:

"Padraig Breathnach" wrote in message
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There are no train services from Birmingham, Faro, or London to Cork.

June 2003: departed Gloucester Road (London) tube station at 7am; arrived
Cork railway station 7pm. Exhausting but exhilarating!



I was damned impressed. That's the EU for you - bet it wasn't nearly as good
when they were all the same country.

Cheers,

George W Russell
Bangalore

"grusl" wrote in message
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"Padraig Breathnach" wrote in message
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"grusl" wrote:

"Padraig Breathnach" wrote in message
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There are no train services from Birmingham, Faro, or London to Cork.

June 2003: departed Gloucester Road (London) tube station at 7am; arrived
Cork railway station 7pm. Exhausting but exhilarating!

Some tube that!


I was damned impressed. That's the EU for you - bet it wasn't nearly as
good when they were all the same country.



Pah. My deletion of Padraig's attributed line was accidental. Apologies.

Cheers,

George W Russell
Bangalore

SHADDUP...

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Best
Greg


mrtravel wrote:
Padraig Breathnach wrote:
mrtravel wrote:


Merryterry wrote:


Miss L. Toe wrote:


Looks Like Padraig will get to see Milano next year.

. Cork to Birmingham, Faro and London Heathrow will have increased
frequency.


Nothing on their website about this. When does this start from? I want
to go to Cork next spring but present flight frequencies are not good.


I wouldn't let airline schedules dictate a visit to Cork.
Take the train.


There are no train services from Birmingham, Faro, or London to Cork.


I am sure there is coach service or connecting trains. The point being
that the frequency of airline travel to a destination, shouldn't stop
anyone who really had a desire to go, unless it had to be reached by air.

Padraig Breathnach wrote:
There are no train services from Birmingham, Faro, or London to Cork.

http://www.sailrail.co.uk

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Padraig Breathnach wrote:
There are no train services from Birmingham, Faro, or London to Cork.

http://www.sailrail.co.uk

Good try, but you have to get off the train to board the ferry.

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"Padraig Breathnach" wrote in message
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http://www.sailrail.co.uk

Good try, but you have to get off the train to board the ferry.

Damn. I didn't *have* to get all wet?

Cheers,

George W Russell
Bangalore

All of this is tied to the acquisition of two (yes, only two) new
planes.

Or are you getting confused with their two new long-haul planes?





Aer Lingus, 'Celebrating 70 years of serving Ireland', today announced
details
of a new long haul scheduled flight programme for 2007 which will result
from
the delivery in May and June next year of its two new long haul A330
aircraft.



The new aircraft will increase the long haul fleet from seven to nine
aircraft.
They will add 26 flights each week providing a 28% boost to Aer Lingus' long
haul capacity and bringing to 120 the total number of long haul flights
which
will be operated weekly by the airline to and from the US and Middle East.



Increased Frequencies:

.. Dublin to New York will operate a double daily non-stop service.
Shannon to New York will operate a daily service.

.. Boston will increase from eleven flights per week to two flights
daily,
one non-stop service from Dublin and a second from Dublin via
Shannon.

.. Chicago will increase from a daily flight to two flights daily, one
non-stop from Dublin and the second from Dublin via Shannon,
representing a new daily direct service from Shannon.

.. Dublin to Los Angeles will increase from five services weekly to a
daily service.

.. Dublin to Dubai will increase from three flights weekly to four
flights.





Announcing the expansion, Chief Executive, Dermot Mannion said, ' The
arrival of
two new long haul aircraft next year marks the first phase of the long haul
expansion plan and gives Aer Lingus the opportunity to develop its presence
in
the US market. We look forward to a timely decision on the bi-lateral
agreement
which will allow Aer Lingus to take full advantage of open skies.'

"Miss L. Toe" wrote:


All of this is tied to the acquisition of two (yes, only two) new
planes.

Or are you getting confused with their two new long-haul planes?

Perhaps I am. I am easily confused.

But the additional short-haul programme is not that big really --
things like daily services being introduced on routes that already had
a five flights per week frequency. So perhaps two planes would suffice
for the announced expansion in European services -- or even no planes,
if they move closer to the Ryanair model of sweating their assets and
their staff.

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