Andy Onchan Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2021/1216/1267163-aer-lingus-emerald-airlines-operations/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringy Rose Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 19 hours ago, NoTailT said: Treasury SAVE program was all about part or full privatisation of the airport!! It was and, like most of that policy, it was highly idiotic. Which means it'll probably be revisited. It's a small regional airport. A management contract is simply paying someone to do something you can do yourself, with the bonus extra cost of then paying other civil servants to make sure the contractor is actually doing what they should be doing. Full privatisation would just be Manx Gas price-gouging on steroids. Good news about Dublin. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 28 minutes ago, Ringy Rose said: It was and, like most of that policy, it was highly idiotic. Which means it'll probably be revisited. It's a small regional airport. A management contract is simply paying someone to do something you can do yourself, with the bonus extra cost of then paying other civil servants to make sure the contractor is actually doing what they should be doing. Full privatisation would just be Manx Gas price-gouging on steroids. Good news about Dublin. To be fair, a private contractor probably wouldn't tolerate the shit that goes on at the airport now.. might be worth the extra cost!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Johnson Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 hour ago, NoTailT said: To be fair, a private contractor probably wouldn't tolerate the shit that goes on at the airport now.. might be worth the extra cost!! And the place would be clean and tidy. The no parking cones that are a feature down there since I was a child, by the looks of them are the same cones. Like a lot of CS presided over stuff, they don't give a shit what things look like. A private operator would at the very least make the place look good and welcoming. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, Boris Johnson said: And the place would be clean and tidy. The no parking cones that are a feature down there since I was a child, by the looks of them are the same cones. Like a lot of CS presided over stuff, they don't give a shit what things look like. A private operator would at the very least make the place look good and welcoming. Baggage trolleys are a disgrace too. Rusted up badly and dont function as they should. Worse than any shopping trolley I've ever had. Edited December 16, 2021 by Numbnuts 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 The day anyone does routine maintenance at the airport will be the first ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcd Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Boris Johnson said: And the place would be clean and tidy. The no parking cones that are a feature down there since I was a child, by the looks of them are the same cones. Like a lot of CS presided over stuff, they don't give a shit what things look like. A private operator would at the very least make the place look good and welcoming. A truly private (i.e. not simply an arm's length government quango) would not touch an operation unless it could actually make money. Despite the fiction of the York report, this airport never can or will because of the limitations and nature of the operation. The sooner that is accepted the better. And the sooner the poor decision making could* be controlled (* Subject to appropriate scrutiny) 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swoopy2110 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 The Dublin flight is 10.40am from IOM for the first few weeks and then changes to 4.35pm. Makes a transatlantic connection impossible which is a shame. Hopefully this will be changed / added to in due course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 13 hours ago, swoopy2110 said: The Dublin flight is 10.40am from IOM for the first few weeks and then changes to 4.35pm. Makes a transatlantic connection impossible which is a shame. Hopefully this will be changed / added to in due course. The Aer Lingus app and website don't show any connections from IOM via DUB in the reservation system. You would have to use a travel agent to construct the fare Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 It does for March 2022, or at least it did yesterday when I went a-lookin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 10 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said: It does for March 2022, or at least it did yesterday when I went a-lookin'. Multi city forces it You can't put in "one way" or "return" IOM-NYC. Compared to "one way" or "return" MAN-NYC - which you can do ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swoopy2110 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, snowman said: Multi city forces it You can't put in "one way" or "return" IOM-NYC. Compared to "one way" or "return" MAN-NYC - which you can do ... It's not possible when the flight it 1635 anyway. There is nothing to connect to. Hopefully they'll add the morning flight back in and also the connection options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, swoopy2110 said: It's not possible when the flight it 1635 anyway. There is nothing to connect to. Hopefully they'll add the morning flight back in and also the connection options. Herein lies the problem. The flights are SHOCKING times for connections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOM Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, NoTailT said: Herein lies the problem. The flights are SHOCKING times for connections. Not unlike the timings of EasyJet flights to the island! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 16 minutes ago, swoopy2110 said: It's not possible when the flight it 1635 anyway. There is nothing to connect to. Hopefully they'll add the morning flight back in and also the connection options. Of course there are flights to connect to. Look at the Dublin departure board for Aer Lingus flights after 1800 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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