Are Aer Lingus planes flying half empty to Europe?

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I am interested to know if the Aer Lingus planes are flying half full to their European destinations. Just looking at their current joke of a 20% discount "sale". Anyone flown with them recently?
 
It's not much of a sale.

I was pricing flights to Nice from Cork in early September and they were coming in about 600 for 3 of us. Once the sale was announced I checked again to see if they were cheaper and noticed that the nominal price had increased. After the 20% off the new prices were about 600 :mad:
 
Travelled to Nice recently from Dublin, Wednesday to Wednesday. 50% occupancy on outward, 95% on way back.
 
Not surprised they are flying half empty, the prices they charge even with a sale on are still expensive.
 
Flew to Palma, Majorca, with them a couple of weeks ago - I would say 75% capacity going out and 90% on the return.
 
I flew to Rome with Aer Lingus in June. Out and back were both 95% full. Not cheap, cost around €500 for the two of us.
 
Interesting that you can't book beyond March 28th of next year. Normally with Aer Lingus you can book up to 300+ days in advance.
 

I had the same experience, pricing for a week or two beforehand to go to New York, got the email about the 20% sale- lo and behold - the same prices!!
 
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Aer Lingus’s short-haul business enjoyed a bumper July, with passenger numbers rising by 9.7 per cent to 903,000.
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However, between January and July......

its short-haul load factor declined by 1.3 points to 77.2 per cent.
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Just wondering if Aer Lingus planes are flying with a full capacity of passengers to Europe at the moment. Their ticket prices have gone very expensive. I am aslo wondering if it is worthwhile paying to book a seat?
 
IsleOfMan said:
Just wondering if Aer Lingus planes are flying with a full capacity of passengers to Europe at the moment. Their ticket prices have gone very expensive. I am aslo wondering if it is worthwhile paying to book a seat?
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I wouldn't think its worth while paying to book a seat unless you are flying long haul or have certain requirements!
 
I was looking at price from shannon to heathrow going in june the were comming in over 200 with bags the same dates going to stansted with ryanir €79 big diffrence.

i also find them very expensive for long haul going from shannon to new york with them can be about 200€ more expensive per person then contiental airlines.
 
Not worthwhile paying to book a seat - you can book one when you check in and there are always plenty of seats if you are early enough - only reason to book a seat with AL is if you desperately want a seat in the first 5 rows or at the emergency exits. Have been flying to London recently and they have been consistently full. Thought unlike dymo I am finding that RA are proving ridiculously expensive to London, even Cityjet are beating them some weeks! Granted though I can't opt to fly at convenient o'clock for the cheaper flights as I am going for work. I don't normally check in a bag if I am flying AL because I can carry a laptop bag and the suitcase and it is is plenty. With RA I always have to check in a bag because of having to tote the laptop so I always have to factor in that cost.
Another factor to always consider when flying into London is where you are going to. Stansted is bloody inconvenient for most of London - and leaving aside the time hassle it is also relatively expensive to get from.
 
I've used Aer Lingus this year (6 flights) - all at least 90% full (Alicante, Malage, Heathrow).
 
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