[SimonS1]

Can this really be true – 4 arrivals an hour at weekends?

https://www.businessinsider.com/labor-shortage-boeing-jets-air-charter-diverts-passengers-airport-travel-2022-7?r=US&IR=T

[DavidSmith2]

I am unclear. Do they really mean ‘diverted’? As I read it, they simply mean that they had to schedule their flights to go to Kerry because Dublin said they had no available slots. If that is the case, then maybe some UK airports could follow Dublin’s example.

[TominScotland]

The four flights an hour is, of course, utter tosh. As a sample, arrivals this morning nine arrivals are scheduled between 8 and 8.30. Much more likely is that these are one-off charter arrivals, looking to schedule at very busy times. Farrenfore is, in any case, much closer to where most American visitors to Ireland want to be……

[SimonS1]

[quote quote=1223858]The four flights an hour is, of course, utter tosh. As a sample, arrivals this morning nine arrivals are scheduled between 8 and 8.30.[/quote]

The article refers to 4 arrivals an hour on Saturdays, today is Tuesday…..

[TominScotland]

And it still rubbish, having landed in Dublin on Saturday morning last week, with multiple flights showing on the board.

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