Aer Lingus reintroduced the Heathrow - Shannon slot tonight after a break of just over 14 months. Tonight's flight EIN 387 was operated by A320 EI-DES which arrived at 19.27z. The 'new' Heathrow - Shannon services operate twice daily on weekdays with a morning only service on Saturday and an evening only service on Sunday.
Meanwhile it was case of getting the retaliation in first at CityJet who got the jump on Aer Lingus when they increased capacity on the Paris - Shannon route on Saturday evening. From last night the twice daily Paris - Shannon flights will be operated by RJ85 aircraft. Last evening 's service was operated by RJ85 EI-RJU. CityJet have also revamped their schedule with a very early 5.40 am departure from Shannon utilizing an aircraft which now overnights in Shannon. It had been a criticism of the CityJet service that connecting with services in Paris had been compromised with the late morning arrival of the Shannon originating flight.
Whilst connectivity from Shannon is now better than it has ever been, there must surely be excess capacity with the combined London and Paris services and a soft market. It remains to be seen who will blink first.
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I was on the aforementioned flight on Saturday last. Pilot made a nice announcement about how happy he was to be flying to Shannon once again, but, besides that, it was business as usual. Only 60 pax on board though - I wonder how well AF are filling their RJ85s?
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