Eirjet flight for Ryanair at EMA?

If I’m not mistaken, wasn’t Eirjet set-up by some former Ryanair staff?

Seen EI-DKG here at Liverpool at various times throughout the week. Iv not seen Freebird’s aircraft here for a few days now, but did see a Hamburg International operating on Monday (I think?) Makes a pleasant change here at LPL instead of the usual flying harp!

It’s called running an airline properly, diesel1 sums it up very nicely. With the lease rates of their A320’s at circa $350,000 each per month ($35,000 per day total!) I can tell what I’d do. Ryanair are extremely difficult to please with wet leases and this is eirjet’s second year working for RYR and I can tell you that RYR are very pleased with eirjet. I’ve checked their punctuality etc. and it’s close to 95% within 15 mins and 100% within 1 hour. Last year Monarch and Excel were diabolical subbing for RYR and won’t be seen again. EIR are also beat mainline Air Jamaica with EI-DKG in Montego Bay which I think is due back in DUB very soon if not already.

The A320’s are currently busy with 12-14 hours flying day in day out which is more than peak summer activity. From talking to EIR crews, the main problem with their charters is often DUB ie the atrotious handling and ground arrangments from the DAA. The main UK charter airlines always heavily pad their schedules as well when compared to EIR.

I assume you work with ServisAir Shamrock, fair play but DUB is a mess for them. The staff do their best but invariably it always goes pear shaped. EIR are doing 20-25 min turns in DUB every day with Ryanair without any hitches which says it all. I’m not having a go but I’ve heard of 1.5-2 hour turns during summer which is not good.

The other main problem, I think is the sub charters (OMNI Air etc.) messing it up, the mainline A320 operation being OK. I guess we’ll see over the summer.

Regards.

I find eirjet strange. They lease their aircraft out to Ryanair and then lease Transavia and Freebird equipment to operate their own flights.

Although it seems contradictory to have to charter in when aircraft are being leased out, look at it this way… eirjet have the opportunity to lease 2 aircraft to FR on a lucrative contract that will last some weeks.

Put yourself into the shoes of eirjet’s management.

However, you have some flights already scheduled to operate on one or both of the aircraft chartered to FR.

What do you do?

A. Take the lucrative contract, and have to do some chartering in, to cover your existing commitments. Spend time sending lots of bills to FR for the leases they have on your aircraft. Sign a few cheques for the companies subcontracting to you. Watch bank balance get healthier…. Know you’ve laid down a good foundation for the year ahead.

or

B. Turn down the lucrative contract and spend some weeks looking out the office window at your your shiny A320s sitting on the tarmac doing nothing… Wish that your company’s bank balance was heading into the black rather than watching all the fixed expenses you have to pay regardless of whether your aircraft fly or not being paid as bank balance heads towards red… Hope that summer season is going to be busy.

I find eirjet strange. They lease their aircraft out to Ryanair and then lease Transavia and Freebird equipment to operate their own flights.

I dont know how they are making money. They had a 13 hour delay on saturday and then had to lease another Freebird A320 to go and pick stranded passengers up in Plovdiv.

We handle Eirjet in work and Ive never once heard a good thing said about them.

Last night they had a flight from ACE-DUB operated by Transavia and ive never seen a happier bunch of passengers, when one lady was missing a bag she said HV were brillaint but the real eirjet plane they went out on was crap.

And this from the airline who has secured a huge amount of the charter traffic from DUB this summer!!!! God help us.

Thanks guys, much appreciated answers.

-Dazza 🙂

I seen one of them fly over Limavady on the way into Derry while i was bored doing an RE exam.

2 machines were based at LPL, howver this has now reverted to 1x LPL based, and 1x SNN based example.

Its being used because of Ryanair crews having used up all their hours.

I’m sure it was based out of Liverpool for a few weeks

It was sighted by my very self @ LPL, so i’d say yes!

I’ve just posted a pic of it today at Prestwick for Ryanair as well, I’m sure it was based out of Liverpool for a few weeks

Yep! They have leased 2 A320s off them if i remember correctly!