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[edit] Bloat

This article is fairly bloated! 87.210.35.24 (talk) 12:25, 18 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Terminal Two & Metro Link

When the hell are these gonna happen?


Soon my friend, soon

T2 construction started 1 Oct 2007, opening Apr 2010 due to delays in planning approval. Metro airport station construction starts 2010. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 6920 (talk • contribs) 08:05, 14 October 2007 (UTC)


Anyone agree that the following bit might need to be rewritten. It sounds like it was written by Martin Cullen himself - perhaps it was? While I agree with many of the sentiments, a Wikipedia article shouldn't sound as if it has been lifted from a press release.

From there, 'Metro North' will continue to the Airport and onwards to the burgeoning commuter town of Swords, which has many business links with the airport and where thousands of workers at the airport choose to live. There will also be a number of 'Park & Ride' stops along the route. Although Dublin will benefit tremendously from an airport rail link, 'Metro North' is designed to be much more. It will be a major addition to Dublin's public transport infrastructure and will provide many travel possibilities, whether they are to include the airport or not. Together with the proposed extensions to the Luas Green and Red tram lines, the metro to Dublin Airport will connect seamlessly with Dublin's bus and rail termini giving access to all major modes of transportation in and from the city: Dublin Bus's vast bus network, Bus Éireann's nationwide bus network, Luas light rail, DART electrified overground railway, 'Arrow' outer suburban rail services, as well as Irish Rail's inter-city rail services to Rosslare, Waterford, Cork, Tralee, Limerick, Galway, Westport, Ballina, and Sligo, and the high-speed cross-border 'Enterprise' service to Belfast. The line will bring huge social and cultural benefits to the city. Journey time between the airport and St Stephen's Green will be 17 minutes (or 18 minutes if a stop at Parnell Square is included).



'there has been a train platform and tunnels built under the main terminal since the 1960's( as shown on 1961 Ordinace survey map of dublin airport'

- The Project Director of Metro North, Rory O'Connor from the RPA, has stated that there is no truth in the above statement concerning an underground station in Dublin Airport. Please verify the Ordnance Survey remark please.

- MB

There's no train platform or station under the main terminal that was built in the late 60s early 70s. There's a service basement at grade -1 and that's it. The main terminal wasn't built in 1961 so it's difficult to see how it could have been on an OS map in that year ..... The extension to the terminal built in 1999 does have a double height basement - it was never for trains/underground/metro and is now used for check in (Area 14). The airside basement at this level (-2) is used for baggage handling. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 6920 (talk • contribs) 18:51, 30 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ground Transport

A anaon put the following in the section on ground transport, "despite the fact that there has been a train platform and tunnels built under the main terminal since the 1960's( as shown on 1961 Ordinace survey map of dublin airport)", i have since marked it as fact, as i can not confirm it my slef, and it would be nice to have some one else verify that this is the case. Also it would kind of be misleading, while if it did have provisions for train service it sill needs a line to be sent to the airport, and currently that is not one that i would coniderable as useable w/o it being refirbished. Also just becuse it is on the map does not mean it was built nor does it mean that they were built for that purpose, many airport have tunnels under them, mainly for aiport operations or utility tunnles, ans the platforms could just as well be service platforms for luggage and such. Also the date would not match up, the airport went under most of it's expansion in the 70's about 10 years after these platforms appear, and i doubt that they would have kept them in after the expansion unless their was a plan for the airport their was a rail link at the time and not 30 years in the future. It just seems out of place. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 02:38, 17 May 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Charter Destinations

  • Would it be good if someone put in a list of charter destinations and airlines under the current scheduled airlines? Jvlm.123 15:29, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
Other airport articles usually do not include the destinations of charter airlines. Due to the fact that theyt are chartered, thus, they do not have scheduled services and thus the destinations would vary frequently. I'd say just list the airlines but not the destinations. Elektrik Blue 82 15:50, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Irish

I've partially reverted edits made by User:Jim236 which put the Irish name of Dublin Airport Authority into both the article text and infobox. The infobox is meant to be a quick guide, and since this is the English language Wikipedia the correct place to talk about the Irish name of Dublin Airport Authority plc is in the Dublin Airport Authority article, not every article which links to it. Likewise for Dublin / Baile Átha Cliath.

And perhaps you could use the preview button and edit summaries rather than 50 or so edits? Thanks/wangi 14:27, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I've asked him to read WP:UE and reverted similar bilingualism on Shannon Airport and Cork Airport; as well as directing him to to the Irish language Wikipedia. --Kiand 15:03, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Delta- Orlando

Guys

Can I clear something up. Someone continually keeps adding a supposed Delta airlines service to Orlando on the page. Delta do not serve Orlando at all from Dublin There are connections available from all US Carriers serving Dublin to Orlando, sure! But if we start listing connections we might as well start adding every airport in the world to the list!!

Please dont add again —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.41.114.103 (talk) 12:56, 5 April 2007 (UTC).

I looked up Dublin to Orlando on Delta's website. Orlando is not even listed as a destination nonstop or direct. Bucs2004 15:41, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
It has been added again. It was on the schedule but it turns out to be a faux-direct flight. According to WP:Airports, international flights to the USA continuing on to a domestic destination is not considered a direct flight where there is an aircraft change in this case in Atlanta. Bucs2004 04:13, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
IT HAS BEEN ADDED AGAIN!!!! I have block them from editing from 2 days from vandalizing. Hopefully, this will teach them a lesson about direct flights and plane changes. Bucs2004 18:00, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
It might operate as the same flight number, but an aircraft change IS involved. DUB-ATL is operated by B763's while the DAL159 ATL-MCO is showing as a B752. A Flight is only considered direct if you do not have to disembark the aircraft before reaching your final destination. In this case de-planeing is nessecary to board a different aircraft to connect to MCO. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.41.119.36 (talk) 16:34, 12 April 2007 (UTC).
Yes, you are correct. It is a faux-direct flight and should not be listed. I just hope it is not added again. Bucs2004 17:29, 12 April 2007 (UTC)
Taken from the wikipedia airports project page "However, avoid listing direct flights that contain a stop at a domestic hub, as virtually all of these are simply flights from one "spoke city" to a hub, with the plane continuing from the hub to a second spoke city. Furthermore, these flights often involve plane changes, despite the direct designation. Including these flights dramatically increases the length of destination listings, artificially inflates the airline's presence at a location and requires constant updating, as these "timetable direct" destinations have little rhyme or reason and may change as often as every week or two" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.41.119.36 (talk) 19:24, 12 April 2007 (UTC).


Note- there has been a tendency for spam to be posted stating Delta to 'Orlando Sanford'- SFB is used primarily as a charter airport- delta do not fly there at all [1] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Splash15hotel (talk • contribs) 17:55, 23 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] IP Addresses

Hello

The ip addresses quoted in the history- the one starting with 172.xxx.xxx.xx has been posting spam before he posted 'Penis Airways' to 'Penistown' I have removed this and have attempted to report it. The other one 81.xxx.xxx.xxx is an eircom dublin IP —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.41.122.70 (talk) 17:04, 21 April 2007 (UTC).

HAHAHA Penis Airways!!!

Its not a laughing matter- someone cannot resist the temptation of posting blatently immature comments —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Splash15hotel (talk • contribs) 17:48, 23 April 2007 (UTC).

Splash15hotel, ur a fucking faggot, dude. Get a life!


I shall be reporting you for abuse/slander to Wikipedia admin —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Splash15hotel (talk • contribs) 19:39, 23 April 2007 (UTC).
What's wrong with being immature?!?!?!?!?!


[edit] Airport setup/layout

It's an odd place Dublin Airport. It manages to combine some interesting technology like the number plate recognition facilities at the long-stay car parks with organisation like, like...chaos?

You can take your life in your hands heading to the Departures area. Drivers are quite happy to drive on when they see people approaching them on the pedestrian crossing. The occasional policeman you may see will ignore anything he sees anyway.

Apart from some of the Greek Island airports, I'd say check-in at Dublin Airport is the most chaotic I've witnessed. You can keep the kids amused by asking them to guess where queues start and end. You could let them mess around on one of the eight Internet kiosks either, if there aren't too many airport staff on them that is and they're not afraid of the stains on the seats.

The ticket desks are always good for a laugh. Even if there is a sign saying that the particular airline only takes reservations in the early hours of the morning (ie before 08:00), it will have the same number of staff behind the desk as carriers that issue tickets all day.

As for luggage retrieval...OMG. After your mile walk from the plane, you'll eventually find your carousel. Hopefully some local hood won't have walked away with your bag, as it would be very easy to walk right through the airport and straight to the carousels.

Hope the Government sells the airport authority to the Germans, it could only get better.

BTW, if you get a receipt for your parking, make sure it has some relation to what you have actually paid. The machines have a bit of a mind of their own.

194.46.235.22 21:35, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Well, the airport was built in the 70s, extended in the 90's and has a cpacity for about two-thirds of the passengers using it. At least the airport authhority's finally got the go-ahead to build a new terminal. And there's a new pier opening at the end of the month. Given the strain it's under, the airport works well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 6920 (talk • contribs) 08:10, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Airport traffic

In the very first paragraph, it is written that in 2006 Dublin Airport was the 17th busiest airport of the world. Firstly, I want to suggest that we should add the category (number of passengers) in which Dublin Airport was the busiest airport. Secondly, and even more important, I want to remark that those numbers being stated are far from being realistic. Dublin can't be the 17th busiest airport of the world concerning the number of passengers. The original source must be wrong, since there are dozens of other international airports which have more than 21 million passengers each year. Check this source for another reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_busiest_airports_by_passenger_traffic —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chrismiksch (talk • contribs) 00:35, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

The entry is correct, it says busiest international airport, see the ref http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World's_busiest_airports_by_international_passenger_traffic 6920 (talk) 09:21, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

I was suprised to read "The Dublin-London route is the second most popular in the world (after Hong Kong-Taipei). There are approximately 50 daily departures from Dublin to all five London Airports...". According to OAG (http://www.oag.com/oag/website/com/OAG+Data/News/Press+Room/Press+Releases+2006/OAG+reveals+the+worlds+busiest+routes+070906), Dublin doesn't even make the top 10. Can anyone cite a source for this claim? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.128.109.242 (talk) 22:23, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ryanair?

Why are all the Ryanair destinations omitted from the destinations bit? Sulmac (talk) 19:11, 23 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Bucharest 'Otopeni'

Bucharest Henri-Coanda Airport is no longer known by its older name 'Otopeni' whoever keeps adding that! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.152.134.85 (talk) 23:35, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Flag Carrier

Is Aer Lingus still the national flag carrier? Bardcom (talk) 14:49, 23 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Kiev Borysphil

Since when has Aer Lingus or Aerosvit served Kiev from Dublin?? (86.147.37.225 (talk) 18:52, 9 May 2008 (UTC))