Who are "Air Contractors" ?

Old Aug 13, 2014, 11:50 pm
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Who are "Air Contractors" ?

Looking over AI flights, I see some that say "Operated by AIR CONTRACTORS".
Is this new? Who are these guys?
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Old Aug 13, 2014, 11:52 pm
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Contractors
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Old Aug 14, 2014, 1:32 am
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Thanks.
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Old Aug 14, 2014, 4:48 am
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I have flown on two of these flights they operate 757s on:
DUB-YYZ
SNN-JFK
SNN-BOS
and the returns.

To the average consumer these damp leases are completely invisible.

In the fall, when the schedule get lighter, it looks like some of these aircraft will be operating on DUB-BOS & BOS-DUB as well.

Next spring and summer the schedule on the website is confusing for one of the DUB-BOS & BOS-DUB flights is showing that Air Contractors is opening it as a 757, but the aircraft listed is an A330 as is the seat map. DUB-YYZ & YYZ-DUB is showing the same thing for next summer and is only showing operating 4 days a week. I guess Aer Lingus are still trying to figure out what aircraft are going to operate where next summer and this is a way of hedging their bets.

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Old Aug 14, 2014, 1:39 pm
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Ya, I have a BOS-DUB rt in March where both legs are showing Air Contractors A333... I guess I'll just wait it out before paying for an exit row.
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