Originally Posted by
James91
I fly on the 757 5/6 times a year DUB-EWR. I have to say I've never felt unsafe, and we've never had to divert anywhere for fuel! Plus the fares compared to flying via the UK are incredibly reasonable!
Ireland to the Northeast are pretty much the shortest TATL flights you can do..some domestic coast-to-coast flights in the US are barely shorter.
I'd say it's very likely most of the fuel-caused diversions affect the longer routes toward Spain and Germany.