ORK discontinued?
Apr 25, 2019, 3:13 am
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ORK discontinued?
It seems that ORK is discontinued from the end of the summer season. I've used this service quite a bit and have some reservations for the winter that haven't been cancelled yet, although the flight is no longer available.
Apr 25, 2019, 4:06 am
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Hello
as far as i know this route is only for summer time , and they started it last year = https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...from-may-2018/
if your booking is during winter , probably its a codeshare and maybe with a layover somewhere ,so you need to check the details
In case your flight is cancelled , AF will contact you with two offers = either refund your money or rebook you on another airline under the same conditions
as far as i know this route is only for summer time , and they started it last year = https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...from-may-2018/
if your booking is during winter , probably its a codeshare and maybe with a layover somewhere ,so you need to check the details
In case your flight is cancelled , AF will contact you with two offers = either refund your money or rebook you on another airline under the same conditions
Apr 26, 2019, 2:27 pm
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Hello
as far as i know this route is only for summer time , and they started it last year = https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...from-may-2018/
as far as i know this route is only for summer time , and they started it last year = https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...from-may-2018/
Given that the only other airline on the route is Aer Lingus, I think it is highly unlikely that AF would offer to rebook onto these services.
Apr 26, 2019, 2:35 pm
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For what it's worth, if they offer rebooking at all - and I suspect they won't - it will more likely be on the routings via AMS, which is the what they continue to sell on their website.
(I have flown AMS-CDG-ORK once!!!)
ORK-AMS is the only EI flight on which KL still codeshares.
(I have flown AMS-CDG-ORK once!!!)
ORK-AMS is the only EI flight on which KL still codeshares.
Apr 28, 2019, 10:52 pm
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Schedule switch not loaded into booking engine? The AF timetable, though never accurate, is showing from Oct 27th onwards a switch back to the afternoon rotation instead of the current morning one. Also visible in the Matrix.
Apr 29, 2019, 3:48 am
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That is what I booked and when I went to book the same flight on another day it is no longer available. Now the flight that I booked is no longer available either but my reservation hasn't been cancelled.
May 24, 2019, 4:10 pm
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Suspension confirmed by AF in AgentConnect. I have just posted it in the new/axed routes thread.
Master thread : AF new and cancelled routes
They do rebook on nonstop EI to CDG.
At that stage, no confirmation that the route will be resumed next spring/summer.
Master thread : AF new and cancelled routes
At that stage, no confirmation that the route will be resumed next spring/summer.
May 27, 2019, 2:54 am
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That seems wrong - as it suggests you were connecting CDG-ORK-XXX and I really don't think AF partners with any operators in ORK!!!
May 27, 2019, 1:54 pm
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That's how I understood it anyway.
May 27, 2019, 1:58 pm
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I interpret this as saying that the rebooking is a connection: AF CDG-AMS to EI AMS-ORK rather than the nonstop EI flight from Paris to Cork.
May 28, 2019, 2:30 am
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XXX-CDG-ORK has now been rebooked as XXX-CDG-AMS-ORK (depending on where XXX is, I'd have pushed for XXX-AMS-ORK!!)