Forget ex EU and ex INV, I'm all about ex KIR (That's Kerry County)
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Little OT, forgive me, but all those mileage runners even lead to a capacity increase on Aer Lingus' service to Dublin!
AerLingus increases Dublin – Kerry capacity in S18
Posted 27 February 2018 10:00
AerLingus in summer season increasing capacity on Dublin – Kerry route, currently served by Stobart Air ATR42 aircraft. From 25MAR18, the 2 daily flights will switch to Stobart Air ATR72 aircraft.
EI3204 DUB1240 – 1345KIR AT7 D
EI3208 DUB1855 – 2000KIR AT7 D
EI3201 KIR0730 – 0830DUB AT7 x7
EI3201 KIR0900 – 1005FUB AT7 7
EI3205 KIR1410 – 1510DUB AT7 D
Posted 27 February 2018 10:00
AerLingus in summer season increasing capacity on Dublin – Kerry route, currently served by Stobart Air ATR42 aircraft. From 25MAR18, the 2 daily flights will switch to Stobart Air ATR72 aircraft.
EI3204 DUB1240 – 1345KIR AT7 D
EI3208 DUB1855 – 2000KIR AT7 D
EI3201 KIR0730 – 0830DUB AT7 x7
EI3201 KIR0900 – 1005FUB AT7 7
EI3205 KIR1410 – 1510DUB AT7 D
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Having been connected with Inverness for 37 years, can I just say the more people use the ex-INV the better as the BA LHR link has been withdrawn from service many times, enough column inches written about it in the local Highland newspapers. Whilst we'd like it to be a 'secret', we realise the benefits of it to keep it going.
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I've done a few ex-EUs now and I can't understand why INV is so much cheaper. I thought the ex-EU thing was to avoid high UK air departure taxes. So if we all still assume Scotland is part of the UK, then how is INV often cheaper than other EU airports?
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Some of the remote Scottish airports have always been exempt from APD and INV is one such airport. As to the cheaper prices I guess BA would rather people flew with them than KLM via AMS. Anyway I’m not complaining!
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Also while ex-INV is always about lower departure taxes, the fares are often lower than elsewhere in the UK - presumably to attract ex-EU type custom as well.
(NB flying out of the EU really is not about lower departure taxes, though it plays a role. The main reason is that, if you want to fly AMS-BKK you would do so non-stop on KLM, all things being equal. To make sure that all things are not equal, BA offers prices that are much lower out of AMS than it does out of LHR to give Dutch people an incentive to change at Heathrow. However, fortunately for us, LHR-AMS is only a short hop and a very easy turnaround, which justifies the price saving over a non-stop flight. The same applies to lots of other routes starting all over Europe.
(NB flying out of the EU really is not about lower departure taxes, though it plays a role. The main reason is that, if you want to fly AMS-BKK you would do so non-stop on KLM, all things being equal. To make sure that all things are not equal, BA offers prices that are much lower out of AMS than it does out of LHR to give Dutch people an incentive to change at Heathrow. However, fortunately for us, LHR-AMS is only a short hop and a very easy turnaround, which justifies the price saving over a non-stop flight. The same applies to lots of other routes starting all over Europe.
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In all the calculations I've done to compare the savings between an ex-EU and an ex-LHR the APD element is approx 15-25% of the difference between the two fares - the rest being made up of minor difference in airport fees and the bulk in the reduced base fare and surcharges.
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At the time I heard it was originally designed to feed people to AA's services at Manchester, but when BA launched LHR from INV their services were included. But I am still seeing good ex INV deals.