Cyprus Airways Launch Dublin Service

dublinderm


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Message Posted:
13/02/2010 16:44

Cyprus Airways has announced that it will launch a new direct service from Dublin to Cyprus this year.



The airline, which is majority owned by the (Greek) Cypriot state, announced the new service yesterday, along with another new route servicing Kiev and an increase in flights to the Lebanese capital Beirut.



The airline, which is 60% owned by the state, said the new services were part of a campaign to boost tourism to the Mediterranean island.



Let's see how the prices compare.



DD

joanie1


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Message Posted:
14/02/2010 13:51

Any idea when it will start? I have friends in Dublin who came last year and had to fly to England first - a direct service would be great.



Joan

dublinderm


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Message Posted:
14/02/2010 17:49

Hi joanie,



No details on their website just yet. I will enquire from the scheduling people at Dublin Airport during the week and put any details on the post. I have a feeling that the prices are going to put a lot of people off - let's see.



I would highly recommend Turkish Airlines from Dublin via Istanbul. I have used them a few times and the service is excellent. The best day to travel out is Saturday as the lay over in IST is only about 1 hr 30 mins as opposed to six hours on other days.



Tell your friends to go to the TK desk in Departures where Winnifred or Caroline will quote them excellent fares usually around the €330 mark. By doing this they will get a level of flexibility that you cannot get from the internet.



Watch this space for more information.



DD

joanie1


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Posts: 164

Message Posted:
14/02/2010 20:01

Thanks Dermot



I was thinking of going to Dublin next week to my friends 70th birthday but I looked on Turkish Airlines website and was quoted 1800 euros return from Istanbul to Dublin via Heathrow - that was without the Ercan/Istanbul flight - so it was hello on Skype and see you later in the year on Pegasus/Ryanair through Stanstead, Why are airfares so complicated. Look forward to further information. However last May they flew from Dublin and back for only taxes with Ryanair and £165 return Luton to Larnaca with Monarch and I picked them up - still a lot cheaper than Turkish Airlines. Also I went back to England for three weeks on 14 December at Christmas - £59 single Ercan to Stanstead on Pegasus - excellent day flight and back on 6th January BA to Larnaca £133 single also day flight - but we'd all prefer using Ercan. We need flights for about £180 return ireland/England - planes full - economy booms - same price year round no profiteering on school holidays!





Joan

dublinderm


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Message Posted:
14/02/2010 22:00

Here is another suggestion.



The Irish regional airline Aer Arann are about to take over the Aer Lingus UK/Ireland network from the following airports to Dublin;



Blackpool (BLK), Cardiff (CWL), Doncaster/Sheffield (DSA), Durham Tees (MME), Edinburgh (EDI), Glasgow (GLA), Gloucester Cheltenham (GLO), Isle of Man (IOM), and Newcastle (NCL).



They will also service other irish airports such as Waterford, Cork, Sligo, Donegal, City of Derry, and Knock.



If you can get a decent deal to any of the UK airports above, you might get a good price with Aer Arann for the onward journey.



Good Luck!



DD

nurseawful



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Message Posted:
15/02/2010 06:51

DD

I take it this new service will go into Larnaca as opposed to Ercan? Which is a pity as our son lives in Dublin during the winter and it would be great if he could pop over without going to the Greek side.



Chris

geronimo


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Message Posted:
15/02/2010 07:23

Agree with Chris msg 6 would be great to have flights from Dublin AND Bristol or Cardiff to Ercan rather than having to go through the south.

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
15/02/2010 13:35

Cyprus Airways are merely re-introducing some old routes.. They used to code share with Aerosvit on the LCA-KBP route to Kiev.





I wonder will they be code share routes with other airlines.

britvic



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Message Posted:
15/02/2010 14:41

How nice it would be to get a flight from Durham Tees Valley (half an hour away) instead of having to travel to Manchester (two hours away). There have been ridiculous prices to travel from Teeside sometimes over £1000 per person, the airlines forget that a lot of people live in other parts of the Country and not just London.





Vicki

dublinderm


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Message Posted:
15/02/2010 16:21

Re: Msg 6.



It would appear that the service will be to Larnaca, but Paphos may be a possibility. There are large Irish communities in both Paphos and Limassol so either airport or both could be on the cards.



Cyprus Airways currently codeshare with KLM who also codeshare with Aer Lingus so the route may in fact be operated on Aer Lingus aircraft on some services. CY are hoping that the onwards connections will be a selling point.



From November this year Dublin will provide 100% US Customs and Border Patrol and Agriculture clearance for flights to the USA. So any flight departing DUB will be a 'domestic' US flight. It would seem that CY think that there may be some business for them in this market. They are joined in this by Etihad, and soon Emirates who will increase their DUB frequencies to take advantage of the facility.



More to come.



DD

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
15/02/2010 17:37

re msg 10



>>From November this year Dublin will provide 100% US Customs and Border Patrol and Agriculture clearance for flights to the USA.<<





Great ! al-Queda can use Dublin as a 'easy' route to get bombs on board.. The first the US will know of it is when an ex Soviet satellite nation country's security service tips off the Irish (US?) that a trial run to test the security at their airport seemed to have 'slipped through' and was to be found at a house in Dublin/ on board a US bound plane ))))))

dublinderm


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Message Posted:
15/02/2010 19:23

Now Now mmmmmm



Don't put the failure of the Slovaks onto the Paddies!! The Slovaks informed a 'handling agent' ay Dublin several hours AFTER the aircraft had arrived. The security authorities were not informed until the next day.



There is 100% Hold Baggage Screening at DUB including transfer baggage. No worries!! Also the US CBP will be carrying out their own screening process in addition to ours.



Remember the 9/11 boys all boarded aircraft in the USA.



Newspaper and internet reports don't a;ways tell the full or even the real story.



Next thing we will all start believing thing Michael O'Leary says.



DD

flightholiday


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Message Posted:
15/02/2010 21:36

DD Msg12



Your complaint about the Slovaks - is this the airline you are talking about or Slovak nationals? There happens to be an airline called Air Slovakia which I understand was not run by Slovak's.

dublinderm


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Posts: 538

Message Posted:
16/02/2010 00:12

Hello again,



The Slovak National Police were carrying out a security exercise using explosives sniffer dogs at Poprad airport. The dogs successfully detected all of the bags containing explosive materials. The bags belonged to real passengers on a weekly flight to Dublin. At the conclusion of the exercise the police officers failed to remove one of the test pieces from a bag that then flew on to Dublin.



Several hours later a fax message was sent to Servisair handling Agency at Dublin, long after the passengers had collected their bags and went on their way to their homes. Only the next day was the fax found on the machine and the Gardai (Irish Police) were informed. They tracked down the unfortunate passenger and in an OTT 'raid' on his apartment they recovered the test explosives. The fun in the press, other media, and internet kicked off.



The important point in relation to mmmmmm's message is that there was no security failure at Dublin Airport.



DD

dublinderm


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Message Posted:
16/02/2010 00:14

mmmmmm's posting to my mind is ill informed, has racist undertones, and is just plain WRONG!!!

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
16/02/2010 00:19

Dear DD,



Tanks for 'biting'..



Now perhaps you can explain how a the explosives made their way past inward security at Dublin airport and it wasn't a security breach?



How come the first the Irish knew about the explosives was when the Slovaks told 'em ?



How am a 'wrong' / 'ill informed' and how can I be racist to my fellow countrymen ?!

LondonCypriot


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Message Posted:
16/02/2010 00:44

Will Ryanair ever come to Cyprus?

dublinderm


Joined: 26/09/2009
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Message Posted:
16/02/2010 01:06

To both of the above postings;



ARRIVALS at airports in the UK and Ireland are not subject to security clearance. In my experience only US and Israeli airports conduct security operations on arriving passengers and bags. As people are getting OFF aircraft and leaving the airport what exactly is the point of searching them again??? I could comment on my observations on what arrives in Dublin from the USA, but...I don't want to scare anyone.



Ryanair have a 3000 mile maximum routing policy. It is unlikely that they will flying to Cyprus direct from UK or Ireland. They could do it from some of their locations in Italy or Eastern Europe but you have to ask is there a market for this? Probably not.



As Larnaca or Paphos would probably be the likely airports of operation, the €33 passenger service charge at each of them (Dublin €9) may be seen as a disincentive.



Nice to get back to real issues rather than slagging people.



DD

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
17/02/2010 10:56

Dear DD



re msg 18



Sorry, for taking so long to respond.



YES, I was being 'tongue in cheek' and you are correct to point out that bags aren't checked on arrival.



I'm sure the US wouldn't let the Irish clear ( with US involvement ) unless they felt the procedures were as they would conduct them on home soil.



It's just that I used to enter Eire from Fishguard, frequently - when the troubles were at their height - and I remember 'security' as it was then.



I arrived in a Eire registered Ford Taunus as a passenger - the driver had pranged his car during a previous huntin', shootin' trip and was coming back to collect it



We were stopped by Irish Customs and they found shed loads of Shot gun cartridges, porno magazines and condoms . ( *I* didn't know about them !)



The driver and I were separated. I only had a UK passport - showing PoB as Belfast - with an Anglican surname... but we were released in minutes as the driver simply told the senior officer who we were going

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
17/02/2010 11:01

to meet ! :o



The Guy I was with wore fulling hunting regalia.. Plus 4's the lot.. The senior officer simply asked.. why didn't you tell us who you were going to see ?!



How I didn't soil my undies I'll never know.. I wanted to KILL my 'friend' .. later that day the bar was falling over themselves with laughter at our tale - with me being the 'daft feckin' prod' !



I'm guessing things have changed ;)

dublinderm


Joined: 26/09/2009
Posts: 538

Message Posted:
17/02/2010 15:47

Dear mmmmmm,



I will forgive you in time I am sure.



The proof of my point is in the nature of the people you met on your arrival from Fishguard. They were Customs not security, and these along with Immigration Officers are who you will meet on arrival at an airport.



Lets hope that in the Republic of Ireland (only use Eire when writing in Irish) or the UK we do not get so paranoid as to have to subject visitors to additional security hassle. I think anyone who uses an airport will feel we have just plenty already.



I hope you will always receive a warm welcome here.



DD



PS Being a Prod or a Northy does not make you any less a citizen of the Republic of Ireland than I am... that is if you want to be of course!!

eastendjoker


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Message Posted:
17/02/2010 22:34

why would anyone want ryanair while we can use pegasus from Stanstead ! the joy of living in Essex !

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
18/02/2010 10:58

Dear DD,



as I can't ( according to you ) call 'Eire' Eire in English should I now call the 'Gard' a Policeman and the 'Taoiseach' Prime Minister and the 'Dáil' the Parliament ? ;)



I am Irish when I feel like it, and think it's was great compromise to stop folk dying !

Naas26


Joined: 23/04/2007
Posts: 128

Message Posted:
18/02/2010 14:07

mmmmmm



Eire is an Irish word not commonly used when speaking English but 'Garda' 'Taoiseach' and the 'Dail ' are now part of everyday spoken English (in Ireland).



Derm

It will be great to have a direct flight with Cyprus Airways to Larnaca as having to go to the UK first made the whole trip a very long day. I wonder what the prices will be not cheaper than the UK I bet but if it cuts out the Uk flight it might be worth it. Any idea when they propose to start this from and i wonder would they transfer (with no charge ) my flights I have already booked for the summer. I have not flown with Turkish Airlines because i thought the transfer times were too short or too long with an overnight in Turkey. Have you ever missed a flight on the short transfers. I will be in the airport tomorrow so i will talk to the desk and see if i can get more info.

With regards to Ryanair i had heard that they were thinking of using an Italian airport as one of the hubs to fly to Larnaca.



Naas 26

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
18/02/2010 14:21

Hi Naas



You might be surprised but the use of 'Eire' or the 'Republic' or 'Free state' are all commonly used in N.I. .. the last one was most frequently used by my Maternal G'Dad who favoured maintaining the Queen as head of state and seems somewhat 'irenic' ;)



Back in 2003 Ryan DID announce plans for a route from 'Milan' ( use of ' 's as with Ryanair.. the proximity to the city is 'dubious' ) to LCA ....



I wonder what happened ?

Naas26


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Message Posted:
18/02/2010 16:10

mmmmmm



I am sure in small pockets you will get people using these phrases but the majority say down South or up North. Things have changed a lot in the North which is now booming even in this times and as times have got better and there is more money in the economy people seem to have moved on. But as i said you will still get pockets from both sides but the majority have moved on.#



Naas 26

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
18/02/2010 16:25

re Naas



'Thanks' for 'explaining' how we refer to *Eire*... I hadn't realised we were a 'small pocket' ... I will advise my family members and relatives, accordingly ;)



As for moving on .. largely agree, and any 'boom' the 'north' is feeling is due to Euroland shoppers seeking bargains.



As for house prices.. they are falling - due to the speculators from Eire getting their fingers burnt . That caused a blip that meant N.I prices were [temporarily] higher than the SE of England ...:o

dublinderm


Joined: 26/09/2009
Posts: 538

Message Posted:
18/02/2010 22:37

Hi all,



Thanks Naas26 for getting me off the hook on the old Gaelge explanations!!!



This post seems to have moved on from my original intention of supplying what I hoped would be useful information for Cyprus residents looking for alternative ways of travel.



I was with the scheduling people at Dublin Airport today, but they do not have any further information as yet. Not even a start date.



When I have anything to add, I will open a new thread to pass on what I get.



'Poblacth Thurcach Thuaisceart na Cipire' is the reason I come on here. No see Paddies of different hues have a go at each other.



We are united be our fondness or more of or shared home from home.





DD



PS Ireland = Climate of Siberia, Economy of Zimbabwe!!!

mmmmmm



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Message Posted:
19/02/2010 01:05

I didn't realise that *Eire* had a 80C seasonal temp variation and a continental climate with rampant inflation ;)