Dublin Airport – Terminal Two First Impressions. March 3, 2011.
By Patrick Griffin. I know I have mentioned this before but I really used to dread having to fly anywhere from Dublin Airport. It looked rather drab, was generally overcrowded and was a place of long queues, security bottlenecks, and a thoroughly unpleasant experience from check-in to departure gate. And given that I was a [...]
Aer Lingus Bag Drop – Dublin Airport Terminal Two – March 3, 2011.
By Patrick Griffin. The Aer Lingus employee on the fast bag drop desk at Dublin’s new Terminal Two was not in the mood to chat, or even to talk for that matter. She signaled me forward from the head of the queue with the wave of an upheld arm. “Come this way now” her wordless [...]
Review – Aer Lingus Gold Circle Executive Lounge at Dublin Airport.
By Patrick Griffin. To be honest I was expecting something a little grander than this…a little larger too, a lot more comfortable come to think about it and with rather more facilities. I was, after all, at Dublin Airport, the home base of this Irish carrier and surely the airline’s best opportunity to scream: “Look [...]
Hotel Review: Park Inn Heathrow – Bath Road, London Heathrow.
By Patrick Griffin. The Park Inn Heathrow, is a four-star hotel located on Bath Road just 1.6km from the Heathrow Airport and accessible via the regular Hotel Hoppa bus service. It has 895 rooms, a conference centre with several meeting rooms, fitness suite and spa, high speed internet access, a choice of restaurants and bars [...]
Flight review: Aer Lingus – Belfast (BFS) to London (LHR) Flight EI34.
By Patrick Griffin. I arrived at Belfast International Airport (BFS) at 11.55 for my 13.10 departure to London Heathrow (LHR) on flight EI34. I had paid to check in a bag but in the end only brought cabin baggage with me (the reason will be explained later) so I decided to check with the ticket [...]
Review – Aer Lingus Lounge at London Heathrow Terminal One.
By Patrick Griffin. A few years back when I lived in Dublin and had family in England I would fly with Aer Lingus every couple of weeks or so. I remember they had a number of executive lounges dotted around Dublin airport (I can recall at least three) and one at Heathrow. Over the years [...]
Flight review: Aer Lingus – London(LHR) to Belfast (BFS), Flight EI37.
By Patrick Griffin. This flight was operated on an Airbus A320 aircraft and is an economy only service. Fares are offered in ‘low’ and ‘flexi’ economy options – the former being the cheapest and the latter being fully refundable and with a whole raft of extras for a premium price. Typically ‘low’ fares are advertised [...]
Review: LHR T5 arrivals and British Midland economy – LHR to BHD.
I had arrived for my 13.20 flight from Heathrow’s Terminal One to Belfast City Airport more than three hours earlier on a BA flight to Terminal Five so I had a bit of time on my hands. First I went to the BA arrivals lounge for a shower but before I could get to the lounge [...]
Review: British Airways Business Class. JFK to LHR. Boeing 747 Upper Deck.
Flight BA182 is the last flight of the day out of New York’s Kennedy Airport to London Heathrow. This route is operated by a mix of Boeing 747s and Boeing 777s, for example the BA114 which leaves an hour earlier is operated by a triple seven (or at least it was on the day I [...]