Aer Lingus

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The 737-500s will be disposed of during 2005 with three further A320-200 deliveries to replace them, the last due in January 2006. Watts delivered the Republican response to that year's speech in front of high school students sponsored by the Close-Up Foundation. The Aer Lingus fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2005):. In 1997, Oklahoma congressman J.C. See article: Aer Lingus destinations. This is the norm, but not the rule. It is believed that the airline will soon be privatised. The response is typically broadcast from a studio with no audience.

Other plans include the procurement of new long-haul aircraft for expansion of intercontinental services. Since 1966, the speech has been followed by a response or rebuttal by a member of the political party opposing the President's. Business class travel and cargo provisions for short haul flights have both been phased out (which will require the airline to drop out of the oneworld airline alliance), and the trademark aquamarine uniforms are to be dropped in favour of casual poloneck shirts. However, all join in the ovations that occur before the speech begins, because by tradition it is the office being applauded and not the person holding it (and, in fact, the President is never introduced by name). They are currently positioning themselves as competition to the European no-frills airlines, such as Ryanair, easyJet, Volare and Germanwings, but plan no-frills intercontinental flights as well. It is believed that as the judicial branch they must remain impartial to any political positions, statements or objectives stated during the speech. This has largely been achieved through a new strategy involving lowering the airline's cost base, updating the fleet with modern Airbus equipment and developing new routes to mainland European destinations (Aer Lingus had previously largely neglected mainland Europe in favour of US and UK destinations). Members of the Supreme Court rarely applaud or participate in standing ovations during the speech.

The airline has since weathered the storm and is back in profit. Applause indicates support, while applause with a standing ovation indicates enthusiastic support. Staff numbers were cut, destinations were dropped and the fleet was reduced. The applause is somewhat political in tone, with many portions of the speech only being applauded by members of the President's own party. Following the attacks on September 11, 2001 Aer Lingus' business was severely reduced. Part of the length of the speech is due to the large amounts of applause that occur from the audience throughout. In 1 February 2001, Aer Lingus Commuter was merged back into the mainline operation. State of the Union speeches usually last a little over an hour.

The event was taken over by Esat BT amid claims that it was part of a cost cutting plan by Aer Lingus, though the airline claimed that the exhibition no longer represented the airline's aims or goals. The President delivers the speech (with the aid of dual transparent teleprompters) from the podium at the front of the House chamber. From 1965 to 1997 Aer Lingus sponsored the Aer Lingus Young Scientist Exhibition. Once the chamber settles down from the President's arrival and the attendees take their seats, the Speaker taps the gavel and officially presents the President to the joint session of Congress by saying something similar to the following: "Members of Congress, I have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the President of the United States." Another standing ovation commences before the President finally begins the address. However, since then these flights have been suspended. Additionally, since the September 11, 2001 attacks, a few members of Congress have been asked to relocate to undisclosed locations for the duration of the speech. Newark International Airport in New Jersey was also added as a destination. Customarily, one cabinet member (the designated survivor) does not attend, in order to provide continuity in the line of succession in the event that a catastrophe disables the President, the Vice President, and other succeeding officers gathered in the House chamber.

The late 1990s saw Aer Lingus return to Belfast with a service to New York via Shannon. Sitting near the front of the chamber are the members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Justices of the Supreme Court, and the members of the President's Cabinet. By that time, over 8 million people had travelled across the Atlantic in Aer Lingus Boeing 747s. If either is unavailable, the next highest-ranking member of the respective house substitutes. On October 2, 1995 the last jumbo-jet service was operated after twenty-five years of service. Once there, the President hands copies of the address to the Vice President of the United States (as President of the Senate) and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, both of whom sit behind the President for the duration of the speech. This led to the phasing out of the Boeing 747 and the briefly operated Boeing 767-300ER. Speaker, the President of the United States!" The President enters the chamber to a standing ovation and spends several minutes greeting members of Congress and walking toward the podium at the front and center of the House chamber.

In 1994 Aer Lingus started direct services between Dublin and the United States using the new Airbus A330 and in May of that year Aer Lingus operated the first A330 ETOPS service on the North Atlantic route. House Sergeant at Arms, who calls out, "Mr. The airline was also the first operator in the world of all 3 then versions of the 737 (the 300/400/500 series). The President's presence upon entering the House chamber is ceremoniously announced by the U.S. By 1992 Aer Lingus's whole original 737 fleet had been replaced by new 737s. The guests are usually relevant to some part of the President's speech. In 1991, 4 Saab 340Bs arrived at the commuter division, to substitute the Shorts 360 planes. In recent years it has also become common for the President to acknowledge special guests sitting near the First Lady in the gallery, such as everyday Americans or visiting Heads of State.

The BAC 1-11s were retired and 5 new 737s arrived. At some point during the speech, the President usually says "The State of our Union is strong" or a very similar phrase. During 1990, after the passage of the deregulation act for the airline industry in Ireland, Aer Lingus had to reconsider its operational policies. In the State of the Union the President traditionally outlines the administration's accomplishments over the previous year, as well as the agenda for the coming year in upbeat and optimistic terms. Between 1987 and 1989, new Boeing 737s arrived to replace the older ones, and 6 Fokker F50s were added to the Commuter fleet. [2]. Around this time Aer Lingus purchased a majority sharehold in the cargo airline Aer Turas, owner of some DC-8 freighter jets. On January 28, 1986, he planned to give his address, but after learning that the Challenger exploded, he postponed it for a week and addressed the nation on the day's events.

These services were operated primarily by 5 of the Belfast-built Shorts 360. Ronald Reagan was the only president to have postponed his State of the Union address. In 1984 a fully-owned subsidiary, Aer Lingus Commuter, was formed so that Aer Lingus could fly to larger cities in Ireland and Britain whose flying time from Dublin did not require jet planes. Bush's 2002 address was the first broadcast available live on the World Wide Web. In the early 1980s the 707s were phased out. George W. Patrick) from Rome to Dublin and later from Shannon to Boston. Bill Clinton gave his 1999 address while his impeachment trial was underway.

The pontiff flew aboard a specially modified Boeing 747 (EI-ASI or St. Lyndon Johnson's address in 1965 was the first delivered in the evening. In September 1979 Aer Lingus became the first airline other than Alitalia to be used by Pope John Paul II. Truman's 1947 address was the first to be broadcast on television. The livery included two different colors of blue and one green, plus the white shamrock on the tail/fin. Harry S. In 1974 a new livery was unveiled and the word International disappeared from the fuselage titles on Aer Lingus planes. Calvin Coolidge's 1923 speech was the first to be broadcast on radio.

A third was later added to the fleet, however, one was leased out because it wasn't profitable at first for the company to fly 747s across the Atlantic Ocean. Today, the speech is typically delivered on the last Tuesday in January, although there is no such provision written in law, and it varies from year to year. In 1970 Aer Lingus took delivery of two Boeing 747s for use on the transatlantic routes. Since 1934, the message or address has been delivered to Congress in January or February. Aer Lingus later decided to extend the 737 flights to all of their European network. The ratification of Amendment XX on January 23, 1933 changed the opening of Congress from early March to early January, affecting the delivery of the annual message. 1969 saw the introduction of Boeing 737s to the Aer Lingus fleet to cope with the high demand for flights between the cities of Dublin and London. Prior to 1934 the annual message was delivered in December.

The service proved successful in the beginning but it was soon suspended due to the beginning of the troubles in the area. Roosevelt began using the phrase. In 1968, flights from Belfast in Northern Ireland to New York were started. For many years, the speech was referred to as "the President's Annual Message to Congress." The actual term "State of the Union" did not become widely used until after 1935 when Franklin D. The cause of the crash is still unknown, with some suggesting that British missile tests were to blame. [1]. The crash is generally known as the Tuskar Rock Air Disaster in Ireland. The last President to do this was Jimmy Carter in 1981.

All 57 passengers and four crew perished. Presidents during the latter half of the 20th Century have sent written State of the Union addresses. Aer Lingus suffered its only air crash in 1968 when a Vickers Viscount aircraft en route from Cork to London crashed near Tuskar Rock in the waters off the south east coast of Ireland. However, there have been exceptions to this rule. In 1966 the remainder of the companies shares held by Aer Rianta were tranferred to the Minister for Finance. Instead, the address was written and then sent to Congress to be read by a clerk until 1913 when Woodrow Wilson re-established the practice despite some initial controversy. A new livery was adopted in the same year, with a large white shamrock on the fin and titles of Aer Lingus-International just above the plane's windows. In 1801, Thomas Jefferson discontinued the practice of delivering the address in person, regarding it as too monarchial (similar to the Queen's Speech).

Conversion of the European fleet to jet equipment began in 1965 when the BAC 1-11 began services from Dublin and Cork to Paris. capital. The Boeing 720s proved to be a success for the airline on the transatlantic routes, however, in 1964 Aer Lingus took delivery of the larger Boeing 707. George Washington gave the first state of the union address on January 8, 1790 in New York City, then the provisional U.S. However, the Carvair proved to be an economic disaster for the airline, partly due to the rise of car ferry services. . With this aircraft, five cars could be transported by loading them into the fuselage through the nose of the plane. It was available to watch on many television networks and the audio portion was broadcast on many radio networks.

In 1963, Aer Lingus brought some Carvairs to the fleet. The most recent address took place on January 31, 2006 at about Nine PM Eastern Standard Time (0200 UTC). Aer Lingus entered the jet-age on December 14, 1960 when three Boeing 720s were delivered for use on the New York route, as well as for the newest Aer Lingus destination, Boston. Although all Presidents have given an annual message, its form has changed over time. This arrangement continued until January 1, 1960 when Aerlínte Éireann was renamed Aer Lingus - Irish International Airlines. This requirement does not specify the address's form, frequency, or depth of information. The aircraft were wet-leased from the American airline Seaboard And Western while Irish cabin crews were used. Modeled after the Speech from the Throne, the requirement for the address is written into the United States Constitution:.

Three Lockheed Constellations were used for the thrice-weekly service. It has occurred in January except for 6 occasions in February since 1934. On April 28, 1958 Aerlínte Éireann operated the first transatlantic service from Shannon to New York. The address is also used to outline the President's legislative proposals for the upcoming year. In 1956 Aer Lingus introduced a new, green top livery with a white lighting flash down the windows and the Irish flag displayed on each plane's fin. Congress (the House of Representatives and the Senate). Because of the expanding route structure the airline became one of the first to order Vickers Viscount 707s in 1951. The State of the Union Address is an annual event in which the President of the United States reports on the status of the country, normally to a joint session of the U.S.

During the late 1940s and early 1950s Aer Lingus introduced new routes to Brussels, Amsterdam and Rome. The Constellations were then sold to BOAC and the transatlantic service was put on hold. Three new Lockheed Constellations were ordered but a financial crisis prevented the service from starting. In 1947 Aerlínte Éireann came into existence with the purpose of operating transatlantic flights to New York from Ireland.

Because of Aer Lingus' rate of growth the airline bought seven new Vickers Viking planes in 1947, however, these proved to be uneconomical and were soon sold. In 1946 a new Anglo-Irish agreement gave Aer Lingus exclusive UK traffic rights in exchange for a 40% holding by British Overseas Airways Corporation and British European Airways (BEA). From this point on Aer Lingus planes were painted in a silver and green livery, and the airline's first flight attendants were introduced. On November 9, 1945 regular services were resumed with an inaugural post-war flight to London.

Apart from a new DC-3 service to Liverpool and an internal service to Shannon the airline's services were curtailed during World War II. In January 1940 a new airport was completed in the Dublin suburb of Collinstown and Aer Lingus moved their operations to the new aviation centre. In 1937 the Irish government created Aer Rianta (now called Dublin Airport Authority), a company to assume financial responsibility for the new airline and the entire country's civil aviation infrastructure. Later that year, the airline acquired its second aircraft, a De Havilland 84B Dragon with a capacity of 14 passengers.

Five days after being founded the airline opened its first service between Baldonnel Airfield in Dublin and Bristol, England, using a six-seater De Havilland 84 Dragon biplane. The name, Aer Lingus is an anglicisation of the Irish form Aer Loingeas which means Air Fleet (as does Aeroflot). Aer Lingus Teoranta was registered as an airline on May 22, 1936. .

Its slogan is Low Fares, Way Better. The company employes 4,000 people and has revenue of €906.8 million as of 2004. Aer Lingus is a member of the Oneworld airline alliance. The airline is owned by the Irish government, however plans are being made for the privatisation of the company.

Based in Dublin, Ireland it operates over 30 aircraft serving Europe and the United States. Aer Lingus (IATA: EI, ICAO: EIN, and Callsign: Shamrock) is the national airline of Ireland. Pioneers in Flight: Aer Lingus and the Story of Aviation in Ireland (The Liffey Press, 2002) ISBN 1-904148-21-2. Weldon.

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de Havilland DH.84 Dragon EI-ABI 1936-19xx. de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide 1938-19xx. Lockheed L-14 1939-1940. Douglas DC-3 1940-1960s.

Vickers Viking 1947. Vickers Viscount 700 Ei-AFV 1954-1966. Fokker 27 EI-AKG 1958-1966. BAC 1-11 EI-ANG 1965-1990.

Vickers Viscount 800 EI-AOH 1966-19xx. Boeing 737-200 EI-ASL 1969-1992. Shorts 330 EI-BEG 1983. Shorts 360 EI-BSP 1984-1991.

Boeing 737-300 EI-BUD 1987-1993. Boeing 737-400 EI-BXI 1989-2005. Fokker 50 EI-FKE 1989-2001. Saab 340 EI-CFC 1991-1995.

BAe 146-300 EI-CLG 1995-2003. Lockheed Constellation 1948 (Aerlinte Eireann). Lockheed Super Constellation 1958-1960. Boeing 720 EI-ALC 1960-1971.

Boeing 707-320 EI-ANO 1964-1986. Boeing 747-100 EI-BED 1971-1995. Boeing 767-300ER EI-CAL1991-1994. McDonnell Douglas MD-11 N272WA 1998-2001, leased several times from World Airways.

3 Boeing 737-500 Photograph of EI-CDG. 4 Airbus A330-300 Photograph of EI-ORD. 3 Airbus A330-200 Photograph of EI-EWR. 6 Airbus A321-200 Photograph of EI-CPG.

18 Airbus A320-200 Photograph of EI-DEN.