Dublin and London’s Route Network, and Its Features

In today’s world, airlines have a huge connection, and network, all around the world. There are a lot of options even between the two countries. In this blog post, we will especially look at the Dublin, Ireland–London, England route network and it's features deeply.

By Ceren EginPublished 5 years ago • 3 min read

Firstly, according to 2017’s data, Ireland’s population is approximately 4,817,387 and Dublin’s population is 1,345,402. Meanwhile, England’s population is 66,700,264 and London’s 8,787,892.

As we see, almost one-third of Ireland’s population comes from Dublin whereas London’s population is less than the quarter of the population of the United Kingdom. In Dublin, there is just one airport; Dublin Airport (DUB), on the other hand, London has 6 different airports; London City (LCY/EGLC) ,Heathrow (LHR/EGLL), Gatwick (LGW/EGKK), Luton (LTN/EGGW), Stansted (STN/EGSS) and Southend (SEN/EGMC).

The number of the domestic, international and total passengers during the last year data for all the airports of Dublin and London in the following data:

Name of the Airlines Flying the Direct Route Dublin-London:

British Airways
Aer Lingus
Ryanair
Flybe

The Airports Connecting Dublin and London

Dublin Airport is connected with all the London airports: (LCY – LHR – LGW – LTN – STN – SEN).

Cities:

Dublin (DUB) >> London Gatwick (LGW)
Ireland (2016): 4,761,865
Dublin (2016): 1,347,359
United Kingdom (2011): 65,382,556
London (mid 2017): 8,825,001

Almost one-third of Ireland’s population comes from Dublin whereas London’s population is less than the quarter of the population of the United Kingdom.

Airports

International Airports in London:

City (LCY/EGLC)
Heathrow (LHR/EGLL)
Gatwick (LGW/EGKK)
Luton (LTN/EGGW)
Stansted (STN/EGSS)
Southend (SEN/EGMC)

International Airports in Dublin:

Dublin (DUB) (EIDW)

Direct Routes

•Dublin- LCY

British Airways
Aer Lingus

•Dublin – LHR

British Airways
Aer Lingus

•Dublin – LGW

Ryanair
Aer Lingus
British Airways

•Dublin – LTN

Ryanair

•Dublin – STN

Ryanair

•Dublin – SEN

Flybe
Aer Lingus

Route Capacity

Dublin – London (all airports) (with return flights)

Monday: 152 option
Tuesday: 181 option
Wednesday: 290 option
Thursday: 282 option
Friday: 265 option
Saturday: 169 option
Sunday: 223 option

Aircraft

The used aircrafts for Dublin–Gatwick route are B738, A320, and A321. Ryanair only flies with B738 which is a short and normal haul aircraft type. On the other hand, Aer Lingus flies with A320 and A321, the A320 is a short-haul aircraft and the A321 aircraft is the long haul aircraft.

A320 has 172 seats available and A321 has 212 seats available however Aer Lingus have a fixed number of seats for Dublin–Gatwick route and that is 130 seats per flight to this route.On the other hand, Ryanair uses B738 which includes 189 seat however for Dublin- Gatwick route they utilize only 150 seat

Flight Distances

The flight distance from Dublin, Ireland to London Gatwick Airport is 298 miles which equal to 480 km. Also, it takes 1 hour, 6 minutes from departure to arrival. Addition, the driving distance from Dublin to Irelands is 621 km and it takes 10 hours, 20 minutes also the cost of driving equals $105.72.

Available seats according to days for Dublin–Gatwick route:

Mondays 14 X 150 = 2,100 available seats
Tuesdays 14 X 150 = 2,100 available seats
Wednesday 14 X 150 = 2,100available seats
Thursdays 14 X 150 = 2,100 available seats
Fridays 14 X 150 = 2,100 available seats
Saturdays 11 X 150 = 1,650 available seats
Sundays 14 X 150 =2,100 available seats

In a week, Ryanair and Aer Lingus provide 14,250 available seats, and in a month it goes up to 57,000 available seats.

Available seat km(ASK) for one weak is 14,250 X 480 which is 6,840,000 and when it comes to month, it’s 57,000 X 480 = 27,360,000

Route Traffic

All airlines were established because of one reason: profit, and the basic way to make a profit for airlines is selling tickets to passengers. Besides, to make a profit, airlines have to make the prices affordable, since with affordable prices almost everybody allows to purchase that ticket, because of affordable ticket prices.

Therefore, airlines have units to calculate profit, which are, revenue passengers, revenue passenger per km, and the load factor.

For passenger load factor(RPK/ASK):