asked the Minister for Communications if he will give a list of all fares sanctioned by him for air services within and from the State covering travel in the 1984 summer season.
Written Answers. - Air Fares.
446.
The following is a list of air fares in respect of direct scheduled services to, from and within the State, approved by me for the summer 1984 season:
Domestic Fares: Summer 1984
|
Dublin to |
Cork |
Shannon |
|
IR£ |
IR£ |
|
|
Economy (OW) |
42 |
35 |
|
3-Day Excursion (RT) |
76 |
54 |
OW=One-way; RT=Return.
Approved Ireland/UK Fares: 1984
|
Dublin to |
London |
Birmingham |
Manchester |
Glasgow/ Edinburgh/ Leeds |
|
First Class (OW) |
141 DA |
— |
— |
— |
|
Executive (OW) |
94 |
86 |
83 |
— |
|
Economy (OW) |
87 DA |
84 |
81 |
81 |
|
Eurobudget (OW) |
81 |
79 |
74 |
— |
|
Pex—low season (RT) |
118 |
105 |
100 |
100 |
|
—peak season (RT) |
141 |
120 |
117 |
117 |
|
Apex (RT) |
96 |
86 |
83 |
83 |
|
Weekend Apex (RT) |
105 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Group Inclusive Tour |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Cork/Shannon to |
London |
Birmingham |
Manchester |
Glasgow/ Edinburgh/ Leeds |
|
First Class (OW) |
163 DA |
— |
— |
— |
|
Executive (OW) |
108 |
100 |
97 |
— |
|
Economy (OW) |
97DA |
98 |
95 |
95 |
|
Eurobudget (OW) |
95 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Pex—low season (RT) |
139 (117 DA) |
126 |
121 |
121 |
|
—peak season (RT) |
162 (126 DA) |
141 |
138 |
138 |
|
Apex (RT) |
117 ALT/BA |
107 |
104 |
104 |
|
Weekend Apex/Pex (RT) |
126 ALT/BA |
— |
— |
— |
|
Group Inclusive Tour |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Dublin to |
Liverpool |
East Midlands |
Aberdeen |
Bristol/Cardiff |
|
First Class (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
129 DA |
|
Executive (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Economy (OW) |
73 |
84 |
110 |
84 |
|
Eurobudget (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Pex—low season (RT) |
93 |
105 |
184 |
105 |
|
—peak season (RT) |
107 |
120 |
201 |
120 |
|
Apex (RT) |
74 |
86 |
167 |
86 |
|
Weekend Apex (RT) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Group Inclusive Tour |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Cork/Shannon to |
Liverpool |
Jersey |
East Midlands |
Bristol |
|
First Class (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Executive (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Economy (OW) |
87 |
123 |
98 |
98 |
|
Eurobudget (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Pex—low season (RT) |
114 |
164 |
126 |
126 |
|
—peak season (RT) |
128 |
186 |
141 |
141 |
|
Apex (RT) |
95 |
— |
107 |
107 |
|
Weekend Apex/Pex (RT) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Group Inclusive Tour |
— |
152 (MW) |
— |
— |
|
170 (WE) |
OW=One-way; RT=Return. ALT=Aer Lingus; BA=British Airways; DA=Dan-Air. MW=Mid-week; WE=Week-end.
Peak Season=Generally applies June to September.
Approved UK/Ireland Fares: 1984
|
To Dublin from |
London |
Birmingham |
Manchester |
Glasgow/ Edinburgh/ Leeds |
|
UK£ |
UK£ |
UK£ |
UK£ |
|
|
First Class (OW) |
117 DA |
— |
— |
— |
|
Executive (OW) |
78 |
70 |
66 |
— |
|
Economy (OW) |
72 DA |
68 |
64 |
67 |
|
Eurobudget (OW) |
65 |
60 |
57 |
— |
|
Pex—low season (RT) |
107 |
95 |
91 |
91 |
|
—peak season (RT) |
128 |
109 |
106 |
106 |
|
Apex (RT) |
87 |
78 |
75 |
75 |
|
Weekend Apex (RT) |
95 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Group Inclusive Tour |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
To Cork/Shannon from |
London |
Birmingham |
Manchester |
Glasgow/ Edinburgh/ Leeds |
|
First Class (OW) |
135 DA |
— |
— |
— |
|
Executive (OW) |
90 |
83 |
81 |
— |
|
Economy (OW) |
81DA |
81 |
79 |
79 |
|
Eurobudget (OW) |
76 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Pex—low season (RT) |
126 (106 DA) |
114 |
110 |
110 |
|
—peak season (RT) |
147 (114 DA) |
128 |
125 |
125 |
|
Apex (RT) |
106 ALT/BA |
97 |
94 |
94 |
|
Weekend Apex/Pex (RT) |
114 ALT/BA |
— |
— |
— |
|
Group Inclusive Tour |
— |
— |
— |
— |
OW=One-way; RT=Return. ALT=Aer Lingus; BA=British Airways; DA=Dan-Air. MW=Mid-week; WE=Week-end.
Peak Season=Generally applies June to September.
Approved UK/Ireland Fares: 1984
|
To Dublin from |
Liverpool |
East Midlands |
Aberdeen |
Bristol |
|
UK£ |
UK£ |
UK£ |
UK£ |
|
|
First Class (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
107 |
|
Executive (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Economy (OW) |
61 |
68 |
92 |
70 |
|
Eurobudget (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Pex—low season (RT) |
84 |
95 |
175 |
95 |
|
—peak season (RT) |
97 |
109 |
184 |
109 |
|
Apex (RT) |
67 |
78 |
159 |
78 |
|
Weekend Apex (RT) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Group Inclusive Tour |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
To Cork/Shannon from |
Liverpool |
Jersey |
East Midlands |
Bristol |
|
First Class (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Executive (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Economy (OW) |
72 |
102 |
81 |
81 |
|
Eurobudget (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Pex—low season (RT) |
103 |
149 |
114 |
115 |
|
—peak season (RT) |
116 |
168 |
128 |
128 |
|
Apex (RT) |
86 |
— |
97 |
97 |
|
Weekend Apex/Pex (RT) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Group Inclusive Tour |
— |
138(ME) |
— |
— |
|
154(WE) |
OW=One-way; RT=Return; MW=Mid-week; WE=Week-end; Peak Season=Generally applies from June to September.
Approved UK/Ireland Fares: 1984
|
To Dublin from |
Jersey |
Isle of Man |
Blackpool |
Newcastle |
|
UK£ |
UK£ |
UK£ |
UK£ |
|
|
First Class (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
107 |
|
Executive (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Economy (OW) |
91 |
51 |
61 |
70 |
|
Eurobudget (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Pex—low season (RT) |
130 |
79 |
84 |
89 |
|
—peak season (RT) |
149 |
81 |
97 |
103 |
|
Apex (RT) |
— |
65 |
67 |
78 |
|
Weekend Apex (RT) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Group Inclusive Tour |
119 (MW) |
54 |
— |
— |
|
135 (WE) |
|
To Cork from |
Jersey |
Isle of Man |
Bristol/Cardiff |
|
UK£ |
UK£ |
UK£ |
|
|
First Class (OW) |
154 DA only |
— |
125 DA |
|
Executive (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
|
Economy (OW) |
79 DA only |
81 |
70 DA |
|
Eurobudget (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
|
Pex—low season (RT) |
128 DA only |
116 |
89 DA |
|
—peak season (RT) |
— |
— |
103 DA |
|
Apex (RT) |
— |
89 |
— |
|
Weekend Apex (RT) |
— |
— |
— |
|
Group Inclusive Tour |
118 low season |
76 |
— |
|
DA |
|||
|
124 peak |
|||
|
season WE DA |
Approved Ireland/UK Fares: 1984
|
Dublin to |
Jersey |
Isle of Man |
Blackpool |
Newcastle |
|
IR£ |
IR£ |
IR£ |
IR£ |
|
|
First Class (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
129 |
|
Executive (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Economy (OW) |
109 |
61 |
73 |
84 |
|
Eurobudget (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Pex—low season (RT) |
143 |
87 |
93 |
98 |
|
—peak season (RT) |
165 |
94 |
107 |
114 |
|
Apex (RT) |
— |
72 |
78 |
86 |
|
Weekend Apex (RT) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Group Inclusive Tour |
131 (MW) |
60 |
— |
— |
|
149 (WE) |
|
Cork to |
Jersey |
Isle of Man |
Bristol/Cardiff |
|
IR£ |
IR£ |
IR£ |
|
|
First Class (OW) |
186 DA only |
— |
151 DA |
|
Executive (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
|
Economy (OW) |
95 DA only |
90 |
84 DA |
|
Eurobudget (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
|
Pex—low season (RT) |
141 DA only |
128 |
98 DA |
|
—peak season (RT) |
— |
— |
114 DA |
|
Apex (RT) |
— |
99 |
— |
|
Weekend Apex (RT) |
— |
— |
— |
|
Group Inclusive Tour |
130 low season |
84 |
— |
|
DA |
|||
|
137 peak |
|||
|
season WE DA |
OW=One-way; RT=Return; MW=Mid-week; WE=Week-end; DA=Dan Air; Peak Season=Generally applies June to September.
Approved Ireland/Continent Fares: Summer 1984
|
Dublin to |
Amsterdam |
Brussels |
Paris |
Dusseldorf |
Frankfurt |
Munich |
|
Normal (OW) |
169 |
176 |
210/197 reduced to 200/195 on 1 July* |
171 |
191 |
231 |
|
Excursion (RT) |
297 |
— |
— |
257 |
289 |
350 |
|
Pex (RT) |
227 |
211 |
254/212† |
202 |
224 |
266 |
|
Youth (OW) |
72 |
72 |
106 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Cork and Shannon to |
||||||
|
Normal (OW) |
176 |
183 |
210/197 reduced to 200/195 on 1 July* |
178 |
198 |
238 |
|
Excursion (RT) |
311 |
— |
— |
271 |
303 |
364 |
|
Pex (RT) |
241 |
225 |
254/212† |
— |
— |
— |
|
Youth (OW) |
72 |
— |
106 |
— |
— |
— |
* A lower level of service is provided at the lower far levels.
† £212 is a Superpex fare.
Approved Ireland/Continent Fares: Summer 1984
|
Dublin to |
Copenhagen |
Geneva/Zurich |
Milan |
Rome |
Barcelona |
Madrid |
|
Normal (OW) |
249 |
235 |
307 |
372 |
267 |
298 |
|
Excursion (RT) |
— |
379 |
491 |
594 |
330B/369P |
368B/412P |
|
Pex (RT) |
257 |
235 |
291* |
316* (reduced to 249* in June 1984) |
277B/302P |
309B/339P |
|
Youth (OW) |
101 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Cork and Shannon**to |
||||||
|
Normal (OW) |
256 |
235/242** |
307 |
372 |
267 |
298 |
|
Excursion (RT) |
— |
379/393** |
491 |
594 |
330B/369P |
368B/412P |
|
Pex (RT) |
271 |
235/249** |
307 |
372 |
277B/302P |
309B/339P |
|
Youth (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
* £291, £316 and £249 are Apex fares.
** The higher fare levels apply to Shannon only.
Approved Continent/Ireland Fares: Summer 1984 (in local currency)
|
To Dublin from |
Amsterdam |
Brussels |
Paris |
Dusseldorf |
Frankfurt |
Munich |
|
Normal (OW) |
571 |
10,360 |
1,865/1,740*reduced to 1,770/1,725 on 1 July |
581 |
649 |
784 |
|
Excursion (RT) |
— |
— |
1,465 |
904 |
1,019 |
1,234 |
|
Pex (RT) |
675B/709P |
10,840 |
2,245 |
710 |
789 |
938 |
|
Group Inclusive Tour (RT) |
675B/709P |
— |
1,880P/1,680B |
644P/566B |
705P/617B |
864P/858B |
|
Youth (OW) |
245 |
4,270 |
940 |
— |
— |
— |
|
To Cork/Shannon from |
||||||
|
Normal (OW) |
615 |
11,140 |
1,865/1,740* reduced to 1,770/1,725 on 1 July |
626 |
694 |
829 |
|
Excursion (RT) |
— |
— |
1,465 |
997 |
1,112 |
1,328 |
|
Pex (RT) |
765P/709B |
12,410 |
2,245/1,880P** |
804 |
883 |
1,032 |
|
/1,680B |
||||||
|
Group Inclusive Tour (RT) |
765B/799P |
— |
1,880P/1,680B |
724P/659B |
787P/711B |
944P/851B |
|
Youth (OW) |
245 |
— |
940 |
— |
— |
— |
OW = One-way; P = Peak Season; RT = Return; B = Low Season.
* A lower level of service is provided at lower fare levels.
** 1,880/1,680 are Superpex fares.
Approved Continent/Ireland Fares: Summer 1984 (in local currency)
|
To Dublin from |
Copenhagen |
Geneva/Zurich |
Milan (000) |
Rome (000) |
Barcelona |
Madrid |
|
Normal (OW) |
3,055 |
691 |
548 |
664 |
40,800 |
45,550 |
|
Excursion (RT) |
— |
1,116 |
877 |
1,062 |
50,450B/56,550P |
56,350B/63,100P |
|
Pex (RT) |
2,545P/1,945B |
761B/850P |
548B/575P |
598B/631P |
42,450B/46,150P |
47,350B/51,900P |
|
Group Inclusive Tour (RT) |
2,495P/1,895B |
657B/726P |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Youth (OW) |
865 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
To Cork/Shannon from |
||||||
|
Normal (OW) |
3,195 |
730 |
548 |
664 |
40,800 |
45,550 |
|
Excursion (RT) |
— |
1,194 |
877 |
1,062 |
50,450B/56,550P |
56,350B/63,100P |
|
Pex (RT) |
— |
839B/908P* |
575B/603P |
631B/664P |
42,450B/46,150P |
47,350B/51,900P |
|
761B/850P** |
||||||
|
Group Inclusive |
2,780P/2,195B |
736B/804P* |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
Tour (RT) |
657B/726P** |
— |
— |
— |
— |
|
|
Youth (OW) |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
OW = One-way; P = Peak Season; RT = Return; B = Low Season.
* Applies to Shannon only.
** Applies to Cork only.
Approved North Atlantic Fares: Summer, 1984
Dublin-New York/Boston (Aer Lingus and Northwest only)
|
Fare Type |
Season |
Summer 1984 Levels Approved |
||
|
Aer Lingus |
Northwest |
Transamerica |
||
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
||
|
First Class (one-way) |
All-year |
932 |
877 |
not applicable |
|
Executive (one-way) |
All-year |
399 |
368 |
|
|
Economy (one-way) |
Basic |
319 |
280 |
|
|
Peak |
349 |
307 |
||
|
Economy (return) |
Basic |
638 |
560 |
|
|
Peak |
698 |
614 |
||
|
Pex (return) |
Basic |
379 |
379 |
|
|
Peak |
409 |
419 |
||
|
Group 40 (return) |
Basic |
339 |
349 |
|
|
Peak |
379 |
389 |
||
|
Standby (one-way) |
Peak |
— |
210 |
Boston/New York-Dublin (Aer Lingus and Northwest only)
|
Fare Type |
Season |
Summer 1984 Levels Approved |
||
|
Aer Lingus |
Northwest |
Transamerica |
||
|
$ |
$ |
|||
|
First Class (one-way) |
All-year |
1,120 |
1,120 |
not applicable |
|
Executive (one-way) |
All-year |
600 |
570 |
|
|
Economy (one-way) |
Basic |
463 |
450 |
|
|
Shoulder |
481 |
— |
||
|
Peak |
559 |
495 |
||
|
Economy (return) |
Basic |
962 |
900 |
|
|
Shoulder |
962 |
— |
||
|
Peak |
1,118 |
990 |
||
|
Super-Apex (return) |
Basic |
499 basic mid week |
529 |
|
|
549 basic week end |
629 |
|||
|
Peak |
619 |
|||
|
Group 40 (return) |
Basic |
— |
529 |
|
|
Peak |
— |
579 |
||
|
Budget (return) |
Basic |
— |
529 |
|
|
Peak |
— |
559 |
||
|
Standby (one-way) |
Peak |
— |
302 |
|
|
Early Saver (return) |
459 |
|||
|
Incentive group (return) |
Basic |
578 |
578 |
|
|
Peak |
629/659 |
633 |
Shannon-New York/Boston routes (all carriers)
|
Fare Type |
Season |
Summer 1984 Levels Approved |
||
|
Aer Lingus |
Northwest |
Transamerica |
||
|
£ |
£ |
£ |
||
|
First Class (one way) |
All-year |
899 |
844 |
— |
|
Executive (one-way) |
All-year |
355 |
355 |
— |
|
Economy (one-way) |
Basic |
304 |
265 |
254 Basic (mid week) |
|
274 Basic (week end) |
||||
|
Peak |
334 |
292 |
274 Peak (mid week) |
|
|
294 Peak (week end) |
||||
|
Economy (return) |
Basic |
608 |
530 |
359 Basic (mid week) |
|
379 Basic (week end) |
||||
|
Peak |
668 |
584 |
399 Peak (mid week) |
|
|
419 Peak (week end) |
||||
|
Pex (return) |
Basic |
359 |
359 |
319 Basic |
|
Peak |
399 |
399 |
379 Peak (mid week) |
|
|
399 Peak (week end) |
||||
|
Group 40 (return) |
Basic |
319 |
329 |
319 |
|
Peak |
359 |
369 |
359 |
|
|
Standby (one-way) |
Peak |
— |
185 |
— |
|
Excursion (return) |
Basic |
— |
279 |
— |
New York/Boston-Shannon route (all carriers)
|
Fare Type |
Season |
Summer 1984 Levels Approved |
||
|
Aer Lingus |
Northwest |
Transamerica |
||
|
$ |
$ |
$ |
||
|
First Class (one-way) |
All-year |
1,100 |
1,100 |
— |
|
Executive (one-way) |
All-year |
580 |
550 |
— |
|
Economy (one-way) |
Basic |
443 |
430 |
430 |
|
Shoulder |
461 |
— |
(349 all year) |
|
|
Peak |
539 |
475 |
475 |
|
|
Economy (return) |
Basic |
886 |
860 |
860 |
|
Shoulder |
922 |
— |
— |
|
|
Peak |
1,078 |
950 |
950 |
|
|
Super-Apex (return) |
Basic |
489 basic mid week |
549 |
469 Basic mid week |
|
539 basic week end |
489 Basic week end |
|||
|
Shoulder |
549 |
— |
499 Peak mid week |
|
|
Peak |
599 |
599 |
519 Peak week end |
|
|
Group 40 (return) |
— |
499 |
— |
|
|
— |
549 |
— |
||
|
Budget (return) |
Basic |
— |
499 |
— |
|
Peak |
— |
529 |
— |
|
|
Charter Competitive/ |
Basic |
499 |
— |
— |
|
Green Saver (return) |
Peak |
549 |
— |
— |
|
Standby (one-way) |
Peak |
— |
286 |
— |
|
Excursion (return) |
Basic |
— |
399 |
— |
|
Incentive Group (return) |
Basic |
548 |
548 |
— |
|
Peak |
599/629 |
603 |
— |
|
|
Early Saver (return) |
429 |
— |
— |
NOTE
Basic, Shoulder and Peak Seasons — Definitions
Basic: 1 November-31 March.
Shoulder: 1 April-14 June; and
1 October-31 October (Westbound);
1 April-14 June; and
15 September-31 October (Eastbound).
Peak: 15 June-30 September (Westbound);
15 June-14 September (Eastbound).
447.
asked the Minister for Communications the fares sanctioned by him on the Dublin-London route in the 1984 summer season and the proportion of passengers paying each of these fares.
The following fares, effective 1 October 1983, were approved by me for the Dublin-London route and applied during the summer 1984 season.
|
Fare Type |
Fare Level IR £ |
Fare Level UK £ |
|
First Class OW* |
141 |
117 |
|
Executive OW* |
94 |
78 |
|
Economy OW* |
87 |
72 |
|
Budget OW |
81 |
65 |
|
Pex—low season (return) |
118 |
107 |
|
Pex—peak season (return) |
141 |
128 |
|
Apex (return) |
96 |
87 |
|
Weekend Apex (return) |
105 |
95 |
* Applied by Dan-Air only.
Peak Season: July-September, Low Season: April-June.
OW = One-way.
As regards the second part of the question, a detailed public disclosure of the information involved would be contrary to normal commercial practice. However, I can indicate for the Deputy's information that about 55 per cent of total traffic on the route travelled on promotional fares, such as the Pex and Apex fares above, during this summer.