Dublin Flights

Let me speak for myself here: as you can see in the map, I had a flight from Amsterdam Schiphol to London Heathrow (always overcrowded with passengers and aircraft) and from London Heathrow to Dublin.

Because the several delays it took quite some time....
Taxis are easy and their prices reasonable, but of course always more expensive than public Transport but.....waiting at busstops in heavy downpours is no fun at all........

I too, rented a car to travel to Northern Ireland, which I had already rented here in The Natherlands at my Travel agency because that is cheaper.....You then get a voucher......to hand over the moment you pick up the car!

In Dublin and other smaller towns and villages: walking in your own feet is the best: my advice!!!

The Dublin Airport has a great website that should tell you anything you need to know. Here's a list of the airlines that service Dublin and their telephone numbers.

Adria Airways, 0044 2077344630
Aer Arann, 01 - 814 1058
Aer Lingus, 0818 365 000
Aeroflot, 01- 844 6166
Air France, 01- 6050383
Air Canada, + 353 1-6610752
Air Malta, 0044- 845 60 73 710
Air Wales, 0800 133151
Alitalia, 0044- 8700133151
BA Citiexpress, 1800 626747
bmi baby, 01-2420794
bmi british midland, 01- 283 0700
British Airways, 0044- 129 357837
Flybe, 1890- 925532
British Regional, 0845-7733377
City Jet, 01- 844 5566
Continental Airlines, 1 890 925 252
Crossair, 01- 806 7430
Czech Airlines, 01- 814 4626
Delta Airlines Inc, 1 800 76 80 80
Finnair, 01- 844 6565
helios, 01- 4740690
Iberia, 01- 677 98 46
Lufthansa, 01- 814 4755/6
Luxair, 0044 129 3596633
Malev, 0044 207 439 0577
Manx Airlines, 01- 260 1588
Ryanair, 01- 609 7800
SAS, 01- 8445440
skyways, +46 850905050
tyrolean, 1800 509142
US Airways, 1890 925065

From the UK and continental Europe, try calling your local Aer Lingus or Ryanair office or surf to www.aerlingus.com or www.ryanair.com for cheapies! Especially from places as London, Brussels and Amsterdam fares are very low nowadays. Occasionally carriers such as BA and British Midland offer good fares as well. If you're coming over by car/boat, the best way to get to Dublin is to take the ferry from Holyhead in Wales. Beware of seasickness, it creeps up on you, feels like hell, and won't leave you until you touch the shore again.

We flew from Los Angeles nonstop to Dublin on Aer Lingus. It was a long 10 hour flight. Aer Lingus has some pretty good fares on their website. My only complaint was that the seats are way too small in coach, unless you are lucky enough to not have anybody next to you.

We rented a car from Hertz once we arrived at the airport. I do suggest that unless you have driven on the right side of the road before, and with the steering wheel on the right side, take the bus.Dublin is way too congested, and has alot of narrow streets. You can buy a ticket on the Dublin City Tour buses for only a few bucks, and ride all day. The tour takes you all over Dublin, and there is usually a bus every 10-15 minutes. Once you get outside of Dublin, driving is alot better.

From the States you don't have much choice other than to fly. One trip I flew Virgin Atlantic from Boston to London Gatwick and then hopped a Ryan Air flight to Dublin. I highly recommend Virgin - reasonably priced and a fun airline with lots of perks. Ryan Air is a pretty standard low-cost airline - nothing special but not too scary either. And who can esist an airline that flies the 'Love Plane'? (Check out the picture if you don't believe me...) On another trip I flew straight from Boston to Dublin on Aer Lingus - even though it's not as fun as Virgin, it's a very nice airline and the direct flight is the best!

From London we took a GO flight to Belfast and then rented a car to tour the country.
The flights from London to Belfast or Dublin (through GO or Ryannair) are extremely cheap, around 50 euros return.

You can get to Dublin by plane or by boat.
I took the plane.
From the airport you can take a bustransport taking you to O'Conell station where you can buy different kind of cards for transportation: Darts or train or busses or a combination of it.

Fly Air India to London.
During the high season it's the best deal. You can also pick up a cheap ticket from London to Dublin on RyanAir.
One thing though, Air India flies into Heathrow airport and Ryan Air flies out of wither Gatwick or Stanstead. You can take a shuttle for about $12 to get to the other airport.