Aircoach Announces Changes to its Dublin Services

Aircoach today announced a number of changes to their Dublin and Wicklow services, following a comprehensive review of the company’s route performance. The changes will take effect from 00:01am on Sunday, March 2^nd.

 The review analysed customer demand and service levels across Aircoach’s Dublin routes. These changes are being made to better align service offering to customer demand in a way that best fulfils Aircoach’s mission of providing quick, reliable, and frequent services for customers travelling to and from Dublin Airport.

• Route 700 will now operate between Dublin Airport and Leopardstown, and will no longer serve Galloping Green, Foxrock, Cabinteely, Cornelscourt or Cherrywood.
• Route 701 will become the 700X, providing a shuttle service between Dublin Airport and the City Centre, with the Ballsbridge and St Vincent’s Hospital stops now being served by Route 702.
• Route 702 will now operate between Dublin Airport and Dalkey, serving the 3 Arena, Ballsbridge, St Vincent’s Hospital, Booterstown, Monkstown, Dún Laoghaire and Dalkey via the Port Tunnel, and will no longer serve Loughlinstown, Shankill, Bray or Greystones.

 These changes are being made to maintain and enhance Aircoach’s services where the greatest demand is, and to improve the punctuality and reliability of services.

Last year we announced a significant expansion to our services, going from 152 services a day to 217. Unfortunately, the anticipated passenger growth to match these expanded services has not materialised.

The Bray and Greystones section of our 702 route has been experiencing low and declining passenger numbers in recent years, and is currently not viable. Average passenger numbers for our discontinued stops are now in the low single digits. Journey times had increased due to traffic congestion, and our service became less attractive, than alternatives such as DART or train services to the City Centre with onward travel to the airport.

While we’re disappointed with today’s announcement, we’re confident that the changes being made will ensure the future sustainability and viability of our services across our full network of routes.

Anyone with an existing booking to travel to/from one of the discontinued stops on March 2^nd or thereafter will receive a full refund.

Full information on our updated timetables will be made available later this week on the Aircoach website.