Economy Class & Beyond

Ryanair updates its Mobile App, adds mobile boarding pass

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Ryanair has been working behind the scenes tidying itself up and trying to shake off its old image - from its booking engine to customer service initiatives and now - to its mobile device applications. Ryanair 737-800 taxing at Birmingham Airport - Image GhettoIFE.com. One of the nasty points of its past was when the airline charged for its mobile app - and yes, I documented … [Read more...]

Ryanair adds a new base – Cologne

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Ryanair is opening a new base at Cologne Bonn Airport with five new routes joining the Ryanair network from October 2014. Ryanair 737-800 taxing at Birmingham Airport - Image GhettoIFE.com. The routes that will be joining the wide and far Ryanair network include: Cologne to Dublin - Once Daily, Commences 26th October 2014 Cologne to London Stanstead - Twice Daily, … [Read more...]

Ryanair tries being nice in advertising…

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Watching television can provide some minor entertainment occasionally (for example, catching up on a comedy show, or catching a classic cartoon. Three adverts have shown up with pseduo-niceness and the new side of Ryanair. This includes their web site: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vY0HwFAu0A Their two bag policy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8UNoc__v1M And … [Read more...]

Ryanair to allow personal electronic devices during all stages of flight

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It seems that Ryanair has got approval from aviation authorities regarding the use of personal electronic devices during all flight. This is effective from 6th February 2014 (today). This covers devices such as tablet computers, e-book readers, MP3 players and smartphones. As usual, these devices must be in flight mode at all times. Items such as laptops are not termed … [Read more...]

Where rail wins: Italian High Speed beats back Ryanair

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In a win for the railways, it seems the Trenitalia and Italo have beaten Ryanair on the Italian trunk route between Rome Ciampino and Milan Orio al Serio according to CH-Aviation. The last day of flights is currently booked for 29th March 2014 that are due to operated by Ryanair. Train sometimes have a superior advantage, when there are centre-to-centre services, … [Read more...]

Ryanair tries being nice – cuts fees and adds a 2nd bag

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In a sign that the four horsemen of the apocalyps eare coming, Ryanair's niceness project has taken some interesting turns. According to http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/ryanair-announces-customer-service-improvements-over-next-6-months, Ryanair is planning the following changes... some of these are actual POSITIVE changes: For those who hate Recaptacha's - they're gone … [Read more...]

Guess who has been ordered to reduce their holding in Aer Lingus to 5%?

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... You've guessed it - Ryanair. The UK Competition commission has told Ryanair to reduce the stake it owns in Aer Lingus down to 5% from the current 29.8%. The Competition Commission has released a report at http://www.competition-commission.org.uk/our-work/directory-of-all-inquiries/ryanair-aer-lingus, confirming its earlier findings that Ryanair's holding in Aer Lingus … [Read more...]

Ryanair goes on the offensive – launches legal action against Channel 4

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In non-suprising news, Ryanair is to launch legal action against Channel 4 for defamation. Channel 4 last night ran a programme (available on 4oD http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/4od) in which pilot were quoted who had worries over Ryanair's fuel policy. Ryanair as you can guess, isn't too happy about the media storm this has generated - and has launched … [Read more...]

The media turns on Ryanair as tonights Dispatches looks closer…

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It seems to be a media field day today on Ryanair as tonight's Dispatches from Channel 4 is about to air, as the eyes of the media turns to the ultra low-cost carrier. EDIT: The show is on Channel4's catch up service - 40D at http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dispatches/4od Ryanair 737-800 taxing at Birmingham Airport - Image GhettoIFE.com. Already, The Guardian, … [Read more...]

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