Economy Class & Beyond

FR: Back to MAN.

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After a partial pullout from Manchester over charges a few years ago, Ryanair are back again now that BMI Baby is pulling out of the airport. Ryanair will operate services from Manchester to Alicante, Girona, Bezier, Biarritz, Bremen, Brussels, Dublin, Faro, Frankfurt, Ibiza, Katowice, Madrid, Malaga, Memmingen, Milan, Murcia, Oslo, Palma, Paris, Reus, Rome, Rzeszow, Tallinn, … [Read more...]

FR: Confuses “Popularity” with “Volume” and makes a PR of it.

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Ryanair has released a press release saying loud and proud that "IATA CONFIRMS RYANAIR IS THE WORLD'S FAVOURITE AIRLINE"Page - Ryanair.com Oooooooooook. They go on to mention the Volumes of passengers they carry.Hold up on second there Friends of The Odious Little Man. What is the definition of the word "Favourite"?According to dictionary.com....Definition: … [Read more...]

Volcano Ash II: Lunchtime Update.

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Well the cloud has passed the UK for now, but here's your late lunchtime update:Air Traffic over Germany is returning to normal, after 700 flights were cancelled due to the ash cloud over Germany. Hamburg, Bremen and Berlin airports were affected. No other European flight restrictions are in progress according to EuroControlThe volcano itself has appeared to have stopped … [Read more...]

Volcano Ash II: NATS update

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NATS are predicting closurses or limited services for the following airports from 19:00 to 01:00BST. BarraGlasgowEdinburghPrestwickNewcastleCarlisleDurham Tees ValleyCumbernauldTireeMeanwhile,BMI and BA have resumed Aberdeen services, BMI has followed BA's lead and shut off all Glasgow and Edinburugh services Ryanair is still trying to push past the ban. It is waiting for … [Read more...]

Volcano Ash II: Lunchtime Update.

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So at Lunchtime on the 24th May, lets see what the state of play is:NATS suggest the following airports will be affected from 1300 to 1900 BSTDurham Tees ValleyGlasgowGlasgow PrestwickEdinburghLondonderryNewcastle EuroControl says 252 flights had been cancelled so far today. Ryanair has carried out a test flight over the zone at 41,000ft showed there was:"no visible … [Read more...]

Volcano Ash II: And guess who doesn’t want to hold the flight ban.

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Firstly, lets get up to speed with who is doing what:Aer Lingus - 12 flights affected to and from Scottish Airspace BMI flights to and from Aberdeen are subject to delay, but services in and out of Glasgow and Edinburgh were running normally British Airways will not be operating any flights between London (LHR/LGW/LCY) and Scotland until 1400 BST Eastern Airways will not be … [Read more...]

FR: We made money, but expect fares to go up.

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Ryanair have been busy, posting strong profits of 374m euros (23%)during the current season. However, it goes on to moan that a lack of growth in capacity (primarily by not buying more frames from Boeing or Airbus and it disposing of older frames), and higher fuel costs (which everyone is suffering through) will restrict growth and profit increases next year. Ryanair is working … [Read more...]

FR/U2: New Charges – Don’t get caught with them

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For those of you who are thinking of using EasyJet or Ryanair for a cheap getaway, Money Saving Expert has a timely update on the games these two airlines are up to. For EasyJetFees to pay by debit card are up from £5.50 per booking to £8.Credit card fees are up per booking from £5.50 + £4.95 or 2.5% of transaction value (whichever is higher) to £8 … [Read more...]

FR: An extra €2 to fly with them…

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The cowboys of the air Ryanair have made an annoucement today to impose a €2 charge on all bookings made from the 4th April. They bleat that this is to offset the costs of of compensation mandated by EU 261/2004 for delays or cancellations of flights.Ryanair bleats:"It is unfair and discriminatory that airlines are made liable for providing refunds, meals, hotels and phone … [Read more...]

FR: How Many 737-800’s are we up to?

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That's correct - 300 units. Yes, believe it or not, Boeing has now delivered it's 300th 737-800 frame to Ryanair. However you add this up (eg frames sold onto other carriers, frames in service), that's one hell of a lot of aircraft. Ryanair will take another 37 units this year. Which is nice. It still doesn't compensate for the yellow and blue interior with adverts all of the … [Read more...]

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