Economy Class & Beyond

FR: Cities won’t pay subsidy, Ryanair pulls services….

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Expatica has an interesting article about the City of Pau in SouthWestern France pulling it's subsidy to Ryanair to maintain flights there because the Irish low-cost airline's demands were "intolerable" and amounted to blackmail.Ouch. Ryanair had asked The City of Pau to hike its subsidies to 1.4 million euros ($2 million) a year to 1.5 million if it wants it to maintain … [Read more...]

FR: Attacks Court Decision about Boarding Passes – threatens more pain

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Earlier this week a Spanish court ruled that Ryanair's £40 charge to reprint a left at home boarding pass was "illegal", with court stating"the carrier was breaking international law by charging the fee, stating that the responsibility for printing boarding passes has always rested with the airlines."That obviously went down like a lead brick at Ryanair HQ, how today have … [Read more...]

Want to avoid APD? HINT: Start in Ireland….

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The Irish Air Travel tax is being reduced - from a not considerable €10 to an insignficant €3. You read that right. €3This comes to effect from 1st March 2011 to 31st December 2011. This is to combat the dropping visitor numbers to Ireland.To quote Brian Lenihan"The position will be reviewed next year, and the rate will be increased unless there is evidence of an … [Read more...]

Spanish Airstrike: Continuing

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No traffic is moving in and out of Spain at the moment, with traffic that would go through Spain is avoiding it, adding to delaysA few salient points:British Airways are advising people check their website before departureIberia has cancelled all flights until tomorrow 05:00 LocalRyanair has followed, with all flights to 10:00 Local. EasyJet have cancelled services to 04/12 … [Read more...]

FR: Time for another delay thanks to Ryanair….

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Yet another story of why travelling on Ryanair can contain so many levels of fun, it's unfunny. See http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101117/ts_afp/belgiumirelandprotestairlinecompanyryanair for the entertainment. Perhaps the most telling thing in the whole piece is this"A Ryanair spokesperson was not immediately reachable for comment."Say it all really... … [Read more...]

BA: Off to RAK (Marrakech), and bigger to LAS

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British Airways have announced a new route operating from London Gatwick to Marrakech. With service due to recommence next year, this is a continuation of the route previously operated by GB Airways (which EasyJet brought).This will bring BA into conflict with EasyJet and Royal Air Maroc (who also fly from Heathrow), and with Ryanair from London Luton.  BA will be … [Read more...]

FR: Ryanair annouces profilts up, slams APD rises.

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It's earnings reporting seasons, with Ryanair annoucing it's numbers today, with a 17 percent increase in first half net profit with 450millon euros in the bank.  Guidance has been issued that full year profits are yield  from 380 million to 400 million euros. Which not a bad number.However, the Odious Little Man has been on BBC Breakfast today moaning about a … [Read more...]

Inside the mind of the Odious Little Man

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If for some bizzare reason you want to get inside the mind of Micheal O'Leary of Ryanair fame, there's an excellent article at http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-02/ryanair-s-o-leary-ponders-pay-toilets-standing-passengers-in-profit-quest.htmlHowever, standing seats? Ever the publicity whore.... … [Read more...]

FR: Don’t forget to book an extra seat if you’re taking a muscial instrument….

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The Daily Hate Mail once again publishes another scare story about Ryanair, with this time Three musicians were left stunned when they were forced to buy additional seats for their instruments. Flying from Frankfurt-Hann to Stansted, the believed they could take their instruments as hand luggage, but discovered before they could fly they couldn't with a cost of extra seats at a … [Read more...]