Where are FR going to get the pilots?
From todays Irish Independant......where are FR going to get the pilots? Apart from the rantings of Leo Hairy ar*e my pals tell me as more aircraft arrive, FR are desperate for suitably qualified pilots. Also many foreign crews have failed their sim checks as when non normal stuff happened they broke into their own dialogue as against remaining to speak English. This has happened many times on sim checks.
AIR travellers can look forward to a massive increase in the number of cheap flights out of Dublin. Ryanair is expected to announce it will add three million new seats out of Dublin airport.
As well as dramatically increasing capacity, Ryanair is expected to announce a number of new routes from Dublin to the UK and continental Europe.
Ryanair is likely to reveal its expansion plans later this year when it announces its autumn schedule.
The decision is a momentous one for Ryanair, ending a five-year ban on any significant expansion out of Dublin. The low fares carrier instigated the ban in protest at what it said were uncompetitive passenger charges at the airport.
It currently carries six million passengers a year on 30 Dublin routes. Now it will increase capacity out of Dublin by approximately 40pc.
Initially most of this will be concentrated on existing routes. Only a few new routes will be announced this year.
Separately, Ryanair is also increasing capacity at Shannon, Cork, Knock and Derry airports. Tomorrow, the airline will announce plans to add two new routes out of Shannon: one is expected to be to a location in western France, the other to southern England.
The airline will expand capacity by increasing the size of planes it uses. It is changing its fleet from Boeing 737 200s, which can carry 130 passengers, to 737 800s, which can carry 189.
The number of landing slots the company uses at Dublin airport will remain relatively static.
Ryanair's massive expansion plans will spell bad news for Aer Lingus, which is struggling to become a low-cost operator on both short and long-haul routes. It will also come as a blow to Easyjet, which has been expanding routes out of Ireland recently.
Industry sources say Ryanair's expansion may drive Easyjet out of Ireland.