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Old 18th Jan 2006, 17:26
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How true are the cancellation?

Originally Posted by cwatters
It looks like none of the flights mentioned above can be booked online for next wednesday (I tried three at random). So obviously these aren't new cancellations.
I feel that I have to comment on the various remarks made by fellow Ppruners. Whilst I have no time for MOL, I also sometimes think that we all go mad when given the opportunity to 'have a go at' Ryanair.

I havinglooked at the flights listed by jewitts in his posting at 16.04 and the comments by cwatters, I thought that I would check all the flights listed - here are my results if trying to book for next Wednesday 25th January:

16:35 FR3012 ROME CIAMPINO NOT LISTED
16:50 FR415 GLASGOW PIK NOT LISTED
17:00 FR225 DUBLIN NOT LISTED
17:15 FR8398 JEREZ BOOKABLE
17:45 FR3848 REUS BOOKABLE
18:00 FR3014 ROME CIAMPINO NOT LISTED
18:10 FR058 STOCKHOLM SKAVS BOOKABLE
18:45 FR464 TURIN BOOKABLE
18:50 FR038 OSLO TORP PLEASE CONTACT YOUR AIRLINE
19:10 FR258 MALMO STURUP NOT LISTED
19:20 FR3258 DUSSELDORF WEEZ BOOKABLE
19:40 FR714 AARHUS NOT LISTED
20:00 FR764 FRANKFURT HAHN NOT LISTED
20:10 FR293 DUBLIN NOT LISTED
20:20 FR1007 AMSTERDAM AIRPORT NOT SERVED!

As can be seen, there are a number of the flights which have been cancelled for more than 1 week, and the fact that Amsterdam is listed does give me serious food for thought that the BAA had loaded data from slot applications and failed to remove them before the event. This occurance has been known to happen at various airports around the UK.

Anyway that is my unbiased penny-worth which has left me taking statements from both sides with a pinch of salt.
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