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AMS flyer
FR launches 16 new routes
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STN-LDE (!)
Apparently FR will fly from Stansted to both Pau and Lourdes - while the distance between the two airports is only 35 km.
Fortunately, London is probably big enough to make this new route profitable. Otherways... My God! What a nonsense! Lourdes is a typical pilgrimage site for Roman Catholics. There is nothing more in the entire city than sanctuaries, processions, prayers, spirituality, the miracle healings and so on. I've been there once during my travels, the place is certainly worth seeing. But while obviously every member of the Anglican Communion is welcome there too, is it the best selected link and potentially the most profitable out of all possible routes? Flights from Dublin, Milan, any Spanish base would attract thousands of Catholic pilgrims, flying from London will attract mostly tourists. Nothing against it, but for me it's one more illustration of how ill-prepared the route planning at Ryanair is.
Please correct me, if I'm wrong.