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New Glasgow-Berlin route as Ryanair plots growth - The Scotsman
Still the same management team then???
He admitted the airline had failed to agree terms with the airport’s Scottish Government-controlled management over adding extra flights, but said that was a “fluid, rolling situation” and not uncommon.
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Pretty simple strategy on Ryanair's part.
- Scottish Government owns PIK.
- Scottish Government is desperate for PIK to perform better.
- Scottish Government has or will soon have power to cut APD.
- Ryanair explicitly links APD removal to extra PIK flights, thus maximising chances that Scottish Government will cut APD.
- Ryanair average yield lower than anyone else, so a cut to APD has a proportionately greater impact on Ryanair all-in prices than on any other airline's prices.
- If APD is cut, Ryanair reaps the benefits across a wide range of destinations from GLA and EDI as well as PIK.
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For SOE
From the Scotsman for what it's worth:
New Glasgow-Berlin route as Ryanair plots growth - The Scotsman
New Glasgow-Berlin route as Ryanair plots growth - The Scotsman
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The people at Ryanair are far clevery than the clowns that run the Scottish Government and richer too!
Ryanair will also factor in that a removal of APD and FR forced growth in Scotland will pile pressure on the rest of the UK to follow Scotland on APD, but ultimately the outcome for PIK will not change
Ryanair will also factor in that a removal of APD and FR forced growth in Scotland will pile pressure on the rest of the UK to follow Scotland on APD, but ultimately the outcome for PIK will not change
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Considering that they had 2x or 3x weekly from PIK-NOC and a Daily service from EDI-SNN on an atr72, I'd say with the demise of both services a 5x or 6x service would be perfect.
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What evidence do you have that GLA-SNN or PIK-SNN doesnt work by itself? It wont work with Edinbrugh, as was tried by EI, due to its extreamly high fares when compared to Ryanair. Two 72 seater flights a day gives 144 seats at roughly 3 to 4 times the fare at what Ryanair could do.
Ill give SNN-MAN as an example.
The cheapest return fare I ever found with EI regional was €80, and that was very rare. With Ryanair, it often can be €20 return if you travel TUES/WED/THURS. The manchester loads reflected this, with a doubling in passenger numbers from DEC 2013 to DEC 2014.
Im sure that a 5x/6x weekly service would work year round, I'm even starting to convince myself that a daily service would work.
Ill give SNN-MAN as an example.
The cheapest return fare I ever found with EI regional was €80, and that was very rare. With Ryanair, it often can be €20 return if you travel TUES/WED/THURS. The manchester loads reflected this, with a doubling in passenger numbers from DEC 2013 to DEC 2014.
Im sure that a 5x/6x weekly service would work year round, I'm even starting to convince myself that a daily service would work.
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The evidence that PIK-SNN wasn't profitable enough so Ryanair canned it? The evidence that GLA-SNN failed with EIR, as did EDI-SNN. The fact that Ryanair walked away almost entirely from SNN as they were forced to pay money to use the airport, and only now are growing again.
It's not about what you think "might work", it's about "is this short less than daily Scotland -Ireland sector the best use of my asset or will it be more profitable being utilised to the sun"? That's why the mix of routes at PIK was changed. What "evidence" do you have it will now "work"?
Btw does €20 return even include APD and how recent is that figure?
It's not about what you think "might work", it's about "is this short less than daily Scotland -Ireland sector the best use of my asset or will it be more profitable being utilised to the sun"? That's why the mix of routes at PIK was changed. What "evidence" do you have it will now "work"?
Btw does €20 return even include APD and how recent is that figure?
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The evidence that PIK-SNN wasn't profitable enough so Ryanair canned it? The evidence that GLA-SNN failed with EIR, as did EDI-SNN.
1. The canning of PIK-SNN had very little to do with bad loads and alot to do with the airport fees at Shannon and Ryanairs dispute. They reintroudced the route at Knock this year. It has been canned, but Knock has a smaller and less populated catchment area, and was within Shannons catchment area while SNN-EDI was operating.
2. GLA-SNN failed because of the reasons I previously stated, you cannot have 144 atr seats at that price and be sustainable.
3.EDI-SNN was preforming great for EI, but was removed with the withdrawal of the SNN base which was brought on by RYR competing on the MAN route.
The fact that Ryanair walked away almost entirely from SNN as they were forced to pay money to use the airport, and only now are growing again.
It's not about what you think "might work", it's about "is this short less than daily Scotland -Ireland sector the best use of my asset or will it be more profitable being utilised to the sun"?
That's why the mix of routes at PIK was changed. What "evidence" do you have it will now "work"?
Btw does €20 return even include APD and how recent is that figure?
As I said earlier, Ryanair will probably introduce a Scottish route soon, and if they do not, its only a matter of time before some other airline jumps in.
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Aer Ryan - given that the following routes have all failed I'm not sure I share your optimism that FR operating PIK-SNN again is the answer...
EDI-SNN - Ryanair
EDI-SNN - Aer Lingus
GLA-SNN - Flybe
GLA-SNN - Aer Lingus
PIK-SNN - Ryanair
IF it was that popular a route surely one of the above would be operating it this summer. I remember being on PIK-SNN a few times back around 2006/2007 and there were often only 60 or 70 people on board with flight prices at about £10 return. That didn't work back then and it won't work now either. Many, including myself, that were on the edge of Shannon's catchment area back then wouldn't bother with the place now with the M6 offering much easier access to Dublin from the west coast - so if anything the demand is even less now and operational costs would be higher.
Ryanair might maybe just about manage to successfully operate EDI-SNN again three times as week if Shannon management let them use their airport for free or maybe even pay them a few quid to land there. That's about as much as can be sustained on Shannon to Scotland routes at this stage.
In terms of the topic of the thread, Ryanair don't fly from PIK to Ireland any more.
EDI-SNN - Ryanair
EDI-SNN - Aer Lingus
GLA-SNN - Flybe
GLA-SNN - Aer Lingus
PIK-SNN - Ryanair
IF it was that popular a route surely one of the above would be operating it this summer. I remember being on PIK-SNN a few times back around 2006/2007 and there were often only 60 or 70 people on board with flight prices at about £10 return. That didn't work back then and it won't work now either. Many, including myself, that were on the edge of Shannon's catchment area back then wouldn't bother with the place now with the M6 offering much easier access to Dublin from the west coast - so if anything the demand is even less now and operational costs would be higher.
Ryanair might maybe just about manage to successfully operate EDI-SNN again three times as week if Shannon management let them use their airport for free or maybe even pay them a few quid to land there. That's about as much as can be sustained on Shannon to Scotland routes at this stage.
In terms of the topic of the thread, Ryanair don't fly from PIK to Ireland any more.
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Aer Ryan - given that the following routes have all failed I'm not sure I share your optimism that FR operating PIK-SNN again is the answer...
EDI-SNN - Ryanair
EDI-SNN - Aer Lingus
GLA-SNN - Flybe
GLA-SNN - Aer Lingus
PIK-SNN - Ryanair
EDI-SNN - Ryanair
EDI-SNN - Aer Lingus
GLA-SNN - Flybe
GLA-SNN - Aer Lingus
PIK-SNN - Ryanair
IF it was that popular a route surely one of the above would be operating it this summer. I remember being on PIK-SNN a few times back around 2006/2007 and there were often only 60 or 70 people on board with flight prices at about £10 return. That didn't work back then and it won't work now either. Many, including myself, that were on the edge of Shannon's catchment area back then wouldn't bother with the place now with the M6 offering much easier access to Dublin from the west coast - so if anything the demand is even less now and operational costs would be higher.
Ryanair might maybe just about manage to successfully operate EDI-SNN again three times as week if Shannon management let them use their airport for free or maybe even pay them a few quid to land there. That's about as much as can be sustained on Shannon to Scotland routes at this stage.
In terms of the topic of the thread, Ryanair don't fly from PIK to Ireland any more.