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Why Not
Do You have money to burn.
Or are you just one of those who believes everything that you read, and still believes in the tooth fairy ?
Good flight, new aircraft well maintained, punctual, nice crews.
Cheap flights to regional airports with good onward communications.
Just had my first 2 trips with Ryanair which were better than many legacy carriers.
BA are cutting back flights by as much as 25% so less choice Europe wide.
Ryanair can pick up more passengers there, and have the ability to do so.
Do You have money to burn.
Or are you just one of those who believes everything that you read, and still believes in the tooth fairy ?
Good flight, new aircraft well maintained, punctual, nice crews.
Cheap flights to regional airports with good onward communications.
Just had my first 2 trips with Ryanair which were better than many legacy carriers.
BA are cutting back flights by as much as 25% so less choice Europe wide.
Ryanair can pick up more passengers there, and have the ability to do so.
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Another £1 "no taxes" seat sale has just gone live, with loads of routes not normally covered by this type of promo (Kaunas, Brno etc). But...
...what is the point...
...when...
...the bl**dy (I want to use stronger wording here) website simply CANNOT cope. Bad enough that it can now only search one day at a time, but even that seems too much, and all I'm getting is "network error" followed by "network error". I'm getting to the fares screen maybe one attempt in 10.
To me, it's clear - the number one thing Ryanair need to fix is the website! Without it, they're nothing.
...what is the point...
...when...
...the bl**dy (I want to use stronger wording here) website simply CANNOT cope. Bad enough that it can now only search one day at a time, but even that seems too much, and all I'm getting is "network error" followed by "network error". I'm getting to the fares screen maybe one attempt in 10.
To me, it's clear - the number one thing Ryanair need to fix is the website! Without it, they're nothing.
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Flew FR BRS-DUB-BRS yesterday. Great flights, on time, decent price. Both at least 3/4 full. I don't buy priority boarding and I nowadays don't bother to queue much - it's annoying and tiring - and I still get the seat I want.
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We can expect more of this, I guess - since MOL has to concentrate on his own company rather than taking about the competition: He had his mouth shut last week by a German court at the request of airberlin who obtained an injunction against MOL. He is no longer allowed to say that airberlin is on the brink of collapse.
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How many aircrafts could be in Bologna? I think only 2 or 3 because Bologna is not so interesting like Rimini, Pisa or Florence and it is not so far from Milan, Verona and Venice which are also Ryanair-airports. Italy is a very interesting market but FR should go to Rome or Naples. Til now there is no competion with easyjet in this two big cities.
Are there any information about the Bologna Base and which/how many routes will come?
Are there any information about the Bologna Base and which/how many routes will come?
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...the bl**dy (I want to use stronger wording here) website simply CANNOT cope.
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Please do not allow yourselves the dubious distinction of letting this thread lose definition or make silly childish remarks.
Ryanair do not deserve that.
Keep it on topic or some of you will have to find another playground.
Btw. I recently purchased two tickets to Prestwick for a total cost of £44. That is a deal in anybody's language. NO charges for the flight - zero!
Please continue.
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Ryanair do not deserve that.
Keep it on topic or some of you will have to find another playground.
Btw. I recently purchased two tickets to Prestwick for a total cost of £44. That is a deal in anybody's language. NO charges for the flight - zero!
Please continue.
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I've got a funny feeling that in 12 months time, one or two airline CEO's will be telling their shareholders 'we had the right strategy to see off Ryanair but unfortunately we went bankrupt before we could prove it'. 
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I've got a funny feeling that in 12 months time, one or two airline CEO's will be telling their shareholders 'we had the right strategy to see off Ryanair but unfortunately we went bankrupt before we could prove it'.
Only one CEO talks down any other company.
Only one CEO gleefully predicts the demise of other companies.
How about a comparison with another industry? Look at the supermarket trade and the 2 stores in the UK that are rapidly increasing turnover are: ALDI and LIDL - in the Grocery trade - the 2 LoCos. Brits will always want to go on holiday but if they can cut back on the cost by booking a cheap villa in Spain (of which there is a glut) and book cheap flights then they will. Personally I wouldn't want to be over exposed to Caribbean or similar long haul destinations.
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Firstly hedging (or lack thereof) plays a significant part in this market and lack of it could well render the very best of business models defunct. Secondly the british will always want their holidays but I very much doubt they will sacrifice their main annual expedition. Instead it will be the multiple weekend jollies to Spain that take the hit (not good for locos). Sounds like bad news all round to me. One thing that is becoming pretty sure though is that Ryanair suddenly don't seem to be as untouchable as O'leary would have you think. The city have also woken up at last to the BS.
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If Ryanair are feeling the pressure, goodness only knows what is going on around other airline Board rooms globally.
As I posted in another thread, big H.Q. job cuts at easyJet today. How long before a Ryanair/easyJet merger and don't give me 'different business models' rubbish. Airlines are entering new territory with the global credit crisis and oil doubling in price over the last 12 months. Anything can happen and in the airline industry, the unthinkable might? who knows? One thing for sure, there will be casualties and the remaining airlines will re-trench back to the larger airports where the yields are more robust.
As I posted in another thread, big H.Q. job cuts at easyJet today. How long before a Ryanair/easyJet merger and don't give me 'different business models' rubbish. Airlines are entering new territory with the global credit crisis and oil doubling in price over the last 12 months. Anything can happen and in the airline industry, the unthinkable might? who knows? One thing for sure, there will be casualties and the remaining airlines will re-trench back to the larger airports where the yields are more robust.
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Not everybody flying Ryanair is going away on holiday or a weekend break. Some people visit friends and relatives which would give people quite a cheap break away (No hotel/or car hire) amd people who have second homes in France or Spain may visit them more rather than pay for extra long-haul holidays for instance
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Price elasticity of demand - READ THIS
Price elasticity of demand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I reckon the price elasticity of demand for Ryanair seats is getting close now to being inelastic. There's so much Ryanair capacity (more coming!), lowering fares will just result in lower total revenue. Even though I know I can go Stansted to Gdansk for 5 quid, i still wont go because i dont need to.
Just because Brits might be opportunists and snap up a bargain Ryanair 5 Quid fare to France and a cheap Villa, doesn't mean the Airline or Villa owner won't still be burning through his cash pile!!! That is not a sound business plan.
Again, a 737s burn is the same regardless of number of empty/cheap seats. Its all about the aircraft yield!!! And how can Ryanair now increase theirs????
Just my thoughts......
Price elasticity of demand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I reckon the price elasticity of demand for Ryanair seats is getting close now to being inelastic. There's so much Ryanair capacity (more coming!), lowering fares will just result in lower total revenue. Even though I know I can go Stansted to Gdansk for 5 quid, i still wont go because i dont need to.
Just because Brits might be opportunists and snap up a bargain Ryanair 5 Quid fare to France and a cheap Villa, doesn't mean the Airline or Villa owner won't still be burning through his cash pile!!! That is not a sound business plan.
Again, a 737s burn is the same regardless of number of empty/cheap seats. Its all about the aircraft yield!!! And how can Ryanair now increase theirs????
Just my thoughts......
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How about a comparison with another industry? Look at the supermarket trade and the 2 stores in the UK that are rapidly increasing turnover are: ALDI and LIDL - in the Grocery trade - the 2 LoCos.
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On Ryanair check-in online now appear new routes:
BLQ-GRO
BLQ-BHX
BLQ-CRL
BLQ-DUB
BLQ-HHN
BLQ-STN
BLQ-VLC
are the same flight now operated from FRL, so it's a change of airport moving all flight from FRL to BLQ
BLQ-GRO
BLQ-BHX
BLQ-CRL
BLQ-DUB
BLQ-HHN
BLQ-STN
BLQ-VLC
are the same flight now operated from FRL, so it's a change of airport moving all flight from FRL to BLQ