Ryanair - 6

[dumdumbrain]

Im sorry mate but it aint going to happen, too many other important airports to set up a base first. You BOH will get extra fligths from other bases or a a/c doing a W

[HH6702]

anything new coming to ncl?

hope we get at least 1 new route this winter

[CaptKremin]

Well, now that Aer Lingus is out of the picture - any news on the promised Ryanair Long Haul carrier that was promised by posters here?

[dumdumbrain]

All I can say is that it is going to happen within a year. Anyway its going to be a different company, and ran different to that of Ryanair the fares airline.

[cesare.caldi]

No announcements of new routes this week?

[chrism20]

Load factor

FR's load factor dropped 2% last month.

I know that there are more planes and routes than last year but considering that they were giving seats away for 1p inclusive I am very shocked by this

[Runway 31]

passenger numbers also grew 18%, up from 3,670,542 to
4,345,586.

[Charlie Roy]

Charleroi

This article (in French)
http://www.lalibre.be/article.phtml?...&art_id=357900
says that Ryanair will add one more aircraft to Charleroi in early 2008 and that one of the new routes will be Moroccan.

This contrasts with earlier rumours of 4 or more aircraft in Autumn 2007, but at this stage it sounds rather feasible.

The article also mentions how Liege airport expects to secure a couple of Ryanair routes sooner rather than later.

[befree]

empty seats?

passenger numbers for ryanair are how many people have booked is not adjusted for those who do not turn up. The large admin fee to change a flight will lead to people just making a new booking if they need to make a change. When people are unsure as to when they will fly they could book several possible dates at a few quid each instead of booking at last minute. The rise in passenger numbers is needed to keep the sharehoders happy. Many are based in the USA and only have the passanger numbers to go on.

They have over expanded trying to create 20%+ growth when the loads are not there. The 186 seats on each plane makes it hard to start up new routes as they often get going as 3x per week which then is not very flexable. It is getting harder as the best routes have already been developed.

It has been said that ryanair is to sell 45 planes over the next two years so that there will only be a small net rise.

[take-off]

ANyone think its poss for ryanair to offer a BLK- AGP this winter compete with jet2, theyve released their so called winter schedule , no flight between end of oct- start of feb, hardly a winter flight schedule, some1 like ryanair or easy ,could nip in and steal jet2's thunder, their not even offering xmas/new year flights Just a thort as its said the girona flights seem to do well from blk

[dumdumbrain]

Just a little note, its a 189 seat, 33 rows, no row 13, and no 1def. You will also find many flights are sold close to 189 but about 10-15% of people do not turn up. I have often been on staff travel from stn-ema via dub, and been told i will have to travel in a jump seat, but when i get to the gate the real figure is about 175, so i sit in a normal seat, well over wing.

At the end of the day Ryanair knows its going to be a hard year which investors have been warned about, but it will be for other airlines aswell, if anything it may make a few airlines go under which will be an advantage for Ryanair, lets not forget it's huge cash sums set aside for any down side.

And when Ryanair was to start doing AGP from the UK, it will start from STN and Liverpool first. I don't thinlk Ryanair will expand much into AGP untill its new terminal is built.

[ryan2000]

Cork

With the yields Aerlingus are getting on Cork Paris and Cork Barcelona, it's surprising that Ryanair aren't tempted to operate Cork Beauvais or Cork Gerona.

[Rallye EI-BFP]

SNN-BVA and GRO are the high earners at Shannon- with great loads. It is unlikely they are willing to damage that, seeing as there is difficulty making money on some Shannon routes

[CaptKremin]

All I can say is that it is going to happen within a year.

Oh, right. I thought it was 'imminent'.
Back in March..

[Patuta]

To Greece?

Today a local newspaper in Bremen reports attempts of the Greek government to get FR flying to four Greek airports. (No names dropped though.) In order to raise tourist traffic to Greece the government also announced a reduction of airport taxes during the upcoming winter season, says the "Kurier am Sonntag".

I always thought Greek airports are far to expensive for FR. From Germany only easyjet and Air Berlin/LTU are going there.

There's is a (former) military airport between Athens and Korinth which is bang on target for FR. But the German Hochtief company, which runs Athens airport, has allegedly contractually excluded any other public airport in 100 km distance.

So can anyone confirm those negotiations? Will Greece become part of FR's map? Which city? Athens, Saloniki, Heraklion?

[dumdumbrain]

All of the EU will be on the Ryanair map, it's just when. Ryanair is in talks all the time with different airports to try and set up new routes. I think Greece will do very well, even in the winter months, as it's nice and warm in the winter, it's abit far from the UK, but if the tax and fees are low then expect routes to open, not sure when tho..........

Lee

[Charlie Roy]

Prague

VanBosh already mentioned the Greece rumour on June 22nd, maybe he has more information? ...

Meanwhile, Ryanair have applied for the following slots for the winter season from Prague:

• Dublin (Daily)
• Bournemouth (Daily)
• Eindhoven (Daily)
• Weeze (Daily)
• Skavsta (3 x Weekly)

[rubik101]

Many airlines in recent years have applied to fly to Greek airports, particularly Corfu, Rhodes and Heraklion. Permissions are given on the basis that the aircraft makes a stop at the new and very expensive Athens airport. Such a stop makes almost all these rotations uneconomic, hence are never taken up. The Charter and schedule airlines currently flying directly to these destinations have been doing so since before the new airport opened, a sort of Grandfather rights issue.
There are several appeals pending in the EU commission regarding this question, but, being Greece, this will take time.
A weekend flight from all RYR and EZY bases to these three destinations throughout the year would be real winners. There are literally thousands of expats with their associated families struggling over Athens to get there and back right through the winter.

[eu01]

Reus as a base? Not decided yet.

Reus has been mentioned as one of the favourites to become a new FR's base. Meanwhile the Spanish press publishes a warning: "Ryanair can leave the airport".

Isaac Sanromŕ, president of the Chamber of Commerce in Reus, reminded the readers that the new pending agreement with Ryanair has not been signed yet and the continuity of Ryanair's services could not be guaranteed without it. The airline wants to establish several new routes and to create the operational base in Reus between 2008 and 2010 for two airplanes, in exchange for a subvention of 2.750.000 euros.

According to one of the locals: “Ryanair says that it prefers a single intermediate, that it is the Consorci of the Camp(?), but they have fallen in a total inaction”.

To my mind the subvention, that's the hurdle they have to get over here, don't you think?

(the source in Spanish)

[Leo Hairy-Camel]

RYR Base Expansion.

Ryanair i love you... where is your Bournemouth base!! Desperate for your flights...

I don't think you'll have long to wait, Shamrock7seal.

Bournemouth, Torp and Treviso will be announced soon. Doncaster perhaps.