Ryanair - 6

[captainspeaking]

Just close NQY. It's a cr*p airport anyway, and the Nigels and Camillas can get to Rock and Padstein in their horrible 4x4s.

[The Real Slim Shady]

Instead of cancelling just the flights affected 1st-19th December, or routing via Plymouth as Air Southwest are doing,

Don't you just love Flight Sim Commanders!!!

In the real world, 1045 metres LDA may be enough for a Dash but not for a 738!

[ExpatChris]

Entropay Card

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[Desk-pilot]

MOL

Now, if we could just get Dublin and Belfast airports to put up passenger fees Ryanair would pull out of those airports too and the world would be one step closer to being rid of Micky Mouse O'Leary and his appalling airline.

Good news for pax I think, they can now fly from Blackpool airports with a decent operator like Arann or Jet2 rather than having the indignity of flying Ryan!

Don't forget to leave the light on when you leave Micky,

Desk-pilot

[Skipness One Echo]

Hmmm. Brewery. Piss up. Hmmmm
Piss up. Brewery.
Hmmm
I'm confused.
You want the council to organise
Hmmm
A piss up
Hmmm
In a brewery?
Hmmm

Not sure we've got the skill set for that chaps. Perhaps we should just assume the RAF have spare time staff and funds to bail us out whilst they try and fight two seperate foreign wars. Perhaps they have beer too? Hmmmm

[Based]

Cork Battle

Well I see they've finally achieved their ambition of crushing Aer Arann on the DUB-ORK route. Aer Arann are going down to two flights a day, and not really at optimum hours which probably doesn't bode too well for them.

[frfly]

Desk-Pilot

How is it good news for PAX? BLK have lost a huge amount of business and NQY the same due to bad airport management. PAX now have less choice and have to put up with high fares and poor punctuality from the airlines left behind.

Sorry if you feel you have some personal agenda agaisnt FR - but leave that home. Facts are FR are the cheapest, most punctual and lose the fewest amount of bags. As a passenger - I'd take that any day.

[Ametyst1]

I fly Ryanair about 4 times a month and as a passenger I love them! In all the time I have flown with the airline I have only had one cancellation (due to fog) and one delay (tech aircraft). I can fly to Dublin for about £40 including charges and I remember the days when Aer Lingus Commuter where the sole operator on the route and the cheapest fare always seemed to be about £180 for the "privelege" of flying on a Short 360! And how many years ago was that

I love the free seating policy because you can see where the family from hell and the screaming brat are going to sit and avoid them (only joking, well half joking).

I also like flying BA but I know as soon as the captain says we are fully boarded, doors are shut and we are ready to go on time, he follows it up with it "Looks like I spoke to soon......"

[EI-BUD]

Instead of cancelling just the flights affected 1st-19th December, or routing via Plymouth as Air Southwest are doing, they have cancelled all flights in December to Newquay "until further notice"

I dont think that a Ryanair aircraft could be routed via Plymouth? Could it?

EI-BUD

[ryan2000]

Shannon

Shannon thread reports big cuts in Ryanair operation there from 1st July.

[eu01]

Shannon

It looks like MOL really wants to improve the profitability of his airline now. But what will happen to FR's BIG EXPANSION next year? Reluctant to put it through? Maybe it's just the right strategy, don't deny it...

[Desert Diner]

Speaking of profitability, I just booked a pre-Xmax for me and the wife from Shannon to London. I chose SNN over DUB due to the wider availability of Euro 0.99 seats So I embarked on my booking journey on MOL's wonderfull website

This is what it came out as:

Fare (4 X 0.99) 3.96 Euro

SNN-STN Taxes & Fees 42.84 Euro
STN-SNN Taxes & Fees 68.56 Euro

Airport Check in 20.00 Euro
1 Bag Check in 20.00 Euro
Visa Handling Fee - Me 10.00 Euro
Visa Handling Fee - Wife 10.00 Euro

Total 175.36 Euro

This is after declining early boarding,checking in a second bag, and a plethora of other charges that I may have accepted if I wasn't very carefull in the booking process.

Now, I could have saved the 40 Euro by opting to check online and not to check in a bag, but I figured it was good insurance to do so in case of getting scrd at the gate for "improperly" checking in or "exceeding" our onboard weight limit.

Now mind you, 87 Euro/pax is still a good price and I have flown them many a time before, but not in the past three years.

But I trully felt scrd over for the first time with this booking experience.

[daz211]

What did you expect ?

Your not playing the 0.99 rules are you !

1 - Book with a card that you dont get charged on.
2 - Dont take a bag.
3 - Check-in on line.

4 - Dont blame Ryanair for the the tax, all Airlines charge it.

[rpmac]

Ryanair

Purchased Madrid - Palma the other day, cheapest flight available compared to Air Berlin, Iberia, Aer Europa, even with card charges and check in, etc. Always found Ryanair to be on time, good friendly service, difficult to better in many cases. On this occasion wanted to fly with Aer Europa, similar times etc, but the cost was much more than Ryanair.

[carbootking]

iv just come back from dublin 2p inc everything booked with the electron card no baggage everything good doing the same with shannon in january, im no ryanair fan but as long as you know what you get its ok.i like these offers get to see europe on the cheap

[LPFR]

I don't get why people complain about Ryanair's policy. I made my first Ryanair flight for 55€ from Portugal to Scotland and back and I really can't complain. For a 3h flight the legroom is perfectly fine for someone around 1,80cm like me at least, the flights were on time and cabin crew were friendly and helpful and boarding was smooth, with 160+ pax onboard, nothing like the scrum that some people talk about. When it goes wrong I do strongly believe that it's costumer service is awful, but when not I can't understand the reason of moaning..Probably just because the plane says "Ryanair" ? Have already two more trips booked and I'm looking forward to fly them again.

[Capot]

Just in case anyone is still in doubt after

1045 metres LDA may be enough for a Dash but not for a 738!

from Slim Shady,

may I confirm that Plymouth could NOT take a B737-800 for a zillion reasons, all of them flowing from the fact that the runway is far too short!

[Cllrcollins]

Fuerteventura

Ryanair have announced that they are withdrawing from Fuerteventura at the end of Jan 2009 because of some "contractual misunderstanding" with the local Business Community (AIE) in other words they are owed money!!

Does anybody have any info. on this issue?

Thanks,

Dave

[Seljuk22]

November: Passengers up 11%, Load factor up 1%

Per Ryanair website

[Jippie]

Good news, not really suprising though with the sheer amount of free tickets they offered.