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How old is that old gag ?
Take a look at the FR route map and you will see more and
more destinations are to main Airports.
If people didnt want to go where FR fly they would'nt be one of
the worlds fastest growing Airlines would they
.
Take a look at the FR route map and you will see more and
more destinations are to main Airports.
If people didnt want to go where FR fly they would'nt be one of
the worlds fastest growing Airlines would they
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Ryanair were *FORCED* to take the step of flying to airportts people wanted to go to on the terms of the airports themselves as they ran out of minor airports to steamroller. Look at EDI, BAA Airport, spending millions on the Terminal, you can be sure as Hell that Ryanair got a good deal but NOT a freeby.
Hence the full service passengers don't subsidise the Ryanair passengers and
FR have to pay a market rate to use the facilities. Any introductory offer is for an inital period only. This is a major shift in their business model, only time will tell where it will pan out.
Hence the full service passengers don't subsidise the Ryanair passengers and
FR have to pay a market rate to use the facilities. Any introductory offer is for an inital period only. This is a major shift in their business model, only time will tell where it will pan out.
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Daz: you're not Ryanair's press spokesman moonlighting are you? Sooner or later in any discussion on Ryanair you pop up to defend them against any and all criticism.
Just out of curiosity, in your view is there anything at all that could be improved in Ryanair's way of doing business? I'm not asking to be nasty - it's just that you've been such a consistent and unswerving defender of everything FR does, come hell or high water, that I'm genuinely curious.
Respectfully,
C.
Just out of curiosity, in your view is there anything at all that could be improved in Ryanair's way of doing business? I'm not asking to be nasty - it's just that you've been such a consistent and unswerving defender of everything FR does, come hell or high water, that I'm genuinely curious.
Respectfully,
C.
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I just hate the way people dig at Ryanair, I took my first flight
with Ryanair when the only routes they had was UK-Ireland
and to see how fast and big they have grown in what is such
a short time is worth shouting about.
People do not nor should not have the right to take
the pi$$ out of what is a very good Airline with a very good
well proven business model.
The amount of times FR get put down on here is unreal,
what is it? pick on the fat kid the ugly kid or the clever kid
that all the thick people could never dream of matching
never ming beating
.
How bad, how wrong, how much of a con can they be
to get so big so fast, they must be doing somethig right
or the rapid groth would never have happened.
with Ryanair when the only routes they had was UK-Ireland
and to see how fast and big they have grown in what is such
a short time is worth shouting about.
People do not nor should not have the right to take
the pi$$ out of what is a very good Airline with a very good
well proven business model.
The amount of times FR get put down on here is unreal,
what is it? pick on the fat kid the ugly kid or the clever kid
that all the thick people could never dream of matching
never ming beating
.How bad, how wrong, how much of a con can they be
to get so big so fast, they must be doing somethig right
or the rapid groth would never have happened
.
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Cyrano and all,
'in your view is there anything at all that could be improved in Ryanair's way of doing business?'
Ban the people who diss the airline from ever travelling with them again.
MM
'in your view is there anything at all that could be improved in Ryanair's way of doing business?'
Ban the people who diss the airline from ever travelling with them again.
MM
mickyman - if one were to impose a lifetime ban on flying with Ryanair for the crime of dissing them..... then I think most previous FR customers and a large number of people in Europe would have been banned by now !
We may all diss FR and MOL at length, but sell us a ticket cheap enough and we'll fly with FR all over again (and then diss again for good measure !)
We may all diss FR and MOL at length, but sell us a ticket cheap enough and we'll fly with FR all over again (and then diss again for good measure !)
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daz211...it's the usual British attitude of criticising anything that's a success..Ryanair have been and will continue to be a fantastic success story despite what some of the blinkered BA brainwashed muppets on here seem to think. You wait and see their results this year compared to everyone else. They were hedged to 0% from Jan onwards when most other airlines were between 60-90% hedged for the rest of the winter/summer at stupid rates. Ryanair got caught for the period Oct-Dec only.
They are going to make BA/EZY and everyone elses results look stupid for the rest of the year.
They are going to make BA/EZY and everyone elses results look stupid for the rest of the year.
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some have the connecting flights they are unable to use any more
If you are depending on a flight to get you somewhere in time to get another one, Ryanair is not the way to go.
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Ryanair/Costa Cruises
After the revelation from travelmole.com yesterday about the tie-up between Ryanair and Costa Cruises...
Some responses from the trade, from the artice...
The three-year deal, announced yesterday, will see the Italian cruise line featured exclusively on the airline’s website and more than 5O Ryanair routes connecting to Costa departure points.
Despite assurances from Costa UK managing director Marco Rosa that the deal would not undercut existing agency partners or take bookings from the trade, agents have questioned how the deal will impact Costa’s reputation.
Despite assurances from Costa UK managing director Marco Rosa that the deal would not undercut existing agency partners or take bookings from the trade, agents have questioned how the deal will impact Costa’s reputation.
“Why would anybody want to be associated with Ryanair?” asked Jeremy Scott at Leisure Fare. “What does it tell first time cruisers and repeats about the quality of Costa?”
Other agents expressed their concerns about Ryanair’s strict baggage allowance and excess luggage charges.
“I think Ryanair's attitude to customer service is well documented,” he said. “It’s not too much of an issue if you end up getting to your hotel a couple of hours late, but its no use getting to the port a couple of hours late is it?”
“This will be interesting to see, as how long will it be before passengers realise that it is difficult to pack light for a cruise,” said Martin Owens of Instant Holidays/World Pride Travel.
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BIt of a non story, but worth the read anyway.
Originally Posted by Irish Times
Emergency crews put on standby for Ryanair flight
A RYANAIR flight from Birmingham declared an emergency prior to landing at Shannon airport yesterday amid fears that a tyre in the rear undercarriage had been damaged during take-off.
Flight 1313, which left Birmingham at 2.50pm on its scheduled service to Shannon, was carrying 177 passengers and crew. The aircraft carried out a low-level fly past over the airport’s main runway so that fire crews on the ground could visually inspect the landing gear as the aircraft flew past.
After nothing unusual was observed in the undercarriage, air traffic controllers contacted the pilot and advised him that he could land. The jet touched down safely just minutes later under the watchful eyes of crash crews.
The alarm was raised after ground crews at Birmingham discovered rubber debris on the runway after the Ryanair Boeing 737-800 jet had departed for Shannon. Air traffic control in Birmingham contacted the crew of the Ryanair flight to notify it of the discovery.
As the flight began its descent into Shannon, the captain notified controllers at the airport of the potential problem and requested that emergency services be placed on standby.
Units of the fire brigade from Shannon and Ennis, along with ambulances from Limerick and Ennis, were scrambled to the airport in support of the airport’s own fire and rescue service.
A Ryanair spokesperson said last night: “A piece of rubber was discovered on the runway at Birmingham airport. Air traffic control in Birmingham notified the crew of the discovery and as a precaution, the pilot asked the emergency crews be put on standby at Shannon. The aircraft landed without incident.”
Originally Posted by Limerick Post
Emergency landing for Ryanair jet at Shannon
Written by Andrew Carey
Monday, 16 February 2009 09:27
Shannon Airport emergency services were called to alert on Sunday afternoon last when one of Michael O'Leary's Ryanair planes was forced to make an emergency landing at the county Clare airport following a report from the flight deck of problems with a tyre.
On route from the UK, the pilot made contact with Shannon to say it had a tyre problem, shortly before 4pm in the afternoon.
The plane operated a circling pattern above the airport at a safe distance and landed 15 minutes after notifying the emergency services.
The plane was carrying 177 passengers and crew and no injuries have been reported.
The Shannon Airport Authority reported that the plane carried out a low-level fly past over the main runway at Shannon so that fire crews on the ground could visually inspect the landing gear as the aircraft flew past.
The fire crews had nothing to report so the aircraft was cleared for landing with no further incident.
Originally Posted by Irish Times
Emergency crews put on standby for Ryanair flight
A RYANAIR flight from Birmingham declared an emergency prior to landing at Shannon airport yesterday amid fears that a tyre in the rear undercarriage had been damaged during take-off.
Flight 1313, which left Birmingham at 2.50pm on its scheduled service to Shannon, was carrying 177 passengers and crew. The aircraft carried out a low-level fly past over the airport’s main runway so that fire crews on the ground could visually inspect the landing gear as the aircraft flew past.
After nothing unusual was observed in the undercarriage, air traffic controllers contacted the pilot and advised him that he could land. The jet touched down safely just minutes later under the watchful eyes of crash crews.
The alarm was raised after ground crews at Birmingham discovered rubber debris on the runway after the Ryanair Boeing 737-800 jet had departed for Shannon. Air traffic control in Birmingham contacted the crew of the Ryanair flight to notify it of the discovery.
As the flight began its descent into Shannon, the captain notified controllers at the airport of the potential problem and requested that emergency services be placed on standby.
Units of the fire brigade from Shannon and Ennis, along with ambulances from Limerick and Ennis, were scrambled to the airport in support of the airport’s own fire and rescue service.
A Ryanair spokesperson said last night: “A piece of rubber was discovered on the runway at Birmingham airport. Air traffic control in Birmingham notified the crew of the discovery and as a precaution, the pilot asked the emergency crews be put on standby at Shannon. The aircraft landed without incident.”
Originally Posted by Limerick Post
Emergency landing for Ryanair jet at Shannon
Written by Andrew Carey
Monday, 16 February 2009 09:27
Shannon Airport emergency services were called to alert on Sunday afternoon last when one of Michael O'Leary's Ryanair planes was forced to make an emergency landing at the county Clare airport following a report from the flight deck of problems with a tyre.
On route from the UK, the pilot made contact with Shannon to say it had a tyre problem, shortly before 4pm in the afternoon.
The plane operated a circling pattern above the airport at a safe distance and landed 15 minutes after notifying the emergency services.
The plane was carrying 177 passengers and crew and no injuries have been reported.
The Shannon Airport Authority reported that the plane carried out a low-level fly past over the main runway at Shannon so that fire crews on the ground could visually inspect the landing gear as the aircraft flew past.
The fire crews had nothing to report so the aircraft was cleared for landing with no further incident.
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some have the connecting flights they are unable to use any more
Whatever about your other points, this one isn't FR's problem. They don't offer "connecting" flights, and don't try and sell them as such.
Whatever about your other points, this one isn't FR's problem. They don't offer "connecting" flights, and don't try and sell them as such.
Btw. The official FR's connecting flights could be a good solution to improve the LF's and profitability on some routes (I'm not the first one to notice this). It wouldn't be a big "FR's problem", it could be a win-win for them and pax as well.
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FR base at MME
Any chance of MOL et al taking pity on poor little MME and opening a base of some degree there? Even if it was W patterns or inbound flights from their European bases, I suspect they would be popular and attract punters from the NCL and LBA areas as FR's aggressive pricing will help to turn heads.
A ban will now be imposed on you and all your kin
