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Finistère. La mésaventure des passagers du vol Marseille-Brest - Finistère - Le Télégramme
Yesterday's Marseille - Brest flight needed to be diverted to Nantes due to bad weather at Brest. Interesting figure was that this Wednesday flight had no less than 171 passengers, or a 90% LF.
Yesterday's Marseille - Brest flight needed to be diverted to Nantes due to bad weather at Brest. Interesting figure was that this Wednesday flight had no less than 171 passengers, or a 90% LF.
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Transferring at DUB between FR flights
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I've done this several times in recent months. If you arrive at the same bit of the terminal from which your next flight departs, then you can just go straight to the gate. Check the departure screens when you arrive. If your second flight leaves from another pier, follow the arrivals route, go through passport control and down into the baggage hall. Instead of exiting, continue straight on to the end of the baggage hall, go up the escalator at the end and follow signs for transfer passengers. Go round to the right, along a corridor, and you arrive at a door into the security search area. Show your boarding pass and you're through to the front of the queue for security.
I've done this several times in recent months. If you arrive at the same bit of the terminal from which your next flight departs, then you can just go straight to the gate. Check the departure screens when you arrive. If your second flight leaves from another pier, follow the arrivals route, go through passport control and down into the baggage hall. Instead of exiting, continue straight on to the end of the baggage hall, go up the escalator at the end and follow signs for transfer passengers. Go round to the right, along a corridor, and you arrive at a door into the security search area. Show your boarding pass and you're through to the front of the queue for security.
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Positive Customer Service from Ryanair
I have had issues before with Ryanair but credit where credit is due.
I entered a typo when performing online checkin on the ryr website.
Thought this is going to be bl$$dy expensive and rang up cust service expecting the 100 euro sting.
Call answered by very polite and pleasant lady and all amended completely free of charge.
wow
I entered a typo when performing online checkin on the ryr website.
Thought this is going to be bl$$dy expensive and rang up cust service expecting the 100 euro sting.
Call answered by very polite and pleasant lady and all amended completely free of charge.
wow
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Ryanair calls for abolition of '£10 tourist tax'
"“The government must follow the example of their Belgian, Dutch, Greek and Spanish counterparts by immediately scrapping their stupid and regressive tourist tax " (Ireland not mentioned)
Personally the national standardisation of the school term would appear to have a much greater impact on the cost and reluctance to travel rather than a 10 tax.
Personally the national standardisation of the school term would appear to have a much greater impact on the cost and reluctance to travel rather than a 10 tax.
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Ryanair in talks to order 300 aircraft
Ryanair in talks to order 300 planes
Irish carrier in talks over 'deal of the year' as the low-cost airline aims to carry 100 million passengers by 2016
Ryanair aircraft at Stansted. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA
Ryanair has opened talks with Boeing and Airbus about ordering up to 300 more aircraft in a deal that would make the low-budget carrier more than double the size of British Airways.
Ryanair has fared better than most airlines in the recession and has managed to expand its business as passengers shun BA. The low-cost carrier aims to take 100 million customers by 2012 – three times the number flown by BA last year.
The Dublin-based airline is considering splitting its plane order into two phases, with the first order comprising 100 aircraft followed by up to 200 more later. If Ryanair adds another 300 aircraft to its fleet by 2016, it would have just under 600 planes in total compared with BA's current fleet of 248. Southwest, the pioneering US low-cost airline, owns more than 500 planes.
Jim McNerney, Boeing's chief executive, described the potential order as "the deal of the year". Ryanair is one of Boeing's biggest customers and in 2007 it acquired 27 Boeing 737-800s at a combined list price of $1.9bn (£1.15bn), though the airline is thought to have secured a significant discount.
Speaking ahead of the Paris Air Show, which takes place this week, McNerney said discussions had already opened with Ryanair. "I know there are some discussions. It is a very important order and it is something we would have to pay very close attention to."
A Ryanair spokesman confirmed discussions had started on ordering aircraft that would be delivered from 2012 onwards. The airline operates about 190 Boeing aircraft, rising to 301 in 2012 when its latest order is completed.
"We are in negotiations. We are now looking at ordering 100 aircraft first because it might be more advantageous from a price point of view to stretch our requirements over two orders," he said.
Michael O'Leary, Ryanair chief executive, has set an informal target of 150 million passengers by 2016, compared with the 67 million customers that the airline expects to carry this year. In the medium term, it aims to carry 100 million passengers by 2012 – treble the amount carried by BA last year.
However, analysts cautioned that some of the aircraft ordered from 2012 onwards could be replacement planes for older aircraft earmarked for disposal, which would leave Ryanair with a smaller fleet.
Ryanair's aggressive expansion plans have been questioned by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of its arch-rival, easyJet, who also believes that his own carrier is growing too quickly. But it could be a good time to buy.
Andrew Lobbenberg, analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland, said: "It is very smart timing because the manufacturers do not have scent of a large aircraft order or delivery at the moment. They are concentrating on stopping customers from cancelling or deferring. There is a trough in orders and mManufacturers are hungry for more customers."
Ryanair has proved doubters wrong so far, not least over the past 12 months when it has managed to expand traffic despite a Europe-wide recession. The airline recorded its first annual loss in two decades last year, but it was dragged into the red by an ill-fated investment in its Irish rival Aer Lingus and made a profit at the operational level. Ryanair's last pre-tax annual loss was in 1989, when it was a full-service carrier that flew 644,000 passengers per year, which is now lower than the average amount of customers it carries per week.
"They have always been ambitious and their reach has not exceeded their grasp so far," said Douglas McNeill, analyst at Blue Oar Securities. "They are making money even now when most airlines are not. They have got a formula that seems to work. It is possible to envisage a future where there are fewer airlines so Ryanair would be gaining market share from other carriers as well as expanding the existing market
Irish carrier in talks over 'deal of the year' as the low-cost airline aims to carry 100 million passengers by 2016
Ryanair aircraft at Stansted. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PARyanair has opened talks with Boeing and Airbus about ordering up to 300 more aircraft in a deal that would make the low-budget carrier more than double the size of British Airways.
Ryanair has fared better than most airlines in the recession and has managed to expand its business as passengers shun BA. The low-cost carrier aims to take 100 million customers by 2012 – three times the number flown by BA last year.
The Dublin-based airline is considering splitting its plane order into two phases, with the first order comprising 100 aircraft followed by up to 200 more later. If Ryanair adds another 300 aircraft to its fleet by 2016, it would have just under 600 planes in total compared with BA's current fleet of 248. Southwest, the pioneering US low-cost airline, owns more than 500 planes.
Jim McNerney, Boeing's chief executive, described the potential order as "the deal of the year". Ryanair is one of Boeing's biggest customers and in 2007 it acquired 27 Boeing 737-800s at a combined list price of $1.9bn (£1.15bn), though the airline is thought to have secured a significant discount.
Speaking ahead of the Paris Air Show, which takes place this week, McNerney said discussions had already opened with Ryanair. "I know there are some discussions. It is a very important order and it is something we would have to pay very close attention to."
A Ryanair spokesman confirmed discussions had started on ordering aircraft that would be delivered from 2012 onwards. The airline operates about 190 Boeing aircraft, rising to 301 in 2012 when its latest order is completed.
"We are in negotiations. We are now looking at ordering 100 aircraft first because it might be more advantageous from a price point of view to stretch our requirements over two orders," he said.
Michael O'Leary, Ryanair chief executive, has set an informal target of 150 million passengers by 2016, compared with the 67 million customers that the airline expects to carry this year. In the medium term, it aims to carry 100 million passengers by 2012 – treble the amount carried by BA last year.
However, analysts cautioned that some of the aircraft ordered from 2012 onwards could be replacement planes for older aircraft earmarked for disposal, which would leave Ryanair with a smaller fleet.
Ryanair's aggressive expansion plans have been questioned by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of its arch-rival, easyJet, who also believes that his own carrier is growing too quickly. But it could be a good time to buy.
Andrew Lobbenberg, analyst at Royal Bank of Scotland, said: "It is very smart timing because the manufacturers do not have scent of a large aircraft order or delivery at the moment. They are concentrating on stopping customers from cancelling or deferring. There is a trough in orders and mManufacturers are hungry for more customers."
Ryanair has proved doubters wrong so far, not least over the past 12 months when it has managed to expand traffic despite a Europe-wide recession. The airline recorded its first annual loss in two decades last year, but it was dragged into the red by an ill-fated investment in its Irish rival Aer Lingus and made a profit at the operational level. Ryanair's last pre-tax annual loss was in 1989, when it was a full-service carrier that flew 644,000 passengers per year, which is now lower than the average amount of customers it carries per week.
"They have always been ambitious and their reach has not exceeded their grasp so far," said Douglas McNeill, analyst at Blue Oar Securities. "They are making money even now when most airlines are not. They have got a formula that seems to work. It is possible to envisage a future where there are fewer airlines so Ryanair would be gaining market share from other carriers as well as expanding the existing market
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Classic smokescreen, It's true I am sure that they may have opened talks to see what the price and options out there are, but that's a million miles from buying 300 aircraft. Good press release though and people are talking about potentially doubling in size and all sorts of Armchair CEO routings instead of looking at what's going on in front of their noses in the industry......
THINK people. File this one under "Ryanair to offer Transatlantic Service" except it wasn't and didn't..
THINK people. File this one under "Ryanair to offer Transatlantic Service" except it wasn't and didn't..
I think the buying 300 is probably correct but remember its from 2013 onwards so delivery up to probably 2019.
Given the average age of the current fleet, its probable that this would be replacing some of the jets just delivered as fleet turnover seems to be circa 5-6 years.
Given the average age of the current fleet, its probable that this would be replacing some of the jets just delivered as fleet turnover seems to be circa 5-6 years.
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Could you please be more careful while importing texts (why not edit them a bit and remove the rubbish?)
Anyway, Airbus denies any negotiations
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European aircraft maker Airbus, Monday said it isn't in negotiations with Ireland's Ryanair Holdings PLC over the delivery of new aircraft.
"We're not negotiating," Airbus Sales Chief John Leahy told Dow Jones Newswires, denying a report in The Guardian newspaper's online edition.
"We're not negotiating," Airbus Sales Chief John Leahy told Dow Jones Newswires, denying a report in The Guardian newspaper's online edition.
ASFKAP which worthy cause would that be? 
I know its definitely not being used to help the Irish deal with green issues and taxing the tourist isnt likely to bring more people to your country which is what the country needs right now.
Which would bring more a 1 euro tax on a millions tourists or 10 euro tax on ever decreasing numbers which we are already seeing?
I know its definitely not being used to help the Irish deal with green issues and taxing the tourist isnt likely to bring more people to your country which is what the country needs right now. Which would bring more a 1 euro tax on a millions tourists or 10 euro tax on ever decreasing numbers which we are already seeing?
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What a good spoof!
The Pikey is shortly about to do the same as his mentor
GPA 2 ... the sequel
Remember them?
Called GECAS now having picked up the wreckage
Amazing the parallels in the business model .....eh Racedo?
The Pikey is shortly about to do the same as his mentor
GPA 2 ... the sequel
Remember them?
Called GECAS now having picked up the wreckage
Amazing the parallels in the business model .....eh Racedo?
Called GECAS now having picked up the wreckage
Amazing the parallels in the business model .....eh Racedo?
Amazing the parallels in the business model .....eh Racedo?
GPA wasn't a listed company, its listing got pulled.
There are no similarities between GPA and FR as completely different businesses but keep clutching at the straws.
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There are no similarities between GPA and FR
All powerful in their field run by egomainiacs who over reached themselves by thinking they were invincible? Naaah, no similarity there at ll.....
GPA tried to float in middle of downturn and ignored the advice it was given.
David Bonderman acquired major part of it and of course he has gone on to other things.
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ignored the advice it was given.
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300 aircraft order?
I see Airbus are having none of it per press comment at the Paris Airshow
Probably a good stand to take given that until both boeing and Airbus move to NG2 the cost of unseating boeing in a dual fleet would not appeal to MOL
I would guess that if Boeing have a clear run, then their price will be much firmer than last time around, its not really in anyone interest (other than Ryanair) to have Europe dominated by one large airline that treats its customers like cattle and its staff like the stuff that comes out of a cows arse
Probably a good stand to take given that until both boeing and Airbus move to NG2 the cost of unseating boeing in a dual fleet would not appeal to MOL
I would guess that if Boeing have a clear run, then their price will be much firmer than last time around, its not really in anyone interest (other than Ryanair) to have Europe dominated by one large airline that treats its customers like cattle and its staff like the stuff that comes out of a cows arse
I see Airbus are having none of it per press comment at the Paris Airshow
Its shareholders will have significantly other views knowing full well that an order of this size will come along once every 10 years if that.
Lets see assumming a €25-30 Million price tag would be €7.5 Billion kept in Europe V US.
BBC NEWS | Business | Europe considers Airbus soft loan
In not bidding Airbus rules itself out of delivering anything to FR until about 2020 at the earliest.....can't see that happening as nobody at FR / Airbus and Boeing is likely to be in the same job by then.