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Now I have kept very quiet on these forums, I think its actually amusing to watch industry insiders fight and bad mouth ryanair like school children in a play ground.
Lets just remember one pure fact - 60 million passengers voted with the feet this year and chose Ryanair. Your statement that Passengers are avoiding Ryanair at any cost is pure speculation, yes a minority will, we are not everybodies "cup of tea", and we dont try to be. We're going to carry on doing what it says on the tin. Get you from A to B, on time, with your bag (if you chose to check one in) for the lowest possible price.
Ryanair as a business had revolutionised this industry, I meet people every working day who have the best experience on board or in the airport and simply because they bothered to read the terms and conditions.
Finally - and this is what really provoked me to make a response. Ryanair's training is second to none. Of course some crew will "bend the rules", but this gets picked up on, and these crew are gone faster then you can imagine (again where Ryanair get their bad press on treating their staff, which is again rubbish because its these sort of inefficient, lazy, safety compromising people that are not wanted in the company and its purely their own fault). Safety is taken very seriously at Ryanair, yes everything is done with speed, but from the outset that is how Ryanair train their staff to do it. Efficiency = success.
- and cabin crew know exactly who should sit in exit rows 1 ABC 16 17 A-F. This will have been picked up on by the No1 and the crew member in question reported.
Anyway, now I shall go back to reading and laughing to myself at the playground fight.
Lets just remember one pure fact - 60 million passengers voted with the feet this year and chose Ryanair. Your statement that Passengers are avoiding Ryanair at any cost is pure speculation, yes a minority will, we are not everybodies "cup of tea", and we dont try to be. We're going to carry on doing what it says on the tin. Get you from A to B, on time, with your bag (if you chose to check one in) for the lowest possible price.
Ryanair as a business had revolutionised this industry, I meet people every working day who have the best experience on board or in the airport and simply because they bothered to read the terms and conditions.
Finally - and this is what really provoked me to make a response. Ryanair's training is second to none. Of course some crew will "bend the rules", but this gets picked up on, and these crew are gone faster then you can imagine (again where Ryanair get their bad press on treating their staff, which is again rubbish because its these sort of inefficient, lazy, safety compromising people that are not wanted in the company and its purely their own fault). Safety is taken very seriously at Ryanair, yes everything is done with speed, but from the outset that is how Ryanair train their staff to do it. Efficiency = success.
- and cabin crew know exactly who should sit in exit rows 1 ABC 16 17 A-F. This will have been picked up on by the No1 and the crew member in question reported.
Anyway, now I shall go back to reading and laughing to myself at the playground fight.
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frfly - well said. agree with all your comments.
The most vocal are always those with extreme views, so the negative comments are to be expected.
I personally love this company, Ryanair (-:
The most vocal are always those with extreme views, so the negative comments are to be expected.
I personally love this company, Ryanair (-:
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QUOTE " I've said before hope those shambles i mean shamrock pilots remember their new callsign on those winter nights into STN"
SUPER 737, good to see jimmy tarbuck is still alive and well and hiding in an office...
SUPER 737, good to see jimmy tarbuck is still alive and well and hiding in an office...
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Sometimes the recorded system "don't work" and we have to put up with very very poor ENGLISH.
Passengers have sometimes to put up with poor French, or Italian, or Spanish, etc. You can't demand that all cabin crew speak faultlessly in every European language ...
Passengers have sometimes to put up with poor French, or Italian, or Spanish, etc. You can't demand that all cabin crew speak faultlessly in every European language ...
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Some cancellations beside flights to/from MAN except DUB ending 30th Sep:
MRS-LGW ending 30th Sep
PSA-TRS starting 1st Oct, ending 31st Oct
PSA-DUB ending 4th Nov
NYO-WRO ending 1st Nov
HHN-PIK ending 24th Oct
HHN-BHX ending 1st Nov
NRN-DUB ending 4th Nov
MRS-LGW ending 30th Sep
PSA-TRS starting 1st Oct, ending 31st Oct
PSA-DUB ending 4th Nov
NYO-WRO ending 1st Nov
HHN-PIK ending 24th Oct
HHN-BHX ending 1st Nov
NRN-DUB ending 4th Nov
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There are a lot of things one can accuse Ryanair of but your statement has left me somewhat baffled. May I ask how an average load factor of 82% (My recollection from the last stats I saw) is dire? 82% seems impressive to me. I'm not having a go, I'm just trying to understand.
The irony! "Doesn't work"? I find it very very poor form from you that you critisize my colleagues in the Cabin who, quite often, speak several languages when you seem to have a modest at best grasp of your own language.
Dire passenger loads
Sometimes the recorded system "don't work" and we have to put up with very very poor English
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New route PSA-LPA 2x week from November.
Great route, finally broken the taboo of no direct route from Italy to Canary Island.
I hope this is the first of several of these routes. I think route from BGY and CIA to Canary Island are cash cow for FR.
Great route, finally broken the taboo of no direct route from Italy to Canary Island.
I hope this is the first of several of these routes. I think route from BGY and CIA to Canary Island are cash cow for FR.
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Online Check-In & Longer Routes
I see online check-in has now been extended to 21 days before departure from the previous 15 days. 
I think this will make flying Ryanair easier, particularly for the longer flights which are becoming more common especially to Morocco and the Canary Islands. People generally go on holiday to these places for longer time periods. Return boarding passes can be printed before departure for longer stays.
Does anyone think they will ever consider Turkey? I think a few flights to DLM/BJV from UK/Ireland and Germany could work especially with the sheer volume of flights between these countries.
I think this will make flying Ryanair easier, particularly for the longer flights which are becoming more common especially to Morocco and the Canary Islands. People generally go on holiday to these places for longer time periods. Return boarding passes can be printed before departure for longer stays.
Does anyone think they will ever consider Turkey? I think a few flights to DLM/BJV from UK/Ireland and Germany could work especially with the sheer volume of flights between these countries.
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Does anyone think they will ever consider Turkey? I think a few flights to DLM/BJV from UK/Ireland and Germany could work especially with the sheer volume of flights between these countries.
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On-board purchases
Came back on a flight Altenburg - Stansted yesterday, and did a little survey out of boredom. Flight was about 85% full.
4 sales from the food/drinks trolley.
No-one bought any scratchcards, but have never seen anyone buy any.
No sales from duty free trolley.
3 sales of bus/train tickets.
If this is representative across the network, not much of a revenue source. Have noticed on last few flights that people seem to be spending a lot less in flight. Even offered breakfast items and this was an evening flight !!! Wonder how many sectors they had done.
4 sales from the food/drinks trolley.
No-one bought any scratchcards, but have never seen anyone buy any.
No sales from duty free trolley.
3 sales of bus/train tickets.
If this is representative across the network, not much of a revenue source. Have noticed on last few flights that people seem to be spending a lot less in flight. Even offered breakfast items and this was an evening flight !!! Wonder how many sectors they had done.
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I guess that's usual on short flights, in the evening. From my experience the 3 hour flights i've been on, all morning flights, the food and drink sales were pretty high. I don't think it skipped any row without someone asking something. And the flights were nearly full.
And just think how much he could make if he flew to the US. 8 hours where he can sell everything, from hiring head-sets, watching the video [or at a supplement, video +], drinks, meals etc. And not many pax will fly to the US with only hand-luggage. He could probably give the seats away and still make money, especially if he flew into one of those airports that might give him a little [ahem] encouragement.
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Ryanair complete removal of check-desks : Stansted Airport News Stories
It's called the 'Check-in fee.'
Could this just be another name for, dare I say it, a 'fuel charge'?
It's called the 'Check-in fee.'
Could this just be another name for, dare I say it, a 'fuel charge'?
MOL on why he's campaigning for a "Yes" vote on the Lisbon Treaty in Ireland
Business Matters - TV3
Interview broadcast here in Ireland on 27th September, starts at 18mins, Lisbon question at 20 mins .... for those who don't want to watch, the answer is he want's to persuade the Irish Government to sell FR the State's stake in EI.
JAS
Business Matters - TV3
Interview broadcast here in Ireland on 27th September, starts at 18mins, Lisbon question at 20 mins .... for those who don't want to watch, the answer is he want's to persuade the Irish Government to sell FR the State's stake in EI.
JAS
Just
Its hardly a shock BUT note what he is saying, trying to persuade them V what he said at last weeks AGM regarding not making another bid.
If Irish Govt decide to sell then its game over and while he will have to make a formal bid anyway then the reality is that he has 50% plus. Its why EI share price has moved on assumption of a bid.
Irish Govt seem to need a yes vote and if he has any part in delivering it then he just gained lots of brownie points both in EU and Ireland.
Seems MOL's timing is good.
Its hardly a shock BUT note what he is saying, trying to persuade them V what he said at last weeks AGM regarding not making another bid.
If Irish Govt decide to sell then its game over and while he will have to make a formal bid anyway then the reality is that he has 50% plus. Its why EI share price has moved on assumption of a bid.
Irish Govt seem to need a yes vote and if he has any part in delivering it then he just gained lots of brownie points both in EU and Ireland.
Seems MOL's timing is good.
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25th September 2009 15:20 Seljuk22
Some cancellations beside flights to/from MAN except DUB ending 30th Sep:
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HHN-PIK ending 24th Oct
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Some cancellations beside flights to/from MAN except DUB ending 30th Sep:
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HHN-PIK ending 24th Oct
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I see there's nothing bookable after the 24th October.