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Help Stansted - Newquay
Tried to book out in the FR9902 in the morning and back FR9905 in the evening for the 2nd of July and got the follwing : "Pending
Booking is not confirmed until you receive email itinerary."
That was last week, anyone had this issue before. They haven't billed me yet but I really need the flight on this day....
They don't seem to want to answer their phones !!
Booking is not confirmed until you receive email itinerary."
That was last week, anyone had this issue before. They haven't billed me yet but I really need the flight on this day....
They don't seem to want to answer their phones !!
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Help Stansted - Bournmouth !
You do need help if you think your flying to Bournmouth fron Stansted
.
think you mean NQY.
I would call Ryanair about you booking.
You do need help if you think your flying to Bournmouth fron Stansted
.think you mean NQY.
I would call Ryanair about you booking.
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Charleroi's newest routes
By constantly checking the fares (over many dates) for all of Charleroi's routes I have come to the following conclusions:
1. Charleroi is one of Ryanair's most profitable bases.
2. That said, the new routes to Bergerac and Limoges are dying slow are miserable deaths. If I were Ryanair I'd cancel them, freeing up some nice M-W-F-S slots that they could use for one of CRL - Liverpool / Belfast / Cork / Berlin / Krakow / Bratislava / Verona etc
3. New route Perpignan is doing fantastic. It has had a slightly negative effect on the existing routes to Girona and Carcassonne. Just meaning that Girona and Carcassonne flights sell out at a slower pace now. In general though, Perpignan, Girona and Carcassonne are all very profitable.
4. New route Zaragoza is also very successful.
5. And new route Porto is a HUGE earner, so wouldn't be surprised to see an increased frequency on this one.
PS - I still don't understand why in the current climate Ryanair continue to burn 1000's of euros everyday on the ORK-DUB route
1. Charleroi is one of Ryanair's most profitable bases.
2. That said, the new routes to Bergerac and Limoges are dying slow are miserable deaths. If I were Ryanair I'd cancel them, freeing up some nice M-W-F-S slots that they could use for one of CRL - Liverpool / Belfast / Cork / Berlin / Krakow / Bratislava / Verona etc
3. New route Perpignan is doing fantastic. It has had a slightly negative effect on the existing routes to Girona and Carcassonne. Just meaning that Girona and Carcassonne flights sell out at a slower pace now. In general though, Perpignan, Girona and Carcassonne are all very profitable.
4. New route Zaragoza is also very successful.
5. And new route Porto is a HUGE earner, so wouldn't be surprised to see an increased frequency on this one.
PS - I still don't understand why in the current climate Ryanair continue to burn 1000's of euros everyday on the ORK-DUB route
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Bremen-Salzburg
just trying to book Bremen-Salzburg, said to start 6th June, somewhere in July but can't find any flight. Is it true that they already dropped this route before even starting it?
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yes, it´s true - obviously not enough bookings...
Interesting, what the alternative route is going to be as the planned BRE - SZG shoud have been flow instead of the dropped BRE - BTS!
Interesting, what the alternative route is going to be as the planned BRE - SZG shoud have been flow instead of the dropped BRE - BTS!
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PS - I still don't understand why in the current climate Ryanair continue to burn 1000's of euros everyday on the ORK-DUB route
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FR wins Irish PSO route, new Kerry base?
from the RTE website
http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/0513/ryanair.html
"Ryanair would provide three daily return services on the Kerry route"
So will this herald the opening of a Kerry base?
It'll mean 1 A/C based there at least, is there scope for more?
http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/0513/ryanair.html
"Ryanair would provide three daily return services on the Kerry route"
So will this herald the opening of a Kerry base?
It'll mean 1 A/C based there at least, is there scope for more?
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Cork V Kerry
They're already committed to Cascaronne and Gatwick with that aircraft so its unlikely to happen in the short term.
I'm not so sure that Ryanair are going to blink first on ORK-DUB. The events of the last 24 hrs could be very significant.
I'm not so sure that Ryanair are going to blink first on ORK-DUB. The events of the last 24 hrs could be very significant.
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Refering to your last post , I would agree, I cant see Ryanair going away or axing Dublin/Cork, effectively Ryanair will be probably the main airline on the 2 busiest Irish Domestic routes and MOL will hail the arrival of Ryanair on the Kerry route as a victory for low prices and his airline, and another nail in the coffin of Aer Arann.
The fact that Aer Arann have a complaint in at this time, ie that Ryanair are acting in a predatory manner on the Cork/Dublin route, might suggest that they (Aer Arann) were trying to in some way sway the Department of Transports opinion against Ryanair in their favour.
What do you think?
The fact that Aer Arann have a complaint in at this time, ie that Ryanair are acting in a predatory manner on the Cork/Dublin route, might suggest that they (Aer Arann) were trying to in some way sway the Department of Transports opinion against Ryanair in their favour.
What do you think?
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Winter schedules
Winter schedules are starting to be loaded.
SoMe flights for the following bases are already on sale:
Cork, Hahn, Bremen, Valencia, Bergamo, Edinburgh, Belfast, Reus
Too early to be jumping to any conclusions, but it'll be a nice few weeks of route announcements and route axings
SoMe flights for the following bases are already on sale:
Cork, Hahn, Bremen, Valencia, Bergamo, Edinburgh, Belfast, Reus
Too early to be jumping to any conclusions, but it'll be a nice few weeks of route announcements and route axings
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Ryanair could move the Cork based aircraft to Kerry since it'd make more money there on the Dublin route than in Cork.
Why do you presume that Kerry-Dublin will be more profitable than Cork-Dublin? Kerry-Dublin may be getting a subsidy but 3 daily means over 1100 seats to fill every day! Thats an awful lot for a tiny airport like Kerry. The failure of Shannon-Dublin shows that low fares doesn't always fill planes, especially on domestic routes.
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Thats if they do the route at all. I wouldn't be surprised if they itchy feet at the last minute. The Kerry route from my knowledge is not the most heavily subsidised on offer. So if you take it that say 50 of the seats on a typical sector are up for subsidy and the rest not then that would require a further 130 or so seats to be sold outside the defined regulations. I'm sure I read somewhere that the maximum you can charge for a ticket is 90 euros or something close to that. Coupled to that there should be no tax for a PSO route so the opportunity to hike on all sorts of stealth taxes won't be accepted.
Now come to the cost of operating the flight. If my memory serves me correctly, a turboprop operating that route would probably burn approximately 600kgs per flight. An aircraft like the 737 would burn in the region of 1500 kgs, perhaps even a couple of hundred kilos more. Operating three return flights a day would alone make the fuel burn per day to be in the region of of 9000 -10000kgs. I can't see how they will sell enough tickets on a daily basis to come anywhere close to breaking even. And of course that is assuming you fill the aircraft. Selling early morning coffee and tea won't subsidise the shortfall.
I wouldn't be surprised if this was all a stunt by Ryanair to test if they went in with a very low bid to see if it would be awarded to them or if it was all fixed in the first place. They obviously have their answer now so I can forsee a very quick retreat and pull out of the running. It's rare that Ryanair don't jump on the publicity bandwagon and claim a huge victory in winning the route. It's not so long ago that they had a half page advert in the Irish papers denouncing the amount of taxpayers money being spent on these routes. They seem to have now gone very quiet all of a sudden. Link to their own website donouning it here: Press Release
I may be wrong. He may do a shannon-dublin on it and test the water. However, with all airlines tightening their belts I would find it strange. We'll wait and see.
Now come to the cost of operating the flight. If my memory serves me correctly, a turboprop operating that route would probably burn approximately 600kgs per flight. An aircraft like the 737 would burn in the region of 1500 kgs, perhaps even a couple of hundred kilos more. Operating three return flights a day would alone make the fuel burn per day to be in the region of of 9000 -10000kgs. I can't see how they will sell enough tickets on a daily basis to come anywhere close to breaking even. And of course that is assuming you fill the aircraft. Selling early morning coffee and tea won't subsidise the shortfall.
I wouldn't be surprised if this was all a stunt by Ryanair to test if they went in with a very low bid to see if it would be awarded to them or if it was all fixed in the first place. They obviously have their answer now so I can forsee a very quick retreat and pull out of the running. It's rare that Ryanair don't jump on the publicity bandwagon and claim a huge victory in winning the route. It's not so long ago that they had a half page advert in the Irish papers denouncing the amount of taxpayers money being spent on these routes. They seem to have now gone very quiet all of a sudden. Link to their own website donouning it here: Press Release
I may be wrong. He may do a shannon-dublin on it and test the water. However, with all airlines tightening their belts I would find it strange. We'll wait and see.
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Winter schedules are starting to be loaded.
Looks like easyJet are winning this particular battle.
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I wouldn't be jumping to any conclusions just yet.
The schedule for the Belfast aircraft mightn't be finalised yet, and the schedules for Liverpool base aircraft aren't loaded yet either...
I wouldn't be jumping to any conclusions just yet.
The schedule for the Belfast aircraft mightn't be finalised yet, and the schedules for Liverpool base aircraft aren't loaded yet either...