Ryanair - 6

[HEisLEGEND]

is lisbon totally off the plan in ryr?

[fivejuliet]

SNN-LBA seems to have disappeared recently........seems logical though- Its where the capacity for twice weekly SXF and once weekly TFS came from...........they dropped that one quietely! No annoucement of any sort...

[en2r]

No. While the Shannon based a/c will be operating these routes, aircraft from other bases will be operating more flights into Shannon from their respective bases (eg BHX EMA etc etc etc etc) which frees up said Shannon aircraft

As far as I know from October all flights to/from Shannon will be operated by Shannon based aircraft. Even flights that are currently operated by aircraft from other bases such as flights to Liverpool, Dusseldorf and Luton will be operated by Shannon based aircraft. To enable this most of the Spanish sun routes, all the French routes bar Beauvais and all the Italian routes are being axed for the winter.

SNN-LBA seems to have disappeared recently........seems logical though- Its where the capacity for twice weekly SXF and once weekly TFS came from...........they dropped that one quietely! No annoucement of any sort..

As far as I know SNN-LBA is still operating. Riga and Kaunas were axed to make way for Berlin and TFS. However the route does seem to be axed from October. Presumably since the 738s are just too big for the route during the winter months, similiar to the route's predecessor Bournemouth. Perhaps it'll be back along with the other axed routes next summer?

[fivejuliet]

As far as I know from October all flights to/from Shannon will be operated by Shannon based aircraft. Even flights that are currently operated by aircraft from other bases such as flights to Liverpool, Dusseldorf and Luton will be operated by Shannon based aircraft. To enable this most of the Spanish sun routes, all the French routes bar Beauvais and all the Italian routes are being axed for the winter.

Maybe to a certain extent- but still at least half the flights will be foreign aircraft. Three services per week on LTN and EMA are operated by aircraft from those bases and the rest from SNN based, all LPL flights from LPL aircraft (has been so for the last 2 years). Not too sure what the story with NRN will be...

[en2r]

Thats the way things are at the moment but this will change at the end of the summer schedule in October. Checked random dates in November and all Shannon-Liverpool flights operate with a Shannon based aircraft departing Shannon at 8AM and arriving back at 10.25AM (flights an hour earlier on Saturdays). Similiarly all Luton and East Midlands flights will be operated by Shannon based aircraft. I've checked, and as far as I can see from the end of October all flights to/from Shannon are operated by Shannon based aircraft!

[BombardierCR7]

Quote en2r "As far as I know SNN-LBA is still operating"

SNN-LBA is axed as of Jul-2

[kingston_toon]

I flew Luton - Bergamo - Arad last month as a super-cheap way of getting to Romania (total of under £10 inc all taxes) and while the flight to Arad was fairly well filled (80%+), Arad airport really was a dump. We walked across the tarmac towards the "terminal" and past the un-manned passport desks before two guards came running in and shouted at us to all come back. Baggage reclaim was a small room with a door, through which the bags would be thrown. The exit door from baggage reclaim opened out into the car park. A quick look at departures suggested a small room with two check-in desks, and a door leading straight through security to a tiny departure lounge. There's no ATM for those needing currency, although the taxi drivers will take Euros at a ridiculous exchange rate.

Still, I loved it and it'll be a shame to see the route go. I was really hoping Ryanair would expand into Romania, but this just leaves Pisa - Constanta, and I wonder how long that will last?

[Readability 5]

Baggage reclaim was a small room with a door, through which the bags would be thrown.

Reminds me of East Midlands circa 1987, where at domestic arrivals the bags would be thrown in through a sliding window, sometimes even landing on the baggage belt they were aimed at!

R5

[rafinha130]

Does anyone knows if LPL - OPO and BRS - OPO will be dropped inthe next winter?

Both non bookable and don't appear in the timetable.

Nobody knows?

[cesare.caldi]

Ryanair new route:

New:Bari, Palese (BRI) to Gudja, Malta International (MLA)

3x week from 28 october

Probably is a W route: HHN-BRI-MLA-BRI-HHN

[Seat62K]

Does anyone know exactly why the Ryanair reservations system is so slow right now (for the second time in barely a week)? They must be losing tons of bookings (mine included)! Did they use "lowcost" IT services? If so, I imagine that MOL is still waiting for someone to answer on the £1 a minute technical support helpline.....

[The Real Slim Shady]

That'll be the all singing all dancing "new" system installed at a cost of several million euros which isn't over all its teething troubles!

[FLYboh]

Does anyone know why it is not possible to book flights between BOH and PIK between the 19-12-08 and 05-01-09? Seems a bit strange as flights are bookable before and after these dates.

[ryan2000]

Ork-brs

Cork Bristol an option on the Ryanair website. Is this a throw back to the return flight operated by the based aircraft for the Heineken Cup Final or are rumours of a new service accurate?

[JulietNovemberPapa]

Info. on FR's new BRI-MLA-BRI, and FR's plan for MLA.

timesofmalta.com - Ryanair swaps Bremen for Bari, confident of further growth

[Budfrey27]

Morning....can anyone tell me when Maribor disappeared off FR's radars please?
cheers
Bud

[JulietNovemberPapa]

can anyone tell me when Maribor disappeared off FR's radars

End of March.

Interestingly, LCCs have dropped 80% of routes to/from Slovenia, as here: Adria Airways dominates Slovenian traffic - LCCs have dropped 80% of routes | anna.aero

[Budfrey27]

...many thanks..very informative

cheers
Bud

[Evileyes]

Several recent passenger/customer service questions have been moved to the Passengers and SLF Forum.


http://www.pprune.org/forums/passeng...questions.html

[Charlie Roy]

Air Baltic

I see Air Baltic will go head to head with Ryanair on the Riga to Tampere route.
Ryanair already offer a daily evening service.
Air Baltic will offer a twice daily service (morning and evening).

I'm surprised, because Ryanair never seem to be making much money on the route...