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Does anyone think that a modified version of the business model Jet2.com have regards convertible pax/freighter could work if applied correctly to Ryanair on certain routes? Could some airports be developed into freighter hubs as much as pax hubs? Surely, there must be sufficient intra-European freight to make this viable? I know there'd be logistical headaches collecting and delivering freight but maybe with the right business model and connections made with local haulage that could be achieved?
The cabin crew are the people who check your boarding card at the gate so don't expect a gate agent. Ryanair won't pay for one. Not a criticism, it usually works OK but I'm afraid them's the breaks!
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The cabin crew are the people who check your boarding card at the gate so don't expect a gate agent. Ryanair won't pay for one. Not a criticism, it usually works OK but I'm afraid them's the breaks!
An airport based member of staff will always be present at the Gate as otherwise who hands across the details as to number of passengers who have checked in and gone through security for flight.
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Hmm no gate agent? And Fr dont pay for gate agents. Oh really . . . I do love it when people come on here and comment about Ryanair who actually have no idea what so ever. Dublin has the dispatcher and cabin crew and other ramp agents/dispatchers. But all other airports have gate staff.
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Looks like you do not fly a lot around!
In all airports I have flown with Ryanair (and it were quite some, outside England), there is always a gate agent working for the respective RYR Handling Agent at the respective airport!
In all airports I have flown with Ryanair (and it were quite some, outside England), there is always a gate agent working for the respective RYR Handling Agent at the respective airport!
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Its quite simple....the gate was displayed on the screens in LPA. The inbound aircraft hadn't arrived. Nonetheless, people queued at the gate.
No gate agent anywhere to be seen until the aircraft was just about to arrive on stand (90 mins late).
We then departed through the same gate that everyone had queued at.
Gate agent wasn't cabin crew.
No gate agent anywhere to be seen until the aircraft was just about to arrive on stand (90 mins late).
We then departed through the same gate that everyone had queued at.
Gate agent wasn't cabin crew.
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Last Jan Ryanair announced cuts to there DUB based a/c and routes. They said that there would only be 15 bases aircraft for summer 2010 but they had 18 based. Ryanair's bark is worse than there bite. In regards to there winter cuts at DUB the main reason for these cuts is because of new European bases opening. A number of routes which were operated by DUB bases a/c last winter are not this winter because of a number of new bases and cuts to UK bases.
Leeds/Bradford - Mainly Leeds a/c this winter. (no base winter 09)
Birmingham - Mainly Birmingham a/c this winter (mostly DUB a/c winter 09)
Edinburgh - Mainly Edinburgh a/c this winter (mostly DUB a/c winter 09)
Bristol - All Bristol a/c this winter (all DUB a/c winter 09)
Faro - All Faro a/c this winter (no base winter 09)
Kaunas - All Kaunas a/c this winter (no base winter 09)
Alicante - Mainly Alicante a/c this winter (all DUB a/c winter 09)
Stockholm - All Stockholm a/c this winter (all DUB a/c winter 09)
Brussels - More Brussels a/c this winter (some DUB a/c winter 09)
Glasgow - All Glasgow a/c this winter (some DUB a/c winter 09)
Leeds/Bradford - Mainly Leeds a/c this winter. (no base winter 09)
Birmingham - Mainly Birmingham a/c this winter (mostly DUB a/c winter 09)
Edinburgh - Mainly Edinburgh a/c this winter (mostly DUB a/c winter 09)
Bristol - All Bristol a/c this winter (all DUB a/c winter 09)
Faro - All Faro a/c this winter (no base winter 09)
Kaunas - All Kaunas a/c this winter (no base winter 09)
Alicante - Mainly Alicante a/c this winter (all DUB a/c winter 09)
Stockholm - All Stockholm a/c this winter (all DUB a/c winter 09)
Brussels - More Brussels a/c this winter (some DUB a/c winter 09)
Glasgow - All Glasgow a/c this winter (some DUB a/c winter 09)
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Looks as if a batch of new routes is about to be announced tomorrow (22.09.). FR organizes simultaneous press conferences in Spain, Italy, Poland (where else?). Besides, in Dublin will be held the annual general meeting of Ryanair Holdings (the same day).
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Bydgoszcz Airport in Poland have been in talks with Ryanair about new routes to Italy and Spain. It may even be a base in Krakow which is long overdue.
Ryanair want to open a base Lamezia Airport in Italy. People in the area have been trying to stop it.
Palma in Spain possible new base.
Ryanair want to open a base Lamezia Airport in Italy. People in the area have been trying to stop it.
Palma in Spain possible new base.
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In Spain should be announced a new route between BVA-SDR.
AMPL Santander contará con una conexión de Ryanair con París - 20minutos.es
AMPL Santander contará con una conexión de Ryanair con París - 20minutos.es
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Here is my view on Ryanair over the next couple of years....
With the recession ending those who had shifted from legacy carriers to LCC are going to start moving back.
Obviously Ryanair would not want that, so they are going to move into "larger" airports, such as the recent move to Barcelona El Prat.
This will allow them to more directly compete with the legacy carriers on the same routes. This will mean those comparing Ryanair with BA or even easyJet are going to consider sticking with Ryanair based on cost whereas before the additional cost of getting to a more remote airport would have been a large negative factor for Ryanair.
I can also see discussions about Aer Lingus in press conferences today after their decision to stop their LCC services and focus on full service again. Surely the decision to move back to full service is showing weakness within the airline, and may allow Ryanair to prove to the EU that buying them out would benefit the Irish and European population
With the recession ending those who had shifted from legacy carriers to LCC are going to start moving back.
Obviously Ryanair would not want that, so they are going to move into "larger" airports, such as the recent move to Barcelona El Prat.
This will allow them to more directly compete with the legacy carriers on the same routes. This will mean those comparing Ryanair with BA or even easyJet are going to consider sticking with Ryanair based on cost whereas before the additional cost of getting to a more remote airport would have been a large negative factor for Ryanair.
I can also see discussions about Aer Lingus in press conferences today after their decision to stop their LCC services and focus on full service again. Surely the decision to move back to full service is showing weakness within the airline, and may allow Ryanair to prove to the EU that buying them out would benefit the Irish and European population
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Interesting thoughts, but recession hasn't started yet in the UK and the Republic of Ireland still has a long way to go. Remember £200,000,000,000 of funny money was printed to win an election and kick the can further down the road.
Aer Lingus has dropped LCC because it couldn't compete against the Ryanair cost base, even after a small amount of restructuring and general blood letting. Also Ryanair is a very large share holder in Aer Lingus and therefore both companies would benefit from having different customer types.
Today is the AGM, so hopefully some news later on the strategic direction of Ryanair. Lots of mixed messages in the press recently, I think the one that has most credibility is the need to buy more aircraft and the expansion in new markets (Morocco, Cyprus, Greece and Turkey).
edited due to incorrect reference
Aer Lingus has dropped LCC because it couldn't compete against the Ryanair cost base, even after a small amount of restructuring and general blood letting. Also Ryanair is a very large share holder in Aer Lingus and therefore both companies would benefit from having different customer types.
Today is the AGM, so hopefully some news later on the strategic direction of Ryanair. Lots of mixed messages in the press recently, I think the one that has most credibility is the need to buy more aircraft and the expansion in new markets (Morocco, Cyprus, Greece and Turkey).
edited due to incorrect reference
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Interesting thoughts, but recession hasn't started yet in the UK and in Eire still has a long way to go. Remember £200,000,000,000 of funny money was printed to win an election and kick the can further down the road.
Not much to report from the AGM. In 2011 an expected 10%-15% growth to EUR350 million to EUR375 million. Passengers numbers should grow at about the same rate. O'Leary thinks that the issue of a CEO will become more important as growth continues to slow.
A document has been sent to the Irish Government detailing how to fix the tourism crisis. The usual suggestions about DAA and the travel tax were discussed as well. You'd think the government would listen as extra 20 aircraft and 6m passengers over five years would be attracted to the country.
He also discussed the German travel tax, admitting that aircraft will be moved to airports where this tax does not exist.
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Just to let you know its spelt Éire not Eire.
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Remember, we are in the Ryanair thread right now. Just try to enter a simple Finnish name like Äijö or Hämäläinen to FR booking system. Even worse, try Polish or Czech names with their ś ć ż ź ł š č and so on. The system probably won't accept them. So, what are we talking about here.