Ryanair - 7

[flybar]

VISA Electron card to be phased out by most banks - Interesting to see what Ryanair do in response. It says that 30% of its punters pay by this method.

[ryan2000]

MOL said on Irish radio yesterday that they're waiving the fee for Prepaid Master Cards. These are widely available in the U.K. and Ireland.

[mickyman]

Wellington bomber

Look outside your window.....

MM

[racedo]

VISA Electron card to be phased out by most banks - Interesting to see what Ryanair do in response. It says that 30% of its punters pay by this method.

Quite a few years off yet and there will no doubt be a replacement to meet the criteria required.

[fanrailuk]

Does anyone have any experience of Ryanair recruitment and/or being sent to random bases? I've an interview in London but am a little concerned with their extremely random bases where they could place me!

Please message me.

PP

[jferreira20]

Press conference in Oporto on Wednesday.

[Based]

MOL said on Irish radio yesterday that they're waiving the fee for Prepaid Master Cards. These are widely available in the U.K. and Ireland.

Prepaid Mastercards now officially announced as free. Charges for Visa Electron use to increase to the standard €5 fee from January 1st.

[Noxegon]

Nice. I wonder how many people signed up for Electron (or more likely Entropay) just to use Ryanair...

[Amelia Earhart]

. . . . never furnish your accomodation at your new base with more than you can carry in a suitcase . . . .

That would be £30.

Never furnish your accomodation at your new base with more than you can carry in hand luggage observing the 10 kilo limit!

[pee]

Ryanair's assertion:

The MasterCard Prepaid card is much more widely available than Visa Electron and can be picked up from financial institutions/ card issuers throughout Europe

EU Availability
Country.... Electron.... MasterCard Ppd
Finland ....... Y ............... Y.

Oh really? Please name just a single bank or any other institution in entire Finland offering MasterCard Prepaid cards? Just one?

[Hollymead]

So with a card issue fee , monthly fees , and a charge to actually load the card up with money , for most people its not worth getting .

Be interesting to see how this hits the £1 promotions .

[flybar]

Anybody keeping control of their Bank Account gets a Debit Card.
They are unlikely to want a Pre-Paid Mastercard.
Some of our major Banks now only issue Visa Cards and have moved away completly from Mastercard.
Electron Cards were intended for those who did not qualify for a Debit Card!
This is another ploy by Ryanair to ensure that most of their punters have to pay their extortionate card fees.
Dont forget that they charge £5 per person per sector so a return flight for two people costs £20. Other airlines charge a flat fee per complete booking.

[Wellington Bomber]

Mickeyman

My head is always looking out of the window, looking for altitude busting Ryanair aircraft, seeing as they are always nearly number one on the list

[GnRdL]

3 new aircrafts at ALC airport

3 New Aircrafts at ALC airport
7 New Destinations
3 Million Pax/Year

In Spanish:

3 nuevos aviones, 7 nuevas rutas y 3 millones de pasajeros al año en Alicante
a partir de 2010

Ryanair, la aerolínea favorita del mundo, ha anunciado hoy 1 de diciembre, que a partir de Marzo de 2010, añadirá tres nuevos aviones (nueve en total), abrirá siete nuevas rutas (56 en total) y transportará tres millones de pasajeros al año en su base de Alicante, manteniendo 3.000 puestos de trabajo. Ryanair operará cerca de 500 vuelos semanales desde y hacia Alicante lo que supone una inversión en el aeropuerto de más de 600 millones de dólares.

Las nuevas rutas a Altemburgo, Cracovia, Sevilla, Smaland (Vaxjo), Estocolmo (Vasteras), Valladolid y Venecia (Treviso), así como el incremento de frecuencias en 9 rutas permitirán disponer de más tarifas bajas, competencia y posibilidad de elección a un número aún mayor de consumidores españoles y turistas.

[...]

Hoy en Alicante Michael O’Leary ha dicho,

“En Ryanair estamos entusiasmados de anunciar tres nuevos aviones y siete nuevas rutas desde Alicante a partir de Marzo, que nos permitirán ofrecer más tarifas bajas, competencia y libertad de elección a un número cada vez mayor de turistas y consumidores españoles.

Las nuevas rutas de Ryanair así como el incremento de frecuencias en rutas existentes permitirán generar tres millones de pasajeros anuales y el mantenimiento de al menos 3.000 puestos de trabajo en Alicante y su región.

Ryanair celebra estos nuevos tres aviones, rutas y frecuencias sacando a la venta una oferta de Navidad de 250.000 billetes a 5€ para viajar en más de 500 rutas de Ryanair a finales de Diciembre. La oferta esta disponible hasta la medianoche del jueves y la demanda promete ser enorme.”

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[jferreira20]

Press conference this afternoon in Porto.

Lots of rumours about it:

- 2 new planes to be based in Porto (I think this is the strongest rumour)
- Base in Faro
- Any information about starting operations in Lisbon.

[globetrotter79]

Not so sure about LIS.
I can see between 3 and 5 FR aircraft being based in FAO by the summer.

[jferreira20]

I'm pretty sure they won't announce that they will start flying from and to Lisbon, but I think it's possible that they make some demands, or so. It's public here in Portugal that they interest in it, and that an important person form Ryanair visited LIS two weeks ago.

btw, OPO-Bristol, OPO-LPL and OPO-BHX are back in the summer with two flights per week. These flights will be operated by UK based aircrafts.

[VanBosh]

Press conference this afternoon in Porto.

Lots of rumours about it:

- 2 new planes to be based in Porto (I think this is the strongest rumour)
- Base in Faro
- Any information about starting operations in Lisbon.

I assume if it was a Lisbon or Faro base the conference would be at either airport, so I reckon a few more aircraft for porto.

How many are there at the moment?

[Charlie Roy]

Portugese domestic

I wonder will Ryanair launch more domestic routes in Portugal, namely to the islands (Madeira and the Azores)?

[jferreira20]

Madeira has very expensive taxes and there a huge aviation lobby in Azores.