Ryanair - 7

[LGS6753]

Has anyone noticed how FR are very apologetic about everything they blame on someone else. But if they fail - no apology!

(Or am I just getting cynical?)

[daz211]

I have flown Ryanair well over 100 time and the one time (YES ONE TIME) there was a problem Ryanair were very apologetic about it, the flight was due to leave CRL at around 2200 there was also a flight to CIA which went tech, we were all sitting O/B when the flight deck told us that due to CIA Airport opening hours our A/C was now to be used to take pax to CIA and they were flying an empty A/C in from STN to take us home, we were given a coffee voucher and a letter from MOL when we boarded our new A/C.

So on this one and only FR flight that I had a problem on not only were we handled very well, all the pax traveling to CIA were also cared for very well...

Like I have said many many times Ryanair is a very good Airline with very good prices I am looking forward to my next flight on the 01/03/10 STN-LPA all in price hand baggage only £65.00 RTN ...

[Charlie Roy]

Poitiers

Blackmailed or not, Poitiers is getting a new route: Barcelona Girona

[planenutter]

Poitiers

Finally another new flight Would love to see some for from different airports in the UK though :/ Any news thankyou

Planenutter

[Centrefire]

I have flown Ryanair well over 100 time and the one time (YES ONE TIME) there was a problem Ryanair were very apologetic about it, the flight was due to leave CRL at around 2200 there was also a flight to CIA which went tech, we were all sitting O/B when the flight deck told us that due to CIA Airport opening hours our A/C was now to be used to take pax to CIA and they were flying an empty A/C in from STN to take us home, we were given a coffee voucher and a letter from MOL when we boarded our new A/C.

So on this one and only FR flight that I had a problem on not only were we handled very well, all the pax traveling to CIA were also cared for very well...

Like I have said many many times Ryanair is a very good Airline with very good prices I am looking forward to my next flight on the 01/03/10 STN-LPA all in price hand baggage only £65.00 RTN ...

Daz, how dare you write a post like this? Don't you know you're not allowed to praise Ryanair.
You have now earned the wrath of many posters here. I am sure we all know who they are.

[IJM]

we were given a coffee voucher and a letter from MOL when we boarded our new A/C.

So Daz - did MOL write a specific letter for this particular case at CRL at 2200, or was it just a photocopied "standard letter"?

Just jesting (partly), in all fairness it seems that Ryanair handled this situation reasonably well.

Centrefire - as far as I know the mods allow comments for and against Ryanair, so no issue that I can see. Everyone has the right to state an opinion - so long as it is within Forum rules / guidelines.

[euroxx]

Malta New Base???

From April 2010: Source is www.maltairport.com timings are the arrival time at MLA. Seems like 2 or 3 a/c will be needed for the whole MLA operation. Maybe RYANAIRs newest base? Upcoming announcement? Any thaughts??

MONDAYS
FR 6595 PRESTWICK 1200 new
FR 7242 DUBLIN 1210 new
FR 3381 STANSTED 1400 new
FR 3882 LUTON 2100
FR 4162 TRAPANI 2140

TUESDAYS
FR 9012 GERONA 0900
FR 6695 EDINBURGH 1110
FR 6551 BOURNEMOUTH 1120 new
FR 7242 DUBLIN 1210
FR 5382 MADRID 1210
FR 3381 STANSTED 1400 new
FR 9874 BARI 1750
FR 9992 PISA 1840
FR 1684 STOCKHOLM 1930 new
FR 3874 TREVISO 1940
FR 3882 LUTON 2100

WEDNESDAYS
FR 3774 BRISTOL 1050
FR 6695 EDINBURGH 1110 new
FR 7242 DUBLIN 1210 new
FR 3381 STANSTED 1400 new
FR 3874 TREVISO 1940 new
FR 3882 LUTON 2100
FR 4162 TRAPANI 2150 new

THURSDAYS
FR 9012 GERONA 0900
FR 6595 PRESTWICK 1200 new
FR 7242 DUBLIN 1210
FR 5382 MADRID 1210
FR 3381 STANSTED 1400 new
FR 9992 PISA 1745
FR 9874 BARI 1750
FR 1684 STOCKHOLM 1840
FR 3874 TREVISO 1940
FR 2448 LEEDS 1950 new
FR 3882 LUTON 2100

FRIDAYS
FR 3774 BRISTOL 1200 new
FR 3381 STANSTED 1700 new
FR 3874 TREVISO 1940 new
FR 7242 DUBLIN 2050 new
FR 3882 LUTON 2100
FR 4162 TRAPANI 2140

SATURDAYS
FR 9012 GERONA 0900
FR 3882 LUTON 1055
FR 6551 BOURNEMOUTH 1120 new
FR 7242 DUBLIN 1210
FR 5382 MADRID 1210
FR 3381 STANSTED 1400 new
FR 9874 BARI 1750 new
FR 9992 PISA 1840 new
FR 3874 TREVISO 1940
FR 6695 EDINBURGH 2025 new
FR 4981 LIVERPOOL 2145 new

SUNDAYS
FR 3882 LUTON 1055
FR 7242 DUBLIN 1210
FR 3774 BRISTOL 1355
FR 3381 STANSTED 1400 new
FR 1684 STOCKHOLM 1930
FR 3874 TREVISO 1940
FR 2448 LEEDS 2040 new
FR 4162 TRAPANI 2150

[fanrailuk]

Looks highly unlikely to me as all arrival times are allowing for an early departure from all of the mentioned airports arriving in MLA at those times given above; notably all of which (except one) are FR bases.

On the other hand, I do believe MLA has a lot more potential routes to offer should FR choose to set-up there...!

PP

[anna_list]

Malta flights

Hi euroxx,

Thanks for the information. I don't think it points to a base (although it's no secret that Ryanair want to set up a base in MLA in future, if they get the right incentives) - I suspect you will find that every arrival in MLA that you have listed has a corresponding departure going back to the base airport 25 minutes later. These may just be slot requests though, so treat them with some caution.

However, the flights to PIK (2 weekly) and to STN (daily) would be new, operated by PIK and STN aircraft respectively. Add these to the new routes to LBA and BOH and the frequency increases on BRS, EDI, DUB and NYO, and it looks as though Ryanair have found Malta to their liking.

[OneOfTheKraut]

New domestic flight in Germany

Rumours have it that Ryanair soon will announce Bremen-Berlin, a 300 km ride. Another attempt on the embattled German market. They already fly to Berlin from Hahn and Weeze, also Bremen-Memmingen and Hahn-Luebeck. But none of the routes are particularly successful. Maybe they will try Karlsruhe as a domestic destination.

[davidjohnson6]

OneOfThe - I realise that DB is sometimes expensive for a fare booked a month in advance. However, given that the train, even allowing for changes, from city centre to city centre takes under 3 hours and runs at least every hour.... can Ryanair really compete when they so actively disclaim any kind of network connectivity?

It would be oh so easy for Deutsche Bahn to launch some additional 'special fares' and just flood the market between these 2 destinations with cheap capacity in order to signal to FR to get lost !

[tosch19]

Travel time between BRE and Berlin is around 3h with 1 change regular return fare is 164€ but with special offers or rail cards it's less.
There are 2 up to 3 connections per hour between and one ICE train has about 350 seats.
I don't expect that the DB will go in competition against FR and the travel time by flight is not really shorter.

[jpthomas72]

I don't expect that the DB will go in competition against FR and the travel time by flight is not really shorter.

Indeed, DB doesn't care at all about FR, possibly a bit about LH and AB, but surely not FR. Very different from UK, e.g. Virgin trains with huge peak fares and throw-away cheap late evening tickets. The ICE trains are probably packed full anyway (the part of the fleet that works...). About journey time: Don't forget, if you're unlucky, getting from SXF to the city centre also can easily take an hour: Walk from terminal to train station, trains only every 30min, or the very slow S-Bahn (don't get me started...). Doesn't even get much better once BBI opens. Sure, SXF1 bus is very useful. Surprised to hear HHN-SXF is not going so well, it's mostly 3x daily so very high frequency (on par with HHN-STN). But of course has tons of competition from CGN etc.

[pee]

Low-cost airlines are keen to fly from Swift, the new low-cost terminal to open this fall in Kastrup (CPH), writes Jyllands-Posten.

The companies just negotiating new routes are, among others, EasyJet, Transavia and Ryanair. Swift will have the capacity to serve six million passengers and is expandable to double that.

[flymaniac]

@ oneoftheKraut "Maybe they will try Karlsruhe as a domestic destinatio

I dont believe that FR will fly from FKB to Berlin. Air Berlin has 4 flights daily. The same with FKB to BRE. Air Berlin has 4 flights daily to HAM.

[speedbirdATC]

Just out of curiosity I typed into airframes.org a few of the old 737-200 registrations. The 'Jaguar' painted 732 is noted as currently in storage. I was wondering if anyone knows what RYR did with all their 732's, who had bought any from them, and do RYR actually still own any in storage, and where do they keep them if they do.

Anyone got any info on this? Thanks

SpeedbirdATC

[Random Flyer]

From April 2010: Source is www.maltairport.com timings are the arrival time at MLA. Seems like 2 or 3 a/c will be needed for the whole MLA operation. Maybe RYANAIRs newest base? Upcoming announcement? Any thaughts??

It appears the new flights listed above are no longer listed on the Malta Airport website.

[allanmack]

Re the 200s. Some were sold on I believe with some scrapped at PIK.

[vkid]

The Ryanair Story – How one airline is dictating its own online media agenda

Worth a look.. Robbed from here

[Skipness One Echo]

The Eircell one, EI-CJD from memory is a cabin trained at Dublin airport now. Quite a distinctive paint job!