Ryanair - 7

[Jamie2k9]

EIN - LCA is not in the booking system and if the route was announced yesterday it should be bookable today.

Brussles - LCA is now bookable again.

[pee]

LPP

It would seem however, no matter what the outcome the market looks like many airlines would look at?

It's just so typically "Ryanair-style" airport and any such airline would have to be oriented towards "Ryanair-type" customers. As the distance to St. Petersburg is some 120 km even Ryanair hesitated for so long and started very cautiously. Anyway, what a distance is it for Russians, used to travel 48 hours by train etc., it's an incomparable scale.

Air Baltic is different, EZY is different, WizzAir uses similar type of airports, but became very defensive recently. One has to think distinctively to go there.

And even Ryanair didn't dare to call this airport "St. Petersburg West" nor even "Lappeenranta Russian Border"

[Jamie2k9]

BCN Base

Ryanair have cut flights from BCN before the base has opened.

Brussels-Charleroi - (was 14 last week now 7)
Milan-Bergamo - (was 14 last week now 7)
Paris-Beauvais - (was 14 last week now 7)
Venice-Treviso - (not bookable now but it shows as operating)

Most of the flights depart between 7:00 - 8:30 with very few between 6:00 - 7:00. Last week nearly all the flights were departing between 6 & 7.

This may only be tempory until they finish doing the the rest of the new timetable because of slot problems in BCN in the mornings.

[jferreira20]

About Gatwick

Ryanair is currently changing the schedules in the Porto-Gatwick route.

EDIT: All the flights will be made by a Porto based plane.

[Jamie2k9]

I wonder who will be the first to drop the route from LGW.

Easyjet, TAP Portugal or Ryanair. it's only a matter of time.

[keeprighton1974]

Hello - could I ask about a Ryanair route here?

I see that the Stansted - Altenburg route ends at the end of October. Is this usual for this route? Do Ryanair intend to restart it next Spring or is it too early to know yet?

Thanks in advance.

[FA10]

Lots of flights to and from Germany that have been there for a long time are currently not bookable for the winter.
My guess is that FR is currently waiting for the final decision on the passenger tax, that is due end of August / early September - if they really start with that tax, it might be desastrous for a quite some connections!

[Jamie2k9]

Ryanair have said that they will cut flights from there 3 German Bases and other airports. They also had planned to open up another base in Germany. (Berlin I think) but if the tax come in then there will be cuts. You just have to look at UK & Ireland.

Isn't the tax around €15 correct me if I'm wrong.

[Teaboy24]

keeprighton 1974

A friend was told by airport staff at Altenburg (Leipzig) about 6 weeks ago that a decision is to be made at the end of summer about the viability of keeping the place going for only a couple of Ryanair flights a day as needs a lot of financial support. This could be the reason.

[keeprighton1974]

Many thanks for the replies. Hope it survives - it's really difficult to get to that part of Germany.

+++edit
Found out more info from a German newspaper - a decision will soon be made to which airport in the region should be assigned for LoCos - Altenburg or Erfurt. The locals favour Erfurt as that is more central for Saxony. Also, it seems many passengers arriving via Ryanair at Altenburg head in the direction of Erfurt.

Hope this is of interest to someone.

[jpthomas72]

Altenburg, Merkel's tax

However, it's no so clear, as the business people urge the local government to support Altenburg. Something like this (autotranslated from Thueringer Zeitung article):
"The airport Altenburg must be developed as a hub for budget airlines. This is urged-for by business people in central Germany according to a study by the Industry and Commerce Chamber of East-Thuringia. By contrast, the Erfurt airport was "not least because of its distance from the central German metropolitan areas in Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt less attractive for companies in the region". Both airports are located in the state of Thuringia. Also, FR used to be in Erfurt and I think v.rarely 'come back' after burning bridges with an airport.
I'm expecting some upheaval before Merkel's air-tax is actually reality. Cynics might wonder if LH/4U and AB lobbyists in Berlin have discovered this as a means to drive FR out of Germany ? Merkel's government is known to like to 'help' lobbyists. Lonely men in ministries far from their West German families meeting young slim company representatives with long legs. Oops . MOL, take note.

[jpthomas72]

Merkel's tax - again: 16 Euros for any FR return

This was probably mentioned before, but unofficially the current plan is according to FAZ newspaper: 8 Euros per passenger per leg for Germany and Europe, 25 Euros for 'mid-range' (e.g. Africa but I guess not the north - not sure about Canaries, also Middle-East), 45 Euro everything else (transatlantic, Asia etc.). No tax at all for freighters (draw your own conclusions). So I presume they take this for arriving and departing passengers ? Hm, at least in UK, it's just for departing. So effectively, the UK tax is lower. I'm now seriously planning to move from FRA/HHN/CGN to LUX for my LON flights as Merkel doesn't govern Luxembourg . Ironically, LH's biggest enemy EK will therefore only have 50 Euros per return ticket e.g. to China connecting in DXB, while LH's direct flight would have 90 Euros tax. I heard the connecting flight would be exempt (i.e. MAN->FRA->PVG the same as FRA->PVG). LH lobbyists, please, is this all you can do ? So that's 16 Euros for a return on FR, possibly bearable as long as the competition has to pay the same.

[Jamie2k9]

So to travel between the UK & Germany your paying 27 €/£. and 26 € to Ireland.

Thats quiet a lot. Now I can see where Ryanair are coming from.

[eu01]

Merkel's tax

„Ohne Zweifel würde das den Verlust von einigen Flugzeugen für Hahn, Weeze und Bremen bedeuten“, sagte Ryanair-Chef Michael O'Leary in Mainz.

"Without any doubts, this would mean the [withdrawal] of several aircraft from Hahn, Weeze and Bremen," Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said in Mainz.

Indeed, the tax would be a disaster for these airports. The German-speakers can read about the anxiety and criticism in Weeze.
There are also negotiations under way between the Münster/Osnabrück Airport and Ryanair to start flying there. The aviation tax, if introduced, could jeopardize this development as well.

[Jamie2k9]

Do Ryanair pay compensation for flight delays as I know people who's flight has been delayed by 12 hours Alghero. I know Wizz Air pay out but do Ryanair???

Alghero - Dublin - Due in DUB at 15:40 (Wednesday) but has been delayed until 03:40 (Today) due to a tecional problem.

The Ryanair Live Flight Infomation was not very helpful. It said:

next infomation 19:30
next infomation 20:00
next infomation 22:00 - but at midnight it went off the website as its a new day.

[frfly]

No compensation will be offered. Under EU261/2004 Ryanair has to offer the right to care, which states if the flight is delayed 2 hours or more they are allowed 2 phone calls, faxes, telexs; food and drink appropriate to the delay and where an overnight stayed is required a hotel as well as transport to and from the airport to the accommodation.

However, generally Ryanair will say to passengers go and do this all yourself, and send us in the receipts and we will refund your expenses as long as they are in line with the service levels of the airline, ie you used a 3star hotel, ate within reason to the delay etc.

Compensation only ever has to be offered when the delay was within the airlines control, otherwise it was an extrodinary circumstance, as is a tech fault. Passengers are however permitted to change their booking to another flight or cancel for a full refund when the delay is 2 hours or more.

This really depends on how well informed the handling agent is in telling passengers this.

[rewdan]

FR winter flights to Ibiza cancelled

First post, can anyone give me a brief explanation why the direct flights from STN to IBZ have been cancelled. There are a lot of expats who have been let down and are unsure why. I would like to give them some idea in the local rag but could do with the definitive first.
Is it the APD
Lack of fares (unlikely)
Spanish gov.
etc

Thanks

[virginblue]

extrodinary circumstance, as is a tech fault.

I don't think so. A tech fault is often regarded as being within the sphere of risk of the airline and thus not necessarily an extraordinary circumstance in the sense of Reg. 261/04. At least according to German courts who have ruled accordingly - certainly to some extent to stop airlines coming up with all kinds of funny technical faults as soon as they want to cancel a flight for some commercial reason.

[Jamie2k9]

First post, can anyone give me a brief explanation why the direct flights from STN to IBZ have been canceled. There are a lot of expats who have been let down and are unsure why. I would like to give them some idea in the local rag but could do with the definitive first.
Is it the APD
Lack of fares (unlikely)
Spanish gov.
etc

Thanks

Brussels South-Charleroi & Trapani have also been axed for the winter.

Barcelona, Madrid & Valencia will be the only flights to IBZ during the winter.


Flights between London-Stansted - Altenburg are to contuine. Not bookable after October but they continue to show as operating during winter.

[AI101]

Anyone have any idea why Ryanair has not mentioned anything about the new route to larnaca on their website even though it can be booked on there?