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Old 21st Dec 2011, 22:33
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also, it will be impossible to dash off the aircraft at ALC to the car-hire desks if everyone is herded on to the two buses that MOL will hire
Or just make sure you book with anyone but Hertz, and have less reason to worry that you will be at the end of a massive car hire queue.

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Which begs the question - if a tiny airport with no established traffic and no guarantees how big it will grow can have a railway line built / modified, to the tune of 5kms if what I read was correct, why is it so bloody difficult for either of Scotland's main airports to have a direct fixed rail link </end rant>
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Old 22nd Dec 2011, 17:14
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Which begs the question - if a tiny airport with no established traffic and no guarantees how big it will grow can have a railway line built / modified, to the tune of 5kms if what I read was correct, why is it so bloody difficult for either of Scotland's main airports to have a direct fixed rail link </end rant>
Its called political will......of lets JFDI quickly

Krakow had no rail link until they added one and while it will never give HEX a run for its money it gets you there..............mind you bus to it from Terminal as well but then again walking from a gate at Heathrow to HEX will still be longer than gate to station at Krakow even walking.
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Old 23rd Dec 2011, 10:53
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Wowzz,

It is not about money, in my opinion.

It is not possible for us to turn around in 25 mins with a good pax load and an airbridge. We need to use to rear steps for embarking and disembarking to stand any chance of hitting the times.

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I just have one question :

My friend is flying today from Skavsta to Riga . I checked on the Riga airport website to know if the flight landed on time ! And I am surprised , because flights from Skavsta, Rygge, Stansted, Liverpool, East Midlands stay at Riga airport! There is any departure to the origin city ! Ex: flight from skavsta landed at 11:05 ! but any departure at 11:30 or 12:00 or i don't know !

Do you know why ?
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Old 24th Dec 2011, 15:06
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Ccfairport

The flights did return however these flights departed empty with no pax and just positioning back to home base. Numerous other flights to other destinations did the same, hope this helps.

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Old 24th Dec 2011, 19:07
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@EGAC_Ramper

Do you have any idea, why Ryanair wouldn't sell seats on theses flights, given the fact they have to be returned to bases anyway? One of today's examples - MAD-KRK, which flew back to MAD empty. That's 3hrs leg, no revenue
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Old 24th Dec 2011, 23:55
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Do you have any idea, why Ryanair wouldn't sell seats on theses flights, given the fact they have to be returned to bases anyway? One of today's examples - MAD-KRK, which flew back to MAD empty. That's 3hrs leg, no revenue
Yes, this seems very un-Ryanair like. OK, it would be slightly cheaper to fly an empty plane than to carry a very small load, I might expect a large volume of migrant workers returning home at this time of year, but nobody heading in the other direction? At all?
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Old 25th Dec 2011, 00:02
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Did Ryanair flights finish up earlier than normal this year. Not including last year they used to finish in DUB about 21.00 but they finished very early today. Was the early finish the same across the network.
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Old 25th Dec 2011, 03:53
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Yes we did shut up shop a few hours early this year, and most bases started alittle later aswell
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Old 25th Dec 2011, 08:30
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A big thank you for your help
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Cyprus Cuts Passenger Fees to Lure More Airlines, Tourists - Bloomberg

Could this lead to more routes by Ryanair.
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Old 28th Dec 2011, 22:19
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Why doesn't Ryanair fly on Christmas day? easyJet were on the go with their Swiss A319s at Madrid on Christmas day.
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Why doesn't Ryanair fly on Christmas day?
I had always assumed that airlines which would be left with aircraft in the wrong place if they didn't operate on Christmas Day still operated flights, but otherwise the extra costs of paying staff overtime, combined with the relative lack of demand to travel on this day, meant airlines wouldn't operate.

As it happens, I have been SLF on Christmas day, back in '99, when I flew LHR-BGI with Bewee. The advantage of being somewhere very hot, where the rest of the family already was, meant I accepted the inconvenience - but as there were no trains, we had to drive, then it was cheaper to get a hotel & parking deal, but no shuttle bus so £30 for a taxi. Also, from an operational point of view, cancel a short out & back rotation, there's another flight the next day, if there was no LHR-BGI, there'd be no BGI-LHR the next day.

All that hassle for a European hop? Forget it, I am surprised Easy were operating, especially as they tend to operate higher frequencies than Ryan.
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Old 29th Dec 2011, 19:22
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Ryanair flirting with fraud, say French anti-airport campaigners - France - RFI

€13 per passenger they fly from Dole.
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Old 29th Dec 2011, 20:21
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5,000 people use airport now, potentially 30,000 will use it over next year........figures speak for themselves as what does €200k bring you in a PR and Advertising campaign .............bugger all really.
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Old 29th Dec 2011, 20:53
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All that hassle for a European hop? Forget it, I am surprised Easy were operating, especially as they tend to operate higher frequencies than Ryan
I was in Spain where both FR and EZY have bases. Christmas is like a bank holiday with a reduced service operating on the metro and a lot of normal traffic operating at Barajas. Not everywhere in Europe has an enforced day with turkey and the highest suicide rate in the year....
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Old 29th Dec 2011, 21:42
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Christmas is like a bank holiday with a reduced service operating on the metro and a lot of normal traffic operating at Barajas. Not everywhere in Europe has an enforced day with turkey and the highest suicide rate in the year....
Not a surprise as Jan 6th is celebrate more...
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Old 29th Dec 2011, 22:18
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Opponents, which include far-left and Green political parties, wants the airport closed, claiming it has a “catastrophic” effect on the environment and cannot be justified socially.
1 x B738 - is it 2 or 3x per week? 'catastrophic'. Makes me have some sympathy for the HACAN crowd!

Re: Christmas - thought Jan 6th was more an Eastern European thing, as for getting TfL lot out on Christmas Day, Pigs will be sooner be seen flying over our fair capital!
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Old 29th Dec 2011, 22:24
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Re: Christmas - thought Jan 6th was more an Eastern European thing, as for getting TfL lot out on Christmas Day, Pigs will be sooner be seen flying over our fair capital!
Nope thats Dec 6th ........St Nicholas day
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Old 29th Dec 2011, 22:40
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From the usual reference library:

The original date of the celebration in Eastern Christianity was January 6, in connection with Epiphany, and that is still the date of the celebration for the Armenian Apostolic Church and in Armenia, where it is a public holiday. As of 2011, there is a difference of 13 days between the modern Gregorian calendar and the older Julian calendar. Those who continue to use the Julian calendar or its equivalents thus celebrate December 25 and January 6 on what for the majority of the world is January 7 and January 19. For this reason, Ethiopia, Russia, Ukraine, the Republic of Macedonia, and the Republic of Moldova celebrate Christmas on what in the Gregorian calendar is January 7; all the Greek Orthodox Churches celebrate Christmas on December 25.
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