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“Excuse my Hungarian press release: we are a low-cost airline, and we use low-cost translators,” said Michael O’Leary.
O’Leary’s Hungarian press release did not impress the locals, who were clearly hoping his airline service will be of a higher standard.
“It’s not even child-like writing. It’s just bad. It looks like he’s used Google Translate, and not even bothered to get it checked,” said one native Hungarian speaker.
Quoted after Financial Times
I thought MOL wouldn't like to associate "low cost" with "low quality"?
O’Leary’s Hungarian press release did not impress the locals, who were clearly hoping his airline service will be of a higher standard.
“It’s not even child-like writing. It’s just bad. It looks like he’s used Google Translate, and not even bothered to get it checked,” said one native Hungarian speaker.
Quoted after Financial Times
I thought MOL wouldn't like to associate "low cost" with "low quality"?
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Surely selling tickets for routes that you are not technically operating, or have in place an agreement to operate is leaving themselves open to hungry lawyers?
So if Ryanair cancel a flight before check-in, is their liability not always solely for the amount paid, and no more?
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I know a 3 people who applyed for FR cabin crew and they want to be based DUB but the UK would do. DUB, STN, EMA are there top 3 bases but a lot of people saying thats its realy hard to get into DUB base and they were told that they should stick with 3 UK bases or ORK/SNN instead of DUB to have a better chance of being based in Ireland or UK. Should they change there top 3 bases?
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EMA is way far too over crewed in the winter months, with 2/3 months forced unpaid leave. I would pick, DUB, LPL, STN. If you dont ask you wont get, LPL & STN both have a few flights a day back home to Ireland. Agency crew for ryanair, no thanks, take years to get a ryanair contract now days. Try other airlines, like many of the current are doing.
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A recent survay conducted by CAI on the cost of flights for a family hoilday from Ireland during the summer months showed Ryanair are not the low fares airline when all taxes and baggage fees are included. Aer Lingus are up to €40 cheeper on key routes that are also operated by Ryanair. It also said that Ryanair are cheeper other times of the year but for familys its more expensive in summer.
A spokesperson for Ryanair insisted that Ryanair offered the lowest fares and said it was unfair to incliude the cost of baggage for family hoildays as they don't want passenger baggage.
A spokesperson for Ryanair insisted that Ryanair offered the lowest fares and said it was unfair to incliude the cost of baggage for family hoildays as they don't want passenger baggage.
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"Unfair" price comparisons and public misperception
"A spokesperson for Ryanair insisted that Ryanair offered the lowest fares and said it was unfair to include the cost of baggage for family holidays..."
One wonders whether this spokesperson might be related to the one who was reported as having told the Donegal correspondent of the Financial Times that "mentioning charges for our flights is intrinsically unfair as we far prefer the paying..., oops sorry I meant the punters to continue to believe that we let them travel for free in the high season and we pay them to come on board in the low season."
Well I seem to remember the journalist worked for the Financial Times but maybe it was the Donegal correspondent of Die Welt. Or The Wall Street Journal ?
One wonders whether this spokesperson might be related to the one who was reported as having told the Donegal correspondent of the Financial Times that "mentioning charges for our flights is intrinsically unfair as we far prefer the paying..., oops sorry I meant the punters to continue to believe that we let them travel for free in the high season and we pay them to come on board in the low season."
Well I seem to remember the journalist worked for the Financial Times but maybe it was the Donegal correspondent of Die Welt. Or The Wall Street Journal ?
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If you didn't notice, Ryanair is keen to advertise its competitors. Where? On its own website, look no further. Norwegian Radio wonders does it pay to win a penny for another airline's banner click at risk of losing a potential customer to them.Actually, I've been wondering the same for months. But if the website's owner does not care, why should we care?
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Maybe you haven't used Google Adwords before? It is very easy to ban websites or topical subjects or keywords. Maybe Ryanair needs to invest a few hours of staff time to add those filters....
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Maybe Ryanair needs to invest a few hours of staff time to add those filters...
MOL has commented on this before "sure, so we make a bit of money by sending traffic to high fare airlines, so people can do their price comparison and then come straight back to us"
Maybe in the light of Ryanair's more recent uppage of yields they may actually lose a bit of business this way (at least DY have no card charges) - but one thing could can be assured is that MOL / FR's web team know exactly what is going on, revenue raised is matched against potential loss of business, and they will adjust accordingly.
After all, we know that Ryanair's web team would never do anything stupid like lock people out with annoying CAPTCHAS now would they
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does it pay to win a penny for another airline's banner
Chances are, as Ryanair's content is highly relevant, an out click from the home page will cost anything upto €1. Norwegian would then have to gain more than Ryanair would lose - and Ryanair's usual bluster about being cheapest would mean they'd expect to win, let's say 3 in 4 pax on any head to head route. Yet Grenoble, advertised in Norwegian isn't head to head anyway - or was the surfer in question in Norway at the time?
Google is going to take about 1/3 of the revenue, and Ryanair will get the rest (afaik, 30% is typical, Ryanair will get a bit more) - so as long as Ryanair's "loss" of business is less than Norwegian's "gain" + the Google margin, Ryanair are still quids in.
Except - and here's the clincher? Did I hear you say Norwegian radio were wondering about this? Now would this be a commercial station, or the NRK, from whom such publicity cannot be bought? Repeat such a conversation across dining tables and in forums like these.
I'd say FR's webmasters know exactly who they can ban, but are quite happy to let it run. After all in the UK now, I get adverts for Eurotunnel - are they not an indirect competitor too?