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According to a German newspaper, Ryanair might announce that it will base up to 2 aircraft at Cologne/Bonn. This would not influence flights or routes from the other bases at Niederrhein and Hahn.
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That's right, both routes starting May 2012
Cologne/Bonn (CGN) to Palma de Mallorca (PMI) daily
Cologne/Bonn (CGN) to Barcelona Girona (GRO) 6x weekly
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Ryanair fliegt künftig auch ab Köln/Bonn - FLUG REVUE
Cologne/Bonn (CGN) to Palma de Mallorca (PMI) daily
Cologne/Bonn (CGN) to Barcelona Girona (GRO) 6x weekly
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Ryanair fliegt künftig auch ab Köln/Bonn - FLUG REVUE
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EU investigates German, Austrian airports over aid | Reuters
The DAA claimed this was happening last year and
Riga Airport fined for applying reduced fees for Ryanair :: The Baltic Course | Baltic States news & analytics
The DAA claimed this was happening last year and
Riga Airport fined for applying reduced fees for Ryanair :: The Baltic Course | Baltic States news & analytics
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Cologne/Bonn (CGN) to Barcelona Girona (GRO) 6x weekly
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Because Costa Brava it is an extremely popular holiday spot for German holidaymakers, especially among teenagers. Thousands flood every summer to resorts such as Lloret de Mar or Calella.
Because Costa Brava it is an extremely popular holiday spot for German holidaymakers, especially among teenagers. Thousands flood every summer to resorts such as Lloret de Mar or Calella.
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Because Costa Brava it is an extremely popular holiday spot for German holidaymakers, especially among teenagers. Thousands flood every summer to resorts such as Lloret de Mar or Calella.
Don't doubt that GRO is a destination in its own right, but so is BCN. No doubt the bean counters have done their maths, but this bucks the trend of recent months.
My geographically wired brain always thinks - link the cities to the cities, but it is never as simple as that!
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CGN-BCN has been served by Germanwings for ten years now.
From a local perspective, I guess GRO can be seen as a destination in its own right rather than an airport serving Barcelona. If it were different, why does FR continue serving GRO at all now that they also fly into BCN?
Btw., in the past, there was also CGN-REU by HLX in addition to CGN-BCN by Germanwings.
From a local perspective, I guess GRO can be seen as a destination in its own right rather than an airport serving Barcelona. If it were different, why does FR continue serving GRO at all now that they also fly into BCN?
Btw., in the past, there was also CGN-REU by HLX in addition to CGN-BCN by Germanwings.
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CGN-BCN has been served by Germanwings for ten years now.
why does FR continue serving GRO at all now that they also fly into BCN?
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From today's news: Ryanair partners with 888.com to add betting facility to website.
Something like: Bet & search! Not interested? Continue via Captcha! 
A partnership between Ryanair and online gaming and entertainment provider 888.com will see the airline offering casino, poker, bingo and sportsbetting to its website visitors.
“....with 888.com we now deliver the best online gaming entertainment to half a billion annual visitors to Ryanair.com,” said the airline’s head of communications, Stephen McNamara.
“The world’s first poker tournaments featuring Ryanair flight vouchers as prize money are sure to excite gaming and travel fans throughout Europe who will also find casino, bingo and sportsbetting on Ryanair.com.
“....with 888.com we now deliver the best online gaming entertainment to half a billion annual visitors to Ryanair.com,” said the airline’s head of communications, Stephen McNamara.
“The world’s first poker tournaments featuring Ryanair flight vouchers as prize money are sure to excite gaming and travel fans throughout Europe who will also find casino, bingo and sportsbetting on Ryanair.com.
In theory (at least in FR land) this sounds like a great deal - not only make money from ads on your website, but also make money selling vouchers that are both difficult and expensive to use.
However to my mind - without perhaps the knowledge of how the great unwashed masses think, it seems rather like the plan to get people paying 2 euros per minute for in flight phonecalls which flopped badly. People may be irrational but most people are not completely stupid.
Ryanair as a brand is about taking people cheaply and efficiently on short haul trips in Europe. The brand of Ryanair is being stretched too far - there is too much risk of a nacklash both from the USA where online gambling is very tightly controlled or other culturss which disapprove of gambling.
However to my mind - without perhaps the knowledge of how the great unwashed masses think, it seems rather like the plan to get people paying 2 euros per minute for in flight phonecalls which flopped badly. People may be irrational but most people are not completely stupid.
Ryanair as a brand is about taking people cheaply and efficiently on short haul trips in Europe. The brand of Ryanair is being stretched too far - there is too much risk of a nacklash both from the USA where online gambling is very tightly controlled or other culturss which disapprove of gambling.
Ryanair as a brand is about taking people cheaply and efficiently on short haul trips in Europe. The brand of Ryanair is being stretched too far - there is too much risk of a nacklash both from the USA where online gambling is very tightly controlled or other culturss which disapprove of gambling.
Not sure there is any EU country where gambling is banned, mind you given the state of finances of most EU countries it has been the Govts doing the gambling rather than the population.
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jabird - Ryanair would have there reasons from CGN-GRO and not BCN. Weeze is also being moved back to GRO in March.
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"Ryanair in fight with Danish trade unions" - writes the Danish press today. More precisely, it looks like the trade unions intend to fight with Ryanair. Their protest concerns Billund and it's the situation similar to other countries. Trade unions try to prevent Ryanair from employing its Danish staff on Irish contracts. The resistance is accelerating right now and starting to involve politicians as well.