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While the bird strike (as in Lodz, read an English-language report rather) could be very dangerous, there's not much you can do to avoid it, obviously. This unexpected decompression (causing the second incident) is in some way more frightening to me.
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Press comment on 'book-a-seat'.
Ryanair is set to allow customers on all its flights to reserve seats, the no-frills carrier has told The Independent. In a radical departure from usual practice, the airline said trials of a €10 "book-a-seat" service between Dublin and Gatwick and Dublin and Malaga launched last month had proved to be far more successful than expected, the paper says.
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Ryanair reserved Seating
Does this mean that everybody will get a pre assigned seat i.e. if you dont choose and pay for it you will then be allocated a seat at Ryanairs discretion? Or is it Pre assigned seats and then everybody else?
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Ryanair may charge €10 for reserved seats - News & Advice, Travel - The Independent
Ryanair is set to allow customers on all its flights to reserve seats, the no-frills carrier has told The Independent.
In a radical departure from usual practice, the airline said trials of a €10 "book-a-seat" service between Dublin and Gatwick and Dublin and Malaga launched last month had proved to be far more successful than expected. The move, believed to be the first by a budget air travel carrier, comes as airlines are closely scrutinised. Hidden extras charged by low-cost airlines are being probed by the Office of Fair Trading, which is due to report its findings in the next few weeks.
Caroline Green, Ryanair's director of customer service, said an extension of the scheme would take place on another route this summer and a decision on whether to extend the service to all 165 destinations the company flies to was likely to be taken in September.
In the past Ryanair has not been afraid to try new charging models. In 2009 its chief executive Michael O'Leary said the company was considering charging £1 to use the toilet.
Ryanair is set to allow customers on all its flights to reserve seats, the no-frills carrier has told The Independent.
In a radical departure from usual practice, the airline said trials of a €10 "book-a-seat" service between Dublin and Gatwick and Dublin and Malaga launched last month had proved to be far more successful than expected. The move, believed to be the first by a budget air travel carrier, comes as airlines are closely scrutinised. Hidden extras charged by low-cost airlines are being probed by the Office of Fair Trading, which is due to report its findings in the next few weeks.
Caroline Green, Ryanair's director of customer service, said an extension of the scheme would take place on another route this summer and a decision on whether to extend the service to all 165 destinations the company flies to was likely to be taken in September.
In the past Ryanair has not been afraid to try new charging models. In 2009 its chief executive Michael O'Leary said the company was considering charging £1 to use the toilet.
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"book-a-seat" service between Dublin and Gatwick and Dublin and Malaga launched last month had proved to be far more successful than expected
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To meet their 1 June deadline for showing the full price including all non-optional charges FR seem to have done a bit of "over simplification". It is no longer possible to see at a glance which days a route operates and has available seats. All days just say "low fares available" even if the route doesn't fly on that day.
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showing the full price "over simplification"
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Ryanair to axe 25% of routes from capital - Scotsman.com News
Prestwick next followed by more UK bases.
On the subject about problems on Ryanair flights today ACE - LTN flight diverted to Porto due to an engine problem.
Incident: Ryanair B738 near Porto on Jun 2nd 2011, engine problem
Prestwick next followed by more UK bases.
On the subject about problems on Ryanair flights today ACE - LTN flight diverted to Porto due to an engine problem.
Incident: Ryanair B738 near Porto on Jun 2nd 2011, engine problem
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That's what, 4 recent ryanair problems? Maybe if he didn't fart around in ash clouds, MOL wouldn't be having this karma payback. But that's too many recent incidents close together IMO.
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EDI cuts are interesting, I think these are unsuccessful routes, which would anyway be cut. All TLL routes fall under this criterium, not just EDI-TLL but also EMA-TLL which I find very hard to believe is making money, to start with EE is a very small country. SXF-EDI market is limited as EZY go SXF-GLA. Weak GBP not helping when you have EUR based operations (also means stag nights in the Baltics are now expensive). FR has issues with SXF currently, notably it being transformed into a palace of an airport with LH,BA etc becoming their neighbours, higher fees, etc. So not EDI to blame for everything. We know those games at BHX. Morocco of course has its own worries.
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FR don't raise to the bait with JSCL the benefit of doing what we do for a living means we know crap when see it, FR are a very safe operator.
As to binning routes, we should remember that FR fly to and from more places in Europe and not all will work. APD the hassle of flying, some of it self imposed in FR case exchange rates and inflation with frozen wages for many all are making many routes marginal
Interesting move by Monarch to bin credit card charges, but with only a small number of flights it's not going to be a Market driver
As to binning routes, we should remember that FR fly to and from more places in Europe and not all will work. APD the hassle of flying, some of it self imposed in FR case exchange rates and inflation with frozen wages for many all are making many routes marginal
Interesting move by Monarch to bin credit card charges, but with only a small number of flights it's not going to be a Market driver
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Shocked about EDI reductions, its perceived as one of FRs strongest UK bases. However it is expensive to operate from. Flights always keep a good load factor and fares are not amoungst the cheapest in the network. It will be interesting to see the final schedule.
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EMA-TLL which I find very hard to believe is making money,
Ryanair's May Traffic Grows 11%
Traffic up 11%
Load Factor up 1%
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MAN-ALC flight i was on, very disspointing! ryanair is terrible with costomer services and are rude! never flying again!
Well I am very sorry that your flight with FR has stopped you flying ever again, I hear that you can get a coach from Leeds to ALC It might take you 2 days and cost twice as much but maybe you wont mind.
Is there any point in posting such a short non discript post maybe it would be better if you could give us all abit more info ?
Well I am very sorry that your flight with FR has stopped you flying ever again, I hear that you can get a coach from Leeds to ALC It might take you 2 days and cost twice as much but maybe you wont mind.
Is there any point in posting such a short non discript post maybe it would be better if you could give us all abit more info ?
Last edited by daz211; 4th Jun 2011 at 09:04.