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True, but Jet2 operated EVERY flight to Spanish destinations from Manchester today. Late yes, but they are getting their passengers to their destinations, not simply saying p$ss off go and rebook your flights.
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Extreme weather (i.e. snow) isn't covered in the EU rules about passenger care (according to Ryanair, anyway). All other airlines (at DUB on Thursday at least) provided their passengers with accomodation and food.
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The reason why the flight is cancelled (snow) does not come in to play Ryanair cancelled the flight and must abide by the EU rules and provide hotel/meal costs if the delay is over 1 day
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It would be interesting to see what their financial results would look like without the considerable subsidies upon which Ryan Air's business model is dependent.
BBC News - Airbus A320 engines to get 1bn-euro upgrade
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O you do make me chuckle ...
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Remind me how many base's has BA announced this year ?
or new routes ? you should stop trying to tell A major Airline what they are doing so wrong and how they are going to run into trouble soon, Im sure they have a better idea on how to run and evolve one of the worlds largest Airlines.
Im sure I dont need to point out that Ryanair have been at the forefront of evolution in the world of Aviation for the last 10 years.
.Remind me how many base's has BA announced this year ?
or new routes ? you should stop trying to tell A major Airline what they are doing so wrong and how they are going to run into trouble soon, Im sure they have a better idea on how to run and evolve one of the worlds largest Airlines.
Im sure I dont need to point out that Ryanair have been at the forefront of evolution in the world of Aviation for the last 10 years.
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This statement conveys a remarkable lack of knowledge of the difference between the logistics of running a major international airline and a penny-halfpenny one.
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Wouldn't bother as he fails to see that during November that ATC strikes in France and Portugal have had impacts on FR pax more than it would BA.
As for the Airbus NEO well given that it is years away and anybody buying existing Airbus planes will find that residuals are going to take a hit but as Engine is unproven and many years away then think I will wait before crowing about it.
Wouldn't bother as he fails to see that during November that ATC strikes in France and Portugal have had impacts on FR pax more than it would BA.
As for the Airbus NEO well given that it is years away and anybody buying existing Airbus planes will find that residuals are going to take a hit but as Engine is unproven and many years away then think I will wait before crowing about it.
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When Dublin Airport reopened on Thursday (Dec 2nd) Ryanair had no choose to cancel all flights after 18:30 because a number of fueling companies refusing to operate on the ramp, claiming hazardous conditions. Only one FR flight departed after 18:30 that evening and it went to Gran Canaria only because the fuel had being put on the aircraft at 12:30 just before the airport suspended flights.
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O you do make me chuckle ....
Remind me how many base's has BA announced this year ?
or new routes ? you should stop trying to tell A major Airline what they are doing so wrong and how they are going to run into trouble soon, Im sure they have a better idea on how to run and evolve one of the worlds largest Airlines.
Im sure I dont need to point out that Ryanair have been at the forefront of evolution in the world of Aviation for the last 10 years.
O you do make me chuckle ....
Remind me how many base's has BA announced this year ?
or new routes ? you should stop trying to tell A major Airline what they are doing so wrong and how they are going to run into trouble soon, Im sure they have a better idea on how to run and evolve one of the worlds largest Airlines.
Im sure I dont need to point out that Ryanair have been at the forefront of evolution in the world of Aviation for the last 10 years.
FR are very dependant on keeping people taking many short trips per year. The more problems people have on these trips the less trips they will take.
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What's up with Girona?
Is there a hard ball negotiation taking place between FR and AENA regarding Girona?
I am waiting for the summer schedule from Sweden to be released (Ibiza, Alicante and Madrid already are) to book flights for Easter, June and July.... Still not a single flight available...
I am waiting for the summer schedule from Sweden to be released (Ibiza, Alicante and Madrid already are) to book flights for Easter, June and July.... Still not a single flight available...
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While Ryanair's load factor for November was 80%, flat with the same period last year and with the passenger count increasing 2%, easyJet reported today a 10.2% rise in number of passengers and an increase in load factor to 85.7%.
The flight prices statistics were not given, but almost certainly Ryanair was the cheaper one here. The capacity reductions much more dramatic at FR compared to U2 .
Conclusions? It's not all about the price, it seems.
Paraphrasing, "I have a dream today!".
I have a dream that one day Ryanair changes its attitude and policies and starts marketing itself as a "new, improved and refurbished, customer-friendly airline". With a massive campaign to get a new, better image and win some new, encouraged passengers, and get some old ones returning.
I think improving the brand could help, but rather give it to PR professionals and forget about pay-for-pee propaganda and some other insane ideas. Otherwise, I can see some troubles ahead.
PS. Just "dreaming", not against FR.
The flight prices statistics were not given, but almost certainly Ryanair was the cheaper one here. The capacity reductions much more dramatic at FR compared to U2 .
Conclusions? It's not all about the price, it seems.
Paraphrasing, "I have a dream today!".
I have a dream that one day Ryanair changes its attitude and policies and starts marketing itself as a "new, improved and refurbished, customer-friendly airline". With a massive campaign to get a new, better image and win some new, encouraged passengers, and get some old ones returning.
I think improving the brand could help, but rather give it to PR professionals and forget about pay-for-pee propaganda and some other insane ideas. Otherwise, I can see some troubles ahead.
PS. Just "dreaming", not against FR.
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Ryanair have reduced their winter program substantially this year and give the the chaos of this weather event they must be very pleased they did, it really is a huge advantage to have a good number of pilots who you don't have to pay if they are not earning their keep by flying, who cares about loads or yields in November the bottom line is that Ryanair will loose less money over this winter than the did last year
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Have you been living in a cave for the last 10 years!
You get no customer service from FR at all and the sooner you realise this the better. If you want a service where, if you are delayed or cancelled, you are automatically switched to the next flight, you must fly BA or some other legacy carrier.
Ryanair are upfront with what service you can expect to receive so stop complaining and book with a major airline.
The days of great service are long gone and nowadays people are more interested in price than getting pampered. Even in the High St for example Boots the Chemist was always a bit pricier but you would expect good service, nowadays there is Savers, Bodycare, Superdrug, Semi-Chem, Poundland etc selling the same stuff way cheaper than Boots. You can guess where I shop, and if I don't get a smile and a thank you at the check out, I don't lose sleep over it.
So stop fretting and just remember in future if you choose to fly ryanair and things go ( . )( . )'s up you're on your own mate, your on you're own.
Ryanair have taken the glamour out of flying and now it is like catching a bus. If a bus service was delayed or cancelled would you kick up a fuss as well!!!!
Logistics is not my problem. No matter what airline I book with, the least I expect is that they will make every effort to get me to my destination not simply cancel the flight for their convenience. On todays performance the penny-halfpenny airline was Ryanair.
You get no customer service from FR at all and the sooner you realise this the better. If you want a service where, if you are delayed or cancelled, you are automatically switched to the next flight, you must fly BA or some other legacy carrier.
Ryanair are upfront with what service you can expect to receive so stop complaining and book with a major airline.
The days of great service are long gone and nowadays people are more interested in price than getting pampered. Even in the High St for example Boots the Chemist was always a bit pricier but you would expect good service, nowadays there is Savers, Bodycare, Superdrug, Semi-Chem, Poundland etc selling the same stuff way cheaper than Boots. You can guess where I shop, and if I don't get a smile and a thank you at the check out, I don't lose sleep over it.
So stop fretting and just remember in future if you choose to fly ryanair and things go ( . )( . )'s up you're on your own mate, your on you're own.
Ryanair have taken the glamour out of flying and now it is like catching a bus. If a bus service was delayed or cancelled would you kick up a fuss as well!!!!
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If a bus service was delayed or cancelled would you kick up a fuss as well!!!!
Ryanair are upfront with what service you can expect to receive so stop complaining and book with a major airline.
*is crushed under the weight of bitter experience*
Having said that I do fly them a lot!
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Well done Ryanair 
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I see that Ryanair put on extra flights to get Passengers home after all the snow and ATC problems, what good customer service, I mean other Airlines have just made people rebook on the next avaiable flight...
.I see that Ryanair put on extra flights to get Passengers home after all the snow and ATC problems, what good customer service, I mean other Airlines have just made people rebook on the next avaiable flight...
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Apologies, you are corect, I meant to say legacy airline instead of major airline.
Anyway, if you read my post I'm not bashing FR, I am just stating that the face of air travel has changed since the advent of loco's and that if you want the service we all took for granted years ago, you should book a LEGACY carrier, on saying that the LEGACY carriers' services have diminished as well since the loco's arrived too.
whats a major airline? i'd say 73 million pax would make ryanair a rather large airline. I dont know why bashers come on here . . . 
it adds nothing new..
it adds nothing new..
Anyway, if you read my post I'm not bashing FR, I am just stating that the face of air travel has changed since the advent of loco's and that if you want the service we all took for granted years ago, you should book a LEGACY carrier, on saying that the LEGACY carriers' services have diminished as well since the loco's arrived too.
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I actually agree with genius's original post. Size doesn't necesserely make you a major!!!
If you take the British Open Golf Championship, it has a first prize of about 750,00GBP and is cosidered a "Major", there are plenty of other tournaments in the world with prizes of a million and over and they are not considered "majors".
A major has history, culture and, if you like, breeding. BA has all three and Ryan only has one, that being a greed "culture".
I think the point genius was trying to make was that by major he meant legacy, the detractors here know that and were just being pedantic.
If you take the British Open Golf Championship, it has a first prize of about 750,00GBP and is cosidered a "Major", there are plenty of other tournaments in the world with prizes of a million and over and they are not considered "majors".
A major has history, culture and, if you like, breeding. BA has all three and Ryan only has one, that being a greed "culture".
I think the point genius was trying to make was that by major he meant legacy, the detractors here know that and were just being pedantic.