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.I imagine one carrier quietly happy if indeed the CAA has chucked a spanner in Ryanair's works is Jet2 on the Moroccan roures. Who knows, perhaps it was they that were the catalyst?
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From: BIRMINGHAM
I suspect this a case of Ryanair being their characteristically bombastic selves and assuming the UK CAA would just turn a blind eye because, well, they're Ryanair - God's gift to British air travel.
I imagine one carrier quietly happy if indeed the CAA has chucked a spanner in Ryanair's works is Jet2 on the Moroccan roures. Who knows, perhaps it was they that were the catalyst?
I imagine one carrier quietly happy if indeed the CAA has chucked a spanner in Ryanair's works is Jet2 on the Moroccan roures. Who knows, perhaps it was they that were the catalyst?
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Perhaps one of the issues might be finding CAA licenced crews and line engineers to work for them. Post the event that shall not be mentioned an EASA licence is as much use as an ashtray on a motorcycle when it comes to piloting a G- registered aircraft.
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Well that's my travel.pkans well and truly cocked up by the B gift that keeps on giving. First world problems and all that but very frustrating and I'm not impressed with FR at all. The same thing happened to Wizzair when they launched BHX-TIA, it went on sale before being taken off sale without a single schedule operating for the same reason. I guess FR thought they were above the law. As always, it's the customer that pays the price.
I don't think Jet2 are the catalyst. They have set up flights to RAK and AGA for package holiday travellers, their flight only prices are not wallet friendly at all. I have flown FR on numerous occasions to Morocco and all flights have had a very high proportion of Moroccan residents and Moroccans living in the UK visiting family for whom the FR flights would have been ideal.
WIth around 10 weekly flights lost at BHX from April as a result of this, will FR increase frequencies on other routes or introduce a new destination or simply keep the base at 7 aircraft instead of increasing to 8?
Let's hope easyJet have noticed and consider operating their BHX-RAK route year round instead of winter only.
I don't think Jet2 are the catalyst. They have set up flights to RAK and AGA for package holiday travellers, their flight only prices are not wallet friendly at all. I have flown FR on numerous occasions to Morocco and all flights have had a very high proportion of Moroccan residents and Moroccans living in the UK visiting family for whom the FR flights would have been ideal.
WIth around 10 weekly flights lost at BHX from April as a result of this, will FR increase frequencies on other routes or introduce a new destination or simply keep the base at 7 aircraft instead of increasing to 8?
Let's hope easyJet have noticed and consider operating their BHX-RAK route year round instead of winter only.
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Ryanair have today revised their forecasts for S25 downward, due to 737max delivery delays. And have also said that growth this year will now be reallocated to focus on Poland/Sweden/Italy for tax/financial incentive reasons.
More likely with constrained growth this summer, they're using the EU aircraft as outlined above to maximise return. Brexit may be a red herring here. But the UK government are definitely not incentivising airline traffic growth currently.
Ryanair Financial Update 27 January 2025
More likely with constrained growth this summer, they're using the EU aircraft as outlined above to maximise return. Brexit may be a red herring here. But the UK government are definitely not incentivising airline traffic growth currently.
While B737 production is recovering from Boeing’s strike in late 2024, we no longer expect Boeing to deliver sufficient aircraft ahead of S.25 to facilitate FY26 traffic growth to 210m passengers. Boeing delays have forced us to revise our FY26 traffic target to 206m (just 3% growth). We’re hopeful that the remaining 29 Gamechangers in our 210 orderbook will deliver before March 2026, enabling us to recover this delayed traffic growth in S.26 instead of S.25. Boeing expects the MAX-10 to be certified in late 2025 which, we hope, will facilitate a timely delivery of our first 15 MAX-10s in Spring 2027 (as contracted).
Over the coming year, we’ll reallocate this scarce capacity growth to those regions and airports (in Poland, Sweden and Italy) who are investing in growth by cutting/abolishing aviation taxes, and incentivising traffic growth. Almost all of our S.25 capacity is now on sale.
Over the coming year, we’ll reallocate this scarce capacity growth to those regions and airports (in Poland, Sweden and Italy) who are investing in growth by cutting/abolishing aviation taxes, and incentivising traffic growth. Almost all of our S.25 capacity is now on sale.
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RYANAIR CLOSES 2 AIRCRAFT BILLUND BASE IN RESPONSE TO GOVT’S HARMFUL AVIATION TAX
DENMARK LOSES 1.7M SEATS, 32 ROUTES, AND 2 AIRCRAFT FOR SUMMER 2025 AS RYANAIR SWITCHES CAPACITY TO COMPETING EU COUNTRIES WITH NO HARMFUL AVIATION TAXESRyanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Fri, 31 Jan) announced that it will close its 2 aircraft Billund base (a loss of $200m investment) and cut all routes to/from Aalborg from the end of March, in response to the Govt’s short-sighted decision to introduce an aviation tax of up to DKK 50 per departing passenger from Jan 2025, coupled with Billund’s failure to agree a competitive long-term agreement.
Denmark is one of the few EU countries that has yet to recover its pre-Covid traffic at just 95% of 2019 levels. This harmful aviation tax will further damage Denmark’s connectivity, tourism jobs and economy by making Denmark (particularly regional airports) hopelessly uncompetitive compared to competing EU countries like Sweden, Italy, and Hungary who are abolishing their aviation taxes to promote connectivity, traffic, jobs, and economic growth. In stark contrast, Denmark has bizarrely introduced an aviation tax, which has resulted in the loss of over 1.7m seats, 32 routes and 2 aircraft, as well as associated investment and jobs.
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RYANAIR CLOSES 2 AIRCRAFT BILLUND BASE IN RESPONSE TO GOVT’S HARMFUL AVIATION TAX
DENMARK LOSES 1.7M SEATS, 32 ROUTES, AND 2 AIRCRAFT FOR SUMMER 2025 AS RYANAIR SWITCHES CAPACITY TO COMPETING EU COUNTRIES WITH NO HARMFUL AVIATION TAXESRyanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Fri, 31 Jan) announced that it will close its 2 aircraft Billund base (a loss of $200m investment) and cut all routes to/from Aalborg from the end of March, in response to the Govt’s short-sighted decision to introduce an aviation tax of up to DKK 50 per departing passenger from Jan 2025, coupled with Billund’s failure to agree a competitive long-term agreement.
Denmark is one of the few EU countries that has yet to recover its pre-Covid traffic at just 95% of 2019 levels. This harmful aviation tax will further damage Denmark’s connectivity, tourism jobs and economy by making Denmark (particularly regional airports) hopelessly uncompetitive compared to competing EU countries like Sweden, Italy, and Hungary who are abolishing their aviation taxes to promote connectivity, traffic, jobs, and economic growth. In stark contrast, Denmark has bizarrely introduced an aviation tax, which has resulted in the loss of over 1.7m seats, 32 routes and 2 aircraft, as well as associated investment and jobs.
Must be like making a deal with the devil for most airports. Believe the saying goes.....Ryanair here today, gone tomorrow
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From Travel Mole:Budget carrier Ryanair says it wants to be the first airline flying to Ukraine again.
The airline has been planning for when a ceasefire eventually happens.
If that does transpire, Ryanair says it is able to quickly restart routes to Kyiv and Lviv.
We want to be the first airline back into Ukraine,” said Michael O’Leary.
It wants to fly from as many as 25 cities across Europe to Ukraine, including the UK.
Ukraine air travel effectively **** down overnight when Russia invaded nearly three years ago.
If a ceasefire can be agreed, Ryanair says it could set up airport bases within weeks.
“We have a plan to pivot five of our aircraft at bases all over Europe. We will cancel a route, say, from Stansted to the Canaries and we’ll send that aircraft instead to Lviv or Kyiv,” O’Leary the Independent.
“We have about 14 million Ukrainians dispersed all over Europe.
The airline has been planning for when a ceasefire eventually happens.
If that does transpire, Ryanair says it is able to quickly restart routes to Kyiv and Lviv.
We want to be the first airline back into Ukraine,” said Michael O’Leary.
It wants to fly from as many as 25 cities across Europe to Ukraine, including the UK.
Ukraine air travel effectively **** down overnight when Russia invaded nearly three years ago.
If a ceasefire can be agreed, Ryanair says it could set up airport bases within weeks.
“We have a plan to pivot five of our aircraft at bases all over Europe. We will cancel a route, say, from Stansted to the Canaries and we’ll send that aircraft instead to Lviv or Kyiv,” O’Leary the Independent.
“We have about 14 million Ukrainians dispersed all over Europe.
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From Travel Mole:Budget carrier Ryanair says it wants to be the first airline flying to Ukraine again.
The airline has been planning for when a ceasefire eventually happens.
If that does transpire, Ryanair says it is able to quickly restart routes to Kyiv and Lviv.
We want to be the first airline back into Ukraine,” said Michael O’Leary.
It wants to fly from as many as 25 cities across Europe to Ukraine, including the UK.
Ukraine air travel effectively **** down overnight when Russia invaded nearly three years ago.
If a ceasefire can be agreed, Ryanair says it could set up airport bases within weeks.
“We have a plan to pivot five of our aircraft at bases all over Europe. We will cancel a route, say, from Stansted to the Canaries and we’ll send that aircraft instead to Lviv or Kyiv,” O’Leary the Independent.
“We have about 14 million Ukrainians dispersed all over Europe.
The airline has been planning for when a ceasefire eventually happens.
If that does transpire, Ryanair says it is able to quickly restart routes to Kyiv and Lviv.
We want to be the first airline back into Ukraine,” said Michael O’Leary.
It wants to fly from as many as 25 cities across Europe to Ukraine, including the UK.
Ukraine air travel effectively **** down overnight when Russia invaded nearly three years ago.
If a ceasefire can be agreed, Ryanair says it could set up airport bases within weeks.
“We have a plan to pivot five of our aircraft at bases all over Europe. We will cancel a route, say, from Stansted to the Canaries and we’ll send that aircraft instead to Lviv or Kyiv,” O’Leary the Independent.
“We have about 14 million Ukrainians dispersed all over Europe.
https://dailynewshungary.com/wizz-ai...st-to-ukraine/
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From: BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND
Had too GOOGLE DAKHLA, not heard of the city before.....
Dakhla (Arabic: الداخلة, lit. 'The Peninsula', Hassaniyya:[ˌəd.daːχlə]ⓘ; formerly known as Villa Cisneros) is a city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara,[2] currently occupied by Morocco.[3][4] It is the capital of the claimed Moroccan administrative regionDakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab. It has a population of 106,277[1] and is on a narrow peninsula of the Atlantic Coast, the Río de Oro Peninsula, about 550 km (340 mi) south of Laayoune.
Dakhla (Arabic: الداخلة, lit. 'The Peninsula', Hassaniyya:[ˌəd.daːχlə]ⓘ; formerly known as Villa Cisneros) is a city in the disputed territory of Western Sahara,[2] currently occupied by Morocco.[3][4] It is the capital of the claimed Moroccan administrative regionDakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab. It has a population of 106,277[1] and is on a narrow peninsula of the Atlantic Coast, the Río de Oro Peninsula, about 550 km (340 mi) south of Laayoune.
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RYANAIR CLOSES 2 AIRCRAFT BILLUND BASE IN RESPONSE TO GOVT’S HARMFUL AVIATION TAX
DENMARK LOSES 1.7M SEATS, 32 ROUTES, AND 2 AIRCRAFT FOR SUMMER 2025 AS RYANAIR SWITCHES CAPACITY TO COMPETING EU COUNTRIES WITH NO HARMFUL AVIATION TAXESRyanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Fri, 31 Jan) announced that it will close its 2 aircraft Billund base (a loss of $200m investment) and cut all routes to/from Aalborg from the end of March, in response to the Govt’s short-sighted decision to introduce an aviation tax of up to DKK 50 per departing passenger from Jan 2025, coupled with Billund’s failure to agree a competitive long-term agreement.
Denmark is one of the few EU countries that has yet to recover its pre-Covid traffic at just 95% of 2019 levels. This harmful aviation tax will further damage Denmark’s connectivity, tourism jobs and economy by making Denmark (particularly regional airports) hopelessly uncompetitive compared to competing EU countries like Sweden, Italy, and Hungary who are abolishing their aviation taxes to promote connectivity, traffic, jobs, and economic growth. In stark contrast, Denmark has bizarrely introduced an aviation tax, which has resulted in the loss of over 1.7m seats, 32 routes and 2 aircraft, as well as associated investment and jobs.
