It's only Ryanair who pay 0 fees to airports in Spain. Other airlines do get reduced fees but they are not 0 anyway.

If Ryanair and Aer Lingus don't act on the reduced tax now it will be back to €10 in the next budget. If there is growth in tourism this year then it may be axed in the next Budget. This is a time for Ryanair to prove that it damages tourism.

The charges at Dublin Airport are very cheep to some European airports. Ryanair expect to fly to major airport for nothing.

I haven't seen Ryanair kick up a fuss about the French travel tax but I don't know how much it is myself.

The reduction in travel tax is fantastic, at this much reduced rate expect a major announcement from Ryanair all closed routes ex Shannon to be reopened and Knock to get 50 new routes!!!:O

Trondheim Værnes Airport could soon become the northernmost in the entire Ryanair network, according to sources from Norway.

Avinor (the airport authority) has received a letter from Ryanair that they are planning a major offensive in the Scandinavian market over the next few years and want to discuss the possibility of starting flights to Værnes as early as April next year. They hope to get an agreement with the Airport very soon.

Avinor responded that they are working to rise the amount of direct routes to and from Trondheim and Trøndelag, and that the request from Ryanair is very interesting. There's one catch, though. Avinor has sent Ryanair a list of prices that airlines must pay to fly from Værnes hinting it will be ready to arrange a meeting with the airline only if the carrier agrees to these terms.

With this great new saving on tax, several passengers will be able to club together and afford to check a suitcase! :ok:

Perhaps those who are away for more than a few nights.

Or maybe those who care about hygeine issues.

Well seriously, what a joke it is that MOL moans about taxes, when if you book a Ryanair flight nowadays you have to wade through about two pages of trumped up Ryanair charges before you get to the end of your once £14.99 flight. I suppose you have all noticed how many peeps turn up at the gate with large jackets with poachers pockets in the hottest weather.

It's been so far so good for him, and I know that when Ryanair works it works fine, but at the moment he is just annoying far too many people, and as all marketing and customer relations staff know that this is a very bad long term thing. I know a few people who have met MOL (I haven't) and they all say he is a very smart guy who knows what he is doing.....it's him or marketing theory, one will have to give.

Web site down
 

The FR web site has been down for hours today-I wonder how they are going to handle PAX who could not check in on line?

FR 6626Edinburgh - Lanzarote DIVERTED diverted to fuerteventura due to fog at lanzarote. passengers to be coached to lanzarote.

just seen on ryanair website flights to lanzarote diverting to fuerteventura because of fog.
passangers to be 'coached' to lanzarote...
does someone in ryanair not know fuerteventura, lanzarote are islands:ugh::ugh:

looking at flightstats, it shows 2 FR flights cancelled. yet, nothing else cancelled. must be some coach they are using!

edit: for accuracy. aer lingus and binter had one canx each as well

Irish Lad

Did you not know that Ryanair use Fuerteventura Lanzarote international airport for flights to Lanzarote. Its actually only about 25miles away which is pretty close for an FR airport :)

Yes they can be bussed-because there's a ferry between the two islands on which the bus can travel...

Lanzerote v Fuerteventura
 

Are well at least on the way to corralejo to catch the ferry they go past probeley the best beaches in europe and realise Fuerty is a better bet next time :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Germany
 

Looks like the announcement of the "retaliations" against the German airports is imminent, resulting from the new air tax there. Most probably all domestic routes will go. Weeze will lose two planes and as much as 13 routes (e.g. all 3 connections with Poland). Frequency reductions on some other routes. Also Bremen will likely be stripped of some key links like the one to Bergamo or Liverpool.

Perhaps those who are away for more than a few nights.

Or maybe those who care about hygeine issues.


Correct me if I am wrong but to carry 'normal' sizes of such necessities as toothpaste and deodorant one needs to carry these in hold luggage!

Whats wrong with travel size, you can buy at 100ml size

I dont think that this is the appropriate threat, but I think that security at all airports is similar. I am more concerned over the very personal searches which are getting more inappropriate by the day.

Regular travellers will know numerous ways of bypassing these security checks, I'm not going to highlight them. I believe that its more about pacifying the public and at least providing some sort of token barrier rather than preventing someone who was determined.

Cuts in Germany - big mistake
 

So Wizzair has won ! They are big at DTM. And expanding at HHN. Really odd that FR is stopping Polish-German connections, just ahead of 1st May 2011 when the Polish people (and all other 2004 ascension countries) have full EU workplace freedom, finally also in Germany, just with their passport. At least they keep KUN, RIX and still open TLL. Scrapping BHX from NRN is no surprise, loads poor and flying times odd, FR's BHX effort is ever-shrinking and this only follows HHN and others. FR should re-consider, giving-up a very big share in the EU's biggest economy just about a fairly small tax (much lower than UK's). The competition will be pleased, e.g. at DUS that's FlyBE, BA and LH. "Auf Wiedersehen, Ryanair": the planes lost from HHN are now in the Canaries.

FR & Girona
 

Any experts out there know when/how the dispute between these two is going to be resolved?
Normally April-Aug flights on FR are bookable by the previous November.
There are no flights from BHX, EMA,STN etc in range to GRO after 1st April although all the other "sunshine" destinations are bookable including REU!

will ryanair be expanding into LBA soon with any new routes or any more based aircrafts?