Ryanair Takeover
I fail to see any positives following this proposed takeover by Ryanair. But in the case of BA taking over BMI this was a good move as BMI were a struggling loss making airline but in the case of the Ryanair takeover Aer Lingus... Are a profitable airline who are hugely important to the economy.
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But Ryanair are much bigger and more profitable than Aer Lingus and have much more potential for significant growth.
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But Ryanair are much bigger and more profitable than Aer Lingus and have much more potential for significant growth. FR have potential for growth but no major aircraft order what will happen in 12 months? |
But Ryanair are much bigger and more profitable than Aer Lingus and have much more potential for significant growth. The fact is, is that Aer Lingus is a brand that is only known in Ireland and that is its target market. It doesn't need or want to serve foreign markets like Ryanair does. It knows this market quite well and has been the only airline that was sucessfully able to compete with Ryanair. Ryanair are great at what they do, so great that we all know they would take advantage of a 90% hold on all travel off an island. You can say they'll let in competition, but just look back a couple of years ago at what happened with eazyJet and what is happening now in ORK with Wizz, you'd be a fool to think the same wouldn't happen again. |
Originally Posted by AerLingus321
As far as I know, Aer Lingus are more profitable per passenger than Ryanair, meaning that if both carried the same number of passengers, Aer Lingus would have the greater profit. So to say that Ryanair is more profitable is twisting the truth slightly as they are a much bigger airline so of course they'll have a greater profit.
You're twisting the truth yourself with this bollix statement that Aer Lingus is more profitable than Ryanair because they make more money per passenger. The fact is Aer Lingus posted an operating loss of €17.6m last year, while Ryanair posted an after tax profit of €400m. Revenue per passenger means nothing when you're losing money after costs.
Originally Posted by Aerlingus231
The fact is, is that Aer Lingus is a brand that is only known in Ireland and that is its target market. It doesn't need or want to serve foreign markets like Ryanair does.
Originally Posted by Aerlingus231
You can say they'll let in competition, but just look back a couple of years ago at what happened with eazyJet and what is happening now in ORK with Wizz, you'd be a fool to think the same wouldn't happen again.
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You're twisting the truth yourself with this bollix statement that Aer Lingus is more profitable than Ryanair because they make more money per passenger. The fact is Aer Lingus posted an operating loss of €17.6m last year, while Ryanair posted an after tax profit of €400m. Revenue per passenger means nothing when you're losing money after costs. Aer Lingus posts pre-tax profit €84m - The Irish Times - Tue, Feb 28, 2012 In not twisting the figures, I'm simply using a different method of presenting them as comparing the profit of an airline that carries 9.5 million passengers a year to that of an airline that carries over 76 million is obviously going to put things out of proportion. Of course it does, what an ignorant statement to make. Up to recently Aer Lingus had bases in Gatwick and Washington. So they very clearly are interested in pursuing foreign markets. |
To ignore any opportunities abroad is to go against all business logic. Aer Lingus is seens as Ireland's airline and trades succesfully as such. The record of these kind of airlines in other foreign markets is poor. Look at Air France on LHR-LAX or Lufthansa in Milan as Lufthansa Italia. |
Originally Posted by Aerlingus321
Operating profit of €49.1 Million for 2011
Aer Lingus posts pre-tax profit €84m - The Irish Times - Tue, Feb 28, 2012
Originally Posted by Aerlingus321
Firstly, the base in Washington was not really an Aerlingus base, but only one in name. The reason that was done was to occupy a long haul aircraft due to the lack of demand for long haul routes out of Ireland at the time, and was marketed as a United Airlines operation and not an Aer Lingus one. The Gatwick base was just one of Dermot Mannions mad hatter ideas to stroke his ego that went clearly wrong. They never should have opened that base IMO, even with the large Irish diaspora in London it struggled for years to get off the ground.
And again why shouldn't Aer Lingus be pursuing opportunities abroad? They'd be stupid not to. |
And how do you explain Aer Lingus applying for the domestic UK slots at Heathrow? I suppose that doesn't count either? |
Ryanair talking to foreign carriers about competing with them on routes that Aerlingus are now on reminds me of the saying "Come into my parlour said the spider to the fly". These carriers have far less brand recognition in Ireland than Aerlingus and are simply not equipped to compete with Ryanair on a sustainable basis. If Ryanair lower fares and/or increase frequencies which they are perfectly entitled to do these carriers will quickly withdraw from the Irish market and we'll be back to the defacto monopoly which existed at Irish airports up to the mid 1980's.
The only serious competition to Ryanair will be the Cross Channel Ferries! |
Have to agree
No airline will touch these routes As previously posted if they do arrive FR after a few months will copy routes, cheap fares, lost making and drive the competition away We have seen it before |
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Anybody have any idea if we can expect a new route or two from EI next summer. They tend to add a few most summers.
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Hopefully they will add a few. I'd love to see them reinstate Sofia would there be demand for it ? Would be great to see Helsinki and Athens continued throughout Winter. Menorca maybe ?? Maybe some new EIR routes like Inverness, Dundee, Carlisle & Newquay from Dublin. Maybe a few European city routes from BHD ?
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Ryanair offer aircraft and crew to EI if industrial action goes ahead over the next few weeks. I do agree with FR/EI's position on this as its not the airlines fault whats after happening.
Ryanair offers to aid Aer Lingus | Irish Examiner |
Poor old Racedo is bravely ploughing a lonely furrow for Ryanair on here. His position lacks a certain consistency however. Surely given his belief in the obvious superiority of ryanair, it'd be better for the nation if indeed the popular vision of the outcome of a successful bid did come to pass and ryanair did remove EI from the field. Over to you racedo, do tell us why you deny FR would shut EI in jig time when you obviously believe that the travelling public would benefit enormously from being offered no choice other than FR? You might also like to explain to us why micko, the former arch-disciple of competition, now feels the Irish public would benefit from a monopoly? |
FR offer aircraft & crew
Ryanair offer aircraft and crew to EI if industrial action goes ahead over the next few weeks. I do agree with FR/EI's position on this as its not the airlines fault whats after happening. Ryanair offers to aid Aer Lingus | Irish Examiner |
What use is the offer of crew and aircraft if its not the flight deck and cabin crew in EI that are on strike? This is just another publicity stunt by FR. Having an alternate irrespective of whether its used or not reduces potential impact and cost of strike. |
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Given your premis is that Ryanair would close down Aer Lingus is false |
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