Ever hear of Norweigen Air Shuttle? They were the first LCC on transatlantic.

Ryanair won't launch transatlantic until they get a hold of a nice amount of Widebody jets (10+). At the moment these are in rather short supply, so I can't see Transatlantic for quite some time on Ryanair.

WEst Jet have been flying T/A for the last two years, started with Dublin last year and now Edinburgh this year.

What about wifi and connectivity?

Ever hear of Norweigen Air Shuttle? They were the first LCC on transatlantic.

Ever hear of Laker Airways?

Big newspaper article about MOL trying to cosy up to KLM for a feeder link. This has been broached with BA as well, as discussed on here. "Whatever next"? said Red Riding Hood to the Fox.

Westjet flew St Johns - Dublin for the summer season of 2014 and 2015, and its Halifax - Glasgow that launched for summer 2015 in addition to Dublin.

Who needs whom more ?

Ryanair heading in excess of 100 million passengers and on course to make €1 this year where as KLM is part of Air France............nuff said.

KLM makes profit and wants to dump AF. I would have thought, if KLM wants an LoCo external feeder, they would go to ez. All very hypothetical and very much wait & see, & out of our influence.
I wonder why everybody trumpets RYR profits. If I read the figures correctly ez makes more profit per a/c than RYR, but no-one trumpets that. Am I wrong?

AF own KLM so KLM has bugger all influence of what AF do.

Easyjet Fares are 38% higher than Ryanair

Would be time to make drastic changes if that forecast is correct :rolleyes:

28% according latest FR data however it's a numbers game and very easy for anybody to present them to make one side seem more appealing.

Ouch on 1 but I was correct on fares as I said Easyjet 38% higher than Ryanair (78/56), their claim is 28% lower than Easyjet which is also correct.

There are 'fares' & 'fares'. Is it apples & apples? That debate has been had many times between many carriers. I often fly a national carrier. Often its final paid price with luggage is cheaper than a LoCo from the same area, not necessarily airport. e.g. the final price is €120 national & €150 Loco. Not too much if convenience might dictate the higher fare. But, I'm then astounded, when clicking on 'fare details' of the national to see the 'ticket fare' is as low as €30. The add ons are security, pax tax, environment tax, ATC charges, airport xyz, etc. etc. In that case even the ticket fare was cheaper than the LoCo which started life at say €90. The LoCo price breakdown only publishes the add ons charged by the airline after you've bought the ticket. What puzzles me is that the ticket is sometimes, not this occasion, cheaper than the mandatory add-ons charged by the airport. How can that be???? Surely every carrier has to pay the local charges equally?
Thus it is still all a mystery and finding apples & apples is not easy. It still comes down to the final charges on the credit card.

NEW ROUTE

Bristol to Krakow

4 flights / week (MO-WE-FR-SU)

From March 17th 2016

Fair enough suppose lots of ways to look at it.

Generally yes but airport costs vary for gates/a-bridges/aircraft/terminal in some cases, time on ground etc.

It's really based on how you display the fee's to customers. FR have displayed the taxes previously but then loco's sort of moved to a single fare which flag carriers had but also allow a more detailed breakdown.

In some cases it's not practical to change passengers full fee's etc on every single route. UK-IE traffic would be a good example.

If what you say is correct then you have proved my point. The pax is only interested in the final price; i.e. the charge on the credit card. However, the PR for the airlines is to promote that they are the cheapest fare. Apples and any fruit you care to mention, but rarely the same. True for all carriers. There are too many quirks. Buyer beware.

NEW ROUTES

Rome-Fiumicino to Kos
Rome-Fiumicino to Creta Chania
Rome-Fiumicino to Corfu
Rome-Fiumicino to Crotone
Rome-Fiumicino to Trapani
Rome-Fiumicino to Malta

Starts 27 and 29th March 2016

NEW ROUTE

Copenhagen to Tenerife South

from 26th october 2015 (winter season only) 2 pw

Anyone with connections know what Ryanairs plans are for City of Derry Airport EGAE/LDY for summer 2016?

Still hoping they add a few more from Newcastle

Nowt yet for 2016 to GRO from EMA/BHX (non expected) or from BRS.
Don't tell me that Stanstead will be the only airport between London and MAN offering that route?
SSF

I wish Ryanair would introduce a MAN - STN service
I'm sure a deal is there to be had