Ryanair withhold landing fees
 

As posted to Alt.travel.uk.air

Paper report read today states that Ryanair is alientating UK Airports by demanding they halve their landing charges, according to Bristol
Airport commerical Director Mike Luddy.

The Carrier blames the impact of September 11 for its decision *** to withhold 50% of its landing charges countrywide***

Wonderful, they use the airports, land and take off and then decide not to pay 50% of the already agreed charges for that service. How
nice!

Hmmmmmmmmm. Their landing fees at most places is already pretty low. Not paying 50% of them will cause a lot of small airports problems. Furthermore, one of the first signs of trouble is often landing fees and/or fuel uplifts not paid for...

I thought airports can impound the planes for non payment ??? could be interesting

There's no doubt about it, Ryanair must win the award for the most ARROGANT airline EVER.

They have been crowing like mad about how well they have managed through the worst aviation crisis in decades, while at the same time screwing the airports and blaming the aviation crisis.

Let us hope that some of the airports work the same system and padlock a few of their aircraft for non payment.

Isnt this just the corner shop of aviation.....?

Maybe the airports should demand the airport fees be paid before the aircraft can take off. That would steady things up a bit. Aircraft don't have to take off but they do have to land. Isn't M'OL also spiteing the very airports that allowed him in part to make his airline the success it is.

It's a symbiotic relationship. You've probably seen 'em before on National Geographic.

Now, which one is the sucker?

Yeah and I`ve seen many parasitic ones too.!

I seem to recall one carrier that didn't pay their landing fees, at LHR. That was ignored for a long time, until one day they showed up with a brand new Tri-Star on an "Inaugral" bash complete with press day and fireworks. The crew for the return flight arrived at the aircraft to find a writ pasted to the entry door and a barricade to prevent push-back. Landing fees are like TV licences, they always get you in the end.

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Through difficulties to the cinema

Hugmonster,

Where I come from, statements like this are called $hit stirring......

Furthermore, one of the first signs of trouble is often landing fees and/or fuel uplifts not paid for...

Mutt.

Well for the company that boasted bumper traffic increases in the last few months of ??%, was highly crittical of other airlines who wanted government handouts to help out after Sept 11, I have two words for you......BULL S**T! :)

In my past experience, landing fee arrears =
2 tugs parked at your rear!

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Bet they haven't tried it at any BAA airports - them tugs and sheriffs is fast

Hey Mutt, if you take a historical slant on it, e.g. AE, Dan Air, and more recently BWA, all of whom in their latter days were tight for cash (i.e. struggling to pay the bills), then perhaps Huggy has a point.

The golden rule of running an airline (or any business come to that) is to protect your cash flow, because once that's dried-up you're stuffed !

Isn't what Ryanair are doing simply theft?

Many people have had pay cuts since September 11th, and they can't simply pay J Sainsbury half the shopping bill each month..

Its Just Ryanair flexing their muscles yet again, and people giving in to them.

Like it or not guys, Ryanair and other LOW cost carriers, are the wave of the future, landing fees notwithstanding.
Is BA still going ahead with their plan to dump short-haul routes because they cannot compete?
Would not be surprised.

Does this mean I only have to pay half my ticket cost?

Ryanair! Dontchalov'em? Theres nowt wrong with trying to persuade the airports to give them the 50% discount discussed here. Trying to get off with half the fees you have already been charged on the other hand, is something quite different.
Perhaps it makes a little more sense when read alongside Ryanairs 'recruitment' policy. You know, application £50, sim ride £150, type rating £15,000 etc. Then there is the matter of the £6,800 start salery for junior F/O's.
Anyone else see the ghost of a trend developing here?

£6800, Wow!

Isn't that less than minimum wage?

Not for an Irish Airline

Is it true, that minimum for an Irish airline is zero minus 15, 150, 15.000, (uniform)...?

chris_MD80