Germanwings have launched a £1 fare from London -> Cologne.
Here is Ryanair’s response:
Ryanair, Europe’s only low fares airline today (Tuesday, 28th January 2003) announced a fantastic 50 pence seat sale on its London to Frankfurt route with 12,000 seats available. This fare includes all taxes and airport charges including insurance and is the lowest price ever offered in the UK.
The offer will start booking at midnight tonight (Tuesday 28th January) but must end at midnight tomorrow (Wednesday 29th January).
Announcing the seat sale today, Ryanair’s Deputy Chief Executive, Michael Cawley said,
‘This is the lowest fare ever offered from London and we are
proud to show our competitors once again how to run a seat sale. We are offering twice the number of seats at half the price for a flight period that is twice as long as Germanwings because we know what customers want.
We have consistently given them the lowest fares and the widest availabilityand hard as the competition may try, they can never match Ryanair’s lowfares and fantastic range of destinations.
“As there is limited availability on this offer and it is only available for booking for 24 hours I urge customers to book as soon as
there is sure to be phenomenal demand’.
LONDON – FRANKFURT for 50p
12,000 SEATS
Route: London-Stansted to Frankfurt-Hahn
Booking Period
Midnight Tue 28th Jan – Midnight Wed 29th Jan 03
Travel Period
10th February – 23rd March 2003
Fare
GBP 50p o/w including tax and insurance levy
Applicable days
Tuesdays and Thursdays
Book only on http://www.ryanair.com
By: Wingflaps - 29th January 2003 at 20:17
RE: Ryanair vs GermanWings
Have just booked four of us to go STN-HHN-STN with FR on 18/03 for £1 rtn each incl. taxes!
It wouldn’t except my booking-fee free card type, so I have had to pay a £4 fee, which doubled the cost!!
Schweins.
Ryanair are only doing this because they can’t shift the seats. My mates and i only travel when the low cost airlines are desperate to shift some capacity and they sell it off very cheap!! he he he
By: Jay330 - 29th January 2003 at 19:18
RE: Ryanair vs GermanWings
I flew on them recently, search under flight reports, I thought they were a great airline.
By: Wingflaps - 29th January 2003 at 19:11
RE: Ryanair vs GermanWings
I’m off to CGN with Germanwings for the day on 15th February with work mates. It is only costing £2 return incl. all taxes.
My mate booked us all a couple of months ago.
By: MapleLeaf_330 - 29th January 2003 at 17:12
RE: Ryanair vs GermanWings
Jazz only operate in western Canada, so I’m not sure what their rates are like. Westjet are competitive to be sure. The Montreal – Toronto route is always packed though (westjet does not operate this route). The cheapest you would find is $89 (about forty pounds) one-way plus heavy Canadian taxes, fuel surcharges and security sur tax.
Granted for some routes we have substantially further to fly, but the cash cows like Montreal could be cheaper. I think that the low frills concept is slowly taking shape.
By: andrewm - 29th January 2003 at 16:47
RE: Ryanair vs GermanWings
Wht r Jazz etc like. You hardly hear much about them!
By: MapleLeaf_330 - 29th January 2003 at 14:56
RE: Ryanair vs GermanWings
That is amazing! Oh, why can’t we have that in Canada? Wow!
By: T5 - 29th January 2003 at 13:28
RE: Ryanair vs GermanWings
I don’t seem to be getting a flight for £1. £49 is the cheapest I can get. (With GermanWings that is).
Anyone else tried it?
By: GaryLafferty - 29th January 2003 at 13:21
RE: Ryanair vs GermanWings
Also, Hapag Lloyd Express (owned by TUI) is offering a £12.99 fare including taxes from Luton to Cologne/Bonn:
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January 29, 2003 at 1:19 pm