Can anyone confirm that the Ryanair 737-200s are due for retirement this month? I still haven’t got round to flying one but have found some cheap fares in the beginning of April. Is it likely that the UK routes such as LTN, DUB, CWL, LBA etc will be operated by 737-200s for much longer, or is this months 738 delivery going to see the noisy ones go forever? 🙁
By: Jeanske_SN - 18th March 2004 at 20:15
Is the Hertz car rental and Vodaphone still around? Or are these retired?
By: Hand87_5 - 18th March 2004 at 19:25
Or the Jaguar one 🙂
By: grahamskipton - 18th March 2004 at 19:13
Like this one ??
By: andrewm - 17th March 2004 at 21:28
Ryanair will always do logojets as a) the company who want it painted with their livery pay for painting and b) they charge rent!
Also everyone knows its a ryanair
By: Jeanske_SN - 17th March 2004 at 21:13
yes why not? There is no airline boss with the nickname Mister Nostalgy!
By: Hand87_5 - 17th March 2004 at 09:47
So it means that all the beautiful logojets will go ?
Do you know if FR has some plan to use some 738 as logojet?
By: steve rowell - 17th March 2004 at 09:17
732’s are getting a bit long in the tooth now and probably a bit uneconomical to operate
By: EGNM - 16th March 2004 at 23:25
yep as stated above the flights are on the B737-300s now. Last time it was the BAe 146-300 which i was very chuffed about as this was my first trip on a 146!
By: Jeanske_SN - 16th March 2004 at 20:32
Not so long ago then, propably at the end of the year? I saw one in stansted in december.
By: Mark L - 16th March 2004 at 20:21
Buzz 146s all went back to the lessors months ago.
By: Jeanske_SN - 16th March 2004 at 20:16
Originally posted by EGNM
NEVER! Keep the -200s, usually the highlight of the day at work (i like all things noisy), unless the RAF decide to give us an inpromptu Tornado flypast – always good too!Seriously though I think i would rther have Ryanair return the B733s and keep a few -200s. I am in fact scheduled to fly on one of the -300s in about 10 days or so on the BLK-STN route, returning a few days later. Hopefully these will be the “yellow birds” – not the ones in the hybrid mess!
Sorry, but that’s gonna be an ex-buzz Bae 146 I think!
Read Ryanair’s profit report, released in the end of January. I rmember Michael O’Leary mentioned the retirement of these 737’s.
By: byezycaptainben - 16th March 2004 at 16:09
Well all the Ryanair flights to Newcastle are now operated by Islandflug 734’s.
By: LBARULES - 16th March 2004 at 15:29
The Early morning DUB-LBA-DUB is the Islandflug 734, but all the other flights are on the 732.
By: EGNM - 16th March 2004 at 15:29
NEVER! Keep the -200s, usually the highlight of the day at work (i like all things noisy), unless the RAF decide to give us an inpromptu Tornado flypast – always good too!
Seriously though I think i would rther have Ryanair return the B733s and keep a few -200s. I am in fact scheduled to fly on one of the -300s in about 10 days or so on the BLK-STN route, returning a few days later. Hopefully these will be the “yellow birds” – not the ones in the hybrid mess!
By: jethro15 - 16th March 2004 at 15:20
Ryanair currently have 21 B737-200”s
Two are WFU at Dublin, and Four are WFU at Prestwick
The plan is to withdraw all but the 230srs (Which will remain in service for a further 12mths) at the end of March, or shortly after.
However, Ryanair are trying to gain better lease terms for the ex Buzz B733’s (Six a/c). If they fail to do so, these a/c will be returned to the lessor, and a number of 200srs a/c which were due to go this year, will be retained in service for the time being.
Hope this makes sence!!
By: Ren Frew - 16th March 2004 at 13:18
Dying out at PIK apart from the stored ones.
By: bmi-star - 16th March 2004 at 13:17
732 sill going strong at MAN and LPL:)
By: G-OJET - 16th March 2004 at 12:59
I was at STN yesterday, and they were still taking off from there. Not sure where too though 😉
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