July 15, 2003 at 9:40 pm
Ryanair
Could launch at least 30 new routes into mainland Europe from Dublin, Cork and Shannon after the proposed breakup of Aer Rianta, the state airports authority. Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O’Leary said that his airline will launch 20 routes out of Dublin to France, Italy, Spain and Scandinavia, and another 10 to 12 routes from Cork and Shannon – if the airports introduce lower charges.
Could see some more routes to the UK for the homing pigeons!
By: andrew_airbus - 15th August 2003 at 21:48
Ryanair has confirmed a widespread expansion for the winter season, during which the airline will operate on 125 routes to 84 destinations in 16 countries. The low cost airline will introduce additional daily frequencies tto Bolonga, Eindhoven, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Newcastle, Newquay, Oslo, Rome, Stockholm and Verona and intends to double frequencies from 3 to 6 times daily from October 26.
By: Saab 2000 - 14th August 2003 at 15:08
Jet2 would be interesting from Bournemouth though the destinations would be fairly limited I suppose if you consider that Flybe. and Jet2 have a very similar network so how that could work would be questionable.
By: martin_EGTK - 14th August 2003 at 12:00
Bhoy, good point there mate, Ryanair are marketing Bournemouth as having four destinations now, but only three will be running at anyone time…….cheeky :p
By: T5 - 14th August 2003 at 11:25
Originally posted by Polar Impact
T5, quit your silly bickering – now.Let others decide whether they deem Ryanair to be ‘fair’ or not. Obviously millions of people don’t seem to mind, so again, I urge you to stop your petty anti-Ryanair BS.
This thread was about RYANAIR NEWS. If you want to bash Ryanair, fine – go and set up your own “anti-Ryanair” forum, otherwise just pipe down.
When you’re a moderator and have been using the forum as long as I have, I might pay some attention to your pointless posts.
We’re meant to be talking about aviation, not each other.
I am, as you pointed out, free to air my opinions. I do not need people like yourself telling me what I can and can’t say here. Also, whre I should go if I want to speak like that. If such things aren’t said, the forum would be incredibly dull. If I did not say that, this topic would no doubt be dead by now. Topics which only last for a day are two are tedious. However, ongoing topics are always good fun and my reply was in response to someone who said that Girona was called Barcelona-Girona.
If you’re going to play Mr. Moderator and lay down the rules for us, I want you to do the following.
* Since I was not allowed to go off topic because this was a Ryanair News topic – give LBARULES a good telling off. In all fairness, he was the first person to talk about Ryanair calling Girona, Barcelona.
* Secondly, I must let people make up their own minds. Then what is Saab 2000 doing? “You’ve got to admire Ryanair…” Err. no, not quite. I’ll make up own mind.
No offence to the two mentioned, but a fair point, I’m sure you’ll agree.
Never again do you tell me what I can and cannot say on a forum I have been using for almost 2 years, considerably longer than you. You cannot expect just to come in and be the “control freak” who constantly wants things their own way.
By: LBARULES - 14th August 2003 at 11:13
London South- LMAO 🙂 nice one mate.
By: Hand87_5 - 14th August 2003 at 08:57
Doesn’t Girona mean London South in RyanAir language? 😀
By: Bhoy - 14th August 2003 at 01:00
Re: Ryanair news
Anyone else wonder how this
this new destination from Bournemouth brings the list up to four destinations from Ryanair to Frankfurt/Hahn, Dublin, Barcelona/Girona and Glasgow Prestwick.
Tallies with this
However, it isn’t all good news for Bournemouth as the Barcelona route will be replacing it’s current once daily service to Frankfurt/Hahn.
??
So Barcelona makes it four FR destinations ex-Bournemouth, namely Girona, Dublin, Prestwick and er… the one that Girona is replacing? :confused: :rolleyes:
By: Polar Impact - 13th August 2003 at 22:48
Hi Monarch
Ex-FR about to move on to EK as CC, but hopefully an office-based role after that.
T5 is free to air his opinions, bien sur.
But then, so am I. Even I pose questions re Ryanair, but mostly in jest.
Maybe I was too harsh this time (hot off another forum where similar rubbish was written), but my opinion at the time was that T5’s tone in this, and other FR-related threads was derogatory, and I reserve the right to question why this is necessary. Apart from that, the thread was beginning to turn into another silly argument about FR’s use of 2ary airfields, a subject which has been done to death, and everyone already knows about.
I guess I got a little hot under the collar, but not for no reason. As I said, if pple want to air grievances about FR, that’s A-OK with me (no doubt some are justified), but not in the middle of another thread which deals with GOOD news.
ciao
By: Duesseldwarf - 13th August 2003 at 22:39
Polar Impact
Are you a Ryanair employee? Good on you if you are – let’s not get me wrong here. Thanks to them I have ‘been around’ this year. I am a glad they are around. However, T5’s opinion is allowed to be aired on the forum – that’s what it’s about, surely? I think your tone (if you can call it that when it’s in writing!), was slightly harsh.
Can’t we all be friends on this forum? – PPRuNe seems to be the place for tireless bitching, especially if you are a pilot!
😀 😀 😀
By: martin_EGTK - 13th August 2003 at 20:58
I didn’t hear anything about Jet2 at Bournemouth but you would have to say that it would be an ideal move with Channel Express being based there.
It’s only a matter of time until a loco takes up Buzz’s place at Bournemouth.
By: Saab 2000 - 13th August 2003 at 20:56
You have to admire Ryanair, if anybody will be around after saturation point is reached then certainly it will be them through O’Leary’s tough talk and management. You only have to look at how many small towns and cities want a piece of the action to see their astounding success. Just look at what they have bough the local economy of Cornwall as an example of the Ryanair “Magic”, so to speak.
Anyway, did anybody hear the rumours of Jet2 down at Bournemouth?
By: Polar Impact - 13th August 2003 at 19:37
T5, quit your silly bickering – now.
Let others decide whether they deem Ryanair to be ‘fair’ or not. Obviously millions of people don’t seem to mind, so again, I urge you to stop your petty anti-Ryanair BS.
This thread was about RYANAIR NEWS. If you want to bash Ryanair, fine – go and set up your own “anti-Ryanair” forum, otherwise just pipe down.
By: T5 - 13th August 2003 at 19:06
Ah yes, but this bus will cost some money, possibly even as much as the £30 flight that the passengers are on.
And Ryanair will be working with the bus company. By throwing business its way, they are going to want commission. So it seems fair, but really it’s not.
By: martin_EGTK - 13th August 2003 at 18:54
To be fair to Ryanair, they do always offer a bus service to the city in question which connects with every flight.
By: T5 - 13th August 2003 at 18:43
Originally posted by LBARULES
I love the way they call it ‘Bareclona Girona’ 🙂
That’s apparently what Ryanair do. They claim to take you to a well known city airport (BCN in this case) and then they dump you off at some cheap equivalent, several miles away.
I guess it is much like a person wanting to fly into London (presumably Heathrow) but actually being flown into Luton or Stansted.
By: dan777 - 13th August 2003 at 17:31
It could be a possibilty that Bournemouth will be the next British base – they did cancel the buzz contract there but never ruled out that they wouldnt return. Fingers crossed!
Regards
dan777
By: Polar Impact - 13th August 2003 at 16:05
Hey come on guys, everyone already knows the deal with Ryanair and the airports they use…no need to start another thread about that!
I hope the communities at either end of each route derive benefit from the new services – not just of Ryanair, but other LCCs.
I think it’s great to see regional airports being served in this way. If BA ain’t interested, so much the better if LCCs come in instead.
rgds
By: LBARULES - 13th August 2003 at 15:50
I know Ren, When I flew to Girona in 99 I went on a trip to Barca and was about 2 hours away. But thats Ryanair for you.
By: Ren Frew - 13th August 2003 at 15:48
Have you ever tried getting to Barcelona from Girona ? A cab to the station (20 mins), a train to Barcelona (90mins). It’s a bit like calling Dundee Airport, Glasgow-Dundee.
By: Saab 2000 - 13th August 2003 at 14:46
Good news for Bournemouth, Ryanair obviously teaching someone a lesson….