I love that livery – well done them!

Welcome aboard FlyMonarch!

I hate to, but……

despite loving all things Geordie, especially Toon Airport, I can’t see this being a huge success. It just seems to be clutching at straws to me. If anything low-cost to Germany from the Toon would be a good idea, it would be Munich, in my opinion.

And before the flow of posts asking me what I know start, I really do love and know Newcastle – I’m an ex-Gill employee. Still miss the ol’ place!

Whatcha like man?!? 😀

Well, I for one am glad that Ryanair are around and that I am lucky enough to live within 35 miles of their biggest UK base. I hope to be able to fly them regularly for many years to come.So, I won’t be seeing any of you onboard then? :rolleyes:

Do you not think that Ryanair would just drop the routes if they became unprofitable if the subsidies stopped and prices on those routes increased, but passenger numbers decreased?

There are plenty routes that they sell at very low fares, without subsidies, that earn them part of their £165m annual profit too.

Even if Ryanair had to increase the prices on the routes mentioned, I still doubt if any of the competition would be as cheap to these same airports, never mind the fact that a connection would more than likely be necessary and therefore, I see demand still being there for lower cost (lower than traditional airlines), direct services.

I do not understand why some of you guys seem to want Ryanair to fall on their arse? Have they not allowed many of us to travel at times when we otherwise would have been at home doing something a lot less exciting? :confused:

Yes, Ken, I did indeed point out that it was an extract and not my own words.

Also, using your examples, it would seem that the airport (the company actually providing the wheelchair service to Mr Ross – it was NOT Ryanair providing the service – it’s just that the airport invoice Ryanair and not the passenger) WOULD in fact be the other side of the passenger’s wheelchair service contract. Would this not be the case if it WAS the airport and NOT the airline providing the service, as was the case here?

The contract attached to an airline ticket (or booking) would be for providing air transportation only and not for any third party servies, surely?? After a passenger checks in, it is not the airline’s responsibilty to get them to the aircraft at the gate. The onus lies solely on the passenger there. No other third party service is included with any airline ticket. If your ‘opinion’ is correct I look forward to my free petrol and parking next time I fly.