Always good to see expansion for a british carrier.

Saw that film too – nice shots all round as usual.

One of the few similar Ryanair cases is the engine fire and evacuation in STN which was caused by a faulty batch of engine bearings from CFM which also led to a very similar problem with an Air France A320 shortly afterwords. Ryanair are now pioneers in Boeing’s new Maintenance Performance Toolbox which means even greater improvements to procedures. SeeBoeing Press Release for more. Daily maintenance is carried out at night at every base meaning all aircraft are checked by engineers and any recorded problems are rectifyied and are not left ‘deferred’ like certain other airlines. Heavy hangar maintenance is carried out in-house at Prestwick, Dublin and Stansted including Winglet Mods.

Thanks for this – a well presented and coherent article backed up by facts. Are Ryanair retrofitting winglets to the existing 737-800 fleet?

I’m with you on the tap tail fin – It’s a strange but interesting shot.

That skyeurope is brill – keep your eyes on the flight though not the plane 🙂

Nice shots