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Ryanair hit by hub airport strike

16 June 2007

All flights in and out of Ryanair’s Belgian hub at Charleroi airport were grounded on Friday after security staff walked out in a wildcat strike.

A row over the privatisation of public sector security personnel caused the disruption, which began at dawn and spread to Liege airport in the east.

An estimated 8,000 passengers have been affected by the action so far.

source: BBC


Ryanair carries more international passengers than any other airline

13 June 2007

No-frills airline Ryanair Holdings carried more international passengers than any other airline last year, according to official figures.

Ryanair said the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) world airline passenger statistics for 2006 showed 40,532,000 cross-border passengers flew with it during the year, nearly 2,300,000 more than its nearest rival, Deutsche Lufthansa AG, which carried 38,236,000 passengers.

source: Forbes


Ryanair guarantees no fuel surcharges ever

11 June 2007

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, has criticised British Airways for increasing its fuel surcharge to £43 – its 9th increase since May 2004. Ryanair continues to guarantee no fuel surcharges ever.

Speaking today Ryanair’s Head of Communications, Peter Sherrard said:

“‘This is British Airways’ 9th fuel surcharge since May 2004. In that time the price of oil has doubled but British Airways’ fuel surcharge has increased 17 fold’.

“‘Ryanair guarantees the lowest fares and will never apply a fuel surcharge, not now, not ever'”.

source: Easier


Easyjet holds firm on profit forecast

7 June 2007

British low-cost airline easyJet reported a 13.8 per cent increase in May passenger numbers today, and said it would offset falling revenues per seat by cutting costs.

Average loadings fell 0.3 percentage points to 83.6 per cent of capacity. “‘Strong load factors, which were broadly in line with last year, were supported by targeted promotional activity and low lead-in fares,'” it said in a statement.

“‘For the second half we anticipate total revenue per seat to decline in the region of 5 per cent to 10 per cent versus last year,'” it added.

source: ireland.com


Irish airline Ryanair posts record profit

5 June 2007

Ryanair Holdings PLC posted a record full-year 2006 profit Tuesday amid higher fuel prices and strong competition, but offered a cautious forecast for 2007.

The Dublin-based airline said net income, excluding exceptional items, rose 33 percent to 401.4 million euros ($541.7 million) in the 12 months through March 31, while sales rose 32 percent to nearly 2.24 billion euros ($3.02 billion).

But chief executive Michael O’Leary said he expected to post less stellar growth in 2007, with overall profit growth slowing to 5 percent, mirroring the percentage drop for an average ticket.

source: WTOPnews.com


Ryanair criticised for plan to take on Eurostar with Brussels flights

2 June 2007

Ryanair came in for renewed criticism from environmental campaigners yesterday after it launched a route in direct competition with Eurostar.

Europe’s largest low-cost carrier reopened its Stansted to Brussels service yesterday, taking on the cross-channel train operator, whose passengers generate a tenth as much carbon dioxide per journey as plane travellers.

source: Guardian.co.uk


Ryanair planning eight new services from Shannon

31 May 2007

Ryanair has announced plans to begin operating eight new routes from Shannon Airport later this year.

The airline says it will be starting services to Birmingham, Fuerteventura, Kaunas, Leeds, Luton, Riga and Tenerife in November.

It will also be starting a twice-daily domestic service to Dublin and increasing the frequency of flights to Edinburgh and Manchester.

source: irishexaminer.com


Ryanair involved in 60 per cent of complaints to Irish regulator

25 May 2007

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair accounted for 60 per cent of complaints to Ireland’s Commission for Aviation Regulation, The Irish Times reported Friday.

Complaints about flight cancellations and delays at Irish airports were much higher for Ryanair than any other airline, figures from the commission showed.

source: monstersandcritics.com


Ryanair offers 1 million free seats

18 May 2007

Ryanair yesterday announced two new routes from Nottingham East Midlands to Budapest and Riga starting in October.

The carrier is East Midlands’ largest airline and will carry 1.8m passengers to / from the airport this year.

Ryanair also launched a new European price war by giving away 1 million free seats.

source: Avionews


Budget airline Ryanair to operate Budapest-UK route from October

18 May 2007

Ryanair, Europe’s fastest-growing airline, on Thursday said it will launch flights four times a week between Budapest and Nottingham, Britain, from the end of October.

Tomas Kulakowski, the budget carrier’s business and marketing director for Central Europe, said Ryanair was expecting 60,000 passengers to fly the route in its first year.

Although Kulakowski did not disclose whether the airline planned to launch additional flights from Hungary, he said “this is not the last route” that Ryanair hoped to operate from Budapest airport. He said within a month new routes could be established.

source: International Herald Tribune