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Ryanair continues operations out of Weeze
Ryanair has welcomed the issue of a new operating licence at Dusseldorf (Weeze) airport which will allow Ryanair to continue to base aircraft and operate its full flight schedule from the airport.
Ryanair to charge price comparison websites
Ryanair today announced that it will allow “price comparison only” websites to access its timetable and pricing information in order to compare Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares with those of high fares, fuel surcharging, competitor airlines.
Ryanair to close Dusseldorf base
Ryanair, Europe’s leading low fares airline, today confirmed that it will close its base at Dusseldorf-Weeze with the potential loss of 2.5m passengers and 2,500 local jobs if the decision by the OVG Court in Munster to restrict the airport’s operating hours is not overturned.
Ryanair passengers vote in favour of ‘fat tax’
Ryanair today announced that it will now consider how to charge a ‘fat tax’ after more than 30,000 passengers voted in favour of charging excess weight fees for very large passengers in an online vote over the past two weeks.
Ryanair and Hertz extend partnership
Ryanair confirmed that it has signed a new partnership agreement until 2014 with Hertz, the World’s largest general use car rental brand, which will see Ryanair passengers gain access to the Hertz car rental convenience and best value rates.
Ryanair calls on PM to scrap tourist tax
Ryanair has called on Gordon Brown to scrap his £10 tourist tax as BAA March figures confirm the decline of passenger traffic to and from the UK.
Ryanair to charge ‘fat tax’?
Ryanair is reporting that almost 20,000 passengers have voted in favour of charging excess fees for overweight passengers with over 45,000 votes registered so far for Ryanair’s passenger poll to select the airline’s next discretionary charge.
Higher airfares for overweight travellers?
Ryanair has announced that it received over 12,000 suggestions from passengers as part of the airline’s competition to suggest a discretionary revenue charge which would help lower Ryanair’s costs and reduce its guaranteed lowest fares even further.
Ryanair launches three new Italian bases
Ryanair has launched three new Italian bases (now totaling seven) at Alghero, Bologna and Cagliari Airports offering a total of sixty-seven domestic and international routes, generating over four million passengers per annum and supporting four thousand jobs in Italy.
Ryanair appoints director for new route development
Ryanair has announced the appointment of Mr. Ken O’Toole as Director of New Route Development. In this role Ken will be responsible for the continued expansion and management of the Ryanair route network, the allocation of aircraft fleet, commercial relationships with airports and drive to reduce airport costs.
Ryanair welcomes Warsaw ruling
Ryanair has welcomed the decision of the Regional court in Warsaw to dismiss a personal damages claim by ex-CEO of LOT, Mr Marek Mazur, following the use of his photograph in a humorous Ryanair advert in April 2007 about a then-topical news story about Mr Mazur’s dismissal from LOT - a story which was widely covered in the Polish media at the time.
Dutch government scraps tourist tax
Ryanair has welcomed the Dutch Government’s decision to scrap the tourist tax introduced in 2008. Ryanair called again on the Irish and UK Governments to follow this example and scrap the Irish tourist tax and Gordon Brown’s £10 airport tax.
Ryanair advises passengers to opt-in to travel insurance
Ryanair is warning that passengers who wish to travel with the security of travel insurance must now opt-in when they are making their booking on Ryanair.com.
Pau Airport to close for system upgrades
Ryanair has confirmed that it will not operate scheduled flights to/from Pau Airport for two weeks between 27 July and 8 August as the airport closes to upgrade its ILS landing systems to improve landing capability in adverse weather conditions.
Ryanair announces two new routes at East Midlands
Ryanair today announced that it will add two new routes from East Midlands Airport in July - to Barcelona (Reus) and Palma. Ryanair now has thirty-four routes from East Midlands and the latest two will increase Ryanair’s traffic at the airport to over 2 million passengers per annum which will sustain 2,000 local jobs.