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Ryanair launches new routes from Birmingham Airport
Ryanair had today launched 14 brand-new services from Birmingham Airport - to Malaga, Alicante, Murcia, Palma, Katowice, Krakow, Frankfurt (Hahn), Fuerteventura, Prague, Szczecin, Derry, Dusseldorf (Weeze), Kaunas and Bologna. Ryanair now operates a choice of over thirty destinations from Birmingham including flights to Dublin, Barcelona (Girona), Porto, Oslo (Torp), Bratislava, Stockholm (Skavsta), Biarritz and many more destinations.
Ryanair launches seven new flights from London Luton
Ryanair is today (Tuesday 28 October) celebrating inaugural flights on seven new routes - to Derry, Kaunas, Rzeszów, Szczecin, Trapani, Beziers and Biarritz - from London Luton Airport. Today will see four routes take to the sky - Kaunas, Derry, Szczecin and Trapani. Yesterday (27 October) saw the inaugural Beziers flight. And in the coming days, Rzeszów and Biarritz will commence operation.
Ryanair launches eight new routes from Stansted
Ryanair today (28 October) launched eight new routes from London Stansted - to Malaga, Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Madrid, Tenerife South, Katowice, Bologna and Zweibrucken. Ryanair celebrated by offering 1 million £1 (including taxes and charges) seats for travel in November, December and January which are available to buy on ryanair.com until midnight Thursday 30 October.
Ryanair launches new flights from Glasgow Prestwick
Ryanair launched two of its three new destinations from Glasgow Prestwick Airport yesterday. And the one hundred and seventy-eight passengers checking in for this afternoon's flight to Tenerife were treated to a carnival atmosphere in the terminal.
Ryanair closes Valencia base
Ryanair has announced the closure of its base at Valencia following the refusal of the Comunitat Valenciana to engage in constructive discussions in relation to the promotion of the airport and its routes across Ryanair’s network in Europe. The closure will lead to a loss of over 70 weekly Ryanair flights, 750,000 passengers per annum and over 750 jobs in the region.
Ryanair to open two new bases in Italy
Ryanair has announced that it will open two new Italian bases in Alghero and Cagliari, in March 2009. These two new bases will create 8 new domestic and 11 new international routes to/from the island of Sardinia.
Is Santa the next victim of air travel slowdown?
Ryanair has confirmed that Santa Claus will be the next victim of the global air travel slowdown as Ryanair swipes business from ‘the fat man in the red suit’ with the launch of its 2008 Christmas gift vouchers. Ryanair is so confident that its Christmas gift vouchers will be this year’s top gift that it has opened a new website (ryanairvouchers.com) to meet demand.
Ryanair says business is booming in Belfast
Ryanair today released official UK CAA traffic statistics for the period January to July 2008, which shows Belfast City traffic growing by 28% (the fastest growing airport in the UK).
Ryanair slams BA’s ‘token gesture’
Ryanair has slammed the British Airways decision to marginally reduce its long haul fuel surcharge as a token gesture. Ryanair claims that BA is still ripping its passengers off with unjustified fuel surcharges and called for BA to cut all fuel surcharges by at least 40% on all routes.
Ryanair to rescue pop charts?
Ryanair has launched a joint assault on the pop charts with Mr. Superfly. Passengers who have travelled with Ryanair since 1st April will be familiar with the Ryanair “Trolley Song”; the perky tune that alerts travelers to the arrival of the trolleys during flights. This song itself has already become quite a talking point with passengers who instantly recognised its appeal.
Ryanair increases frequency from Madrid
Ryanair has announced that from November it will base two new aircraft (value $140 million) in Madrid, open four new routes (Alicante, Palma, Santiago and Valencia) and double the frequencies on three existing routes (Dublin, Milan and Santander) as it adds 75 new weekly rotations at its Madrid base. Ryanair will now offer six domestic and 17 international routes from Madrid on six based aircraft.
Ryanair postpones services at Dusseldorf
Ryanair yesterday announced that due to strike action at Boeing it has had to postpone the operation of 11 new routes from Dusseldorf (Weeze). As a direct result of this strike, which has delayed the delivery of new aircraft, Ryanair has had to cancel 20 return services to/from Dusseldorf (Weeze) which were due to operate on the 27th, 28th and 29th October (please see below for routes affected).
Ryanair’s Birmingham services affected by Boeing strike
Ryanair yesterday announced that due to strike action at Boeing it has had to cancel 25 return flights to/from Birmingham. As a direct result of this strike, which has delayed the delivery of new aircraft, Ryanair cannot now operate flights on 21 routes to/from Birmingham between 24th and 28th October as originally scheduled.
Ryanair announces new aircraft and new routes
Ryanair today (1st Oct) announced that from November it will base two new aircraft (value $140million) in Madrid, open four new routes (Alicante, Palma, Santiago and Valencia) and double the frequencies on three existing routes (Dublin, Milan and Santander) as it adds 75 new weekly rotations at its Madrid base. Ryanair will now offer six domestic and 17 international routes from Madrid on six based aircraft.
Ryanair calls on competitors to reduce fuel surcharges
Ryanair has today (1st October) called on its competitors to reduce their fuel surcharges as oil prices have fallen by over 30% in recent weeks. Ryanair made the call as it launched a 1 million, £1 (including taxes and charges), Winter Seat Sale for travel in October, November and December with seats available on ryanair.com until midnight Sunday 5th October.