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Ryanair announces 21st base in Alicante, Spain
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (Thursday, 9th August 2007) announced its 21st base in Alicante. From November, Ryanair will invest $140m in 2 Boeing 737-800s to serve 11 new routes from Alicante.
Ryanair unveils biggest ever ski programme
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (8th August) unveiled its biggest ever ski programme. With 58 direct routes from the UK to European ski airports, Ryanair is leading the way to the mountains, with more choice than any other airline.
Ryan releases over 2 million tickets for just £10
Ryanair, Britain’s largest airline has called on British Airways to immediately remove what it calls “unnecessary” fuel surcharges. Ryanair, which this year will carry over 50m passengers is the only airline to guarantee its passenger will not now or ever levy a fuel surcharge. Ryanair is also the only airline in Britain to guarantee the lowest fares.
Ryanair guarantees no fuel surcharges ever
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (1st August) renewed its guarantee of ‘no fuel surcharges ever’ after British Airways was fined £121.5m by the UK Office of Fair Trading for inflating fuel surcharges in conjunction with other airlines.
Ryanair announces new routes for ski season
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, (Wednesday, 25th July 2007) announced 13 new routes that will start in October from its Bristol, East Midlands, Liverpool and Glasgow bases, and three new routes from Belfast City Airport. The airline also announced that it will reopen 5 routes to Grenoble and Salzburg for this year’s ski season.
Ryanair rejects “Tenpenny Management” jibe
Ryanair criticised the House of Commons Select Committee for its "tenpenny management" jibe and corrected the record by confirming that it only has ‘onepenny management’ by releasing 250,000 seats for sale on Ryanair.com for 24 hrs on the 26th July for just 1 penny including taxes for travel between November and January.
Record bookings for Ryanair’s new Bristol routes
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, has announced record advance bookings on 13 new routes from Bristol. Over 100,000 passengers have booked seats so far, since the new base was launched just 8 weeks ago.
It’s raining bookings for Ryanair
Irish airline Ryanair this week released booking statistics and rainfall patterns recorded by Met Eireann for Dublin Airport which prove that Irish passengers book more flights away on rainy days. Figures show a direct correlation between the weather and bookings with one notable exception caused by Ryanair’s free summer seat sale.
Ryanair to move Tenerife operations from north to south
Ryanair, Europe’s leading low fares airline, today (Friday, 20th July 2007) confirmed that it was moving its Tenerife flights from Tenerife North to Tenerife South with effect from the 18th October 2007. Operations to Tenerife North Airport will cease on the 14th October 2007. This change will affect all passengers travelling to Tenerife on the Dublin, Shannon and Girona (Barcelona) routes.
Ticket Text launches low cost ticketing on Ryanair.com
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, and Ticket Text, a Dublin based mobile technology company, today (Friday, 20th July 2007) announced an agreement that will provide Ryanair’s 52m customers with low-cost tickets for concerts, sport, theatres, galleries and exhibitions in Ireland, UK and the rest of Europe.
Ryanair slams Depratment for Transport
Ryanair, has questioned why it was not invited to take part in yesterday morning’s meeting called by the Department for Transport to discuss security restrictions at UK airports.
Ryanair announces 11 new routes
Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline has announced 11 new routes from its bases in Barcelona, Bremen, Brussels, Dublin, London, Marseille and Milan, which are on sale now at Ryanair.com.
Free seat sale triggers records bookings for Ryanair
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, announced yesterday that its 250,000 free seat giveaway (including taxes and charges) had triggered record bookings on Ryanair.com. At one stage today, bookings were running at more than double the normal hourly rate at over 20,000 per hour.
Ryanair flies 150 million UK passengers
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline today has announced it has carried its 150 millionth passenger to/from the UK since Ryanair started flying on a route from London Luton Airport to Dublin in May 1986. Since then Ryanair has grown to serve twenty-five countries, carrying 52 million passengers this year.
Ryanair to sue European Commission
Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, announced yesterday that it will sue the European Commission in the European Courts for its repeated failure to take action on a number of State Aid complaints involving Air France, Lufthansa, Alitalia and Olympic Airways, which were submitted to the Commission over a year ago.