Category: travel

  • Warning over airlines’ hidden extras

    “Airlines are devising new ways to levy extra charges on passengers, says a report from Holiday Which? Legal changes in 2007 forced airlines to include compulsory taxes and charges in headline prices. Ryanair is the worst offender, according to the magazine. Last week, the one-bag restriction on hand luggage was lifted at 21 British airports…

  • Discount carrier Ryanair seeks entry to TA market

    “Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair, is examining options to operate regular flights to Israel from Scandinavia, Germany, Italy and center of Europe, the Tourism Ministry said Wednesday, even as El Al announced plans to raise fares by 4%. Ryanair, which operates 516 routes from 26 cities in 23 countries across Europe, determines charges for each destination…

  • Ryanair’s expansion plans

    “RYANAIR was the latest budget airline to unveil major expansion plans at Manchester Airport when it announced services to the cities of Milan, Marseille, Girona in Spain and Bremen in Germany would start next year. The Irish carrier will operate a total of 12 services a week to those destinations initially. ” Link: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

  • Now Ryanair to expand

    “RYANAIR, Europe’s largest budget airline, is set to announce a major expansion of its Manchester services. The move by the Irish carrier comes hours after MEN Business broke the news that easyJet will begin operating out of Manchester early next year.” Link: http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

  • Newquay Cornwall Airport

    “Ryanair flies once a day from London Stansted to Newquay providing customers an easy way to access Newquay and Cornwall. Ryanair will also be providing flights to Alicante and Girona as of March 2008.” Link: http://www.newquaycornwallairport.com

  • Spanish consumers group slam Ryanair pin-up calendar

    “A charity calendar sold by Ireland’s low-cost airline Ryanair showing its air hostesses in skimpy bikinis demeans women and breaks the law, a Spanish consumer group said on Tuesday. The Ryanair 2008 calendar called “The Girls of Ryanair” has photos of air hostesses posing in and outside of planes, dressed in bikinis rather than their…

  • Rugbys all over the place.

    Saw this in Krakow, looks like DC might have to start travelling further afield soon…..

  • Ryanair scraps plans to use Eindhoven as hub

    “Irish budget airline Ryanair will not develop a second hub at Eindhoven airport in the Netherlands due to the Dutch cabinet plans to impose an extra environmental charge on air tickets, Dutch news agency ANP reported Tuesday.” Link: http://news.xinhuanet.com

  • Ryanair lands in last place for eCommerce

    “Ryanair has come bottom of an online Irish shopping survey, despite being named one of the most efficient airlines in Europe by the Association of European Airlines. On Friday, the airline topped the European organisation’s newly released league table, which assessed airlines based on punctuality and the number of bags lost. Despite this good performance…

  • Ryanair cabin crew girls strip off for charity calendar

    ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?They have been trying to ditch their dubious reputation and work-hard play-hard image for decades. But a dubious new calendar featuring scantily-clad Ryanair girls posing in the skimpiest of bikinis will do nothing to improve public perception of the trolley dolly.???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? Link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk

  • Ryanair Ltd – ASA Adjudication

    ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?A national press ad, for Ryanair, was headlined ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?ROBBED BY LAST MINUTE.COM????¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? The ad showed a cartoon picture of a burglar with ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?ONLINE AGENT???¢?¢?€š?¬?‚?? written on his top. Further text stated ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?IF YOU BUY A RYANAIR TICKET THRU AN ONLINE AGENT YOU’RE BEING RIPPED OFF… *THEY OVERCHARGE BY 100% OR MORE *THEY DON’T PROVIDE CORRECT…

  • Ryanair forced to raise ticket prices

    ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?IRISH low-cost airline Ryanair has lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission, after rival airlines forced them to increase ticket prices due to rising fuel surcharges. Last month, German flag carrier Lufthansa, Air France, KLM of the Netherlands and Swiss all said they would add the surcharges to their ticket prices in response to…

  • Ryanair Could Expand to Russia

    ???¢?¢?€š?¬?…?€?Ryanair Holdings Plc, Europe’s biggest discount airline, may add flights outside the region if countries enter into bilateral agreements with the European Union, the carrier’s head of route development said. Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Russia and Ukraine will probably sign so-called open-skies agreements liberalizing air travel with the EU, Bernard Berger said Thursday in an…

  • France

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  • New Ryanair Army advert ‘crass’

    “Ryanair has been criticised over its latest advertisement Ryanair has been accused of “scraping the bottom of the barrel” with its latest advertisement which features the Army’s withdrawal from Northen Ireland.” Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6946702.stm .