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Ryanair NewsRyanair launches €5 weekend seat sale
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (20th Aug) released 500,000 €5 seats for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in September and October. Ryanair announces four new London Gatwick routes - to Bologna, Faro, Milan Bergamo and Porto
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (17 August) announced that it will open four new routes from London Gatwick - to Bologna, Faro, Milan Bergamo and Porto - and will increase the frequency of its London Gatwick to Oslo Rygge route to ten flights per week. Ryanair condemns Unite’s latest strike
IRELAND : Ryanair today (12th Aug) condemned Unite’s latest airport staff strike in late August which is timed during the peak summer travel period to disrupt the travel plans of thousands of passengers and their families. Ryanair launches €6 weekend seat sale
IRELAND : Ryanair today released 500,000 €6 seats for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in September. Ryanair announces new London Stansted route to Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (4 August) announced that it will open a new twice-weekly service from London Stansted to Plovdiv in Bulgaria which will commence on 2 November with fares from £32.99 one way inclusive of taxes. Ryanair’s 3 new winter sun routes from Cork
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (28th July) announced that it will operate three new winter sun routes from Cork this winter, to Faro, Fuerteventura and Malaga, at much lower winter sun fares than Aer Lingus. Ryanair: Bournmouth winter schedule announced
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (15th July) confirmed that its Bournemouth base will operate on a nine month seasonal schedule as the UK Govt’s £11 tourist tax prevents its operations from the airport being economically viable during the winter months of November, December and January. Ryanair calls for Dublin Airport to transfer its €1.2bn White Elephant T2 to NAMA
IRELAND : Ryanair cuts Dublin Winter capacity by 15%, as Dublin Airport traffic falls to 17m in 2010 Ryanair launches Leeds Bradford winter schedule with 13 routes
IRELAND : Ryanair Launches Leeds Bradford Winter Schedule With 13 Routes, Including New Services To Dussledorf, Gdansk and Fuerteventura. Ryanair launches €10 seat sale
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, announced that from midnight (24:00hrs) Tue 29th June it will release 500,000 €10 seats for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in September and October. Ryanair introduces optional larger (20kg) checked-in bag allowance
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (17th June) announced that passengers can now choose a larger (20kg) checked-in bag allowance for €/£25 as an alternative to Ryanair’s standard (15kg) checked-in bag allowance which costs €/£15. Passengers who require a second checked-in bag can purchase an additional 15kg allowance for €/£35 (via Manage my Booking). Ryanair: Court rejects passenger compensation claim
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (26th May) welcomed the decision of the Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm which declared that passengers are not entitled to compensation in cases where extraordinary circumstances apply, as the court overturned the decision of the District Court of Nykoping which awarded two passengers compensation (even though it accepted extraordinary circumstances were present) in breach of the provisions of EU261. Ryanair’s Malta base opens today
IRELAND : Ryanair, the World’s favourite airline, today (18th May) opened its 42nd base at Malta with one based aircraft and 19 routes which will increase Ryanair’s traffic at Malta to 800,000 passengers p.a. and sustain 800 jobs at Malta Airport. Ola Barcelona as Ryanair commences new three times weekly service from Ireland West Airport Knock
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline today, Thursday May 6th 2010, commences a new 3 times a week service from Ireland West Knock to the hugely popular sun and city break destination of Reus-Barcelona in Spain. More Ryanair flights launch from Glasgow Prestwick this week
IRELAND : GLASGOW Prestwick emphasised its status as Scotland’s low-cost gateway to top European destinations this week with the launch of SIX great Ryanair routes. Ryanair announces 41st base in Malta
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (4th Mar) announced it would open its 41st base at Malta in May 2010 with one based aircraft and 19 routes (6 of which will be new). Ryanair’s new Maltese base will deliver up to 800,000 passengers p.a. (and sustain 800 jobs in Malta) on over 120 weekly flights as Ryanair invests over $70 million at Malta Airport. Ryanair to continue operating flights srom Shannon to Liverpool and Edinburgh
IRELAND : Minister of State and Clare Fianna Fail T.D. Tony Killeen says he has received notification from the Shannon Airport Authority that Ryanair has reversed an earlier decision to withdraw its services from Shannon to Liverpool and Edinburgh. Ryanair’s new flight to Poland sees JLA become joint top UK airport for Polish destinations
IRELAND : Ryanair today announced a new route from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) to Szczecin in North East Poland, with a twice weekly service starting on 21st May 2010. Ryanair’s 6 new routes to Greece
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (25th Feb) gave the Greek Economy a much need boost as it launched its guaranteed lowest fares on six new routes to the Greek holiday destinations of Kos, Rhodes and Volos for the first time. Ryanair announces new Newcastle to Oslo route
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (24th Feb) announced that it will open a new route from Newcastle to Oslo-Rygge (approx 50kms south of Oslo) which will commence on the 19th of May 2010 and operate three times per week with fares from £23.99 one way inclusive of taxes. Ryanair announces 3 new Edinburgh routes to Faro, Marrakesh & Paris
IRELAND : 2.5M RYANAIR PAX P.A. AT Edinburgh Ryanair announces second £8M Prestwick Hangar
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, announced that it will build a second maintenance hangar at Glasgow Prestwick Airport at a cost of £8m which will create 200 new engineering jobs, increasing the total jobs sustained by Ryanair in Ayrshire to over 2,400. The facility, which is due to open in October 2010, was announced in Prestwick by Scotland’s First Minister, Alex Salmond and Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary. Ryanair loses visibility to EasyJet online
IRELAND : Ryanair has lost almost 60% of its visibility online since September 2009, reveals independent research by Greenlight, the UK's leading award winning search marketing agency. Ryanair announces 40th base at Kaunas (Lithuania)
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (9th Feb) announced it would open its 40th (and first Central European) base at Kaunas (Lithuania’s second largest city) in May with 2 based aircraft and 18 routes (9 new). Ryanair’s new base will deliver up to 1m passengers p.a. and sustain 1,000 jobs at Kaunas with over 120 weekly flights as Ryanair invests over $140 million at Kaunas Airport. Ryanair announces 25 new routes
IRELAND : Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (3rd Feb) announced further expansion throughout Europe with the introduction of 25 new routes to/from Alicante (1), Barcelona Reus (5), Barcelona Girona (1), Bratislava (3), Bristol (2), Cork (7), East Midlands (2), London Stansted (3), Milan Bergamo (2) and Pescara (1) from April/May next. Ryanair Welcomes EC Finding of no State Aid in the Bratislava Investigation
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline, today welcomed the European Commission’s confirmation that Ryanair’s agreement with Bratislava airport does not involve any State aid. This decision marks another successful conclusion of a State aid investigation involving Ryanair, in addition to the Charleroi judgment in December 2008. Ryanair calls on “missing” Minister for Transport to support IAA stand
IRELAND : Ryanair today (20 Jan) called on the missing Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey to unequivocally come out in support of the Irish Aviation Authority’s stand against blackmail by the Air Traffic Controllers who are seeking a 6% pay increase, at a time when their workload has fallen by 25%. Ryanair: Govt must keep Irish airports open despite strike
IRELAND : Ryanair today called on the Dept of Transport to ensure that Ireland’s airports are kept open tomorrow, even if the overpaid, underworked semi-state employees of the IAA monopoly decide to go on strike at a time when traffic to/from Ireland is collapsing. Ryanair: BMI is latest casulty of €10 tourist tax
IRELAND : Ryanair, Ireland’s favourite airline, today (Jan 12 10) said that the closure of British Midland’s Dublin base, the loss of 33 jobs, and up to 300,000 passengers annually was yet another inevitable result of the Irish Government’s €10 tourist tax and the recent direction by the Dept of Transport to increase Dublin Airport charges by 40% from January 2010 onwards. These Govt price increases have made Dublin an expensive and uncompetitive tourist gateway. Ryanair to accept Laser card payments
IRELAND : Ryanair today (22nd Dec 09) announced that will begin accepting Laser card payments on www.ryanair.com from January 31st 2010. MasterCard Prepaid will remain Ryanair’s free form of payment while other payment methods, including Laser, are subject to €5 administration charges. Ryanair's reaction to BAA appeal on Monopoly break-up
IRELAND : Ryanair today (21 Dec 2009) said it was deeply disappointed by the decision of the Competition Appeals Tribunal to allow part of the appeal by the BAA monopoly that there might have been the appearance of possible bias in relation to an advisor to the Greater Manchester Pension Fund which is a shareholder in the Manchester Airport Group which formed part of the consortium which bought Gatwick Airport. Ryanair confirms Boeing negotiations have terminated unsuccessfully
IRELAND : Ryanair, today (Fri 18th Dec 09) confirmed that its quarterly Board meeting yesterday determined that its negotiations with Boeing for an order of up to 200 new B737-800 series aircraft for delivery during the period 2013-2016 cannot be successfully concluded prior to the end of the calendar year and accordingly the Board of Ryanair have confirmed that its negotiations with Boeing have terminated unsuccessfully. Ryanair: 39th Base - Faro, 6AC, 28 routes & 1.3m pax
IRELAND : Ryanair announces 39th base at Faro. Ryanair's 38th Base - Malaga, 4 aircraft, 39 routes & 2m pax
IRELAND : Ryanair today announced it would open its 38th base at Malaga in June 2010 with 4 based aircraft and 19 new routes (39 in total) being launched. Ryanair will create over 200 direct jobs and offer 360 weekly flights to/from Malaga in an investment of over $250 million in the airport. Ryanair: Alicante growth - 3 new AC, 7 new routes
IRELAND : Ryanair announced today (1st Dec) that, from March 2010, it will base three new aircraft (9 in total), open 7 new routes (56 in total), and deliver 3m passengers p.a. at its Alicante base which will sustain 3,000 local jobs. Ryanair will deliver over 500 weekly flights to/from Alicante in an investment of over $600 million at the airport Ryanair announces 37th base at Oslo Rygge
IRELAND : Norways's first base. 3 aircraft, 16 new routes and 1.7M passengers p.a. from 2010 Ryanair to close six Basel routes
IRELAND : Loss of 18 weekly flights and 250,000 passengers from 02-Dec-2009. Ryanair adds extra Paris flights
IRELAND : Ryanair, Ireland’s largest airline, today (19th Oct) announced that in addition to our regular daily flights to Paris (Beauvais) from Dublin and Shannon we will operate extra flights for the World Cup playoff match in Paris on Wednesday 18th November. Ryanair reports further multiple breaches of consumer legislation
IRELAND : Ryanair reports further multiple breaches of consumer legislation by screenscraper ticket-tout websites. Ryanair urges Jet2 boss to avoid check-in queues
IRELAND : Ryanair, the World’s favourite airline, called on Jet 2 boss, Philip Meeson, to avoid the stress of flying on Jet 2 with its long check-in lines, and skip queues altogether by flying on one of Ryanair’s lower fare, web check-in, no queue flights. Lufthansa Technik Brussels provides line maintenance for Ryanair
IRELAND : Eight aircraft to be maintained at Brussels South Charleroi. SAS surprised yet again of Ryanair's behaviour
IRELAND : Although Ryanair a few weeks ago refused its original offer of free flights to SAS' board members to experience the low-service airline, SAS Group's Director of Communication and Executive Vice President, Claus Sonberg, today made his first flight with Ryanair, which could be followed via both Facebook and Twitter. Ryanair’s fleet grows to 200 aircraft
IRELAND : Ryanair, today (6thSept) took delivery of another new Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft from Boeing’s Renton facility in Seattle, USA. Ryanair increases check-in bag allowance from 1 to 2 bags
IRELAND : Ryanair, the World’s favourite airline, today (4th Sept) announced a series of changes to its baggage policies and charges which will come into effect for all new bookings from 1st October 2009 onwards. Ryanair launches £35 Easyjet rescue fare
IRELAND : Ryanair today (3rd Sept), launched £35 (one way including taxes and charges) rescue fares for Easyjet passengers who have had their travel plans disrupted by Easyjet’s exit from East Midlands Airport. Ryanair slashes Europe’s lowest ski fares
IRELAND : Ryanair, the World’s favourite airline, today (1st Sept) launched its Winter Ski Programme 2009/10 which offers 50 weekly flights from 7 UK airports to ski destination in Cuneo, Grenoble, Lourdes, Salzburg and Turin at the lowest ski fares in Europe this year! Ryanair Launches €25 Skyeurope Rescue Fare
IRELAND : Ryanair today (1st Sept), launched a €25 (one way including taxes and charges) rescue fare* for SkyEurope passengers who may have been left stranded or have had their travel plans disrupted by the bankruptcy of the airline yesterday. Ryanair calls for "yes to Europe" vote on 2nd October
IRELAND : 26-Aug-2009 Ryanair today (26th Aug) called on all Irish voters to turn out on 2nd October next and vote “Yes to Europe” Ryanair growth at JLA with 2 new Winter routes announced
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, today announced the addition of two further destinations to its route network from Liverpool John Lennon (JLA) for its Winter schedules, with flights to Agadir (Morocco) and Bremen in northern Germany starting in October 2009. Ryanair will close 9 of its routes to and from Manchester
IRELAND : Today Ryanair has announced that from 1 October 2009 it will close 9 of its routes to.from Manchester. These are Barcelona (Girona), Bremen, Brussels (Charleroi), Cagliari, Dusseldorf (Weeze), Frankfurt (Hahn), Marseille, Milan (Bergamo) and Shannon. Ryanair Cuts Stansted Winter Capacity by 40%
IRELAND : Ryanair, the World’s favourite airline, today (21st July) announced a 40% capacity cutback in its Stansted Winter Schedule starting in October ’09. Ryanair operated 40 aircraft from Stansted this summer but will reduce this to 24 aircraft (a 40% reduction) this winter with a 30% reduction in the number of weekly flights and a loss of 2.5m passengers at Stansted between October and March 2010. Ryanair freezes growth at nine UK bases with immediate effect
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, confirmed (23-Jun-2009) that it will freeze growth at its nine UK bases with immediate effect. Ryanair highlighted that Gordon Brown’s GBP10 tourist tax, combined with the BAA Monopoly’s high airport charges have caused the loss of over 4.5 million passengers at the BAA UK airports in the first five months of the year. Ryanair Passengers must check in online
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, confirmed that its website www.ryanair.com will close for a 10 hour period from 19:00hrs 24-Jun-2009 until 05:00hrs Thursday (25th June) due to an essential upgrade maintenance. Ryanair apologises for any inconvenience caused by this maintenance work. Ryanair’s May Traffic Three Times That of BA
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, confirmed that it carried three times the UK and Europe traffic of British Airways with 5.5million passengers opting for Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares in May, representing an increase of 9%, while BA’s UK and Europe passenger numbers fell by 8% to just 1.7 million. Ryanair’s Glorious Victory for German Consumers
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, celebrated a glorious victory in the Hamburg Courts which upheld an earlier decision (of the Regional Court of Hamburg) to grant Ryanair an injunction preventing Vtours, an unauthorised ticket-tout website, from scraping Ryanair’s website to resell its flights at inflated prices in breach of Ryanair’s Terms of Use. New DAA Chairman reverse Dublin Airport's service failures
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, (27-May-09) called on newly appointed DAA Chairman, David Dilger, to address the appalling service levels at Dublin airport after queues of up to half a kilometre at airport security resulted in over 100 passengers missing early morning flights at Dublin Airport. Ryanair credit card 0% for switchers
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, 26-May-09 launched an online credit card offer providing 0% interest for the first 10 months* on balance transfers, which is four months longer than any other credit card 0% “deal” currently available. Ryanair’s 10 month interest free period allows extra time for new customers to reorganise their finances. The rate thereafter and on card purchases is 14.9% APR (variable). Ryanair Fare Information on Momondo.com
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, announced that it has signed a licensing agreement with Momondo.com, a “price comparison only” website, which will now see Ryanair.com’s guaranteed lowest fares displayed on Momondo’s travel search engine. Ryanair Responds to Aer Lingus’
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline today (22 May) responded to the latest false claims issued by Aer Lingus to the Irish press last evening. Aer Lingus made the following false claims Ryanair Condemns BAA Monopoly
IRELAND : Ryanair, the UK’s favourite passenger airline, condemned the BAA airport monopoly for its decision to appeal the Competition Commission’s recent pro-consumer decision to break up the BAA airport monopoly’s stranglehold on London’s airports. Ryanair’s profits to gain altitude amid recession
IRELAND : Ryanair Chief Executive, Michael O'Leary, has confirmed he remains “comfortable” with analyst estimates of a EUR60-80 million profit for the 12 months ended 31-Mar-09 (with the results to be released at the beginning of June). Mr O’Leary earlier forecast the carrier’s profits will “jump substantially” over the next 12 months - a comment that has put considerable support under the airline’s share price lately. Ryanair welcomes decision to reduce airport taxes to zero
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today welcomed the decision by the Spanish Government to reduce airport taxes to zero for all airlines that maintain or increase the traffic they achieved at Spain’s largest airports in the second half of 2008 during the corresponding period this year. Ryanair offering 80% fares
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (14th May) has slashed its fares by 80% giving travelers in the West a chance to visit top UK destinations from Ireland West Airport Knock, including Liverpool, Bristol, East Midlands, London Luton & London Stansted from as little as EUR 5. Ryanair Moves to Web Check-In Only
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, 13 May 09 confirmed that from 20-May-09 all new passenger bookings, including those travelling with infants and checked in bags, will move to online check-in and ‘bag-drop’ only as Ryanair phases out the use airport of check-in desks from its 146 airports by 01-Oct-09. Ryanair launches '1 Million May Madness Seats'
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, slashed (07-May-09) its lowest fares by 75% as it released 1 Million May Madness Seats for travel in late May, June and early July which are available until midnight 10-May-09. Ryanair price comparison only website
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, 28-Apr 09 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 calls for an inquiry into the DAA monopoly by the Office of the CAG
IRELAND : Ryanair, called (24-Apr-09) for an urgent inquiry into the DAA monopoly by the Office of the CAG (Comptroller & Auditor General), as the DAA’s latest accounts support Ryanair’s belief that the DAA monopoly is yet again “gaming” the regulatory system. Ryanair reveals one in three passengers vote for 'fat tax'
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (22-Apr-09) 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 to close Dusseldorf-Weeze base if decision by OVG Court to restrict operating hours is not overturned
IRELAND : Ryanair confirmed (22-Apr-09) that it will close its base at Dusseldorf-Weeze with the 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 launches Italy’s first in-flight mobile phone service onboard five aircraft
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, launched (21-Apr-09) Italy’s first in-flight mobile phone service onboard five Rome (Ciampino) based aircraft. Ryanair, la mayor aerolínea de bajo coste de Europa, acaba de lanzar el primer servicio de telefonía móvil a bordo en cinco vuelos con destino al Aeropuerto romano de Ciampino. Este es el último paso por parte de la aerolínea para adaptar su flota de 180 aviones y así poder ofrecer a todos sus pasajeros este servicio en sus vuelos. Ryanair passenger survey
IRELAND : Ryanair urged passengers to use their vote in order to influence whether or not the airline should introduce a ‘fat tax’ for overweight passengers. Ryanair has received almost 100,000 votes to date and most passengers are calling for a charge for overweight passengers, while many are urging the re-introduction of smoking onboard. Ryanair calls on Gordon Brown to abolish GBP10 tourist tax
IRELAND : Ryanair called (15-Apr-09) on Gordon Brown to scrap his 'failed' GBP10 tourist tax Ryanair ha pedido a (15-Apr-09) Gordon Brown la desaparición de la desastrosa rentabilidad de la tasa turística de 10 £, como lo han demostrado las cifras publicadas por la BAA para el mes de marzo. Ryanair solicita al Gobierno laboralista seguir el mismo ejemplo de Bélgica y Holanda quienes recientemente optaron por prescindir de dicha tasa con el fin de fomentar el turismo. Ryanair announces 20,000 passengers vote for 'fat tax'
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (14-Apr-09) 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. Ryanair signs partnership with Hertz
IRELAND : Ryanair confirmed (14-Apr-09) that it has signed a new partnership agreement until 2014 with Hertz, which will see Ryanair passengers gain access to the Hertz car rental convenience and best value rates. Ryanair receives over 12,000 suggestions for discretionary revenue charge competition
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (08-Apr-09) that it received over 12,000 suggestions from passengers as part of the low fares 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 to transfer all flights to/from Pau to Lourdes for two weeks while airport is upgraded
IRELAND : Ryanair confirmed (07-Apr-09) that for two weeks (27-Jul - 09-Aug) all flights to/from Pau will transfer to Lourdes (40km from Pau) while Pau Airport undergoes upgrade works to its landing systems which will enable more Ryanair flights to land safely in adverse weather conditions. Ryanair criticises Aer Lingus for high fares and making misleading comments
IRELAND : Ryanair knocked (07-Apr-09) 33% off its 1 million lowest fares which are now just EUR6.70 one way including all taxes and charges (for travel in May and June), as passengers continue to desert high fare Aer Lingus in favour of Ryanair’s lower fares and no fuel surcharge guarantee. Ryanair calls upon Aer Lingus to appoint David Begg as CEO
IRELAND : Ryanair called (06-Apr-09) upon Aer Lingus to appoint David Begg, the President of ICTU (and already a EUR40,000 p/a Director of the airline), as the new CEO of Aer Lingus Group plc in recognition of the fact that the unions and Government control the Board and the Management of Aer Lingus, they have done so for many years, and will continue to run Aer Lingus to protect the vested interests of its trade union workforce, at the expense of its passengers and shareholders. Ryanair’s four new routes
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (02-Apr-09) that from Jul-2009 it opens its 32nd base with one aircraft at Pescara and opens four new routes at this new base. Ryanair calls on Irish Government to abolish tourist tax
IRELAND : Ryanair called (30-Mar-09) on the Irish Government to take immediate steps to reverse the current collapse of traffic and tourism at the Irish airports by: Ryanair opens three new Italian hubs, launches EUR5 sale
IRELAND : Ryanair launched (30-Mar-09) three new Italian bases (now 7 in total) at Alghero, Bologna and Cagliari Airports offering a total of 67 domestic and international routes, generating over 4m passengers p/a and supporting 4,000 jobs in Italy. Ryanair will base 2 aircraft at each of these three airports bringing Ryanair’s total investment in Italy to 26 aircraft worth almost EUR2billion. Ryanair 'ridicules' claims by Celebrity Cruises and Royal Caribbean International
IRELAND : Ryanair ridiculed (26-Mar-09) the claim of Celebrity Cruises and its sister brand, Royal Caribbean International when they announced they wouldn’t be working with Ryanair due to service issues associated with the airline. Ryanair welcomes decision of Polish Court to dismiss ex-LOT CEO claims
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline welcomed (26-Mar-09) 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 Apr-07 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. Ryanair launches special flight for Man United Champions League fans
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (26-Mar-09) that it will operate a special European Champions flight from Liverpool to Porto for the Man United Champions League quarter-final match on 15-Apr. This Champions League Special will depart from Liverpool Airport at 07.00hrs on 15-Apr and return from Porto to Liverpool at 13.45hrs on 16-Apr. Ryanair celebrates delivery of 200th Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft
IRELAND : Ryanair celebrated (25-Mar-09) the delivery of its 200th brand new Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft. This year Ryanair’s fleet will carry 67 million passengers as it continues to grow traffic with its guaranteed lowest fares, which now average just EUR34, as passengers save billions by switching to Ryanair from high cost fuel surcharging flag carrier airlines. Ryanair advises passengers to opt-in to travel with insurance
IRELAND : Ryanair warned (25-Mar-09) that passengers who wish to travel with the security of travel insurance must now opt-in when they are making their booking on the company’s website. Ryanair advised passengers, especially those who rely on the comfort of preloaded insurance cover, that they will no longer benefit from travel insurance cover unless they opt-in for cover at the time of their booking. Ryanair welcomes Dutch Government's decision to scrap tourist tax, urges UK Ireland and UK to follow
IRELAND : Ryanair welcomed (25-Mar-09) 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 GBP10 airport tax which has caused traffic to collapse at most UK airports during the past year. Ryanair goes ahead with GBP1 toilet charge
IRELAND : It seems the criticism received from key consumer groups has done little to deter Ryanair’s CEO, Michael O’Leary, from going ahead with the on-board toilet charge of GBP1. Paris Beauvais Tille Airport to close for one week in June
IRELAND : Ryanair confirmed (24-Mar-09) that it will be unable to operate scheduled flights to/from Paris (Beauvais) between the 03 - 10-Jun (inclusive) as the airport closes for one week to upgrade its landing systems to enable more Ryanair flights to land safely in adverse weather conditions. Ryanair announces two new east midland routes
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (24-Mar-09) that it will add two new routes (34 in total) from East Midlands Airport to Barcelona (Reus) and Palma in July which will increase Ryanair’s traffic at East Midlands to over 2 million p/a which will sustain 2,000 local jobs. Ryanair calls on government to keep airport open despite strike
IRELAND : Ryanair called (24-Mar-09) on the Department of Transport - the downtown office of the DAA - to ensure that Ireland’s main Airport is kept open next Monday, even if the overpaid, underworked semi-state employees of the DAA and IAA monopolies decide to go on strike at a time when traffic to/from Dublin Airport is collapsing. Ryanair welcomes Competition Commission's decision to break up BAA Monopoly
IRELAND : Ryanair welcomed (19-Mar-09) the Competition Commission’s final report which recommends the break-up of the BAA Monopoly’s control over London’s three main airports. This groundbreaking report will result in Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted finally being freed to compete against each other to provide low cost better services at lower prices for airport users and consumers. Ryanair announces additional seats for historic game
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (19-Mar-09) that it will operate a Six Nations Specials flight from Shannon to Bristol (just 27 miles from Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium) so more Irish fans can travel to watch Brian O’Driscoll and his team in their historic bid to win Ireland’s first grand slam since 1948 in Cardiff this Saturday. Ryanair launches seven new routes from Memmingen
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (18-Mar-09) that it will open seven new routes to/from Memmingen (approx 100kms west of Munich) starting Apr-09 which will at last offer consumers and visitors of the Bavaria (South Germany) region competition, choice and very low airfares compared to the high fares and unjustified fuel surcharges of Lufthansa. Ryanair announces more route and flight cuts at Dublin Airport
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (16-Mar-09) a further series of route, flight and frequency cuts at Dublin Airport from July, as the impact of the EUR10 tourist tax and other Government price hikes cause numbers at Dublin to decline - down 12% in February alone. Ryanair criticises CAA policy on airport performance
IRELAND : Ryanair confirmed (13-Mar-09) that the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA’s) proposal to impose fines on poor performing airports is irrelevant after its history of abject failure to properly regulate the BAA monopoly and called once again for the immediate sale of London Stansted Airport in order to improve airport performance and competition. Ryanair condemns EU's proposal to waive ‘use it or lose it’ airport slot rule
IRELAND : Ryanair condemned (12-Mar-09) the EU’s proposal to waive the ‘use it or lose it’ rule in relation to airport slots as high fare airlines continue to reduce capacity at slot controlled airports. The Commission’s proposal would mean that it would no longer be mandatory for these airlines to operate and use their slots in order to retain them and could prevent Ryanair, the only airline increasing its traffic in Europe, from using them. Ryanair passengers to suggest next discretionary charge
IRELAND : Ryanair invited (12-Mar-09) passengers to suggest the airline’s next ancillary revenue idea after Chief Executive, Michael O’Leary, confirmed that the company is examining the possibility of passengers paying to use the on board toilets in a drive to keep costs down and lower Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares even further. Ryanair calls on Aer Lingus to apologise for misleading share holders
IRELAND : Ryanair called (11-Mar-09) on Aer Lingus Chairman Colm Barrington to apologise for misleading Aer Lingus shareholders and the Stock Exchange in its 22-Dec Defence Document - published just 9 days before the year end - in which Aer Lingus made the following claims - which have now been proven to be untrue by the enormous losses announced this morning by Aer Lingus for 2008 and again in 2009. Ryanair to move to 100 percent web check-in
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (10-Mar-09) it will move to 100% web check-in from 01-Oct-09. This move will allow all passengers, including those travelling with checked baggage, to check-in online thereby avoiding time wasting queues and delays at airport check-in desks. Ryanair calls on UK Government to put passengers first
IRELAND : Ryanair welcomed (09-Mar-09) Government proposals to put passengers first and recommended that the best way to do this would be to sack the “useless” CAA regulator, who has for many years put monopoly airport profits first and ignored passengers and airport users. Ryanair renews call for government to scrap EUR10 travel tax and sack aviation regulator
IRELAND : Ryanair renewed (08-Mar-09) its call for the Government to scrap its suicidal EUR10 travel tax and sack Aviation Regulator, Cathal Guiomard, as the collapse in traffic at Dublin Airport continued in February. The Government owned DAA monopoly last week released figures showing that in February its traffic was 1.4 million, some 200,000 (12%) less than the 1.6 million passengers who used Dublin Airport in Feb-08. Ryanair to give away 1,000 seats for every EUR1 million of tax losses announced by Aer Lingus
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (06-Mar-09) that it would give away 1,000 free seats for every EUR1m of after tax losses announced by Aer Lingus in its full year results on Wednesday 11-Mar. Ryanair believes that Aer Lingus will announce an after tax loss of between EUR100m to EUR150m, which will see Ryanair release between 100,000 to 150,000 free seats for travel during 23 - 27-Mar-09 on its 105 routes to/from Dublin and Shannon airports. Ryanair presents Irish tourism rescue plan to Government
IRELAND : Ryanair presented (05-Mar-09) its rescue plan for Irish tourism to the Government appointed Tourism Renewal Group in a briefing at Dublin Castle. Ryanair launches EUR2 seat sale
IRELAND : Ryanair released (02-Mar-09) 1 million EUR2 seats as part of its seven day March Madness Seat Sale, which will see Ryanair’st fares increase EUR1 each day until the peak at EUR9 on 09-Mar-09. Ryanair returns to Newquay Cornwall Airport
IRELAND : Newquay Cornwall Airport announced the return of Ryanair and its daily flights between Newquay Cornwall Airport and London Stansted from 02-Mar-09. Ryanair welcomes scrapping of tourist tax
IRELAND : Ryanair welcomed (25-Feb-09) the decision by the Minister of Finance to scrap the tourist tax for small peripheral airports and called for the tax to be scrapped from airports where tourism and traffic is really being damaged, such as Dublin which has suffered 150,000 passenger fall in January and Shannon where traffic is likely to fall by 30% this year. Ryanair calls on Thomas Cook to explain over-charging
IRELAND : Ryanair called (24-Feb-09) on Thomas Cook and its affiliates, one of the UK’s largest travel agent groups to explain why: Ryanair launches in-flight mobile phone service on 20 aircraft
IRELAND : Ryanair launched (19-Feb-09) its in-flight mobile phone service initially onboard 20 of its (mainly) Dublin based aircraft. This is the first step in fitting Ryanair’s entire fleet of over 170 aircraft to allow all passengers to make and receive mobile calls and texts on all Ryanair flights. Ryanair announces cut backs at Liverpool Airport
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (18-Feb-09) details of its first ever Summer season flights and traffic cut backs at Liverpool Airport, as the combination of high and rising government airport passenger duty (APD), allied with falling Sterling exchange rates have had a devastating impact on traffic and tourism at Liverpool Airport. Ryanair enters new partnership with Costa Cruises
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (16-Feb-09) a new partnership with Costa Cruises, offering cruise holidays to Ryanair passengers. Ryanair currently operates over 820 routes, 50 of which connect with port destinations offered by Costa Cruises in the Mediterranean and Northern Europe. DAA rejects Ryanair's claim that traffic decline is related to charges
IRELAND : The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is surprised by Ryanair’s suggestion that the recent fall in passenger traffic at Dublin Airport is due to airport charges. Dublin Airport stated it has lowest passenger charge of any major airport in Europe and the recent fall in traffic is directly related to the global economic downturn. Ryanair to launch Bristol-Belfast City service
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (12-Dec-09) the introduction of a new route from Bristol to Belfast City. The new service will commence on 30-Mar-09 and operate daily. This follows Ryanair's recent announcement of an additional aircraft and 12 new routes from Bristol International. Ryanair reduces operations at Dublin Airport
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (12-Feb-09) details of its first ever Summer season flights and traffic cut backs at Dublin Airport, as the combination of high and rising DAA charges, allied to the Irish Government’s decision to impose a EUR10 tourist tax from 30-March next is set to decimate traffic and tourism through Dublin Airport. Ryanair announces new partnership with Alan Rogers Travel
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (10-Feb-09) a new partnership with Alan Rogers Travel, offering campsite holidays to Ryanair passengers in Europe. Ryanair’s passengers will initially be able to choose from 500 campsites growing to over 2,000 in more than 8 countries across Europe, by logging on to the website. Ryanair criticises airport regulator in UK
IRELAND : Ryanair criticised (09-Feb-09) the UK CAA’s incompetent regulation of the BAA monopoly at Stansted Airport. Ryanair was presenting evidence, along with the Stansted Airline Consultation Committee (ACC), at the CAA’s hearing on its pricing proposals at Stansted Airport. Ryanair calls on DAA to explain closure of Dublin Airport
IRELAND : Ryanair called (06-Feb-09) on the DAA to explain why Dublin Airport is once again closed for operations due to the DAA Monopoly’s failure to de-ice the ramps and access routes required for fuel trucks to refuel aircraft which has resulted in delays and cancellations to many flights. Ryanair to launch Liverpool-Ibiza service
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (04-Feb-09) the addition of a further destination to its route network from Liverpool John Lennon (JLA) with flights to Ibiza to start at the end of March. Flights will operate three times per week departing on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, starting on 30-Mar-09. ACI EUROPE against Ryanair's one cabin bag rule
IRELAND : News of Ryanair’s stringent implementation of its one cabin bag rule has been met with significant concern by ACI EUROPE. The association has several hundred regional airports among it 440-strong membership, many of which count Ryanair as a customer. Ryanair raises fiscal year outlook
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (02-Feb-09) a Q3 loss of EUR102 million, (compared to a profit of EUR35 million in last year’s Q3). Average fares fell by 9% to EUR34, while fuel costs rose by 71% to EUR328 million. Revenues rose by 6% to EUR604.5 million, as traffic grew 13% to 14 million, as more consumers switch to Ryanair’s low fares from high fare competitors. Ryanair announces new partnership with Booking.com
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (29-Jan-09) a new partnership with Booking.com. Ryanair’s passengers can access to over 57,000 hotels in more than 15,000 destinations in Europe and beyond. To launch the partnership, Ryanair and booking.com released 100 free flights for the 1st 100 passengers to spend EUR300 on a hotel booking. Ryanair continues to fight against screenscrapers
IRELAND : Ryanair confirmed (27-Jan-09) that it will continue its fight against screenscraper/ticket-tout websites who are using unauthorised downloaded information from Ryanair’s website and unlawfully selling Ryanair flights with hidden add-ons cost. Ryanair expands route network at Barcelona Reus
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (22-Jan-09) the introduction of eight new routes throughout Europe including four new routes from Reus (Barcelona) where it will base a third new Boeing 737-800 aircraft in an expansion which will bring four new routes to the airport from June. Government rejects Ryanair offer
IRELAND : The Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey T.D. announced (22-Jan-09) that Government has decided not to accept the Ryanair offer of EUR1.40 per share for its 25.12% shareholding in Aer Lingus. Ryanair strictly enforce Cabin Baggage Allowance rules
IRELAND : Ryanair confirmed (20-Jan-09) that there will be no exceptions to its passenger Cabin Baggage Allowance in response to the growing number of passengers carrying more than one piece of hand baggage. Ryanair sells 1.5 million seats in a week
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (16-Jan-09) that it had recorded its best ever week of sales with over 1.5 million seats sold between 09-Jan to 15-Jan-09. Ryanair’s record sales announcement comes just one day after it announced five new aircraft at its Alicante, Bristol and Edinburgh bases, which will serve 23 new routes across its European network this summer including new Knock and Derry routes to/from Alicante. Ryanair expands at three bases, launches new routes
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (14-Jan-09) that it will add new Boeing 737-800 aircraft at Alicante (up one to four) from June, Bristol (up two to four) from July and Edinburgh (up two to four) from March in an expansion which will bring four new routes to Alicante, 12 to Bristol and seven to Edinburgh. Ryanair offers seats for EUR2.50
IRELAND : Ryanair launched (09-Jan-09) a promotion offering 1 million seats for EUR2.50 on over 300 routes Europe wide. Seats were available for booking until 11-Jan-09 for travel in January, February and March. Ryanair launches free ski seats
IRELAND : Ryanair released (08-Jan-09) 10,000 free ski seats to some of Europe’s ski destinations from the UK and Ireland. Seats are available for booking until midnight 12-Jan-09 for travel on Saturdays in January, February and March. Ryanair carries almost 58 million passengers in 2008
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (06-Jan-09) that it carried almost 58 million passengers in 2008, an increase of over 8 million passengers (18%) on its 2007 traffic. Ryanair carried over 5 million passengers in one month for the first time in May while August was Ryanair’s busiest month with over 5.7 million passengers. Ryanair expects to carry 2 million passengers during Christmas
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (23-Dec-08) record Christmas passengers with over 2 million passengers travelling with Ryanair between 23-Dec-08 and 05-Jan-09. Ryanair releases additional seats for Christmas sale
IRELAND : Ryanair released (15-Dec-08) an extra 250,000 seats as part of its 12 Days of Christmas Seat Sale, as prices reached the half way point of EUR6 (one way), with fares increasing EUR1 each day until 21-Dec-08 when fares peak at EUR12 (one way including taxes). Ryanair calls for cancellation of travel tax
IRELAND : Ryanair renewed (15-Dec-08) its call on Gordon Brown and his Government to repeal the unfair and regressive GBP10 visitor tax which has caused at steep decline in air passengers travelling to/from the UK’s major airports since its introduction. Ryanair confirms large increase in sale of Christmas gift vouchers
IRELAND : Ryanair confirmed (12-Dec-08) that it continues to defy industry predictions that the airline industry will see traffic plummet in 2009 as it confirmed a large increase in sales of its Christmas gift vouchers with sales for Christmas 2008 over 10% ahead of the same period in 2007. Ryanair to close Fuerteventura routes from Jan-09
IRELAND : Ryanair confirmed (10-Dec-08) that it will close all of its routes to and from Fuerteventura from 31-Jan-08 after local tourism group AIE failed to honor the commercial agreement it entered into with Ryanair to promote Fuerteventura as a tourist destination. Ryanair launches Christmas sale
IRELAND : Ryanair began (09-Dec-08) the countdown to Christmas by launching its 12 Days of Christmas - 1 million seat sale, which has started for EUR1 and increases by EUR1 each day until 21-Dec-08 when fares peak at EUR12 one way including taxes. Ryanair delivers cautious welcome to CAA pricing proposals for Stansted Airport
IRELAND : Ryanair delivered (09-Dec-08) a cautious welcome to the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA’s) confirmation that it would adopt the recommendations of the Competition Commission (CC) on prices at Stansted for the next 5 years, as it once again called for the break-up of the BAA monopoly and the immediate sale of Stansted Airport in order to deliver real competition to London. Ryanair calls on Stansted Airport as security fails
IRELAND : Ryanair called (08-Dec-08) on BAA Stansted to explain: (1) Why protestors were able to breach Stansted security, (2) Why it took Stansted over five hours to remove them from the taxi-way and (3) Why thousands of passengers had their travel plans interrupted by this latest management failure at Stansted Airport. Ryanair warns passengers of airline bankruptcies
IRELAND : Ryanair warned (04-Dec-08) passengers against booking their summer holidays with charter airlines or holiday companies as it predicted that the spate of airline bankruptcies, which disrupted the summer holiday plans of millions of passengers this year, looks set to continue into next year. Ryanair announces free ticket offer
IRELAND : Ryanair launched (03-Dec-08) a special offer - just pay taxes and charges offer to rescue the summer holiday plans of passengers travelling from Birmingham and East Midlands who had their holiday plans cancelled after bmibaby cancelled summer routes to Bordeaux, Milan, Prague and Rome. Ryanair launches ski season promotion
IRELAND : Ryanair launched (02-Dec-08) a EUR1* one way ski fare for travel during the months of December, January and February to celebrate the early start of the ski season. Ryanair’s John Booty, Sales & Marketing Manager UK & Ireland said: “This truly is an amazing offer, once again Ryanair will get you straight to the slopes for less than any other airline this winter. Ryanair announces merger proposal with Aer Lingus
IRELAND : The Board of Ryanair announces its intention to make a Cash Offer of EUR1.40 per Aer Lingus Share for 100% of the issued and to be issued share capital of Aer Lingus. Ryanair intends to make this offer through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Coinside. Ryanair launches London Gatwick-Dusseldorf services
IRELAND : Ryanair increased the pressure on high fares airlines easyjet and British Airways as it announced its sixth route from London Gatwick with the launch of a new daily service to/from Dusseldorf (Weeze) from 07-Jan-09. This follows Ryanair’s recent announcement of routes to Barcelona (Girona) and Alicante. Ryanair announces EUR10 seats
IRELAND : Ryanair called (25-Nov-08) on Aer Lingus to scrap its unfair and unjustified fuel surcharges as oil prices have fallen by over 70%. Ryanair pointed out that passengers are deserting high fare, high fuel surcharging, airlines like Aer Lingus in favour of Ryanair’s low fares and no fuel surcharge flights instead. Ryanair to suspend Blackpool services
IRELAND : Ryanair slammed (24-Nov-08) the proposals by Blackpool Airport to introduce an Airport Development Fee with effect from the 05-Jan-09. This fee will be levied on all passengers without exception after that date and will substantially increase the cost of travel through this small regional airport which is totally dependent on low fares for its passenger traffic. UK passenger tax increase to have negative impact on UK tourism - Ryanair
IRELAND : Ryanair condemned (25-Nov-08) the UK Government’s increase in air passenger duty (APD) for short haul traffic from GBP10 to GBP11 in 2009 and GBP12 in 2010 as regressive, damaging to the UK tourism industry (when visitor numbers are already falling) and devastating for regional airports where passengers and visitors demand low fares and are most price sensitive. Ryanair inaugurates prepaid Mastercard
IRELAND : Ryanair launched (24-Nov-08) Ireland’s first prepaid MasterCard service which will allow users to make purchases in shops, restaurants and online. The programme, which is unlike other prepaid services which are limited to online use, is in partnership with MCube Media and An Post, and is available through www.ryanairprepay.com. Ryanair to base 6th aircraft at Brussels and suspend Maastricht services
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (20-Nov-08) that it will base a sixth Boeing 737-800 next generation aircraft at Brussels (Charleroi) and launch three new routes from 31-Mar-09 after the Belgian government scrapped a proposed EUR10 tax on airline passengers. Ryanair to drop Fuerteventura services in 2009
IRELAND : Ryanair confirmed (19-Nov-08) that it will suspend all of its routes to/from Fuerteventura from 31-Jan-09 unless local tourism group AIE honors the commercial agreement it entered into with Ryanair to promote Fuerteventura as a tourist destination. Ryanair reduces multi-trip travel insurance costs by 45%
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (19-Nov-08) that it will reduce the cost of its annual multi-trip travel insurance by 45%, cutting the cost of annual travel insurances to EUR29.99. Ryanair’s worldwide annual policy provides cover for unlimited number of trips per year (providing each trip does not exceed 31 days) and includes wintersports cover for a total of 24 days per year. Ryanair launches promotion - Free seat sale
IRELAND : Ryanair released (18-Nov-08) 500,000 free seats for travel throughout Europe in December, January and February as it celebrated the launch of two new London (Gatwick) routes to Barcelona Girona (daily) and Alicante (twice daily) from the 18-Dec-08, increasing the number of routes Ryanair operates from Gatwick to five. Ryanair to appeal EU's support of Alitalia takeover
IRELAND : Ryanair questioned (13-Nov-08) the European Commission’s objectivity when it comes to enforcing the state aid rules against failed national airlines after it rubber stamped yet another illegal multi-billion euro bailout of Alitalia, and also passed a rescue package for another bankrupt Italian airline, Alpi Eagles. Ryanair launches promotion
IRELAND : Ryanair called (11-Nov-08) on high fare, high fuel surcharging airlines like SAS to scrap their unjustified fuel surcharge to reflect the recent 50% fall in oil prices. Ryanair made the call on the eve of a SAS fuel surcharge reduction of just EUR3 (from EUR10 to EUR7) on domestic, and EUR5 (from EUR15 to EUR10) on international routes. Ryanair calls for Ireland to follow Belgium’s lead on travel tax
IRELAND : Ryanair called on the Irish Government to abandon its plans to introduce a EUR10 travel tax, which will severely impact Irish tourism, after the Belgian government abandoned plans for a similar tax amid fears of its impact in Belgium. Ryanair extends partnership agreement with Terravision
IRELAND : Ryanair extended its partnership agreement with coach operator Terravision which will continue to extend coach services to Ryanair passengers travelling from Ryanair’s airports in Rome (Ciampino), Milan (Bergamo), Liverpool, London (Luton), London (Stansted), Pisa, Dublin, Bratislava, Verona, and Venice (Treviso). Ryanair opens base at Reus Airport
IRELAND : Ryanair celebrated the opening of its 26th base, at Reus Airport, and the launch of new domestic routes which will link Reus with Santander, Seville, Santiago de Compostela and Palma de Mallorca (starting 19-Dec-08) and a new international route to Paris (Beauvais). Ryanair celebrates base launch at Edinburgh Airport
IRELAND : Ryanair celebrated its twenty-seventh Base launch at Edinburgh Airport. Ryanair will base two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft which will serve twenty-three routes to/from Edinburgh. Ryanair reports fall in profit for half year
IRELAND : Ryanair announced half year profits of EUR215million, 47% down on last years interim profits as half year fuel costs more than doubled from EUR392.7million to EUR788.5million. Traffic grew by 19%, as average fares (incl. bag charges) fell by 4% to EUR47, while total revenues grew by 16% to EUR1.8billion. Ryanair to base aircraft at Trapani
IRELAND : Ryanair announced that from May-09 it will base two aircraft at Trapani and confirmed that it will not open a base at Forli after the airport withdrew the agreement it had reached with Ryanair. Despite the decision not to operate from Forli, Ryanair's new Trapani base will create 2 new domestic and 3 new international routes to/from the island of Sicily. Ryanair condemns CAA regulator for absence of penalties
IRELAND : Ryanair welcomed the service penalties imposed upon the BAA airport monopoly for its service failures at Heathrow and Gatwick airports, but asked why the CAA Regulator had failed to apply any similar penalties for the repeated service failures by the BAA monopoly at Stansted. Ryanair launches new routes from Liverpool John Lennon Airport
IRELAND : Ryanair will launch seven new routes linking Liverpool John Lennon Airport with more European destinations. Neil Pakey, Deputy CEO of Peel Airports Group, said: “We’re pleased to announce the seven new routes from JLA with Ryanair to a great range of destinations which will no doubt appeal to many passengers throughout the North West, especially the sunny Canary Islands for some winter sun or a trip to the Pomeranian Princes castle in Szczecin.” Ryanair closes base at Valencia
IRELAND : Ryanair 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. Ryanair to launch 11 new routes from Bologna
IRELAND : Ryanair announced (23-Oct-08) seven new international and four new domestic routes for Bologna from Mar-09. The carrier has also launched a seven day EUR5 seat sale on these new routes for travel in March, April and May. Ryanair opens new bases in Italy
IRELAND : Ryanair announced that it will open two new Italian bases in Alghero and Cagliari, in Mar-09. These two new bases will create 8 new domestic and 11 new international routes to/from the island of Sardinia. Ryanair condemns ticket tax will damage tourism
IRELAND : Ryanair condemned the Government’s discriminatory EUR10 ticket tax will damage the Irish tourism industry (when visitor numbers are already falling) and devastate Shannon where passengers and visitors are now facing a 100% rate of tax. Ryanair exercises options for 10 aircraft
IRELAND : Ryanair Holdings PLC announced (16-0ct-08) that it has exercised options for 10 Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft for delivery as follows: 3 in Oct-10, and 7 in Nov-10, under the terms of its 2005 Boeing agreement. Ryanair may close Valencia base due to Regional Government’s failures
IRELAND : Ryanair announced that it may be forced to close its Valencia base following the failure of Regional Government (Conselleria de Turisme) to reply to Ryanair’s proposal on how to ensure the continued growth of passengers at Valencia and their repeated failure to meet with Ryanair. Ryanair calls on European Commission to reduce regulatory burden
IRELAND : Ryanair, called (14-Oct-08) on the European Commission to reduce the regulatory burden and costs on airlines and to embark upon anti-consumer scams such as fuel surcharges and screenscraper mis-selling in order to keep Europe’s air fares low during this recession. Ryanair to terminate Expedia hotel deal
IRELAND : Ryanair confirmed (14-Oct-08) that it has given 30 days notice to Expedia that its hotel contract will end following Expedia’s failure to honour payment terms. Ryanair entered into the agreement with Travelscape LLC (the parent of Expedia) on the 21-Mar-07. This agreement gave Expedia exclusive rights to sell hotel accommodation on Ryanair.com and gave Expedia on-line access to Ryanair’s passengers. Ryanair warns against budget travel tax
IRELAND : Ryanair responded to weekend speculation that the Irish Government will introduce a new EUR10 (air) travel tax in the budget by expressing concerns (a) that it will be discriminatory, if it doesn’t apply to competing ferry traffic, (b) that it will be double taxation of the unfairest kind at Dublin Airport, where the Government owned DAA monopoly is already taxing each departing passenger over EUR15 per ticket. Ryanair calls on airlines to cut fuel surcharges
IRELAND : Ryanair called (07-Oct-08) on high fare airlines such as British Airways, Air France, Lufthansa and Aer Lingus to reduce fuel surcharges by at least 40%, to reflect the steep fall in oil prices. Ryanair’s September sales soar
IRELAND : Ryanair announced that it carried 5.23 million passengers in Sep-08, a 20% increase over Sep-07. Ryanair carried just over 56 million passengers in the year to Sep-07. Ryanair welcomes court decision to refuse passenger compensation
IRELAND : Ryanair welcomed the decision of Simmern Court in Germany to dismiss a passenger’s compensation claim after Ryanair was forced to cancel a flight due to unsafe weather conditions in Jerez in Oct-07. Ryanair files complaint against latest unlawful Alitalia bailout
IRELAND : Ryanair announced 02-Oct-08) that it had submitted a formal complaint to the EU Commission regarding the latest unlawful bailout of the Italian national carrier, Alitalia. Ryanair’s action comes after the Italian Government announced that it had reached agreement with Alitalia’s unions regarding an offer made by a consortium of Italian investors, CAI. The deal calls for the renaming of Alitalia and writing off between EUR1.2 billion and EUR2 billion worth of its debt in order to secure investors. Ryanair postpones services from Dusseldorf
IRELAND : Ryanair announced that due to strike action at Boeing it has had to postpone the operation of 11 new routes from Dusseldorf (Weeze). Ryanair launches new routes and increases frequencies to Madrid
IRELAND : Ryanair announced that from November it will base two new aircraft 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 cancels flights due to Boeing Strike
IRELAND : Ryanair 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 24-Oct and 28-Oct. Ryanair calls on airlines to reduce fuel surcharges
IRELAND : Ryanair called on British Airlines, Air France, Lufthansa and Aer Lingus to reduce their fuel surcharges as oil prices have fallen by over 30% in recent weeks. Ryanair calls for resignation of CAA chief
IRELAND : Ryanair rejected the statement from the incompetent CAA regulator Harry Bush, who has spent the last 10 years protecting the BAA monopoly and allowing it to ride rough-shod over the reasonable requirements of airlines and passengers at the BAA monopoly airports. Ryanair welcomes publication by Failte Ireland
IRELAND : Ryanair welcomed the publication by Failte Ireland of its passenger movements statistics for the month of August. These show cross-channel air traffic growing by 4%, but cross-channel ferry traffic collapsing by a record 7.7%, to a new monthly low of 478,000 passengers. Ryanair announces 6th aircraft and new routes
IRELAND : Ryanair announced that it will launch 2 new routes and 26 more weekly flights from Shannon Airport from November. Ryanair extends 1 million free seat sale
IRELAND : Ryanair extended its 1 million seat sale by 24hrs until 26-09-08 5pm. Ryanair announces lowest fares while loss making airlines go bust
IRELAND : Ryanair announced the launch of the guaranteed lowest fares in Europe. Ryanair now operates 771 routes across Europe offering the best route network and the guaranteed lowest fares with no fuel surcharges. Ryanair calls on European Commission to do something positive
IRELAND : Ryanair called on the European Commission to abandon its damaging plans to include aviation in the European Emission’s Trading Scheme (ETS) and actually do something positive -let inefficient airlines like Alitalia and Olympic Airways go out of business instead of allowing governments to continuously prop them up through billions in illegal State aid. Ryanair announces new routes from Forli
IRELAND : Ryanair announced 6 new routes from Forli in Italy. Flights can be booked for travel from December to Alghero, Bari, Cagliari, Lamezia, Olbia and Palermo. Ryanair’s seat sale delivers record booking numbers
IRELAND : Ryanair recorded its highest ever level of bookings in a single day with sales of 250,000 free seats in its massive 2 million free seat sale which commenced at midnight on 23-Sep-08. Ryanair’s guidance largely unchanged at AGM
IRELAND : Ryanair held its AGM in Dublin to update shareholders on trading, the difficult economic environment and recent airline industry developments in Europe. Ryanair urges customers to book with financially robust airlines
IRELAND : Ryanair urged customers to book with financially robust airlines as it released five million seats for travel in October and November for just EUR5 each way. Ryanair announces postponement of its seventh aircraft in Bergamo
IRELAND : Ryanair announced the postponement of the basing of its seventh aircraft at Bergamo by four weeks. The deferral of the aircraft from its original date of the 01-Oct-08 to a new date of 29-Oct is as a result of the strike by Boeing employees in Seattle which has resulted in the indefinite delay of the shipment of new aircraft to Ryanair. Ryanair - no ‘futura’ in high fares
IRELAND : Ryanair intensified further its campaign against high airfares as it released 3 million seats for travel in September and October for just EUR1 one way. These tickets can be booked only on www.ryanair.com for 5 days from 10-Sep to 14-Sept-08. Ryanair launches online advertising auction on Ryanair’s ski site
IRELAND : Ryanair launched 2008/2009 Ski Site on the 02-Sept-08. An online auction for advertising space on Ryanair’s Ski Site www.ryanair.com/ski will take place on 19-Sept-08 and will be run by Trading Partners. Ryanair’s “closing down” sale marks closure of other airlines
IRELAND : Ryanair marks the recent closure of high fare airlines such as Zoom and Alitalia by intensifying its campaign against high airfares as it released 3 MILLION seats for travel in October and November from just EUR5 one way. Ryanair to operate ski routes from 8 UK airports
IRELAND : Ryanair will operate ski routes from 8 UK airports this winter, with routes available for the first time from Bristol and Bournemouth. Ryanair announces biggest ever Winter ski programme
IRELAND : Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline announced its biggest ever Winter Ski Programme with the launch of its 2008/09 schedule containing 101 routes, a 40% increase in the number of routes it operated in its 2007/08 programme. Ryanair’s Winter seat sale continues
IRELAND : Ryanair intensified its campaign against high airfare as it released 1 MILLION seats for travel in September and October for just EUR1 one way. Ryanair announces two route closures at Cork
IRELAND : Ryanair announced that it will close two of the seven routes it operates from Cork following the 20% increase in charges being imposed on these two routes by Cork Airport. From the end of October Ryanair will close its daily routes to/from Cork to East Midlands and Glasgow (Prestwick). Ryanair responds to EU queries
IRELAND : Ryanair confirmed that it had sent a detailed response to the European Commission’s enquiry letter concerning Ryanair’s policy of banning bookings made on unauthorised, illegal screenscraper/ticket-tout websites. Ryanair welcomes cancellation of Bank Holiday Strikes
IRELAND : Ryanair welcomed the decision of UK Trade Union leaders to call off threatened strike action which had been planned for 25-Aug and 29-Aug. Ryanair Winter seat sale continues
IRELAND : Ryanair slashed its winter prices as it released 2 million seats for travel in October for just EUR5 one way (incl taxes and charges). Ryanair welcomes competition commission’s call
IRELAND : Ryanair welcomed the UK Competition Commission’s recommendation for the breakup of the BAA monopoly over the London airports, which will result in the three main airports, Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, being able to compete against each other to provide low cost, efficient facilities and also lower prices and better services for consumers. Ryanair calls for the break up of the DAA monopoly
IRELAND : Ryanair welcomed the UK Competition Commission’s call for the break up of the BAA monopoly. Ryanair delivers more low fares
IRELAND : Ryanair stepped up its LOWEST fare seat sale as it released 5 MILLION seats for travel in Sept-08 and Oct-08 for just EUR10 one way. Ryanair interested in Stansted airport bid
IRELAND : (XFN-ASIA) Michael O'Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, said the company is interested in launching a takeover bid for Stansted airport. Ryanair to start lowest fare travel
IRELAND : Ryanair announced the end of low fares air travel and its replacement with an era of lowest fares air travel. Ryanair advises Transport Secretary
IRELAND : Ryanair has answered Transport Minister Ruth Kelly’s recent request for “advice” on improving the “passenger experience” at UK airports. London Luton Airport gets new Ryanair routes
IRELAND : 7 new destinations from London Luton Airport are now on sale with Ryanair for travel from 27-Oct-08. This will bring the total number of routes with the airline to 20, doubling the number of destinations for passengers to choose from. Ryanair to cancel all screenscraper bookings
IRELAND : Ryanair announced that BravoFly Ltd has confirmed that it has discontinued screenscraping the Ryanair.com website as part of legal proceedings filed against both it and its parent company BravoFly SA. Ryanair’s July 08 traffic grows 19%
IRELAND : Ryanair announced that it carried almost 5.7 million passengers in July, a 19% (900,000 passenger) increase when compared to Jul-07. Ryanair and Airport of Bologna signs multi-annual contract
IRELAND : Ryanair and the Airport of Bologna have signed a multi-annual contract that will allow the airport to make significant inroads into the low-cost market, in accordance with the Industrial Plan, taking the low cost traffic quota for Bologna Airport to 30%, in line with the European average. Ryanair announces seven routes from Bologna
IRELAND : Ryanair announced that it will transfer seven routes from Forli to nearby Bologna from 27th Oct-08 which will deliver 800,000 passengers to the airport annually. Ryanair slashes fares Europe wide
IRELAND : Ryanair announced that it has slashed fares across Europe with 1million recession busting EUR1/GBP1 fares, inclusive of taxes and charges. Ryanair announces new route from Birmingham to Dusseldorf
IRELAND : Ryanair announced a new daily route from Birmingham to Dusseldorf (Weeze). Seats from only GBP5* to celebrate. Ryanair has nothing to apologise for in Italy
IRELAND : Ryanair rejected the criticism of Altero Matteoli, Italy’s Transport Minister, concerning the advert on Ryanair’s Italian website which features Sig Umberto Bossi making a vulgar sign in Padua Ryanair Q1 profit falls 85% to EUR21million
IRELAND : Ryanair announced a Q1 profit of EUR21million down EUR118m (or 85%) as fuel costs almost doubled and yields fell due to the absence of Easter in this quarter and its presence in the prior year comparable. Ryanair rejects Valencia Government’s claim
IRELAND : Ryanair rejected the claim by the Generalitat of Valencia that it had never sought assistance or marketing support for its newly established bases at Valencia and Alicante airports. Ryanair calls on Polish Government to reverse air traffic control cost increases
IRELAND : Ryanair called on the Polish Government to intervene and reverse the massive air traffic control cost increases introduced by PANSA, the national air traffic control authority, on airlines delivering passengers in Poland. Ryanair starts Kerry-Dublin route
IRELAND : Ryanair operated its first flight on the Kerry-Dublin route, when a Boeing 737-800 series jet departed Kerry on-time at 6.25am and landed in Dublin 10 minutes ahead of schedule at 7.05am. Ryanair wins injunction against ENAC
IRELAND : Ryanair welcomed the decision by the Italian (TAR Lazio) Court to overturn ENAC’s latest Ordinanza which forced Ryanair’s Ciampino based aircraft to divert late at night to Rome Fiumicino, thereby disrupting the travel plans of thousands of Italian citizens and visitors. Norwegian and Sterling show that two is not always better than one
IRELAND : Ryanair called on the newly merged Norwegian and Sterling airline to confirm that they will still be unable to beat Ryanair low fares and will continue to charge customers a fuel surcharge. Ryanair challenges Air Malta to put its money where its mouth is
IRELAND : Ryanair responded to comments from an unnamed source in Air Malta which denied that its fare is 150% more expensive than Ryanair. Significantly however, the Maltese carrier did not disclose its average fare, unlike Ryanair, which is proud to guarantee the lowest fares on every route it flies. Ryanair unveils 14% capacity reductions
IRELAND : Ryanair announced substantial capacity cutbacks at Stansted for its Winter Schedule (08/09). Ryanair, which last Winter had 36 aircraft based at Stansted, will this Winter reduce that number to 28 aircraft (a 25% reduction), and an approximate 14% reduction in the number of weekly flights from over 1,850 per week last year to just under 1,600 this year. Ryanair signs three-year OnPoint agreement extension
IRELAND : Ryanair and GE Aviation have signed a three-year extension to include all current firm and option aircraft on order by Ryanair to its current OnPoint Solutions agreement with GE Aviation’s Services business for the airline’s fleet of CFM56-7B* engines. Ryanair responds to the DAA monopoly’s claims
IRELAND : Ryanair responded to the DAA monopoly’s claims as follows: DAA’s charge of EUR15.00 per departing passenger is the same as EUR7.40 x 2 . This is more than the EUR10 one way fare paid by 40% of Ryanair’s winter traffic. Ryanair - EUR1 airfares found alive and well
IRELAND : Ryanair confirmed that contrary to the false claims by EU bureaucrats, EUR1 airfares are alive and kicking and are available during a 3 day seat sale at www.ryanair.com. Ryanair announces 18% schedule reductions at Dublin for Winter 08/09
IRELAND : Ryanair announced substantial capacity reductions at its Dublin base for the coming winter schedule (08/09). Compared to winter 2007, when Ryanair operated 22 aircraft, and over 1,350 weekly flights, Ryanair’s schedule at Dublin this winter will be reduced to 18 based aircraft and less than 1,200 weekly flights. Ryanair confirms cancellation of scheduled flights to and from Derry Airport
IRELAND : Ryanair confirmed the forced cancellation of all scheduled flights to and from City of Derry Airport on 16-Jul and 17-Jul due to strike action by airport workers. Ryanair calls on aviation regulator
IRELAND : Ryanair called on the Aviation Regulator to explain why the Shannon radar back-up system, which was specifically designed to immediately replace or back-up the Dublin radar system, in the event of a (terrorist/criminal/catastrophic) system failure at Dublin has not been used despite five weeks of Dublin ATC failures. Ryanair doubles the saving on Autumn seat sale
IRELAND : Ryanair announced a further price reduction as part of its Autumn 2008 Seat Sale doubling the savings already available to millions of customers. Ryanair rejects Air Malta’s fuel surcharge
IRELAND : Ryanair rejected Air Malta’s attempts to justify its outrageous fuel surcharge. The chairman of Air Malta has told us what everyone already knew, that the price of fuel has increased 400% in the last five years and seeks to justify their outrageous fuel surcharges accordingly. Ryanair apologises that Ireland is closed for business
IRELAND : Ryanair apologised that the island of Ireland has closed for business as a result of the failures of the IAA Radar System at Dublin Airport. Ryanair already complies with European Parliament decision
IRELAND : Ryanair welcomed the European Parliament decision to bring other airlines into line with Ryanair’s standards of fare transparency. Ryanair 'could easily' enter three to four airports in Germany
IRELAND : (XFN-ASIA) - Ryanair Holdings could easily enter a further three to four airports in Germany, chief executive Michael O'Leary told Die Zeit in an interview. Ryanair exercises options for 3 Boeing 737-800 next generation aircraft
IRELAND : Ryanair Holdings PLC has confirmed that it has exercised options for delivery of 3 Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft for delivery in June 2010 under the terms of its 2005 Boeing agreement. Ryanair condemns European Parliament decision
IRELAND : Ryanair condemned the European Parliaments decision to include aviation in EU emissions trading systems from 2012 onwards. Ryanair welcomes publication of Aer Lingus’ punctuality stats
IRELAND : Ryanair welcomed the publication (in Irish Times) of Aer Lingus’ punctuality stats, which confirmed that just 66% of Aer Lingus’ flights arrive on time and 34% are delayed. Ryanair launches first summer holiday Sale
IRELAND : Ryanair announced the launch of Ireland’s first Summer Holiday Hotspots Sale. To celebrate the 2008 school holidays, Ryanair is selling 100,000 one way seats from only EUR10 departing from Ireland to over 50 favorite holiday hotspots. Ryanair Manager Joins Aer Lingus
IRELAND : Ryanair announced that Sean Coyle, its Director of Scheduled Revenue, has resigned to take up the position of Chief Financial Officer in Aer Lingus Group plc in which Ryanair is a 29% shareholder. Ryanair Launches New Route From Birmingham to Prague
IRELAND : Ryanair announced a new route from Birmingham to Prague. This follows the launch of the airline’s new base at Birmingham last week when the airline announced 9 other new routes also due to take off in October. Air Berlin files complaint against German airport's aid for Ryanair
IRELAND : (XFN ASIA) - Air Berlin Plc. has filed a complaint against Luebeck airport with the German Federal Court of Justice, claiming the airport granted special conditions to rival Ryanair Holdings Plc., Leipziger Volkszeitung reported, citing an Air Berlin spokesman. Ryanair says 'no basis' for latest Air Berlin complaint
IRELAND : (XFN-ASIA) - Ryanair Holdings PLC. said there is no basis for the latest appeal by Air Berlin PLC. against Ryanair's cost base at Hamburg Luebeck Airport. |