[centraal] Ryanair #3

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Op woensdag 16 juli 2008 21:31 schreef Klare het volgende:
Het is gelukt!
Bij de engelse versie kreeg ik wel de optie...vaag..
*en dan 40 euro extra omdat vriendje niet zonder z'n zakmes op vakantie wil...*zucht**

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Op woensdag 16 juli 2008 21:31 schreef Klare het volgende:

*en dan 40 euro extra omdat vriendje niet zonder z'n zakmes op vakantie wil...*zucht**

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Ryanair stopt met vluchten van Weeze naar Spanje en Italië

Ryanair stopt tijdelijk met de vluchten van Weeze naar het Spaanse Valencia en Italië. De Ierse luchtvaartmaatschappij heeft tot die maatregel besloten vanwege de gestegen olieprijzen.

Het gaat om vluchten die zouden plaatsvinden in de periode van 4 november tot 19 december. De vluchten die Ryanair vanaf Beek uitvoert op Valencia gaan gewoon door.

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Ryanair Unveils 14% Capacity Reductions

AT LONDON STANSTED THIS WINTER (‘08/’09)

Ryanair, London Stansted Airport’s largest airline today (Thursday 17th July, 2008) 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 estimates that its traffic at London Stansted will decline this Winter by some 900,000 passengers compared to last Winter’s schedule.

Ryanair’s decision to cut back capacity at Stansted is for the following reasons:

1. London Stansted is the most expensive of Ryanair’s 28 bases.
2. The BAA Airport monopoly has again increased airport charges by 15% this year, on top of a 100% increase last year.
3. The total failure of the inadequate CAA regulatory regime to control these unjustified cost increases or to persuade BAA Stansted to meet the needs of its low fare airline users.
4. The fact that oil prices have risen to $140 a barrel.

Ryanair confirmed that it will lose less money this Winter by sitting these 8 aircraft on the ground, rather than flying them at an expensive airport like BAA Stansted, during the Winter when fares are extremely low, but oil prices remain stubbornly high. Ryanair confirmed that it had written to BAA Stansted in recent weeks offering to operate these aircraft/flights this Winter in return for a substantial discount on airport charges applicable to these flights for the Winter season only. Like most monopolies, the BAA dismissed Ryanair’s reasonable requests out of hand. The BAA would rather impose high airport charges and have fewer passengers, rather than working with airline customers to lower costs and keep people flying during a Winter of crisis in the airline industry.

Announcing these cutbacks in London this morning, Ryanair’s CEO, Michael O’Leary said:

“These Winter Schedule cutbacks, which are significantly greater than those of last Winter, show just how damaging the BAA Airport monopoly has become to consumers and the best interests of London and UK tourism and the economy generally. Like most monopolies, the BAA continues to increase costs at three times the rate of inflation, while delivering miserable service and inadequate facilities. Passengers continue to suffer long queues at security and passport control and frequent baggage belt failures at Stansted because the BAA refuses to staff or operate these facilities adequately.

“These cutbacks reaffirm the abject failure of Harry Bush and his inadequate regulatory team in the CAA who have repeatedly failed to restrain the BAA’s high charges, price increases or to encourage them to meet the reasonable requirements of Stansted users by developing the efficient facilities we need and are willing to pay for.

“When a regulated monopoly makes it more profitable for airlines to sit aircraft on the ground rather than fly them through the winter, then obviously the CAA’s laughable regulatory regime has failed. The BAA Stansted’s rejection of Ryanair discount plan for this Winter proves yet again why the BAA monopoly should be broken up and replaced with three competing London airports whose primary focus will be on stimulating traffic and developing low cost efficient facilities, which their customer airlines want and are willing to pay for.

“We hope that the Competition Commission report will in due course support Ryanair’s call for the break up of the high cost BAA monopoly, and replace the inadequate and failed CAA regulatory regime with competing airports and better still competing terminals at the main London airports. Monopoly airports and the CAA’s regulatory regime have delivered high prices and awful facilities. It is time we allowed competition to deliver where monopolies have failed”.

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¤1 Airfares Found Alive and Well at Ryanair.com

Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 low fares airline, today (16 July 2008) confirmed that contrary to last week’s false claims by EU bureaucrats, ¤1 airfares are alive and kicking and are available during a 3 day seat sale at www.ryanair.com, the home of Europe’s lowest airfares.
The one million, ¤1 seats (which include taxes and charges), can be booked on www.ryanair.com up to midnight on Friday 18th July, subject to availability, for travel between 1st September and 31st October 2008.

Ryanair’s Head of Communications, Stephen McNamara said:
“The EU fat cats claim that their recent decision on airline advertising is a victory for the consumer and will mark the demise of ¤1 airfares. This is Rubbish. Ryanair is pleased to prove the bureaucrats wrong yet again as ¤1 fares (including taxes and charges) are alive and kicking at www.ryanair.com. We continue to deliver what consumers really want – the lowest airfares in Europe and no fuel surcharge, ever
“We call on the EU to make a real difference and examine the unjustified fuel surcharges imposed by many greedy airlines. Already high-fares flag carriers such as Aer Lingus, British Airways, Air France and Lufthansa continue to impose and increase their fuel surcharges with the EU making no attempt to investigate it. Outlawing fuel surcharges would allow the EU to deliver a ruling that will actually make a difference to consumers”.

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Op woensdag 16 juli 2008 17:39 schreef zwemmerseczeem het volgende:
Ik ga volgende week weer die irritante vlooienmars aanhoren!!


Smaland dit keer.

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Op maandag 21 juli 2008 08:48 schreef Stefo het volgende:
Hoe streng controleren ze op Weeze en Girona bij Ryanair voor de maximale afmetingen van je handbagage?
Maximale afmetingen zijn namelijk 55x40x20 maar mijn koffer is net 25 cm diep oid.
Als je hem een beetje indrukt is hij wel net 20 cm.
Wordt hij echt opgemeten of in een pasmaat geduwt ofzo?

Alvast bedankt!

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Op maandag 21 juli 2008 08:48 schreef Stefo het volgende:
Hoe streng controleren ze op Weeze en Girona bij Ryanair voor de maximale afmetingen van je handbagage?
Maximale afmetingen zijn namelijk 55x40x20 maar mijn koffer is net 25 cm diep oid.
Als je hem een beetje indrukt is hij wel net 20 cm.
Wordt hij echt opgemeten of in een pasmaat geduwt ofzo?

Alvast bedankt!

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Op maandag 21 juli 2008 22:44 schreef nattermann het volgende:
Nog een vraagje:

zoals eerder gezegd vertrek ik woensdag vanaf Eindhoven naar Rome. Ik heb online ingecheckt, en dat is volgens mij allemaal prima verlopen. Heb de boarding passes al uitgeprint etcetera.
Nu mijn vraag: hoe gaat het bij het inchecken voor de terugreis? Moet dit ook weer online, of kan ik nu met de code die ik per mail heb ontvangen naar de balie, en dan daar gewoon inchecken?

Moet ik die code dus meenemen voor de terugreis?

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Op maandag 21 juli 2008 22:48 schreef Blik het volgende:

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precies wat jij zegt.

Je kunt ook in Rome naar een internetcafétje en daar online inchecken, moet er ook een kopieermachine staan waar je iets uit kan printen

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Ryanair Q1 Profit Falls 85% to ¤21m Fuel Up 93% as Traffic Grows 19% to 15m

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (28 July) announced a Q1 profit of ¤21m down ¤118m (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. Despite the absence of Easter, traffic grew by 19% to 15m, as average fares (incl. bag charges) fell by 8% to ¤42, while total revenues grew 12% to ¤777m. Unit costs excluding fuel fell by 6%, including fuel they increased by 18%, due to higher oil prices and longer sector lengths.

Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary said:

“Trading conditions have been difficult in Q1 as we suffered the loss of Easter and the impact of higher fuel prices. Oil prices almost doubled in Q1 from $61 to $117 (per barrel) as our fuel bill rose 93% to ¤367m. Fuel now represents almost 50% of our total operating costs compared to 36% last year.

Yields fell by 8%, as we opened new routes and bases and suffered the absence of Easter in the quarter which distorts the prior year comparables. Yields were also impacted by a reduction in checked in baggage penetration rates as more passengers switch to web check-in and carry on baggage facilities. Traffic grew by 19% to 15m, whilst load factors at 81% were almost in line with Q1 last year despite the absence of Easter. Ancillary revenues grew by 25%, again faster than the rate of traffic growth, and we expect this to continue for the remainder of the year. Passengers will shortly be able to use their mobile phones and Blackberry’s on 10 Dublin based aircraft in a trial test which will expand to almost 40 aircraft by the year end.

We have taken advantage of the recent weakness in oil prices and are now hedged 90% for September at $129 per barrel, 80% for Q3 at $124 per barrel, but are unhedged for Q4. We continue to believe that oil prices remain subject to irrational exuberance. While many of our high fare competitors continue to increase fuel surcharges, Ryanair remains committed to our guarantee of no fuel surcharges – ever. We will continue to absorb higher oil costs, even if it means short-term losses, while we continue to deliver Europe’s guaranteed lowest fares to our 58 million passengers.

Unit costs excluding fuel fell by 6%, better than we previously expected. Including fuel unit costs rose 18%. We have responded to these much higher oil prices by aggressively tackling costs in all other areas. In the last quarter we have added cheaper, fuel efficient aircraft. We have implemented a company wide pay freeze and redundancies in our Dublin Call Centre. We have renegotiated many of our airport maintenance and handling contracts and we plan to introduce check-in kiosks in October at our main bases in Dublin and Stansted to further reduce airport staff and handling costs. The increased discretionary charges for baggage and airport check-in have encouraged more passengers to use web check-in and carry-on luggage and this is helping to significantly reduce our handling costs.

We have recently announced capacity reductions for the coming winter at our two highest cost airports in Stansted (15 aircraft grounded) and Dublin (4 aircraft) where regulatory failure has allowed these monopolies to further increase their already high airport charges. These high costs make it more profitable to ground some aircraft rather than fly them at Dublin and Stansted this winter. Despite these cutbacks, Ryanair’s traffic will still grow by approx. 9% this winter as we switch route and capacity growth to lower cost airports and bases. Accordingly, passenger volumes for the year will grow by 14% to 58m, slightly lower than the 16% previously guided.

The demise of low fare air travel is again being predicted by high fare airlines like BA and others who are still losing shorthaul traffic to Ryanair. Higher oil prices won’t end low fare air travel, it just increases the attraction of Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares, as consumers become more price sensitive and switch away from high fare/fuel surcharging airlines like BA. Higher oil prices will speed up the decline of high fare shorthaul travel this winter as many European airlines consolidate or go bust. We believe that oil prices of approx. $130 per barrel are unsustainable over the medium term, but we don’t know when they are going to fall. The airline industry is cyclical, and this downturn will provide enormous opportunities for strong, well financed airlines, such as Ryanair to grow.

The outlook for the remainder of the fiscal year which is entirely dependent on fares and fuel prices remains poor. The emerging economic recession in the UK and Ireland caused by the global credit crisis and high oil prices means that consumer confidence is plummeting, and we believe this will have an adverse impact on fares for the rest of the year. We will respond as always with lower fares and aggressive pricing to keep people flying and maintain our high load factors. We now believe that our average fares for the year may fall by as much as 5% if European airfares plunge this winter. Ryanair will lead this downward pricing at a time when most of our competitors are hoping to raise fares and fuel surcharges. The market this winter will be heavily impacted by the timing and scale of EU airline bankruptcies and consolidations which are inevitable at these higher oil prices. Ryanair’s better than anticipated savings which will flow from capacity and cost reductions already achieved will partly offset these lower yields. On the basis of our existing fuel hedges, Q4 oil prices at approx. $130 per barrel, and average fares falling by 5% for the full year, we expect to record a full year result of between breakeven and a loss of ¤60m.

The capacity reductions which will ensue from this winter’s wave of airline bankruptcies and consolidations will create more opportunities for Ryanair to grow. When oil prices fall significantly (as we believe they will over the medium term) then our earnings should rebound strongly. We have one of the strongest Balance Sheets in the industry and the business continues to be strongly cash generative with over ¤2.2bn in cash. With the lowest fares and lowest cost base in the industry Ryanair is the best positioned airline In Europe to take advantage of the opportunities that these very difficult trading conditions will create.

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as average fares (incl. bag charges) fell by 8% to ¤42

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Higher oil prices won’t end low fare air travel, it just increases the attraction of Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares, as consumers become more price sensitive and switch away from high fare/fuel surcharging airlines like BA.

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Das Wachstum in Weeze scheint unbegrenzt. Nach der der Ankündigung der holländischen Transavia, künftig auch ab dem Niederrheinairport zu fliegen, hat heute nun Ryanair die Stationierung von zwei weiteren Boeing 737-800 sowie 11 neue Ziele verkündet.

Schon ab Ende Oktober, pünktlich zum Winterflugplanstart, wird es zukünftig dann auch nach Ancona, Birmingham, Dublin, Faro, Göteborg, Manchester, Oslo-Torp, Riga, Santander und Teneriffa (Süd) gehen. Ausserdem gibt es wieder eine Inlandsverbindung ab Weeze. Wie schon vor einigen Jahren durch VBird wird nun wieder der Flughafen Berlin-Schönefeld zwei mal täglich angeflogen.

ImageMit den neuen Strecken werden auf der Ryanair-Basis Düsseldorf-Weeze nun insgesamt 33 Destinationen mit sechs Flugzeugen angeflogen, sowie 1,6 Millionen Passagiere im laufenden Jahr erwartet. Mittelfristig plane Ryanair jährlich rund zwei Millionen Passagiere ab und nach Düsseldorf-Weeze zu transportieren. "Mit diesen elf neuen Preiswert-Strecken verstärken wir unsere Präsenz in Nordrhein-Westfalen und grenzen uns deutlich von den teuren Lufthansa-Flügen und ihren hohen Kerosin-Zuschlägen in Düsseldorf ab. Zudem wird die Anzahl der mit unserem Engagement einhergehenden direkten wie indirekten Arbeitsplätze an diesem Standort auf 2.000 steigen", sagte Ryanair-Sprecherin Anja Seugling.

Der Airport Weeze profitiert auch von der holländischen Öko-Steuer, die Flüge aus Holland deutlich verteuern. Daher kommen heute schon an die Hälfte der Gäste aus den Niederlanden, so der Geschäftsführer des Flughafens Ludger van Bebber: "Im letzten September ergab die Gästebefragung allein einen 36-prozentigen Anteil holländischer Reisender – aber wenn Sie mich heute fragen, so liegt der gefühlte Anteil inzwischen bei fast 50 Prozent. Der niederländischen Öko-Steuer und dem attraktiven Ryanair-Streckenangebot sei Dank."

Ryanair bietet als Aktionsangebot derzeit Flüge auf ausgewählten Strecken zu einem Endpreis von 1 Euro (zzgl. Kreditkartengebühr und ggf. Check-In oder Gepäckgebühr) an. Das Angebot gilt für Flüge zwischen Oktober und Dezember.

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Op donderdag 17 juli 2008 18:57 schreef WooZ het volgende:

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dat is een grapje mag ik hopen

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Op donderdag 31 juli 2008 11:29 schreef Thetallguy het volgende:
Was er al ergens vermeld dat de creditcardtarieven van ¤4 naar ¤5 per persoon per enkele reis zijn gegaan

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Ryanair Announces End of Low Fare Air Travel…

AND THE START OF LOWEST FARE TRAVEL!!!

1 MILLION SEPTEMBER SEATS FOR JUST £5

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (7th August) announced the end of low fares air travel and its replacement with an era of lowest fares air travel. At a time when other airlines like British Airways are raising fares and fuel surcharges Ryanair will reduce fares by 5% this autumn and Ryanair guarantees no fuel surcharge ever!

To prove this Ryanair today released 1 million seats for travel in September for just £5 (including taxes and charges), which is just half the UK APD tax rip-off imposed on passengers by greedy Gordon Brown.

These £5 seats can be booked on www.ryanair.com from today (7th August) and will remain on sale until midnight Sunday (10th August), for travel from 1st September – 30th September 2008.

Speaking today in London, Michael O’Leary said:

“Lots of rubbish has been pedalled recently about the end of low fares travel. In reality higher oil prices means the end of high fares short haul travel. Just look at British Airways who are raising fares and fuel surcharges and are losing short haul passengers to Ryanair. Last month (July) BA’s UK/Europe traffic declined by 3%. By contrast Ryanair’s traffic continues to expand, up 19% last month (July), and we are still lowering airfares and guaranteeing no fuel surcharge.

“This winter Ryanair’s fares will fall by up to 5%, which means that Europe’s guaranteed lowest fares are getting even lower, and Ryanair guarantees no fuel surcharge as well, not today, tomorrow or ever. Ryanair’s £5 seat sale proves that the era of low fares travel is over – and will be replaced by an era of lowest fares air travel this September”.