Next time you travel Ryanair, use your beach towel as a super hero outfit and save space!
Ryanair's extra charge for checked luggage can double the price of your discount ticket to Alghero. To avoid this and waiting around in the airport, it’s much better to fly only with hand luggage when you can and use your own body as an extra storage. But watch out that Ryanair might intoduce an extra body weight tax soon!
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Sunday, 3 May 2009
Thursday, 30 April 2009
Mobile OnAir: Use of cell phones allowed on Rome-Alghero routes
Ryanair is now enabling in-flight cell phone calls on select aircraft. Other European airlines have tested wireless usage on a single aircraft, but Ryanair has already installed the service on 20 planes, with plans to expand to 50 within six months and eventually the entire fleet if it proves successful, the company said. The news service is called Mobile OnAir.
Ryanair confirmed the first flights to Alghero with inflight-telephone services are the national flights from Rome-Ciampino to North Western Sardinia, Alguer.it reports.
Ryanair confirmed the first flights to Alghero with inflight-telephone services are the national flights from Rome-Ciampino to North Western Sardinia, Alguer.it reports.
No Ryanair 'fat tax' if it delays flights
Ryanair will only impose a "fat tax" on overweight passengers if it does not lead to flight delays, the chief executive of the Irish budget airline said Thursday.
"We are not going to introduce a fat tax unless it is easy to administer. If it is going to slow down either our check-in or our turnaround time then we won't do it," Micheal O'Leary told a news conference.
Last week the airline announced it was considering a "fat tax" after 29 percent of the more than 100,000 people who responded to an online poll on cost-reduction measures voted in favour of the measure.
Twenty-five percent of respondents voted to charge travelers one euro to use toilet paper adorned with a picture of O?Leary?s face and 24 percent voted to charge passengers three euros to smoke in a converted toilet cubicle.
Ryanair, which already charges separately for services like food onboard, launched the online poll after O'Leary caused a storm earlier this year by suggesting passengers could be charged to use toilets on planes.
It is now asking travellers online how any "fax tax" could be levied. The four options include charging male passengers who weigh over 130 kilogrammes (287 pounds) or females over 100kg for every extra kilogramme they carry.
Another alternative is charging for a second seat if a passenger's waist touches both armrests simultaneously.
The proposed measure sparked a fresh controversy with some suggesting it would be discriminatory and illegal if it is adopted, a charge O'Leary rejected.
"It is not against the law, we can make it a safety issue," he said.
AFP
"We are not going to introduce a fat tax unless it is easy to administer. If it is going to slow down either our check-in or our turnaround time then we won't do it," Micheal O'Leary told a news conference.
Last week the airline announced it was considering a "fat tax" after 29 percent of the more than 100,000 people who responded to an online poll on cost-reduction measures voted in favour of the measure.
Twenty-five percent of respondents voted to charge travelers one euro to use toilet paper adorned with a picture of O?Leary?s face and 24 percent voted to charge passengers three euros to smoke in a converted toilet cubicle.
Ryanair, which already charges separately for services like food onboard, launched the online poll after O'Leary caused a storm earlier this year by suggesting passengers could be charged to use toilets on planes.
It is now asking travellers online how any "fax tax" could be levied. The four options include charging male passengers who weigh over 130 kilogrammes (287 pounds) or females over 100kg for every extra kilogramme they carry.
Another alternative is charging for a second seat if a passenger's waist touches both armrests simultaneously.
The proposed measure sparked a fresh controversy with some suggesting it would be discriminatory and illegal if it is adopted, a charge O'Leary rejected.
"It is not against the law, we can make it a safety issue," he said.
AFP
Tuesday, 7 April 2009
Ryanair launches three new Italian bases: Alghero, Cagliari and Bologna
Ryanair has launched three new Italian bases (now totaling seven) at Alghero, Bologna and Cagliari Airports offering a total of sixty-seven domestic and international routes, generating over four million passengers per annum and supporting four thousand jobs in Italy.
Ryanair will base two aircraft at each of these three airports bringing Ryanair’s total investment in Italy to twenty-six aircraft worth almost two billion dollars.
Celebrating these Italian Base Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said:
“Ryanair and Italy today join in the celebration of continued low fares growth across Italy. Our three new bases in Alghero, Bologna and Cagliari will see over four million new passengers pass through these three airports over the next year on sixty-seven low cost domestic and international routes.
Ryanair will base two aircraft at each of these three airports bringing Ryanair’s total investment in Italy to twenty-six aircraft worth almost two billion dollars.
Celebrating these Italian Base Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said:
“Ryanair and Italy today join in the celebration of continued low fares growth across Italy. Our three new bases in Alghero, Bologna and Cagliari will see over four million new passengers pass through these three airports over the next year on sixty-seven low cost domestic and international routes.
Easier.com
“Ryanair’s continued expansion in Italy during a time of economic recession shows the benefit of competition and low fares in Italy. Ryanair will carry over seventeen million passengers to/from Italy this year and will sustain seventeen-thousand jobs throughout the regions. Passengers can continue to beat the recession by choosing Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares and no fuel surcharges over Alitalia’s high fare, strike ridden services.
“Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares are available to book online at Ryanair.com”.
“Ryanair’s continued expansion in Italy during a time of economic recession shows the benefit of competition and low fares in Italy. Ryanair will carry over seventeen million passengers to/from Italy this year and will sustain seventeen-thousand jobs throughout the regions. Passengers can continue to beat the recession by choosing Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares and no fuel surcharges over Alitalia’s high fare, strike ridden services.
“Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares are available to book online at Ryanair.com”.
Monday, 23 March 2009
New flights to Alghero: Cheap flights carrier Ryanair will launch seven new flights to Memmingen next month
Flights from the southern German town of Memmingen Allgäu, just off the fronierts of Austria and Switzerland, will travel to Alghero (Sardinia), Alicante, Barcelona (Girona), Barcelona (Reus), Dublin, Stansted and Pisa.
"Memmingen, which is approximately 100km west of Munich, provides Ryanair with a first and ideal gateway to southern Germany and the Bavarian region," Ryanair Officials said..
Just a few weeks ago Ryanair announced flights from Alghero to Graz (Austria), Billund (Denmark), Eindhoven (Netherlands) as well as national destinations Parma, Verona und Ancona.
"Memmingen, which is approximately 100km west of Munich, provides Ryanair with a first and ideal gateway to southern Germany and the Bavarian region," Ryanair Officials said..
Just a few weeks ago Ryanair announced flights from Alghero to Graz (Austria), Billund (Denmark), Eindhoven (Netherlands) as well as national destinations Parma, Verona und Ancona.
Monday, 16 March 2009
More Route and Flight Cuts at Dublin. No cuts for Dublin Alghero
Ryanair, Ireland’s largest airline, today (16th Mar) announced a further series of route, flight and frequency cuts at Dublin Airport from July, as the impact of the €10 tourist tax and other Government price hikes cause numbers at Dublin to decline – down 12% in February alone. Ryanair confirmed that these latest cuts were being implemented in response to the decision of the Government owned Irish Aviation Authority to increase ATC charges by 12% this summer, at more than 12 times the rate of inflation.
From July 2009 Ryanair will close four routes from Dublin to Basel, Doncaster, Oporto and Teesside, and reduce frequencies on eight more routes from Dublin to Aberdeen, Biarritz, Billund, Bournemouth, Carcassonne, East Midlands, Malaga and Rome (Ciampino). These cuts will result in one additional based aircraft (five in total) being switched from high cost Dublin Airport to a low cost Ryanair European base in July.
Ryanair flights from Dublin to Alghero are not concerned by cuts and reductions, so far.
Ryanair News
From July 2009 Ryanair will close four routes from Dublin to Basel, Doncaster, Oporto and Teesside, and reduce frequencies on eight more routes from Dublin to Aberdeen, Biarritz, Billund, Bournemouth, Carcassonne, East Midlands, Malaga and Rome (Ciampino). These cuts will result in one additional based aircraft (five in total) being switched from high cost Dublin Airport to a low cost Ryanair European base in July.
Ryanair flights from Dublin to Alghero are not concerned by cuts and reductions, so far.
Ryanair News
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