Ryanair News
Ryanair extends reserved seating
Europe’s low cost carrier is extending its popular reserved seat service from 4 to 6 rows by adding rows 5 & 15 on all aircraft from today, which will allow even more passengers to reserve their preferred seats on 6 reserved rows.
Ryanair seeks out one million new passengers
Ryanair has announced ambitions to carry one million additional passengers from three airports in the north-east of England in 2013. The low-cost carrier will add a total of nine new routes at Manchester, Liverpool and East Midlands airports, which will sustain up to 1,000 new jobs.
Ryanair inks deal with Moneycorp Partnership
Low cost carrier Ryanair has inked a new partnership with foreign exchange specialists, Moneycorp, which will allow Ryanair’s UK passengers to access currency exchange services through the Ryanair.com website.
Ryanair adds Brussels-Dublin service
Low cost airline Ryanair is adding a daily return flight between Brussels Charleroi and Dublin, from 7 November. Flights will cost from €19 one way, with a morning and evening flight departing Brussels Charleroi daily, and a morning and evening flight departing Dublin daily.
Routes 2012: Ryanair confirms Lublin Airport presence
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has revealed it will launch flights from the new Lublin Airport in Poland as it further expands its activities in the expanding air transport market in the country. The move marks an intensification of its direct competition with rival Wizz Air.
Ryanair stewards quit after smuggling probe
Two Ryanair airline stewards who admitted smuggling 13,800 cigarettes through customs at Liverpool John Lennon Airport have walked free from court, but both have quit their jobs following the hearing.
EU opens investigation into Ryanair move for Aer Lingus
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into the proposed acquisition of Aer Lingus by the low cost carrier Ryanair, which was notified to the Commission on 24 July 2012. Both are major players in the Irish passenger air transport services market.
Ryanair increases Kerry - London Stansted route
Low cost airline Ryanair is increasing the number of flights it operates between Kerry and London Stansted from three return flights per week to a daily return flight, effective from November 7th.
Ryanair takes legal action against On The Beach
Low cost airline Ryanair is taking legal action against On The Beach after accusing the agent of screen scraping its fares without permission and breaching the terms of use of its website.
Etihad circles Aer Lingus stake
Etihad Airways has confirmed it would be “happy” to discuss the acquisition of the stake presently held by Ryanair in Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus. Abu Dhabi-based Etihad took a 2.987 per cent stake in Aer Lingus in April.
Ryanair launches text message service to warn of delays
Ryanair has announced passengers experiencing flight delays with the carrier of over 90 minutes will now receive free text message updates to advise them of the likely duration of the delay and their new departure time. The service, developed in partnership with Sentient, is a new addition to Ryanair’s existing email/text and website passenger communications and will be particularly useful during periods of severe disruption such as bad weather.
Ryanair announces 5 new Cork winter routes
Ryanair, today announced 5 new routes from Cork to Gdansk, Krakow, Warsaw, Wroclaw and Vilnius (at fares that are at least 50% cheaper than Wizz) from Nov 2012 as Ryanair grows its winter 2012 schedule from Cork Airport to 2 based aircraft and 10 routes, which will deliver over 850,000 passengers p.a., sustaining over 800* “on site” jobs at Cork Airport.