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I know that this is an alarmist headline, but after reading the story, it raises plenty of questions about an airline’s responsibility to its passengers. Ryanair’s debacle was similar to situations I have faced here in the U.S.A. when my airline deposited me at JFK and gave me a bus ticket to Boston.
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Air France is planning to go head to head with Easyjet and Ryanair by inaugurating a low-cost network of domestic flights linking French cities. Air France has yet to comment. But its business model will make that Nice the base of operations and the airline won’t utilize Paris airports.
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Ryanair lists flights on Kayak, Icahn wins big Fontainebleau Vegas casino project for a bargain, Californians get to see high-speed rail plans
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In October, I wrote that Ryanair was threatening Shannon airport with extinction. The airport and its biggest customer were at loggerheads over a new $15 departure tax. Ryanair threatened to leave if the tax was not removed. The tax stayed and Ryanair is basically leaving.
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Vega’s City Center concept, big cruise bargains, Ryanair finished at the bottom of another poll.
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With the announced reductions in service by British Airways and the continued growth of Ryanair, it appears that Ryanair, the upstart low-cost carrier, will pass British Airways in the rankings of airlines in Britain.
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According to the mayor of Clare, the town in Ireland where Shannon Airport stands, if Ryanair reduces its operations there by 75 percent as threatened, the airport will become a ghost town. Ryanair aggressively battles what it consideres unfair airport charges in its goal to provide low-cost service. When they can’t get the airports to lower costs, they move operations to another more cooperative field.
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One of the more interesting airline soap operas playing in Europe over the past three years has been the Ryanair romance of Aer Lingus. Two years ago, Ryanair offered the Irish national carrier almost €1.5 billion. Last April, the low-cost carrier proposed again with a €748 million offer. None of these entreaties were accepted.
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Boeing, determined to see the 787 fly before the end of the year, is focused on getting repairs completed. Ryanair is still continuing its investments in Aer Lingus. Tarmac delay rally in D.C. highlights the problem.
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Bankruptcies are still a fact of life in the airline industry. With global airlines reportedly losing $2 billion this past year, more bankruptcies are expected. Airline analysts are still predicting “consolidation” in the U.S. airline industry. The latest airline to be grounded is SkyEurope, which has been flying from Bratislava and Prague since 2002.
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