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Ryanair launches ‘skis fly free’ promotion

Ryanair has announced that the first 10,000 passengers to book a ski flight before midnight Wednesday 11th (24:00hrs) can bring their skis for free – saving up to £80/€80 each.

Ryanair extends £3 seat sale as it reports €387m profits

Ryanair today (2nd Nov) celebrated half year profits of €387m by extending its £3 seat sale until Thursday (5th November) and releasing an additional one million seats.

Ryanair announces four new routes to Bordeaux

Ryanair, has announced that it will open four new routes to/from Bordeaux starting 17 December 2009 which will offer consumers and visitors to the Bordeaux region competition, choice and low airfares.

Ryanair’s first London Stansted to Agadir flight takes off today

Ryanair today (Wednesday 28 October) welcomed passengers on board its inaugural flight from London Stansted to Agadir which will operate on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Ryanair launches 500,000 free seats

Ryanair has announced that from midnight (24:00hrs, 26th October 09) it will release 500,000 free seats for travel on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in late November and early December.

Ryanair launches £1 seat sale

Ryanair announced that from midnight tonight (5th October) it will release one million seats at an all inclusive price of £1 for travel in late October and November.

Ryanair adds Dublin to ‘Skis Fly Free’ promotion

Ryanair has announced that passengers who book a ski flight before midnight Thursday (24:00hrs 1st October) can bring their skis for free. Ryanair’s Winter Ski Programme 2009/10 offers 50 weekly flights from seven UK and one Irish airport to ski destinations in Cuneo, Grenoble, Lourdes, Salzburg and Turin at some of the lowest ski fares in Europe this year.

Ryanair announces 3 day ‘skis fly free’ promotion

Ryanair announced today (29 September) that passengers who book a ski flight before midnight Thursday (1 October) can bring their skis for free.

Ryanair launches 1 million £5 seats

Ryanair has announced that, from midnight tonight (Monday 28 September), it will release 1 million seats at an all-inclusive price of £5 for travel in late October and November.

Ryanair reminds passengers of new ID policy

Ryanair is reminding passengers to bring their passport when travelling on all Ryanair flights as from Thursday next (1st October 09) Ryanair will no longer accept a driver’s licence as a valid form of identification.

Ryanair to sell smokeless cigarettes onboard all flights

Ryanair has announced that smokers no longer have to worry about long flights without a cigarette as it launches a new range of Smokeless Cigarettes to ensure passengers get their required nicotine “hit” without breaking the law by “lighting up” onboard their aircraft.

Recession hit charities compete for Ryanair calendar funds

Ryanair has confirmed that it has received double the number of applications from charities hoping to partner with it for the €100,000 proceeds of its 2010 edition of its famous Cabin Crew Charity Calendar.

Ryanair launches 1 million seats for £1

Ryanair has released one million seats at an all-inclusive price of £1 for travel in October and November. These £1 fares will be available on over 500 of Ryanair’s European routes but must be booked on ryanair.com before midnight on Thursday (17 September).

Ryanair announces 2 new bases at Bari and Brindisi

Ryanair has today announced two new Italian bases at Bari and Brindisi, bringing its total European bases to 36.

Ryanair launches CityJet rescue fare

Ryanair has launched €30 (one way including taxes and charges) rescue fares* for CityJet passengers who have had their travel plans disrupted by CityJet’s decision to close their Shannon – Paris route.

Ryanair launches £5 seat sale

Ryanair has today released 1 million seats at an all inclusive price of £5 for travel in late September, October and November.

Ryanair fleet grows to 200 aircraft

Ryanair, the World's favourite airline, yesterday (6 September) took delivery of another new Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft from Boeing's Renton facility in Seattle, USA.

Ryanair increases baggage fees

Ryanair has 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 extends ‘Yes to Europe’ seat sale

Ryanair has extended its one million ‘Yes to Europe’ free seat sale until midnight Friday (from midnight Thursday) after its website crashed when millions of passengers tried to secure free seats which were launched on Wednesday.

Ryanair says ‘Yes to Europe’

Ryanair today (Wednesday 2 September 2009) released one million ‘Yes to Europe’ free seats for travel in October and November as it urged Irish passengers to vote ‘Yes to Europe’ on 2 October.

Ryanair slashes Europe’s lowest ski fares

Ryanair today 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 some of the lowest ski fares in Europe this year.

Ryanair launches one million seats for £5

Ryanair has today released one million seats at an all inclusive price of £5 for travel in late September, October and November. These £5 fares will be available on over 500 of Ryanair’s European routes but must be booked on ryanair.com before midnight (24:00hrs) Thursday (27th August).

Ryanair searches for charity partner

Ryanair, the World’s favourite airline, has put at least €100,000 up for grabs as it launched its search for its official charity partner for the 2010 edition of its famous Cabin Crew Charity Calendar.

Ryanair announces new routes from Edinburgh

Ryanair has announced that it will operate eight new Edinburgh routes to Barcelona (Girona), Brussels (Charleroi), Gdansk, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Memmingen (Munich West), Oslo (Torp) and Tenerife this winter (from 30 Oct) and the airline is also extending its summer routes to/from Malta and Rome (Ciampino).

Ryanair announces new routes from East Midlands Airport

Ryanair has announced that it will operate four new routes from East Midlands Airport to Marrakesh (Morocco), Rzeszów, Bydgoszcz and Łódź. It will also increase its frequency on routes to Belfast City and Nantes.

Ryanair announces two new routes from Liverpool

Ryanair has announced that it will operate two new routes from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to Agadir (Morocco) and Bremen.

Ryanair launches £8 seat sale

Ryanair has released 1 million seats at an all inclusive price of £8 for travel in late September, October and November. These £8 fares will be available on over 500 of Ryanair’s European routes but must be booked on ryanair.com before midnight, Thursday 20th August.

Ryanair announces changes to Manchester service

Ryanair has announced that it will switch/close 9 of its 10 Manchester routes to lower cost competitor airports in East Midlands, Leeds Bradford and Liverpool (from 1st Oct) after Manchester Airport refused to lower its charges to reflect the lower fares being paid by passengers in the current recession.

Ryanair announces 34th base at Leeds Bradford

Ryanair today announced it would open its 34th base at Leeds Bradford in March 2010 with two based aircraft and 14 new routes (17 in total) being launched.

Ryanair announces new winter sun destination from Bristol

Ryanair announced today an additional route to/from Bristol International Airport to Malaga starting in October. This news follows hot on the heels of last week’s announcement of 3 new winter sun routes from Bristol to Arrecife (Lanzarote), Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) and Tenerife South which will also begin in October.

Ryanair reports traffic growth in July

Ryanair has announced that its passenger traffic grew by 19% in July 2009 to 6.7 million passengers, which is a new monthly traffic record for the low fares airline.

Ryanair announces new travel insurance partner

Ryanair has announced the commencement of its partnership with its new Travel Insurance provider, AXA Assistance. AXA Assistance will offer cover across Europe at low prices through ryanair.com.

Ryanair announces record growth in Spain

Ryanair confirmed today that it will continue to cut flights/ traffic at high cost, tourist tax airports in the UK and Ireland and switch aircraft/ traffic to EU countries and airports that offer no tourist taxes and lower airport costs.

Ryanair expands Canary Islands offering

Ryanair has announced that it will open 39 new routes to/from the Canary Islands this winter starting in October. This will comprise of 16 new routes to Gran Canaria, 15 to Lanzarote and 8 to Tenerife (now 16 in total).

Ryanair cuts Stansted winter capacity by 40%

Ryanair announced last week a 40% capacity cutback in its Stansted Winter Schedule starting in October ’09.

Ryanair.com to allow same day bookings

Ryanair has announced that passengers can book tickets for same day travel on ryanair.com up to 6 hours before the scheduled departure time of all flights.

Ryanair launches a million seats for £5

IATA published its 2008 traffic figures, which show Ryanair overtaking Lufthansa in terms of passenger numbers. This year Ryanair expects to grow from 58m to over 67m passengers. To celebrate, Ryanair has released 1 million £5 seats for travel in September and October.

Ryanair announces new Stansted to Oslo route

Ryanair, the World’s favourite airline has announced that it will operate a twice-daily service from London Stansted to Oslo Rygge Airport (approx 50kms south of Oslo) from October 1.

Ryanair extends passenger poll

Ryanair today extended its ‘free standing-flights’ online poll to Tuesday 21st July after 50,000 votes were cast in just five days. Ryanair hopes to poll over 100,000 passengers to find out if they would be willing to stand on one hour flights if it meant the fare was free.

Ryanair carries double the number of BA passengers

Ryanair has announced that it carried twice the worldwide traffic of British Airways in June as 5.8million passengers travelled on Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares (up 13%) while BA carried just 2.9 million passenger (down 5%) in June.

Ryanair releases 1 million recession busting seats

Ryanair today released 1 million recession-busting £1 seats (which include all taxes and charges) for travel in September and October. These are available for booking on ryanair.com until midnight Thursday (16 July).

11 new Ryanair routes take off at Bristol

Ryanair crew and check in staff at Bristol International teamed up last week (3 July) to launch eleven new routes from the airport. Bristol-based Charlotte Oliver, star of Ryanair’s charity calendar for 2009, led the way as the team lined up alongside one of two new Boeing 737-800s (joining two similar aircraft already based at Bristol International).

Ryanair carries record 60 million passengers

Ryanair has announced that its June traffic increased by 13% to 5.8 million passengers, a new monthly record, smashing the 5.7 million passenger record set in August 2008. Ryanair also carried over 60 million passengers in the 12 months to the end of June – a new annual traffic record.

Ryanair announces new base at Porto

Ryanair has announced it will open its 33rd base at Porto (Northern Portugal) with two based aircraft and four new routes (16 in total). Ryanair will offer 50 daily return flights to/from Porto in an investment worth over $140 million.

Ryanair celebrates customer service statistics

Ryanair today (30th June 09) welcomed the publication of punctuality, flight cancelation and baggage performance statistics by the Association of European Airlines (AEA), for November ‘08 – March ‘09, which confirmed that Ryanair is Europe’s number one airline for customer service with the best on time performance, the fewest cancelations and the least lost bags.

Ryanair promotes Webloyalty

Ryanair has announced a partnership with Webloyalty, a leading provider of online savings, discount and protection programmes, which will provide Ryanair UK passengers with discounts of up to 20% at over 700 top online retailers as well as best price guarantees, automatic extended warranty protection, and a £10 cash back cheque from Webloyalty every month in which they purchase a Ryanair flight, all for just £10 per month.

Ryanair freezes growth at 9 UK bases

Ryanair today confirmed that it will freeze growth at its nine UK bases with immediate effect. Ryanair claims that Gordon Brown’s £10 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 cuts winter flights and jobs

Ryanair has announced cuts in its winter based aircraft, flights and jobs at Dublin and Shannon Airports as the Government’s €10 tourist tax continues to devastate Irish traffic and tourism.

Ryanair.com closes website for upgrade

Ryanair has confirmed that its website ryanair.com will close for a 10 hour period from 19:00hrs Wednesday 24th June 2009 until 05:00hrs Thursday (25th June) due to an essential upgrade maintenance.

Ryanair voices concerns over tourist tax

Ryanair has this week called on the Irish Government to scrap its €10 tourist tax to prevent a further collapse in Irish tourism and related jobs next winter.

Ryanair launches Father’s Day flight vouchers

Ryanair today (10th June 09) suggested that teenagers get rid of embarrassing parents and party this summer by snapping up one of Ryanair’s great value Father’s Day Gift Vouchers which are available from just £25 on ryanair.com.

Ryanair launches SMS confirmation service

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline, today (8th June 09) announced a new partnership with 15 Below to deliver booking confirmation numbers directly to passenger mobile phones via SMS message for just £1. Ryanair passengers will no longer have to print out confirmation emails as their itinerary can be sent to their mobile within 24 hours of booking.

Ryanair teams up with AXA Travel Insurance

Ryanair has announced a new 5 year partnership with AXA Travel Insurance, part of the AXA Assistance Group, which will come into effect from next September to provide Ryanair’s 67 million passengers with great value, quality, single-trip, multi-trip and annual travel insurance policies on ryanair.com.

Momondo to feature Ryanair flight info

Ryanair has 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 launches 0% credit card offer

Ryanair today (26th 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.

Brits snap up recession chic camping holidays

Ryanair today (19th May 09) confirmed a 60% increase in bookings on their camping website last month as more and more families take advantage of great value “recession chic” campsite accommodation throughout Europe and Ryanair’s guaranteed lowest fares this summer.

Ryanair criticises ‘BAA monopoly’

Ryanair today (19th May 09) condemned BAA for its decision to appeal the Competition Commission’s recent pro-consumer decision to break up the BAA hold over London’s airports. Ryanair has been a long standing critic of the BAA airport monopoly.

Ryanair urges Irish government to scrap air duty

Ryanair has 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 moves to online only check-in

Ryanair has confirmed that from Wednesday next (20 May) 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 1 October next.

Ryanair appoints new sales manager

Ryanair has today (13 May 2009) announced the appointment of Laszlo Tamas as Sales and Marketing Manager for the UK and Ireland. Laszlo graduated in Commerce and Tourism from the Budapest Business School and obtained an MBA at University of Debrecen in Hungary.

Ryanair calls for the early sale of Stansted

Ryanair has made a statement calling for the early sale of London Stansted after BAA figures confirmed that passenger traffic at the airport decreased by 13% in April (despite the Easter holiday) and highlighted that traffic has plummeted by 14% at London Stansted in the first four months of 2009.

Ryanair announces new routes for Germany

Ryanair announced today that it will open seven new routes to/from Memmingen (approx 75kms west of Munich) starting May 2009, offering consumers and visitors of the Bavaria (South Germany) more choice for low airfares.

Celebrate St Patrick’s Day the Ryanair way

Ryanair yesterday continued in its bid to abolish high fares in Europe by offering 2000 free flights to Ireland to lucky Londoners who met the Ryanair Leprechauns in London’s Covent Garden in pre-Paddy Day celebrations.

Ryanair announces more cuts at Dublin

Ryanair today announced a further series of route, flight and frequency cuts at Dublin Airport from July. 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.

Ryanair slams CAA airport fines as irrelevant

Ryanair today criticised the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA’s) proposal to impose fines on poor performing airports and called once again for the immediate sale of London Stansted Airport in order to improve airport performance and competition.

Ryanair announces two new routes at East Midlands

Ryanair today announced that it will add two new routes from East Midlands Airport in July - to Barcelona (Reus) and Palma. Ryanair now has thirty-four routes from East Midlands and the latest two will increase Ryanair’s traffic at the airport to over 2 million passengers per annum which will sustain 2,000 local jobs.

Ryanair welcomes break-up of BAA monopoly

Ryanair today welcomed 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 better services at lower prices for airport users and consumers.

Give your mother the gift of travel

Ryanair has suggested the perfect Mother’s Day present, a Ryanair Gift Voucher. Why not spoil your Mother this year with a gift voucher from £25 available on ryanair.com. The vouchers can now be redeemed on-line from the comfort of your own home, which makes the gift all the more convenient.

Ryanair launches new routes from Brussels

Ryanair announced today that it will add one new Boeing 737-800 aircraft (now 8 in total) and open four new routes (now 43 in total) at its Brussels (Charleroi) base from June. This brings Ryanair’s investment in Brussels (Charleroi) to eight aircraft worth over $560million.

Ryanair agrees new pay terms for pilots

Ryanair has confirmed that it has successfully concluded a round of intensive negotiations at its 31 pilot bases across Europe, under which all of Ryanair’s pilot bases discussed and voted in favour of a 12 month pay freeze with productivity increases as the preferred alternative to a 10% pay cut.

Ryanair appoints director for new route development

Ryanair has announced the appointment of Mr. Ken O’Toole as Director of New Route Development. In this role Ken will be responsible for the continued expansion and management of the Ryanair route network, the allocation of aircraft fleet, commercial relationships with airports and drive to reduce airport costs.

Ryanair welcomes Warsaw ruling

Ryanair has welcomed 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 April 2007 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.

Dutch government scraps tourist tax

Ryanair has welcomed 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 £10 airport tax.

Ryanair advises passengers to opt-in to travel insurance

Ryanair is warning that passengers who wish to travel with the security of travel insurance must now opt-in when they are making their booking on Ryanair.com.

Pau Airport to close for system upgrades

Ryanair has confirmed that it will not operate scheduled flights to/from Pau Airport for two weeks between 27 July and 8 August as the airport closes to upgrade its ILS landing systems to improve landing capability in adverse weather conditions.

Ryanair and Hertz extend partnership

Ryanair confirmed that it has signed a new partnership agreement until 2014 with Hertz, the World’s largest general use car rental brand, which will see Ryanair passengers gain access to the Hertz car rental convenience and best value rates.

Ryanair calls on PM to scrap tourist tax

Ryanair has called on Gordon Brown to scrap his £10 tourist tax as BAA March figures confirm the decline of passenger traffic to and from the UK.

Ryanair to charge ‘fat tax’?

Ryanair is reporting 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.

Higher airfares for overweight travellers?

Ryanair has announced that it received over 12,000 suggestions from passengers as part of the 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 launches three new Italian bases

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 continues operations out of Weeze

Ryanair has welcomed the issue of a new operating licence at Dusseldorf (Weeze) airport which will allow Ryanair to continue to base aircraft and operate its full flight schedule from the airport.

Ryanair to charge price comparison websites

Ryanair today 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 to close Dusseldorf base

Ryanair, Europe’s leading low fares airline, today confirmed that it will close its base at Dusseldorf-Weeze with the potential 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 passengers vote in favour of ‘fat tax’

Ryanair today announced 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 confirms ‘fat tax’ is a non-runner

Ryanair has confirmed that it will not implement a ‘fat tax’ because there is no way to collect it without disrupting its 25 minute turnarounds and its online check-in process. Ryanair confirmed that more than 16,000 passengers voted in its latest online poll to identify how the airline should charge larger passengers.

May madness from Ryanair

Ryanair has today slashed 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 at ryanair.com until midnight Sunday 10 May.