4 new destinations have been added to Ryanair's flights from Scotland. Starting April the carrier will fly from Glasgow Prestwick Airport to Barcelona, Bydgoszcz in Poland, Chania in Crete and Corfu from early next year. Seats on the new routes will go on sale tomorrow. Ryanair said the new routes would help bring around 1.3 million people to Prestwick and support 1,300 jobs.
Message posted by jbtapscott on 03 December 2011 at 1:03pm - IP Logged
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Looks like RyanAir have certainly "taken" to Corfu - I notice that they have also announced new flights from several other European airports to Corfu in the last few weeks.
Message posted by windmill on 03 December 2011 at 10:28pm - IP Logged
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Ryanair very bullish at PR. 1.3MILLION? The population of Scotland is only just over 5 million. So 4 new holiday routes are going to attract 25% 0f the population. Perhaps the Polish route will attract quite a few.
Message posted by steevw on 06 December 2011 at 6:51pm - IP Logged
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Just hoping Ryanair will start Christmas next year, apart from the annual holiday breaks Christmas is the longest winter break, and not really wanting to spend it on the end of a paint brush here in the cold UK, Corfu I think I could handle.
Message posted by steevw on 07 December 2011 at 9:20pm - IP Logged
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This is really good news for those of us in Corfu. We might be able to travel to some interesting places without it costing an arm and a leg.
I wonder how it all came about. Wonder if there was any lobbying, or local influence. Maybe the Ryanair bosses follow this forum and thought they would get in before Monarch and Easyjet!
Message posted by NIGEL on 09 December 2011 at 12:07am - IP Logged
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Any easy way to find which dates of the week are flight available except from just trying random dates?
Is there a page where you can actually check the flight schedule for any destination?
Message posted by windmill on 09 December 2011 at 1:04pm - IP Logged
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For those who have flown RYANAIR:
"Spare a thought for Michael O’Leary, Chief Executive of 'Ryanair'.......
Arriving in a hotel in Dublin, he went to the bar and asked for a pint of draught Guinness. The barman nodded and said, "That will be one Euro please, Mr O’Leary."
Somewhat taken aback, O'Leary replied, "That's very cheap," and handed over his money.
"Well, we try to stay ahead of the competition", said the barman. "And we are serving free pints every Wednesday evening from 6 until 8. We have the cheapest beer in Ireland."
"That is remarkable value" Michael comments.
"I see you don't seem to have a glass, so you'll probably need one of ours. That will be 3 Euro please."
O'Leary scowled, but paid up. He took his drink and walked towards a seat.
"Ah, you want to sit down?" said the barman. "That'll be an extra 2 Euro. You could have pre-booked the seat, and it would have only cost you a Euro. I think you may to be too big for the seat sir, can I ask you to sit in this frame please?"
Michael attempts to sit down but the frame is too small and when he can't squeeze in he complains: "Nobody would fit in that little frame!"
"I'm afraid if you can't fit in the frame you'll have to pay an extra surcharge of €4.00 for your seat sir." O'Leary swore to himself, but paid up.
"I see that you have brought your laptop with you" added the barman. "Since that wasn't pre-booked either, that will be another 3 Euro."
O'Leary was so annoyed that he walked back to the bar, slammed his drink on the counter, and yelled, "This is ridiculous, I want to speak to the manager!"
"Ah, I see you want to use the counter," says the barman, "that will be 2 Euro please."
O'Leary's face was red with rage. "Do you know who I am?"
"Of course I do Mr. O'Leary."
"I've had enough! What sort of Hotel is this? I come in for a quiet drink and you treat me like this. I insist on speaking to a manager!"
"Here is his E mail address, or if you wish, you can contact him between 9 and 9.10 every morning, Monday to Tuesday at this free phone number. Calls are free, until they are answered, then there is a talking charge of only 10 cents per second."
"I will never use this bar again!"
"OK sir, but remember, we are the only hotel in Ireland selling pints for one Euro."
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