European Airline Industry: Ryanair to cut up to 3,000 jobs blaming 'state aid doping' for other European airlines

Michael O'Leary, Chief Executive Officer of Ryanair, said he regretted the cuts and singled out "manifestly unfair" rules put in place by the French government on airport taxes.

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Airline Industry: Ryanair: Dutch court rejects Ryanair attem0pt to prevent pilots' strike

A Dutch court on Thursday rejected a case from Ryanair <RYA.I> seeking to block pilots in the Netherlands from joining a wider European strike scheduled for Friday at the airline to protest slow progress in negotiating a collective labour agreement.

The Dutch Airline Pilots Association has said at least 11 flights stand to be affected by the strike in the Netherlands.

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Airlines Industry: Is Ryanair Serious About $10 Flights Between US And Europe?

Ryanair, Europe’s biggest and most profitable airline, just announced a new business model that would see the no-frills carrier work to expand into the United States with airfare as low as $10 on select transatlantic flights.

The airline’s colorful and headline-loving chief executive, Michael O’Leary, spoke of his ambitious plans at the Irish Hotels Federation conference in Meath earlier this week, saying that he’d offer tickets from Europe to New York and Boston for just 10 euros ($13.70) and flights back starting at only $10 (7.30 euros).

If it sounds way too good to be true, keep in mind that a $10 fare comes with a big asterisks that will likely make the price look about 25 percent heftier when all is said and done. O’Leary himself is the first to admit that he’ll charge for everything from booking to baggage and seat selection.

“We can make money on 99 cent fares in Europe,” he enthused at the hotels conference, according to the Irish Independent. “Not every seat will be 10-euro of course, there will also need to be a very high number of business or premium seats.”

Is Ryanair Serious About $10 Flights Between US And Europe?

European Airline Industry: Ryanair opens first base in Croatia

One of the world’s most popular budget airlines, Ryanair, will open a base in Croatia next year. In an official announcement from the airline the company stated that it would be opening a base at Zadar Airport from April 2013.

The new base will cover seven different routes including Dublin, East Midlands, Gothernburg, Liverpool, Paris Wroclaw and Haugesund. For the time being only one plane will be based at Zadar Airport, although this is the first time that Ryanair have had a base in the Republic of Croatia.

To mark the event Ryanair have launched a 100,000 seat sale with fares starting as low as £8 for travel across Europe. Although if you thinking of grabbing a seat you’ll have to be quick as the offer ends tonight, 20^th December, at midnight. Flights on one of Ryanair’s new seven lines from Zadar can be purchased online.

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European Airline Industry:As Europe scrimps, budget airline Ryanair soars - by Ben Quinn

Spartan, garishly colored cabin interiors, seats stripped of pockets, a seemingly constant bombardment of mid-air retail offerings, and a cheesy automated trumpet fanfare that announces “yet another on-time arrival.”

It could only be Ryanair the budget airline European travelers love to grumble about while readily snapping up its fares. The pattern has transformed the nature of travel on the continent and forced more upmarket rivals, including Lufthansa and British Air to start copying Ryanair.

While companies from a range of sectors across the continent continue to struggle against the headwinds of deep austerity, better than expected results released this week by the Dublin-based carrier for the first half of this year underlined the apparent resilience of one of Europe’s most extraordinary business success stories. Despite operating in cash-strapped times where many Europeans are cutting back on the pre-austerity habit of taking multiple weekend city vacations, it posted a 10 percent rise in net profit and 15 percent rise in revenues to €3.1 billion (almost $4 billion).

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Casrrentals.co.uk: Ryanair ad discloses Italian Government subsidies to Alitalia increases passengers fares - by Dave Anderson

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Ryanair ad discloses Italian Government subsidies to Alitalia increases passengers fares - by Dave Anderson

Ryanair, the prominent Irish low cost carrier, has managed to anger Italy’s conservative government by posting an ad on its website, in which the airline claimed that Italian officials had an “up yours” attitude, when it comes to the country’s struggling national carrier, Alitalia.The fact that Ryanair decided to run these ads should serve as no surprise, considering that the Irish low cost carrier has very openly articulated that it opposes state subsidies to carriers and as such, the airline has spoken out on several occasions against the Italian government’s decision to provide the near bankrupt Alitalia with a €300 million emergency loan. Ryanair argues that by providing these loans, the government is essentially supporting Alitalia’s higher fares and thus placing passengers at a disadvantage.

AFP: Italy to consider Ryanair offer for Milan airport

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Italy to consider Ryanair offer for Milan airport

An offer by Irish airline Ryanair to begin operating out of Milan's Malpensa airport in place of Italian carrier Alitalia will be "considered", Italy's transport minister said Saturday. "It would be mad not to examine an offer of a billion euros (1.4 billion dollars)," Alessandro Bianchi said in Saturday's edition of the Corriere della sera daily.

"I cannot judge this offer from a technical point of view but if a company as large as Ryanair decides to make such an investment, its offer must be considered."

The Sun Online - Travel: Fly to the US for just EURO 9

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Travel: Fly to the US for just EURO 9

BUDGET airline Ryanair plans to launch transatlantic flights with fares as low as EURO 9 within four years. The Irish carrier’s chief executive Michael O’Leary said he was looking to serve six US cities from European airports where it has bases.

The airline would operate independently from Ryanair and offer a premier class on the transatlantic services. Ryanair would acquire up to 50 widebody Airbus A350s or Boeing 787s to operate the routes. Secondary US airports identified include Baltimore, Providence, Rhode Island and New York Long Island Islip Macarthur. The carrier will be able to enter the prized North Atlantic arena following the EU-US open skies agreement due to come into force from the autumn.

O’Leary said: “By mid-2009 we will be carrying 70 million passengers at 23 bases across Europe. It will be relatively straightforward for us to do a deal for 40 to 50 long haul aircraft to connect these bases transatlantically. There would be no-one to touch us.” “We’ve been approached by a number of airports in the US who are very keen to see us start a long-haul, low-fare service and we’re working on plans to start flying the Atlantic.