Ryanair has launched its newest route from Edinburgh, Scotland, to Szczecin, Poland. The budget airline will operate two round-trip flights per week on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
One-way fares for this new route start from £29.99 including taxes, with additional fees for extras like checked luggage and meals.
Budget airline Ryanair has announced some surprising changes to their summer 2012 schedule, canceling routes and reducing departures out of Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport. The axed routes are Liverpool to Milan, Rome, and Rimini in Italy, as well as to Almeria, Spain.
Passengers affected by the cancellations will be given the choice of a full refund or tickets on an alternative route.
Budget airline Ryanair has announced its newest destination will be Montenegro. Direct flights from London, Brussels and Milan are scheduled to begin in June 2012.
Ryanair flights to Montenegro will be seasonal and available from March to October each year. Ryanair has entered into an agreement with the Montenegro tourism board and agreed to operate flights until at least 2016.
Ryanair has announced it will be cutting its base at Edinburgh Airport from 7 to 6 aircraft. This will result in the termination of 5 routes with effect from April 2012.
The terminated routes are from Edinburgh to Berlin, Malmo, Murcia, Ibiza and Tallin. The total number of Ryanair flights from Edinburgh Airport will drop by 21% from 140 to 110.
Ryanair has announced it will fly new routes from 8 European cities to Modlin Airport in Warsaw, Poland. Modlin Airport is a new passenger airport and scheduled to open on July 16, 2012.
Ryanair will offer direct flights between Warsaw-Modlin and Dublin, London, Milan, Oslo, Rome, Stockholm, Brussels, and Budapest. The new routes will come into effect from mid-July.
Europe’s budget airlines have proven their reliability following the collapse of Spanair. To serve the 22,000 Spanair passengers were stranded by the sudden cancellation of their flights, EasyJet, Ryan and Vueling have responded with increased flights and special deals.
Spanair suddenly ceased all operations on Friday, January 27, 2012, and has filed for bankruptcy.
Starting in mid-January 2012, Ryanair will introduce a levy of 25 Euro cents on every seat booked to cover costs for carbon permits it needs under a new European Union emissions trading scheme.
Europe’s largest budget airline followed US Delta Air Lines and Lufthansa, Germany’s biggest carrier, in passing costs onto customers.
“We do not agree with it and we do not believe there will be any environmental benefit,” a Ryanair spokesman told Reuters.
A consumer watchdog has named budget airline Ryanair the second worst short-haul carrier.
Based on findings by Which?, a British consumer watchdog, Ryanair scored a customer satisfaction rating of just 38%. The results were compiled from an online panel of 8,227 members who answered questions about their most recent flight in the past year. Panel members gave Ryanair just one star out of five for its boarding process and two stars out of five for value for money.
January 10, 2012 – Starting today reserved seating is now available on all flights operated by RyanAir, Europe’s leading budget airline. This optional service allows passengers to reserve preferred seats and board first for an additional GBP10 (USD15) each way.
“Ryanair is pleased to extend our popular reserved seat service on all our routes from 10th January 2012 when, for just €10, passengers on all routes will be able to pre-reserve their favourite seats in the front two rows, to ensure a prompt exit on arrival, or in over wing exits, for extra legroom.” said Stephen McNamara, RyanAir’s head of communications.
Passengers traveling with RyanAir can expect a significant increase in fees for checked luggage, especially for travel during peak holiday seasons like Christmas and summer. Effective for bookings made from December 15, 2011, the high season fee for checking a 15-kg bag is €25 if booked online or €100 if booked through the call center [...]
