Pressekonferenz in Prag morgen früh

[dD]

ppRuNe

Well indeed, the press conference will be held tomorrow at 11:00 AM. The authorities at PRG airport had refused to name the new carrier, but even FR's competitor Sky Europe is 95% sure it will be them. "It's in their style. But there won't be any Ryanair base in Prague now" - said Sky's Jan Čamek.

Sky Europe could be one of the low-costs hit by this development.

[Rockbar-m]

Naja, mal sehen ob dann überraschend ne Route von Weeze aus kommt, aber ich denke eher Stansted und Frankfurt?

[Rockbar-m]

Mhm ... viel scheint nicht bei rum gekommen zu sein wenn die Konerenz denn überhaupt stattgefunden hat?

[n-spotter]

Die Pressekonferenz soll jetzt laut ppRuNe um 15:30 Uhr stattfinden.

[Rockbar-m]

Naja, Dublin - Prag ... nichts für uns dabei

[tosch19]

und DUB-NCE, BSL, KTW, SZZ

[tosch19]

Hier noch Die PM dazu

RYANAIR ANNOUNCES 6 NEW ROUTES FROM DUBLIN

TWO NEW AIRCRAFT, INCREASED FREQUENCIES AND 1 MILLION EXTRA PASSENGERS P.A.

Ryanair, Europe’s largest low fares airline today (15 Aug) announced its intention to base two new aircraft at Dublin from November 2007 (making a total of 22 Dublin based aircraft), to launch 6 new European routes, to increase frequencies on a further 12 routes to the UK and Europe, all of which will deliver an extra 1 million passengers annually for tourism and the Irish economy.

Ryanair will invest $140m in these two new Boeing 737-800 aircraft which will deliver 1m extra passengers p.a. This will sustain an additional 1,000 new jobs in North Dublin. It will bring Ryanair’s total number of routes served year round from Dublin to 81 – almost double the number served by Aer Lingus – and will next year see Ryanair deliver 10m passengers p.a. to/from Dublin Airport, which is over 40% of Dublin’s total traffic. These new aircraft and routes have been facilitated by the recent opening of Check-in Area 14, and the opening of Pier D in October. These facilities will provide the additional ramp capacity needed to accommodate these new aircraft, new routes and new visitors to Dublin.

Announcing this further growth at Dublin Airport, Ryanair’s Deputy CEO, Michael Cawley said:

“The events of this past week confirm that Aer Lingus cannot be trusted or relied upon to secure access to/from the Republic of Ireland on key routes to the UK and Europe. By launching these 6 new routes, 3 of which (Budapest, Nice and Prague) are already served by Aer Lingus, and 1 of which (Basel) competes with Aer Lingus’s high fare route to Zurich, means that long-term access between Dublin and these cities has been secured, even if Aer Lingus decides to transfer more aircraft and more services North of the border to Belfast. Ryanair’s new routes will end Aer Lingus’s high fare monopoly on these routes and means that Irish passengers and visitors will no longer have to suffer €200 and €300 air fares from Dublin to Basel, Budapest, Nice and Prague. Our new routes to Katowice and Szczecin will provide new gateways and links between Ireland and Poland which have enjoyed such enormous customer support in recent years.
Dublin to:
Starts:
Frequency:

Basel
Oct
3 x weekly

Budapest
Oct
Daily

Katowice
Nov
3 x weekly

Nice
Nov
Daily

Prague
Nov
Daily

Szczecin
Oct
2 x weekly


“These new aircraft will enable Ryanair this Winter to significantly increase frequencies and services on 12 of Ryanair’s existing route at Dublin. There will now be extra daily flights from Dublin to Birmingham (4 daily), Edinburgh (4 daily) and Manchester (5 daily) for time sensitive business passengers who are presently underserved by Aer Lingus. Bratislava, Kaunas, Krakow and Riga frequencies are increased to daily flights, as well as extra weekly flights to Bournemouth, Gkansk, Rzeszow, Tenerife and Wroclaw. Ryanair’s combination of guaranteed lowest fares, best on-time performance, fewest lost bags, fewest cancelled flights continues to attract record passenger numbers and growth.
Dublin to:
Existing Frequency:
New Frequency:

Birmingham
3 x daily
4 x daily

Bournemouth
7 x weekly
9 x weekly

Bratislava
4 x weekly
Daily

Edinburgh
3 x daily
4 x daily

Gdansk
2 x weekly
3 x weekly

Kaunas
6 x weekly
Daily

Krakow
5 x weekly
Daily

Manchester
4 x daily
5 x daily

Riga
4 x weekly
Daily

Rzeszow
2 x weekly
3 x weekly

Tenerife
4 x weekly
5 x weekly

Wroclaw
4 x weekly
5 x weekly


With these new routes and additional flights, Ryanair expects to carry a record 10m passengers through Dublin Airport in 2008. The message today is clear, the people of Ireland can no longer trust Aer Lingus to provide secure access to/from this country. Thankfully Ryanair can be relied on, not just to provide access, but to do so on brand new aircraft, with the lowest fares, the best passenger service, and a guarantee of no fuel surcharge.

“To celebrate this substantial expansion of Ryanair’s business at Dublin Airport, we are today releasing 1 million seats on our website at http://www.ryanair.com for €10 all in (including taxes and charges) for travel on flights from Dublin to Britain and Continental Europe from September to December. These seats will remain on sale until midnight Thursday 16 August, so I would urge everybody to snap them up before they are gone.

[dD]

Immerhin als erster Schritt sind PRG - Prag und NCE - Nizza neu im FR Streckennetz aufgetaucht.

Da FR immer für eine Überraschung gut ist könnte ja auch plötzlich ein Flug von uns dort landen. Wir haben ja schließlich noch ein paar Slots im Winter frei! Würde mich wundern wenn die nicht noch mit irgendwas gefüllt werden.