Ryanair announces flight/job cuts

MayoForSam

I see Ryanair are feeling the pinch:

http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/news.php?yr=09&month=feb&story=gen-en-120209

Blaming it on the €10 depature tax but surely due to economic circumstances are well? I feel sorry for the employees, no union to back them up but that's Ryanair for you I guess.

Will this affect flights already booked? We have booked a family holiday in Spain for July, flying into Santander with Ryanair. I see the Barcelona flights have been reduced from 21 to 14 per week. More details to be announced I wonder?

anladmór

ah ****e. not good for an island country.

BuffyBot

Will this affect flights already booked?

Most likely, and emails will be sent out to those affected.

Irish Wedding D

The problem that Ryanair have is that they stupidly hedged into the 3rd quarter of 2009 at soe ridiculous fuel rate and they are feeling the pain of doing this is thier profit.

This company has again shown that they have absolutely no respect for the staff that operate thier company and the passenger that pay thier good money to them and not only do they want to run thier own company into ground, but they want to take the country down with them by imposing riduculous charges for seats, baggage, duty free etc.... these chages are going to further reduce the revenues of the daa which who return a significant return to the exchequer.

Airport charges are neccesary for the develepment of our country, they fund the development of our airport and in turn the gateway to our country.

Ryanair have a model that operates on low cost, they have brought thier prices to a level of non-existence and now because they can't backtrack they blame the country. Negligent management in my opinion.

Without infrastructure we have limitations.

Bluetonic

Irish Wedding D wrote: »

But they want to take the country down with them by imposing riduculous charges for seats, baggage, duty free etc....

What the hell are you rabbiting on about?

Ryanair don't charge for seats, have realistic baggage allowances and charge realistically for those who choose to carry extra and fly to very few destinations where duty free can be bought which of course when bought is a personal choice.

Nice rant though.

Irish Wedding D wrote: »

Airport charges are neccesary for the develepment of our country, they fund the development of our airport and in turn the gateway to our country.

O'Leary has said if the Government scrap the departure tax due to arrive on the 1st of March they will make no schedule changes in Dublin, and there will be no job losses. The departure tax IS NOT earmarked for airport development, it does not go to the DAA or other airport operators.

Airports will not Receive any Funding
from Government’s New Air Travel Tax

The Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) wishes to clarify that the air travel tax announced by the Minister for Finance in today’s budget is a Government tax that has been introduced to boost the Government’s revenues.


This new tax is not linked in any way to the airport charges at Dublin, Shannon and Cork Airports that help pay for the facilities at those airports and the range of aviation, security and safety services provided by them. Dublin, Shannon and Cork airports are funded entirely by a combination of these airport charges – paid by passengers, revenues from their own commercial activities and borrowings.

The airport charge at Dublin Airport is determined by the Commission for Aviation Regulation and currently stands at a maximum of €14.60 per departing passenger or just over €7 for each leg of a return journey. The airport charge paid by passengers at Dublin Airport is the lowest at any major airport in Europe.

DAA is carrying out a detailed analysis of the possible impact of the current economic environment on passenger traffic through its airports and how this might affect the delivery timeframe for some planned infrastructure. It is too early to predict what impact the new Government tax may have on overall traffic volumes.

October 14, 2008

http://www.dublinairport.com/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/

ITDept

Quite a robust reply from DAA:

http://www.dublinairport.com/at-airport/latest-news/120209_stunt.html

Dodge

ITDept wrote: »

Quite a robust reply from DAA:

http://www.dublinairport.com/at-airport/latest-news/120209_stunt.html

Fair play to them. Glad to see someone point out a few facts amongst the huffing and puffing

Bluetonic

ITDept wrote: »

Quite a robust reply from DAA:

http://www.dublinairport.com/at-airport/latest-news/120209_stunt.html

The problem lies a lot with Ryanair flying into mainly second tier airports in Europe, where as Dublin airport is a first tier airport.

Ryanair say it's one of the most expensive airports for fees which it is, the DAA say it's one of the cheapest airports for fees which it is. The distinction being it's expensive for Ryanair because it's one of few first tier airports they use, and for the DAA they see it as one of the cheapest first tier airports in Europe.

ITDept

I must admit I'm biassed against Ryanair anyway. They treated my family like dirt once and that was the last time we flew with them. I'm sure they're not exactly quaking in their boots that we've decided not to use them, but there you go.

The only slightly harsh thing here is that another 200 jobs are going down the tubes at a time when replacement jobs are pretty scarce. Best of luck to the people concerned - I hope you find new jobs quickly. As for the 'top brass' in Ryanair... grr!

Bluetonic

At least they are all being offered relocation to other Ryanair bases before redundancy.

CantGetNoSleep

Bluetonic wrote: »

The problem lies a lot with Ryanair flying into mainly second tier airports in Europe, where as Dublin airport is a first tier airport.

Ryanair say it's one of the most expensive airports for fees which it is, the DAA say it's one of the cheapest airports for fees which it is. The distinction being it's expensive for Ryanair because it's one of few first tier airports they use, and for the DAA they see it as one of the cheapest first tier airports in Europe.

Dublin is certainly not a first tier airport imo, and never should be classed as one until it has reasonable access by public transport (and cars)

Dodge

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

Dublin is certainly not a first tier airport imo, and never should be classed as one until it has reasonable access by public transport (and cars)

First tier as in if you're coming to Dublin its your first choice. For a sizeable amount of airports used by Ryanair, that isn't the case.

BuffyBot

Let's keep on topic - the effects of proposed cuts on passengers. This thread is not the place if you want to discuss policy - take that discussion to the Aviation and Aircraft forum.