Ireland west Aiport flights to Paris/Milan/Franfurt 18 Euro return April

bensweeney

Ireland west airport is today launching flights to Paris/Milan/Franfurt. Ryanair are giving the service. Most of April flights seem to €18 return including online check in and taxes etc.


http://www.ryanair.com/en

Basq

Yep, €16.99 return to Milan... bargain!

Mighty tempted!

irishproduce

What dates you looking at Basq?

Ignore, I found them :-)

Basq

Can't afford to take holidays from work right now... but really tempted for a long weekend break!

Hmnmm..

kn

PS Note that Knock Airport tap you up for a tenner a head 'airport development fee' or else they will not allow you to board.

irishproduce

You serious??

ednwireland

irishproduce wrote: »

You serious??

yep leaving the country tax i beleive it funded some of the terminal building and radar upgrade

JohnFalstaff

This 'development fee' is bizarre, I had to pay it the last time I flew out of Knock. I wouldn't have minded if it had been flagged anywhere beforehand but it was never mentioned on any of the ticketing or flight details. It's literally a lad sitting at a folding table beside the passport control demanding a tenner off everyone that walks by.

EyeDeeOne

they definitly return tickets?

Kristopherus

JohnFalstaff wrote: »

This 'development fee' is bizarre, I had to pay it the last time I flew out of Knock. I wouldn't have minded if it had been flagged anywhere beforehand but it was never mentioned on any of the ticketing or flight details. It's literally a lad sitting at a folding table beside the passport control demanding a tenner off everyone that walks by.

No,its not. Its a booth in the centre of the corridor leading to the Departure Lounge. You cannot get past this booth unless you are under 12 or pay your tenner.

DavyD_83

EyeDeeOne wrote: »

they definitly return tickets?

Yep, tis true! just found some Paris flights there, can't make it work for me with awkward flight days though

ednwireland

JohnFalstaff wrote: »

This 'development fee' is bizarre, I had to pay it the last time I flew out of Knock. I wouldn't have minded if it had been flagged anywhere beforehand but it was never mentioned on any of the ticketing or flight details. It's literally a lad sitting at a folding table beside the passport control demanding a tenner off everyone that walks by.

i just factor it into the ticket price if they are cheaper/convenient i use them, if not i fly from elswhere

Basq

ednwireland wrote: »

i just factor it into the ticket price if they are cheaper/convenient i use them, if not i fly from elswhere

I'll happily pay the €10 development fee since it's only 45 minutes drive from me..

.. as opposed to 2.5 hours to Dublin airport.

bensweeney

Most airports charge a development fee, except that they include it at point of booking i.e the likes of ryanair.com etc. Ireland west cuts out the middle man.

madmoe

Kristopherus wrote: »

No,its not. Its a booth in the centre of the corridor leading to the Departure Lounge. You cannot get past this booth unless you are under 12 or pay your tenner.

I am from the area and was shocked this had to be paid the first time I ever flew out of Knock!

falabo

DavyD_83 wrote: »

Yep, tis true! just found some Paris flights there, can't make it work for me with awkward flight days though

did you book a flight to Paris or Beauvais ?

JohnnyBananas

And of course, being Ryanair, the airports are

Frankfurt-Hahn, 120km away from Frankfurt
Paris-Beauvais, 85km away from Paris
Milan-Bergamo, 45km away from Milan

(Source, Wikipedia)

(Not complaining, just something to take into account).

Sleepy

Jaysus lads, you don't say?! :rolleyes:

MayoForSam

The flight days are very awkward though to the various destinations, only 3 flights per week, only one at weekends, etc.

A handy BA for those with time and money on their hands in the West....

Good for tourism though.

kn

I would be very dubious about the legality of the 'airport development fee' as it is up to the carrier to pay passenger charges. If they physically tried to stop you from boarding I am sure you can charge them with assault.

Has anyone taken them on in the terminal over it?

Basq

kn wrote: »

If they physically tried to stop you from boarding I am sure you can charge them with assault.

kn

Basq wrote: »

Deadly serious. Its not Guards enforcing this, they have no lawful authority to detain you, and no Guard is going to intervene to force people to pay as they will say it is a civil matter.

jenno86

kn wrote: »

Deadly serious. Its not Guards enforcing this, they have no lawful authority to detain you, and no Guard is going to intervene to force people to pay as they will say it is a civil matter.

You're using a service provided by the airport. Would that not be some sort of stealing?

honeybea

Flying Knock/Lanzarote 12th April /19th April..165 euro plus 10 Airport Charge .....Dublin/Lanzarote..11thApril/18th April..... 255 euro ....Knock Airport is cheaper most of the time...and a joy to pass through..

zarquon

kn wrote: »

Deadly serious. Its not Guards enforcing this, they have no lawful authority to detain you, and no Guard is going to intervene to force people to pay as they will say it is a civil matter.

You are using a service provided by the airport that they charge for. You wouldn't force your way past a cinema usher without a ticket would you and claim it's a civil matter.

Rawhead

kn wrote: »

Deadly serious. Its not Guards enforcing this, they have no lawful authority to detain you, and no Guard is going to intervene to force people to pay as they will say it is a civil matter.

It's internet lawyers like this that end up getting cuffed and thrown in the back of a squad car. I fecking hate this "I KNOW MY BLEEDIN RIGHTS" brigade that quote law they pulled out of their arseholes. I suppose the Guard can't arrest you if he doesn't have his cap on either.
Pay the €10 or go somewhere else.

Qwerty?

I don't think you will find too many people in the West having a problem paying a tenner each time you use the Airport.

galait

honeybea wrote: »

Flying Knock/Lanzarote 12th April /19th April..165 euro plus 10 Airport Charge .....Dublin/Lanzarote..11thApril/18th April..... 255 euro ....Knock Airport is cheaper most of the time...and a joy to pass through..

Tenerife on the same dates from Knock €94 :eek:

ASOT

16 quid for flights to Girona on the 21st-24th. Cheers op.

Tech3

JohnnyBananas wrote: »

And of course, being Ryanair, the airports are

Frankfurt-Hahn, 120km away from Frankfurt
Paris-Beauvais, 85km away from Paris
Milan-Bergamo, 45km away from Milan

(Source, Wikipedia)

(Not complaining, just something to take into account).

I would rather end up in Bergamo than Milan anyway. I think the same goes for a lot of people. Good train connections to Venice/Verona/Florence etc..

BluE-WinG

This all sounds good, but the big question is, how much cheaper is the parking in Knock Airport compared to Dublin airports parking charges? EDIT: And how much time do you need to allocate to being there in advance for your flight?