Ryanair acquire a LearJet

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Found this on the Irish Aero Twitter:

Trevor Buckley ‏@IrishAero
‪#Ryanair‬ acquires M-ABEU Learjet 45 c/n 374 to provide operational recovery support across Europe based @STN_Airport

http://www.island-images.co.uk/Aircraft/2012Air/1201261135.html

Plowman

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Lapin

Given the airline involved I would say very curious indeed. :eek:

b757

Plowman wrote: »

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Yeah, that is what it is planned to be used for..

OR... Could be MOL with his new air taxi service! :P

kub

I reckon he will not have to fly with EI anymore while going to the US. Just wondering lads, am I correct in assuming that it is cheaper to send one of these out on a recovery operation rather than the standard 738?

b757

kub wrote: »

I reckon he will not have to fly with EI anymore while going to the US. Just wondering lads, am I correct in assuming that it is cheaper to send one of these out on a recovery operation rather than the standard 738?

Much cheaper.. The fuel consumption would be considerably different in a Learjet compared to a B737..

For a 2000nm flight, the lear45 would consume about 5,000lbs of fuel
Whereas the 737 could consume up to 20,000lbs of fuel, if not more..

All these will factor in with maintenance costs, pilot wages ect and the Learjet will come out on top.. Good move by ryanair in saving money in the long run..

**Not completely accurate, just estimating**

kub

b757 wrote: »

Much cheaper.. The fuel consumption would be considerably different in a Learjet compared to a B737..

For a 2000nm flight, the lear45 would consume about 5,000lbs of fuel
Whereas the 737 could consume up to 20,000lbs of fuel, if not more..

All these will factor in with maintenance costs, pilot wages ect and the Learjet will come out on top.. Good move by ryanair in saving money in the long run..

**Not completely accurate, just estimating**

Well as per usual a perfect and typical Ryanair business decision, good luck to them.

Jesus Nut

This is very common for airlines to have 1 or more biz jet type aircraft in there basket!
I know most EU carriers have a citation or a lear. O'leary did have a Challenger and a Bell 430 helicopter up until recently. The Lear must be a replacement.
Aer Arann did have a Citation I remember a while ago.
Aer Lingus have 2 Biz jets but under another company name and they are on the G reg!

On the Isle of Man reg, DHL and TNT have a few biz jets!

scudzilla

How many seats will they squeeze in this little baby, i'd go for a rough guess of 42, and will the interior be that goddawful blue & yellow

b757

scudzilla wrote: »

How many seats will they squeeze in this little baby, i'd go for a rough guess of 42, and will the interior be that goddawful blue & yellow

No toilets either... Little flap on the side of the plane to do your business! :P

Technoprisoner

this usually flys with 2 teams of engineers in case there is another jet stranded somewhere else. They would drop the first group off then fly direct to the next airport

NewSigGuy

Jesus Nut wrote: »

This is very common for airlines to have 1 or more biz jet type aircraft in there basket!
I know most EU carriers have a citation or a lear. O'leary did have a Challenger and a Bell 430 helicopter up until recently. The Lear must be a replacement.
Aer Arann did have a Citation I remember a while ago.
Aer Lingus have 2 Biz jets but under another company name and they are on the G reg!

On the Isle of Man reg, DHL and TNT have a few biz jets!

Where did you hear that EI have Biz Jets.. I don't think thats true, they may charter one to get engineering support to a stranded aircraft but it is very very rare for this to happen.

The 604 and 430 were not O'Leary's, they belonged to the Ryan family AFAIK

Stinicker

Technoprisoner wrote: »

this usually flys with 2 teams of engineers in case there is another jet stranded somewhere else. They would drop the first group off then fly direct to the next airport

Would they have to carry tools for repairs or what would happen? I am imagining the learjet as like Ryanair's AA breakdown lorry for their planes! Be cool if they gave it a Ryanair livery but probably won't so as not to confuse non aviation savvy passengers. Or maybe its for a special business class, beds and blowjobs*

*€6 fee for blankets and condoms!!

LadyTBolt

Jesus Nut wrote: »

O'leary did have a Challenger and a Bell 430 helicopter up until recently.

I think this is untrue - can you please back up this statement?

Technoprisoner

they would travel with tools and spares if they are small enough lol

sparrowcar

Jesus Nut wrote: »

This is very common for airlines to have 1 or more biz jet type aircraft in there basket!
I know most EU carriers have a citation or a lear. O'leary did have a Challenger and a Bell 430 helicopter up until recently. The Lear must be a replacement.
Aer Arann did have a Citation I remember a while ago.
Aer Lingus have 2 Biz jets but under another company name and they are on the G reg!

On the Isle of Man reg, DHL and TNT have a few biz jets!

Aer Arann had a Citation? News to me

dercu

Jesus Nut wrote: »

This is very common for airlines to have 1 or more biz jet type aircraft in there basket!
I know most EU carriers have a citation or a lear. O'leary did have a Challenger and a Bell 430 helicopter up until recently. The Lear must be a replacement.
Aer Arann did have a Citation I remember a while ago.
Aer Lingus have 2 Biz jets but under another company name and they are on the G reg!

On the Isle of Man reg, DHL and TNT have a few biz jets!

Any supporting evidence to the above. Think it's what makes the grass grow in Texas

Tenger

Technoprisoner wrote: »

they would travel with tools and spares if they are small enough lol

The tools or the engineers?

pclancy

Thread title edited to reflect their purchase of a Learjet as opposed to the company owned by Bombardier

basill

Since when has AL had biz jets? I must get onto the union about that one and have them update the bid form as it only has the 320 and 330 on it! Funny how I have never met anyone that flies them nor seen them parked up. Also never had the pleasure of seeing one pull up beside us when we are tech watching this army of engineers pour from it with their box of tricks.

Seriously now folks if someones mates, cousins friend who once met someone somewhere told you something then does it give you the warm and fuzzies posting it as fact here?

crazydaize

Jesus Nut wrote: »

This is very common for airlines to have 1 or more biz jet type aircraft in there basket!
I know most EU carriers have a citation or a lear. O'leary did have a Challenger and a Bell 430 helicopter up until recently. The Lear must be a replacement.
Aer Arann did have a Citation I remember a while ago.
Aer Lingus have 2 Biz jets but under another company name and they are on the G reg!

On the Isle of Man reg, DHL and TNT have a few biz jets!

I doubt any of this is true.

NewSigGuy wrote: »

Where did you hear that EI have Biz Jets.. I don't think thats true, they may charter one to get engineering support to a stranded aircraft but it is very very rare for this to happen.

The 604 and 430 were not O'Leary's, they belonged to the Ryan family AFAIK

This is true. In exceptional circumstances.

donkey balls

My aul crowd had 2/3 biz jets for flying the CEO/ VP etc around and were also used in special circumstances for employees,As for flying engineers around to fix aircraft the company would have spare aircraft based at the hubs that could get to any airport to recover the freight within 1/2hrs.

Technoprisoner

ive a short video running down the runway in stanstead aswell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJUXfA8OjTY&feature=youtu.be