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Ryanair sells ‘smokeless’ cigarettes on board all its flights

Ryanair sells ‘smokeless’ cigarettes on board all its flights

Friday, October 2, 2009 21:03

Ryanair, the budget airline based in Dublin, Ireland, has started letting smokers have their intake of nicotine on board by “inhaling” smokeless cigarettes.

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Ryanair to terminate 9 out of 10 routes from Manchester Airport from October 1, 2009

Tuesday, August 25, 2009 5:40

Ryanair, the low-fare airline based in Dublin, Ireland, has decided to cancel 90% of routes it operates currently from Manchester Airport from October 1, 2009, because of what the airline describes as Manchester Airport’s refusal to reduce airport charges.

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Ryanair launches new winter routes to Canary Islands, Prestwick, but cuts flights at Stansted and Dublin

Thursday, July 30, 2009 17:44

Ryanair, the budget airline based in Dublin, Ireland, will start new routes to Canary Islands in Spain and to Prestwick Airport in Scotland in the winter of 2009, but has decided to cut its flights at London’s Stansted Airport and at Dublin Airport during the same period.

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Ryanair to cut flights at Stansted Airport, Edinburgh Airport

Saturday, July 25, 2009 14:26

Ryanair, the budget carrier based at Dublin, Ireland, is reducing the number of flights at Stansted Airport in London as well as at Edinburgh Airport in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Ryanair, Spring Airlines consider letting passengers travel standing

Tuesday, July 7, 2009 14:26

Two airlines are toying with this idea: why not let passengers stand up on flights so that every flight can carry more of them than when they are seated?

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Ryanair may charge passengers £1 to use the toilet

Ryanair may charge passengers £1 to use the toilet

Monday, March 2, 2009 9:33

  Ryanair, the budget airline based in Dublin, Ireland, is considering charging passengers for using the toilet while flying.

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Ryanair launches inflight mobile phone calls

Thursday, February 19, 2009 14:59

Inflight mobile phone calls on Ryanair flights have taken off, with the Dublin-based airline saying that it has enabled mobile telephony on 20 of its planes. Later, technology for inflight mobile phone calls will be extended to all 170 Ryanair planes.

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Ryanair Alicante, Bristol, Edinburgh new routes launched

Wednesday, January 21, 2009 18:53

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair plans to add four new routes to Alicante in southern Spain, 12 new routes to Bristol, and seven routes to Edinburgh, at a cost of $350 million. Ryanair will add a new Boeing 737-800 to its base at the Spanish airport, two in Bristol, and two in ...

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Aer Lingus rejects Ryanair’s bid to buy the remaining stock

Wednesday, December 3, 2008 5:51

Aer Lingus, the flag carrier of Ireland, has rejected a bid worth 524 million euros ($663 million) from Ryanair, another Irish airline, to buy the rest of the stock in the airline, saying that Ryanair’s second offer in two years is too low.

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Ryanair’s profits fall by 47% because of higher fuel prices

Monday, November 3, 2008 12:32

Ryanair, the low-cost airline headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and also Europe’s largest low-fare carrier, has said its pre-tax profits have gone down by 47% at €214.6 million in the first half of 2008, compared with €407.6 million over the same period a year ago, as its fuel costs have more than doubled.

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Ryanair voted ‘least favourite airline’ for third year in a row

Friday, October 17, 2008 18:16

Ryanair, the low-budget airline headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, has earned, in a poll, the dubious distinction of being “the least favourite airline” for the third successive year.

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Ryanair accuses Air BP of profiteering, urges UK’s economic regulator to probe

Thursday, October 16, 2008 19:27

Ryanair accuses fuel supplier Air BP of profiteering, urges UK’s economic regulator to probe increased fuel costs

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Swedish regulator slams Ryanair over ‘sexy’ ad campaign

Monday, October 13, 2008 11:15

Ryanair, the low-cost airline headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, has been reprimanded by the Trade Ethical Council against Sexism in Advertising of Sweden, known by its Swedish initials ERK, for an advertisement campaign run by the airline featuring a scantily dressed woman posing as a schoolgirl.

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Ryanair renews bid to buy Aer Lingus

Wednesday, September 3, 2008 11:22

Ryanair, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and the largest low-cost carrier in Europe, is planning to revive a bid worth €1 billion (£800 million) for Aer Lingus, the flag carrier of Ireland.  In a statement, Ryanair said: “The worsening economic climate and high fuel costs could force European competition regulators to adopt ...

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Ryanair not to honor tickets bought through third-party websites

Tuesday, August 12, 2008 3:27

Ryanair, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and the largest low-cost carrier in Europe, has announced that the carrier will only allow flights to be bought through its Ryanair.com website and that bookings made through third-party price comparison websites will not be honoured.

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Oil prices may force many smaller airlines of Europe to close down

Monday, June 16, 2008 12:50

A number of smaller carriers in Europe are likely to go out of business in the coming months if the oil price does not fall considerably.

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