Ryanair to close its Marseille base in January due to French taxes
Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DHJ (msn 33819) BOH (Antony J. Best), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Ryanair (Dublin) will close its Marseille base in January due to French taxes and social insurance requirements. Ryanair considers its employees to be Irish employees while French authorities consider the employees to be under French law. 13 routes will be dropped.
Read the full report from Reuters:
Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. Boeing 737-8AS EI-DHJ (msn 33819) lands at Bournemouth.
Ryanair is forced to cancel over 300 flights in Spain yesterday
Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-CSA (msn 29916) (Scotland) STN (Antony J. Best), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Ryanair (Dublin) cancelled over 300 flights to and from and also in Spain yesterday.
Read the announcement from Ryanair:
Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. Boeing 737-8AS EI-CSA (msn 29916) is pictured arriving at the Stansted Airport hub.
Blue Air is operating YR-BIB for Travel Service Airlines
Copyright Photo: Rainer Bexten.
Blue Air (Bucharest) is operating it Boeing 737-8AS YR-BIB (msn 29926) for Travel Service Airlines (Prgue), creating this interesting hybrid livery.
Copyright Photo: Rainer Bexten. YR-BIB prepares to depart from Madrid.
Michael O’Leary: Ryanair could buy up to 300 aircraft
Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS WL EI-DCL (msn 33806) (Dreamliner colors) BLQ (Lucio Alfieri), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Ryanair (Dublin) which pulled out of negotiations with Boeing for 200 aircraft, is back in the news with its CEO (Michael O’Leary) saying the company may be in the market this time for up to 300 aircraft (assuming the price is right).
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Copyright Photo: Lucio Alfieri. Boeing 737-8AS EI-DCL (msn 33806) visits Bologna in the Boeing colors.
Ryanair’s quarterly profits slips to $121 million
Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-CSA (msn 29916) (Scotland) STN (Antony J. Best), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Ryanair (Dublin) saw its fiscal first quarter net profit slip to $121 million due mainly to airspace closures due to volcanic ash.
Read the full report in Bloomberg Businessweek:
Copyright Photo: Boeing 737-8AS EI-CSA (msn 29916) approaches the Stansted Airport hub and use to promote Scotland. It has since gone on to VARIG (2nd) as PR-VBA.
Ryanair to cut Dublin winter capacity by 15%
Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS WL EI-CSC (msn 29918) (Cable and Wireless) STN (Antony J. Best), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Ryanair (Dublin) will cut its winter capacity at Dubin by 15% and reduced the number of based aircraft from 14 to 12.
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Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. Now gone to VARIG, Boeing 737-8AS EI-CSC (msn 29918) in the unique Cable & Wireless logojet scheme, prepares to land at London (Stansted).
Ryanair to cut UK winter operations by 16%
Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DHJ (msn 33819) BOH (Antony J. Best), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Ryanair (Dublin) plans to cut United Kingdon winter capacity because of the British government’s departure tax and high airport charges, resulting in a loss of 200 Ryanair jobs at Stansted airport according to this report in the WSJ.
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Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. Boeing 737-8AS EI-DHJ (msn 33819) prepares to land at Bournemouth.
GOL announces IATA membership
VARIG (2nd) (VRG Linhas Aereas) Boeing 737-8AS WL PR-VBA (msn 29916) GRU (Marcelo F. De Biasi), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (Sao Paulo), the parent of GOL Transportes Aereas and VARIG (2nd) (VRG Linhas Aereas), announced yesterday (June 2) that it has joined the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as an active meber. IATA is an international trade body, representing approximately 230 airlines, comprising 93% of scheduled international air traffic.
Copyright Photo: Marcelo F. De Biasi. VARIG’s Boeing 737-8AS PR-VBA (msn 29916) climbs away from the Sao Paulo (Guarulhos) base.
Ryanair reverts to a profit, declares its first dividend
Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS EI-DAO (msn 33550) (Pride of Scotland) STN (Antony J. Best), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Ryanair (Dublin) will pay its first dividend after reporting a yearly profit because of declining fuel costs. The company reported net income of $370 million for its fiscal year through March 31.
Press release:
Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. Boeing 737-8AS EI-DAO (msn 33550) “Pride of Scotland” prepares to taxi from the gate at Stansted Airport.
Ryanair announces its newest base at Barcelona
Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS WL EI-DCJ (msn 33564) SZG (Arnd Wolf), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Ryanair (Dublin) announced it will open its 42nd base at Barcelona (El Prat) in September 2010 with vive based aircraft and 20 routes.
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Copyright Photo: Arnd Wolf. Ryanair’s Boeing 737-8AS EI-DCJ (msn 33564) taxies at beautiful Salzburg.
Ryanair promotes Costa Daurada on Boeing 737-8AS EI-DHX
Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS WL EI-DHX (msn 33585) (Costa Daurada) STN (James Mepsted), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Ryanair (Dublin) is promoting Costa Daurada with special markings on its Boeing 737-8AS EI-DHX (msn 33585).
The Costa Daurada (Golden Coast) is a 216 kilometers long coastline located on the coast of Catalonia, Spain, in the comarques of Baix Penedès, Tarragonès, Baix Camp and Baix Ebre. It is an important tourism area of Spain.
Copyright Photo: James Mepsted.
Ethiopian Airlines officials are not happy with ET-ANB crash investigation
Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-8AS WL ET-ANB (msn 29935) DXB (crashed January 25, 2010 near Beirut), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Ethiopian Airlines’ (Addis Ababa) according to Jimma Times CEO Girma Wake is not happy with on-going investigation of the January 15 crash of Boeing 737-8AS ET-ANB (msn 29935). According to this published report, the CEO accused Lebanese authorities on Wednesday (February 24) of making misleading comments on the cause of flight ET 409 crash on January 25 shortly after taking off from Beirut. The airline officials are dismissing reports of sabotage and the blaming of the flight crew for not following instructions by Lebanese Air Traffic Control (ATC).
According to this published report in the Jimma Times, the Lebanese newspaper As-Safir, claims to have seen findings by the disaster investigators, suggesting that the Ethiopian pilot lost control of the plane moments before it plunged into the sea off the coast of Naameh, south of Beirut.
According to As-Safir, the preliminary report allegedly states “Navigation authorities in Rafik Hariri International Airport and other Lebanese authorities were freed from responsibility. The crash was attributed to a ‘human error committed inside the cockpit’.”
Here is the full article:
Copyright Photo: Jay Selman. Ex-Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS ET-ANB (msn 29935) is pictured on approach at Dubai before the tragic accident.
Ethiopian pilot was unable to follow ATC directions, made a sharp turn and plunged into the sea
Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best. Another picture of the ill-fated ex-Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS ET-ANB (msn 29935) landing at Dubai right before sunset in the desert.
Ethiopian Airlines’ (Addis Ababa) crash yesterday morning in Beirut is becoming a mystery. The pilot in command of the aircraft was unable to follow flight instructions from ATC and made a sharp turn before plunging into the Mediterranean Sea.
Latest news link:
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100126/ap_on_re_mi_ea/lebanon_plane_crash
Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-8AS ET-ANB crashes into the sea off of Lebabnon
Copyright Photo: Jay Selman. ET-ANB arrives at Dubai before the crash.
Ethiopian Airlines (Addis Ababa) tragically lost its ex-Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS ET-ANB (msn 29935, ex EI-CSW) this morning (January 25) off the coast of Lebanon (not newly-acquired ET-AMZ). ET-ANB was built in 2002 and was delivered to Ethiopian on September 12, 2009. Flight ET 409 had just departed Beirut en route to Addis Ababa with 90 passengers and crew on board. There were reports of thunderstorms in the area. Search crews are looking for debris and any possible survivors.
Ethiopian issued this initial press release:
07:02 AM – Local Time
Ethiopian flight ET-409 scheduled to operate from Beirut to Addis Ababa on January 25th lost contact with the Lebanese air controllers shortly after take off. The flight departed at 02:35 Lebanese time from Beirut International Airport.
Flight ET-409 carries 82 passenger plus 8 Ethiopian Crew members. Out of the total passengers 23 are Ethiopian, 51 Lebanese, 1 Turkish, 1 French, 2 British, 1 Russian, 1 Canadian, 1 Syrian, 1 Iraqi nationals.
A team is already working on gathering all pertinent information. An investigative team has already been dispatched to the scene and we will release further information as further updates are received.
News links:
Ryanair will drop Basel/Mulhouse
Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS WL EI-CSC (msn 29918) (Cable and Wireless) STN, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Ryanair (Dublin) will leave Basel/Mulhouse and drop its six routes over a dispute over airport fees. The Irish carrier was demanding the airport drop its rates.
News link:
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Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best.
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VARIG to add Aruba on October 4
Copyright Photo: Marcelo F. De Biasi. Please click on photo for more photos.
VARIG (2nd) (VRG Linhas Aereas) (subsidiary of Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes) (Sao Paulo) will add Aruba and the Sao Paulo (Guarulhos)-Aruba route via Caracas each Sunday effective October 4. The new route will be flown with Boeing 737-800s.
Press release:
finance.yahoo.com/news/GOL-Announces-Scheduled-prnews-2663657487.html?x=0&.v=101
Ethiopian adds ex-Ryanair 737-8AS ET-ANB
Ethiopian Airlines' "new" Boeing 737-8AS ET-ANB (msn 29935, ex EI-CSW) is pictured at Lasham before it departed on September 13. Copyright Photo: Antony J. Best.
Ethiopian Airlines’ (Addis Ababa) has added ex-Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS ET-ANB (msn 29935).
Ryanair supports Irish membership in the EU
Normally using its aircraft as protest surfaces, Ryanair has selected its Boeing 737-8AS EI-EFP (msn 37540) to add a "Ryanair says Yes to Europe" banner and "Vote Yes" decal. EI-EFP is pictured at Dublin. Copyright Photo: Marco Finelli.
Ryanair (Dublin) is supporting a positive vote on October 2 for Ireland to approve the Lisbon Treaty. A yes vote would bring European Union membership to Ireland, joining 26 other member countries.
News link:
www.ireland.com/home/Ireland_facing_milestone_moment/maxi/fast/news/
Ryanair takes on Jet2.com’s home base
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Ryanair (Dublin) has decided to add more routes from Leeds/Bradford, the home of rival low-cost carrier Jet2.com. Two Boeing 737-800s will be based at LBA. Ryanair will now serve 8 of 14 routes from LBA currently operated by Jet2.com.
Ryanair’s EI-CST to go to CanJet Airlines
Boeing 737-8AS EI-CST is pictured at AMS after repainting before heading west to Lasham and finally Canada. Copyright Photo: Ton Jochems.
Ryanair’s (Dublin) Boeing 737-8AS EI-CST (msn 29933) has been retired and it is now going to CanJet Airlines (2nd) (Halifax). This airliner was repainted at Amsterdam and was ferried to Lasham on March 19 for further work before delivery.
Ryanair adds routes from Memmingen/Charleroi
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Ryanair (Dublin) in April will add seven new routes from Memmingen (Munich West). The new routes include flights to Alghero, Alicante, Dublin, Girona (near Barcelona), London (Stansted), Pisa and Reus (near Barcelona). The company will also add another Boeing 737-800 based at Charleroi (near Brussels) (total now eight) in order to add four new routes (total now 43) to Brindisi, La Rochelle, Palma de Mallorca and Turin (Turino). The pilots of Ryanair also agreed to a pay freeze for the next 12 months.
