Ryanair

[Seasider]

I find that airbridges slow down boarding because there is only one entry and if you let them on in any order it can easily take 20 mins to board.

 

[wawkrk]

Flippin heck, 20 mins to board 180 pax is not much is it.Especially when the aircraft has been there for 8 hrs.They could start 10 mins earlier.Thats 9 per minute. Delays seem to be more often caused by missing passengers.

 

[White Heather]

Didn't they do something similar last year from Murcia and only a few flights were left operating? They are back for the summer though.

 

[Aviador]

Flippin heck, 20 mins to board 180 pax is not much is it.Especially when the aircraft has been there for 8 hrs.They could start 10 mins earlier.Thats 9 per minute. Delays seem to be more often caused by missing passengers.

They call the flight for boarding as it's touching down, sometime even earlier when the terminals busy.

Passengers are then walked out to the aircraft as soon as the last passenger has disembarked.

 

[pilot_737]

I am not sure how much time it saves not using the air bridge which I understand is one of the reasons for not using it. We boarded on stand 8 last Tuesday but not using the air bridge of course so no other operator could use it either. Only 2 of us using priority boarding but sometimes only me as I cannot run so fast.The question is, how much time is actually saved using gate stampede tactics which do not always seem to materialise.Maybe they should play some music and when it stops, you have to sit down on the nearest seat or you are out.

Its all about the money, they won't pay out for airbridge costs and as part of the deal they want there aircraft on stands closest to the terminal, so others lose out.

 

[lbaspotter]

Didn't they do something similar last year from Murcia and only a few flights were left operating? They are back for the summer though.

Ryanair's Alicante route will go back to operating 3x weekly from LBA this coming winter 2011/12 season on Tue's, Thur's and Saturdays operated by an LBA based aircraft. Flights are now on sale. So The service will just revert back to how it use to be last winter..

 

[lbaspotter]

Anyone know whats with all the extra ryanair flights from LBA to Dusseldorf weeze this and next week.

This week see's both Todays and Wednesday services operate 2x daily. Meanwhile next week see's extra flights operating on Tuesday & Wednesday.

EXTRA FLIGHTS

MONDAY 25/04/11
NRN 17:00 LBA 17:30 FR1522 = LBA 18:20 - NRN 20:45 FR1521
WEDNESDAY 27/04/11
NRN 11:40 LBA 12:05 FR1522 = LBA 12:30 - NRN 14:55 FR1521
TUESDAY 03/05/11
NRN 19:20 LBA 19:45 FR1522 = LBA 20:10 - NRN 22:35 FR1521
THURSDAY 05/05/11
NRN 09:25 LBA 09:50 FR1522 = LBA 10:15 - NRN 10:40 FR1521

 

[TheLocalYokel]

May well be in connection with the two-legged European Champions League semi-final matches between Manchester United and Schalke from North Rhine-Westphalia.

The game in Germany is this week and the one in Manchester next week.

If it is, it will be a nice little bonus for LBA - a bit like BRS's fotunate position in getting a healthy share of the customers flying in for big rugby matches at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

 

[White Heather]

I was going to mention this. I tend to agree with Local Yokel on this. The match between Man Utd and Schalke 04 last night was in Gelsenkirken, which I am reliably informed by a lady I work with, who goes to Dusseldorf regularly, it not very far from there. Perhaps FR saw an opportunity with lots of Yorkshire based fans (shame on them!!) flying out this week, and the Schalke fans doing likewise to Manchester next week. It is just nice that they are flying through LBA! I assumed that there would be charters from MAN, although perhaps not enough given that spare aircraft are not so easily available now we are into the summer season?

 

[pilot_737]

Does anyone know if these aircraft were full then?

 

[Aviador]

I am told very few passengers used the extra flight to Dusseldorf, Manchester supporters based in Yorkshire or otherwise.

 

[lbaspotter]

Hi

Ryanair.com now have there Winter 2011/12 flights to the Republic of Ireland on sale operating to both Dublin and Knock along with its Alicante route which has been on sale for a few weeks now. All flights are currently planned to be operated by LBA based aircraft.

Alicante = 3x weekly Tue, Thu & Sat)
Dublin = 13x weekly (2x Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri & Sun. 1x Sat)
Knock = 3x weekly (Mon, Wed & Fri)

 

[User0001]

Judging by the odd way in which Ryanair pre-load their booking engine, then it looks like the following routes will come on line soon
- Barcelona
- Weeze
- Fuerteventura
- Gdansk
- Krakow
- Arrecife
- Malaga
- Treviso

Using the same methodology, then it would seem Malta and Faro won't operate for winter 11/12. (Carcassonne operated last winter as well and won't return either). The gap created by the Carcassonne will be picked up by DUB if that returns to 13 weekly. Faro was operated by a Faro based aircraft so doesn't offer any opportunity at the LBA end of things. Malta was on a Leeds aircraft so that does create an opportunity and so much will depend on how they choose to operate Arrecife. If that remains operating from the base in Lanzarote, there will be a gap for something from the LBA end. If not, Arrecife will just drop in insteada of Malta.

For the record, Palma, Ibiza, Nantes, Limoges, Montpellier, Pisa, Murcia won't operate either, but this was the case last winter

 

[White Heather]

It would be disappointing to lose Malta, but to be honest I could never see how it was sustainable during the winter anyway. It is not a winter sun destination and can be pretty cold in the winter months - I know as my sister used to live there. Hopefully it will be back for summer 2012 along with the other summer only routes.

 

[Aviador]

White Heather

I don't know if you remember but Thomson's used to operate to Malta through the winter with the old 737-200. As far as I can tell Ryanair has had good loads through the winter but I guess loads don't tell the full story.

 

[White Heather]

I do remember yes. Wasn't Malta - LBA a route that the Maltese Government were offering some support for a couple of years ago? I remember them saying that LBA was a route they were trying to get as a scheduled service. If so, that might have ensured that Ryanair could operate it year round, but if any subsidy has ended, perhaps that is enough to stop the route for the winter. I guess we should wait and see - not all routes are on sale are they, so there is still time for this one to go on sale perhaps?

 

[Hull City Fan]

Dublin is back upto 13 weekly this Summer From June 2011. The flights were originally reduced to 11 weekly.

Tuesday morning flight is operated with a Dublin based a/c on operates

Arr LBA 08:40
Dep LBA 09:05

Wednesday morning flight is operated by a Leeds based a/c

Dep LBA 06:30
Arr LBA 08:50

Due to the Wednesday Dublin flight being added, the Palma flight has been pushed back 10 minutes and now operates 09:15 - 15:10 instead of 09:05 - 15:00 on a Wednesday.

All in all, good news for the airport.

 

[lbaspotter]

Good to see that they see demand to reinsate the flights that they took-off back in January. Thats unless they have been given a good deal by Dublin airport at long last.

By way thats 140 movements a week now. 70 weekly departures and 70 weekly arrivals.

 

[Aviador]

Ryanair was in a dispute with the Dublin Airport authority. I've not read anything to suggest the dispute is over but I do know that the majority of the Dublin flights are going out nearly full so Ryanair may have decided they have more to lose by not reimplementing the flight.

 

[Hull City Fan]

Winter 2011/12 is now onsale from Leeds Bradford. Once again there will be 2 based a/c at Leeds Bradford.

Alicante - 3xWeekly (Tues, Thurs & Sat)
Barcelona - 3xWeekly (Wed, Fri & Sun)
Dublin - 13xWeekly (2x Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs, Fri, Sun. 1x Sat)
Dusseldorf - 3x Weekly (Mon, Wed & Fri - Friday flight W Pattern)
Fuerteventura - 2xWeekly (Mon & Fri)
Gdansk - 2xWeekly (Mon & Fri)
Knock - 3xWeekly (Mon, Wed, Fri)
Krakow - 3xWeekly (Tues, Thurs & Sat)
Lanzarote 2xWeekly (Tues & Sat - both W Patterns)
Malaga - 3xWeekly (Tues, Thurs & Sat)
Venice Treviso - 2xWeekly (Thurs & Sun)

Dropped for Winter 2011/12: Malta, Faro
Summer Only: Ibiza, Limoges, Montpellier, Murcia, Nantes, Palma De Mallorca & Pisa.

Next Winter there will be 39 weekly flights operating - 3 W Patterns.
Last Winter (10-11) there was 43 weekly departures. The extra 4 were 2x Weekly Malta and 2xWeekly Faro.