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I can't see it happening myself. MOL has been twittering on about setting up flights to the States for years now and he still hasn't managed it.
 
http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingne ... 84965.html

Ryanair is pulling out its sole Copenhagen-based aircraft (and transferring it to Kaunas, Lithuania) following a Danish Labour Court ruling that unions had a right to a collective agreement - including Ryanair staff, although they are not members of the unions involved.

In an unconnected move Ryanair said it plans to sue car rental firm Hertz for breach of contract and damages, claiming it ended their exclusive vehicle hire agreement at short notice.
 
Ryanair are going to commence flights to Israel rom its larger Eastern European bases although the 738s definitely have the range to fly there from the UK. That will be one to watch.

The surprising thing about the launch of this route is that it didn't come sooner.
 
As I have posted elsewhere Ryanair are launching Israel and while there are no UK flights announced, it is really one to watch. The three airports announced are Kraków, Kaunas and Budapest which are all potential onward connections.
 
Ryanair have just confirmed that they are banning carry on duty free bottles of alchole bought at UK airports on its flights to Ibiza due to rowdy and drunken passengers.

Good news that you can still buy duty free alchole at the airport as long as you can fit it into a cabin type bag thats been tagged at check-in and can be then put into the aircraft hold whilst boarding. now the Bad news is that if you have it in plastic type carrier bag or bag that can't go into the Aircraft hold due to it not been tagged it will be confiscated from you before boarding the aircraft and not returned.
 
Jet2 also reported an increase in this type of antisocial behaviour across their route network only a few weeks ago. Rowdy passengers have been getting away with this type of behaviour for far too long and it is high time something was done about it.

It probably doesn't help when airport waterholes continue to allow unruly passengers to purchase alcohol despite it been illegal to serve alcohol to somebody who is already drunk. It makes me lean towards the idea that hefty fines should be given out to such establishments to ensure the law is strictly adhered to.

It is of course also illegal to be drunk on board an aircraft so I suppose a legal limit could also be put in place enabling border agencies to ban and issue fines at the departure gates.
 
Ryanair are popping new base openings out like there's no tomorrow.
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All have been on mainland Europe in recent times. I suppose there isn't much more scope for the UK especially as Ryanair have said more than once that they now make more money in Europe than in the UK, partly blaming the APD regime.

However, if APD is devolved to Wales - an announcement is expected in the Budget next month according to some commentators - then I'd expect Ryanair to open a base at CWL (that's if all APD is devolved and not just long haul).

Ryanair loves to point the finger at governments when it comes to aviation tax, often making the grand gesture such as expanding where a government is 'compliant' (with their views) and reducing when a tax regime is introduced which Ryanair doesn't like. They've announced the closure of two Italian bases because of increased government tax there.

http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/bre ... -tax-hike/
 
Yes, we've seen lots of finger pointing over the years, usually followed by eating humble pie.
 
http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/ ... air-flight

This 'story' featured prominently in the news media over the weekend, involving yet another bunch of drunken louts causing mayhem on an aircraft.

The Ryanair flight from Luton to Bratislava was forced to divert to Berlin Schoenfeld because of the antics of members of a stag party. Six of the 12 members were arrested and have been charged with offences under German aviation security law with a German police statement saying they 'were threatening security on board and did not comply with the crew's instructions'.

Ryanair may also take action under the civil law to recover costs of the diversion.

Some passengers in this and in other press reports said that the group was drunk when they boarded the aircraft. I sometimes wonder how much pressure gate staff are under when it comes to making a decision to deny boarding because a passenger or group of passengers is/are clearly under the influence of drink and potentially disruptive.

In most of the UK's airports there is a full time police presence of officers from the local constabulary so there it's not as if the gate staff personnel would be alone in confronting people who have had too much to drink.

I'd like to see consideration given to charging people like this with endangering the safety of an aircraft and if convicted sent to prison for a significant period. In this instance the people involved face a maximum 25,000 euro fine if convicted of the offences with which they have been charged.
 
This kind of incident is happening all too often. I agree with TLY, they should charge them endangering the safety of an aircraft and jail them.
 
In my days of working at the airport we were not encouraged to do anything as such other than keep an eye on passengers who were drinking. It was always left to the persons boarding the aircraft to decide what to do with them. They would usually inform the dispatcher who would in turn tell the flight crew. In severe cases, the crew would then request to offload the unruly passenger. On some occasions, the handling agent duty manager would request an offload.

One of the problems now is just about all passengers check in online so very few will actually come into contact with anybody until the point when they are preparing to board their flight. Most if not all airports and airlines now refer to the travelling public as customers not passengers and customer service is at the forefront of all training. I would say most airport and airline staff will give the "customer" the benefit of the doubt rather than creating a scene by offloading them.
 
Ryanair should charge them for the divert.

I agree with TLY about a custodial sentence, it must have been quite frightening for the other passengers, especially if travelling with young children.

There was a passenger on an Air India flight to Birmingham who recently 'pulled down his trousers and urinated in the aisle'. Once again alcohol was involved and he ended up handcuffed and restrained, what is more astonishing is that he was travelling with his 10 year old son. The passenger admitted drinking but as he had taken anti-depressants he received just a £1000 fine.

http://indianexpress.com/article/trendi ... ia-flight/

Alcohol seems to be the common factor, specifically those that don't know when enough is enough. I like to have a quick drink before I fly but if it stops these sorts of incidents then I would be happy if it wasn't available. I think too much profit is made for that to ever happen though.
 
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