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Ryanair to launch UK-Budapest routes

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:09:00 GMT

The low-cost carrier will commence flights from Birmingham, Bristol and London Stansted to Budapest from March, as well as new routes from Dublin and Bologna to the Hungarian capital

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Research predicts air travel trends of 2025

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 00:47:00 GMT

Expect no check-in counters, no checked baggage, and no security checks for certain customers

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Ryanair increases baggage charges… again

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:43:00 GMT

Checked luggage charges on peak services will increase by up to £60 per bag for bookings made from next week, and the penalty for forgetting to print out your boarding pass will soar to an eye-watering £60 from January

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Ryanair extends reserved seating to all routes

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:18:00 GMT

Budget carrier Ryanair will allow customers on all routes to purchase reserved seating from January 10

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Reserved seating now available on 80 Ryanair routes

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:14:00 GMT

The carrier has extended its paid-for reserved seating trial to 80 routes, helping to increase ancillary revenues to €487 million for the first half of this year

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Ryanair to launch Bournemouth-Wroclaw route

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:14:00 GMT

The low-cost carrier is to add six new routes to and from Wroclaw in Poland from March next year, when it sets up a new base at the airport. New destinations include Bournemouth, Malta and Venice

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Take out a Ryanair Cash Passport… or pay £12 admin fee per trip

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:57:00 GMT

From October 4 the only way to avoid Ryanair’s £6 each way “admin fee” will be to take out its new Ryanair Cash Passport Mastercard prepaid card

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Ryanair to launch Stansted-Barcelona route

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 08:17:00 GMT

The low-cost carrier will fly twice-daily from London Stansted to Barcelona El Prat airport starting from December 1, effectively replacing its existing service to Girona

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Ryanair to cut London-Glasgow route

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:25:00 GMT

The low-cost carrier will drop flights between London Stansted and Glasgow Prestwick at the end of October, according to a report by the Glasgow Evening Times

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Ryanair to open Manchester base

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 14:58:00 GMT

The low-cost carrier will operate a total of 26 routes from the airport by the summer of 2012, including flights to Barcelona, Brussels, Frankfurt and Paris

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Ryanair tops carbon-friendly study

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:09:00 GMT

Low-cost carrier Ryanair is the world’s most carbon-efficient airline, according to new analysis by carbon accounting firm Brighter Planet

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Ryanair "can become a two aircraft operator carrier"

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 13:46:00 GMT

CEO O'Leary says he is "pleased that there is now a real alternative to Boeing and Airbus", as the low-cost carrier signs a MOU with Comac, with a view to potentially taking the manufacturer’s C919 aircraft in the future

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Ryanair adds Baltic routes from Leeds

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 11:24:00 GMT

The low-cost carrier will commence flights from Leeds Bradford to Kaunas in Lithuania and Riga in Latvia from November 2

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Ryanair to trial reserved seating

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:33:00 GMT

The low-cost carrier is to enable passengers to reserve certain seats on its aircraft in advance at a cost of €10, on routes from Dublin to Gatwick and Malaga.

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Ryanair to impose “compensation levy”

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:23:00 GMT

The carrier says it will add a €2 fee to all bookings made from April 4, to compensate for costs suffered by “force majeure” incidents such as the volcanic ashcloud, strikes and snow closures

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Ryanair to scale back Barcelona Girona operation

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 15:50:00 GMT

Budget airline Ryanair is to cut 18 routes including London Gatwick from its Barcelona Girona base, following a disagreement with the Catalonian government

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Ryanair announces Manchester expansion

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 11:36:00 GMT

Ryanair is to launch routes from Manchester to Alicante, Faro, Madrid and Tenerife, and will add two daily departures to its existing Dublin route from the airport

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Spanish court rules Ryanair's £40 boarding pass reissue fee illegal

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:29:00 GMT

The carrier says it will appeal against the “bizarre and unlawful ruling”, adding that it will stop reissuing boarding passes altogether if the ruling is not reversed

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Ryanair launches 2011 crew charity calendar

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:50:00 GMT

This year’s proceeds go to the “Tafel” charity, providing food to people in need all over Germany. The calendar is available now, and Ryanair has kindly created a “making of video” which can be seen here

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Aer Lingus to launch Shannon-Paris CDG route

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 11:41:00 GMT

The Irish carrier will serve the French capital three-times weekly from Shannon, following Ryanair’s decision to drop flights to Beauvais airport from November 1

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Ryanair to shut only French base

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 15:32:00 GMT

Budget carrier to close down Marseille in legal dispute with French authorities

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Ryanair launches Estonian routes

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Mon, 04 Oct 2010 13:01:00 GMT

Low-cost carrier Ryanair is to serve the Estonian capital of Tallinn from a total of seven airports, including Edinburgh, London Luton and Dublin

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Ryanair to serve major European airports?

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:55:00 GMT

In a major change of tack, Ryanair's CEO Michael O’Leary has announced that Ryanair will now consider flying to any large European airport with the exception of London Heathrow, Paris CDG and Frankfurt

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Ryanair to close Belfast base

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:38:00 GMT

Low-cost carrier Ryanair is to close its base at Belfast City from this November, blaming the delay in the airport’s runway extension. The move will affect routes to Bristol, East Midlands, Prestwick, Liverpool and Stansted

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Ryanair to slash Stansted winter capacity

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:41:00 GMT

The low-cost carrier says it will cut capacity at Stansted by 17 per cent this winter, with overall UK capacity falling by 16 per cent

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Vueling invites Ryanair passengers to swap Barcelona flights

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:50:00 GMT

Spanish carrier Vueling is inviting customers who bought flights on Ryanair’s new services from Barcelona, to swap the outbound flight to a Vueling service free of charge, to compare the two airlines

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Ryanair announces Barcelona base

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 26 May 2010 10:00:00 GMT

Low-cost carrier Ryanair is to open a base at Barcelona International airport this September, with routes including a three-times weekly service to Edinburgh, and daily flights to Dublin and Milan

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Ryanair to test unlimited baggage service

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:30:00 GMT

Low-cost carrier Ryanair says it aims to test a new service allowing passengers to fly with unlimited baggage, as long as they can bring it to the aircraft departure gate

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Ryanair to charge for using onboard toilets

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:31:00 GMT

The budget airline is going ahead with its plan to install pay-for-use toilets on flights of one hour or less

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Ryanair to increase checked luggage fees during peak months

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:01:00 GMT

Ryanair passengers wishing to check in bags during July and August will have to pay £20 per bag for the privilege, an increase of £5 on the normal rate

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Ryanair suspends in-flight phone calls

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:15:00 GMT

The carrier’s in-flight mobile phone service has been put “temporarily on hold” following a decision by provider OnAir to terminate the contract

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Ryanair passenger "eats" €10,000 scratchcard

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:23:00 GMT

A passenger on one of Ryanair’s flights from Krakow to East Midlands airport has apparently eaten a winning scratchcard worth €10,000

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Ryanair to launch Newcastle-Oslo route

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:16:00 GMT

Low-cost carrier Ryanair is to commence a thrice-weekly route from Newcastle to Oslo-Rygge airport in May

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New Ryanair lounge for Stansted

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:29:00 GMT

A new lounge has opened for passengers flying with Ryanair out of Stansted airport

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Ryanair responds to OFT comments

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:47:00 GMT

Ryanair has released a four-point rebuttal to the head of the OFT’s comments regarding the carrier’s charging policy, calling John Fingleton’s claims “disappointing and wrong”

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Ryanair suspends Italian domestic flights

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:51:00 GMT

From January 23, budget airline Ryanair is to suspend flights to and from airports within Italy, after laws on ID are relaxed

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Budget carriers rush in with Flyglobespan “rescue” deals

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:56:00 GMT

Europe’s largest low cost carriers are racing to announce new “rescue deals” in the wake of the collapse of Flyglobespan

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Ryanair and Easyjet announce route expansion

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:40:00 GMT

Low-cost carriers Ryanair and Easyjet are both bucking the trend for capacity cuts, with the announcement of further fleet and route expansion in 2010

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Ryanair announces UK regional expansion

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:24:00 GMT

Low-cost carrier Ryanair will launch new routes from Bristol, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Liverpool next spring

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Ryanair to allow passengers to "smoke" in-flight

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:02:00 GMT

Ryanair has started selling a brand of smokeless cigarettes on its flights, allowing addicted passengers to get their nicotine hit in the air

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Ryanair to increase baggage charges by 50 per cent

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:43:00 GMT

Ryanair has announced it will be increasing its checked baggage charges from £10 to £15 as of October 1, while excess baggage fees will rise from £15 to £20 per kilo

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Sky Europe suspends operations

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:06:00 GMT

Slovakia-based budget carrier Sky Europe has suspended all operations. The airline offered flights from London Luton to destinations including Bratislava, Vienna and Prague

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Ryanair winter routes round-up

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 00:01:00 GMT

Over the last week Ryanair has announced new routes from Edinburgh, East Midlands, Liverpool and Gatwick, as well as opting to cut flights from Manchester

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Ryanair slashes Manchester routes

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:10:00 GMT

Ryanair is to reduce the number of routes it serves out of Manchester from ten to just one destination, blaming the airport’s refusal to lower its charges

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Ryanair announces Leeds base

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 00:01:00 GMT

Low-cost carrier Ryanair says it will opens its 34th base at Leeds Bradford airport in March next year, with 14 new routes including Malta and Krakow

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Ryanair passengers say yes to standing room only

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:01:00 GMT

The result of Ryanair's survey on a possible standing room only service are in, and its seems that the public is for the idea, but only if it meant a free flight

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Ryanair cuts Stansted flights

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:02:00 GMT

Ryanair says it will cut capacity at Stansted by 40 per cent this winter, blaming airport fees and the UK government’s Airline Passenger Duty

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Passengers to stand on Ryanair planes?

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:04:00 GMT

Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary says the carrier is in talks with Boeing about designing aircraft with standing room, allowing it to squeeze more passengers on board flights

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Ryanair toilet charge possible "within 18 months"

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:09:00 GMT

Ryanair could go through with its plans to charge passengers to use its toilets within 18 months, CEO Michael O’Leary said today (June 2)

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Ryanair to charge £40 for reissued boarding passes

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 13 May 2009 09:59:00 GMT

The phrase “Don’t forget your tootbrush” is soon to become “Don’t forget your boarding pass” - low-cost carrier Ryanair is introducing a £40 charge for passengers who arrive at the airport without their boarding passes

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Ryanair to cut baggage handlers?

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 12 May 2009 09:48:00 GMT

Ryanair’s latest cost-saving idea is to ask passengers to carry their own checked luggage through security and to the steps of the plane, according to a report by Reuters

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Ryanair's cure for swine flu - take a strepsil

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:52:00 GMT

Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary says that a potential swine flu pandemic will not affect short-haul flights around Europe this summer, and advises “a couple of strepsils” should be enough to combat the virus

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Remove credit card fees, business travellers tell Ryanair

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Over a third of business travellers voted credit card fees as the charge they would most like Ryanair to remove, according to a recent businesstraveller.com survey

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Ryanair launches "discretionary charge" competition

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Never one to miss a marketing opportunity, Ryanair is offering €1,000 to the passenger who comes up with the best suggestion for the airline’s next “discretionary charge”

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Ryanair to charge £20 to check in at the airport

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Low-cost carrier Ryanair has confirmed it will close all of its airport check-in desks this October, and during the phasing out period passengers will be charged up to £20 per person per flight to check in at the airport

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Ryanair to charge for in-flight toilets?

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary has said in a BBC interview that the budget carrier has considered installing coin slots on its cabin toilets and charging £1 to use them

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Ryanair to scrap airport check-in desks

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Business Traveller can confirm reports that Ryanair plans to close all airport check-in desks by the end of the year

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Ringing in the air

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Irish low-cost carrier became the second carrier to offer mobile phone service onboard, signalling a trend that is certain to snowball

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Ryanair launches in-flight mobile phone calls

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Passengers on selected Ryanair flights can now make phone calls and send texts or emails from mobile phones and PDAs

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Ryanair: numbers up but profits down

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Ryanair has announced a 19 percent increase in passenger numbers over the last six months, but profits have nearly halved over the same period

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Ryanair to launch self-service check-in at Stansted

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Low-cost carrier Ryanair is to open self-service check-in kiosks at London Stansted airport later this month

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Ryanair to cut Dublin flights

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Low-cost carrier Ryanair is to cut 12 per cent of flights to and from its Dublin base this winter, blaming high costs at the airport

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Ryanair extends priority boarding charges

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Low-cost carrier Ryanair is to start charging online check-in passengers for its priority-boarding service

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Low-cost round-up

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Emirates to “assist” Dubai’s new low-cost airline; Ryanair goes domestic in France and Germany; Premier Inn opens new Bournemouth property

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Three-day shutdown for ryanair.com

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Ryanair’s website reservations system will be unavailable for just over three days later this month

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Ryanair baggage and check-in charges rise again

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

“Low-cost” carrier Ryanair has increased charges for checking in at the airport and putting baggage in the hold

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Ryanair to charge for checking in at the airport

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

No-frills carrier Ryanair is to introduce a £2 charge for passengers wishing to check in at the airport. The charge will be made for bookings made after September 20 this year

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Ryanair to increase Dublin service

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Budget carrier Ryanair is to base two new aircraft at Dublin Airport from this November, allowing the airline to launch six new European flights and increase frequencies on a further 12

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Ryanair to fly from Belfast City; Aer Lingus and BA to join them?

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Ryanair has announced its first ever flights from Belfast, while speculation continues that Aer Lingus may set up its UK hub in the Northern Irish capital

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Ryanair to open Bristol base

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT

Travellers in the West Country will find it much easier to reach destinations in Central and Eastern Europe amongst others this winter. Ryanair is creating a new base in Bristol with two dedicated B737-800s. It will open 16 new routes starting in November

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Ryanair relaunches Stansted-Brussels

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

In a surprise move Ryanair has said it will reinstate flights linking London Stansted with Brussels' Charleroi airport next summer.

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Ryanair B737-800 economy

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Tampere-London

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Ryanair B737-800 economy

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Brno-London

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Easyjet launches online check-in

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Easyjet has pipped Ryanair to the post by becoming the first budget airline to offer online check-in

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Ryanair B737-800 economy

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT

London-Szczecin, economy class

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Ryanair takes low-cost travel a step further

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Ryanair is set to further revolutionise low-cost flying within Europe from March 16

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Ryanair boosts route options

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Thu, 29 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Ryanair is to launch two new routes from Cork, opening the option for UK-based travellers of visiting two Irish cities in one trip

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Bargain flights to Chile? We're afraid not!

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Ryanair has received a record number of calls for its new €15.99 one-way Stansted to Santiago service - but many were from customers mistakenly believing the low fare was for Santiago in Chile.

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Ryanair B737-200 economy

info@businesstraveller.com (Business Traveller Magazine) — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 00:00:00 GMT