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Ryanair halts Bournemouth Airport flights for three months
8:00am Friday 16th July 2010 in News By Katie Clark
Ryanair suspend flights from Bournemouth Airport during November, December and January
BUDGET airline Ryanair will cease operations from Bournemouth Airport for three months this winter.
The carrier is to temporarily suspend Bournemouth flights during November, December and January, blaming the government’s air passenger duty tax for their decision.
The company insists the decision to move to a seasonal nine-month base operation is not a long-term decision.
It says following a review of its operations next summer, they may return to a full 12-month base operation at the airport.
Airport bosses called the news “disappointing.”
The announcement follows weeks of uncertainty about their winter schedules with passengers unable to book flights from Bournemouth beyond October 31.
We are currently experiencing the longest downturn in the UK aviation industry since the war
Rob Goldsmith
Until now, the airline would only say they did not comment on rumour or speculation but yesterday, they confirmed their plans for the next few months.
The Echo understands the eight spring timetable routes include weekly flights to Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria, twice-weekly flights to Malaga, Faro, Tenerife and Girona and three-times a week to Alicante.
The news follows the withdrawal of Bmibaby from the Jersey route at the end of June, just three months after its launch, blaming disappointing sales.
Some of the operators continuing to fly from Bournemouth include Palmair, Thomson and Flybe with Thomas Cook also announcing a return to the airport from next summer.
The airport has recently undergone a massive £45million transformation programme with plans for a new arrivals hall.
Bournemouth Airport managing director Rob Goldsmith said: “We are currently experiencing the longest downturn in the UK aviation industry since the war.
“Demand for air travel has been adversely affected this year by a wide range of factors including the sluggish economy recovery, the forthcoming austerity measures, the volcanic ash cloud, the general election, the Euro/Pound exchange rate and increased aviation taxation.
“Leisure trips have been particularly badly affected and with so much economic gloom and uncertainty, people have been cutting back on overseas short breaks or second and third holidays.
“We are obviously disappointed by this decision but fully appreciate how tough it is in the ongoing economic climate for low-cost airlines to operate profitably, especially in the winter months.
“However we remain confident that this is a short-term set-back and that demand in our catchment area will soon pick up and we look forward to retaining our long-term partnership with Ryanair in the future.” Stephen McNamara, head of communications at Ryanair, said: “We very much regret temporarily ceasing our operations at Bournemouth Airport during November, December and January.
“However, the UK government’s £11 tourist tax makes it economically unviable for Ryanair to operate our low fares flights from Bournemouth during this period.
“Ryanair is the only airline capable of retaining year round international tourism and business links for Bournemouth.
“However, these require low access costs, particularly through the low yielding winter months and in the absence of a commitment from the UK, Ryanair has no alternative but to temporarily cease these routes and develop its business elsewhere.”
Mr McNamara added the temporary closure had only been possible with the support of the staff, which consists of around 50 people at Bournemouth. He said in most cases the three-month shut down would be covered by their holiday and unpaid leave with some staff deployed on operations elsewhere.
Comments(78)
pd7
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12:06pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Goodbye !
Chirpychap
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12:09pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Boscombebiz
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12:18pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Ryan Air should be called Con Air.
High Treason
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12:23pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Nothing to do with cheapskate tatics used by Ryanair, or the fact the airline comes accross as tacky and the owner is a big mouth. Add the fact that many in Bournemouth prefer to pay more for quality.
orangegirl
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12:40pm Thu 15 Jul 10
BmthNewshound
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12:42pm Thu 15 Jul 10
hampreston harriet
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12:52pm Thu 15 Jul 10
twynham
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12:53pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Not that many; how often are Thomson or Palmair flights full outside of July & August?
No doubt another slagging off by some who has never used Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline or is incapable of working out their website.
A sad day for those of us who like to travel cheap and often on brand new Boeings rather than Thomsons’ old bangers that are refused landing permits at many European airports and not be tied to the Palmairs’ limited schedules.
As for Mick O’Leary having a big mouth, I don’t ever recall the magnificent PJ ever hiding his light under a bushel whenever anything in the travel business upset him!
For those of you hoping that FlyBe or Stavros will be coming to Hurn, forget it if you think that will mean cheap travel, they charge what the market will bear.
snake hips
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1:09pm Thu 15 Jul 10
snake hips
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1:09pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Glashen
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1:22pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Adrian XX
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1:51pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Many times I have flown with Ryanair for just a penny INCLUDING ALL TAXES AND CHARGES. I hope that when the recession ends Ryanair will reintroduce a Bournemouth schedule.
I wonder if their profitability at Bournemouth has been reduced because they have abandoned some of their more interesting routes and chose to concentrate mainly on sunshine holiday destinations? I would agree with hampreston harriet that we don't all want sunshine holidays. More flights to Germany, Poland and Scandinavia would be very welcome.
nobull
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2:22pm Thu 15 Jul 10
High Treason
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2:25pm Thu 15 Jul 10
twynham wrote:Try reading more than the Echo web pages.
"Add the fact that many in Bournemouth prefer to pay more for quality" Not that many; how often are Thomson or Palmair flights full outside of July & August? No doubt another slagging off by some who has never used Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline or is incapable of working out their website. A sad day for those of us who like to travel cheap and often on brand new Boeings rather than Thomsons’ old bangers that are refused landing permits at many European airports and not be tied to the Palmairs’ limited schedules. As for Mick O’Leary having a big mouth, I don’t ever recall the magnificent PJ ever hiding his light under a bushel whenever anything in the travel business upset him! For those of you hoping that FlyBe or Stavros will be coming to Hurn, forget it if you think that will mean cheap travel, they charge what the market will bear.
Ryanair says sorry to Sir Stelios for 'Pinocchio' ads.
Therefore I stand by my statement, O'Leary has a big mouth and it shows the yob quality he has.
Xchurch-man
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2:31pm Thu 15 Jul 10
twynham wrote:Get your facts straight.
"Add the fact that many in Bournemouth prefer to pay more for quality" Not that many; how often are Thomson or Palmair flights full outside of July & August? No doubt another slagging off by some who has never used Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline or is incapable of working out their website. A sad day for those of us who like to travel cheap and often on brand new Boeings rather than Thomsons’ old bangers that are refused landing permits at many European airports and not be tied to the Palmairs’ limited schedules. As for Mick O’Leary having a big mouth, I don’t ever recall the magnificent PJ ever hiding his light under a bushel whenever anything in the travel business upset him! For those of you hoping that FlyBe or Stavros will be coming to Hurn, forget it if you think that will mean cheap travel, they charge what the market will bear.
Thomson dont fly "old bangers" and they are not "refused landing permits" anywhere Mr "europes favourite airline".
southerngirl
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2:44pm Thu 15 Jul 10
pd7
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2:52pm Thu 15 Jul 10
southerngirl wrote:There are some real airports within driving distance. And also have a nice rail link.
Those who are rejoicing in the absence of Ryanair should think about all the airport jobs that will be affected.
High Treason
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3:06pm Thu 15 Jul 10
southerngirl wrote:A few may lose their jobs but the new terminal would never be able to live up to claims made at the planning application of more than 1,900 jobs by 2015, as the airport said.
Those who are rejoicing in the absence of Ryanair should think about all the airport jobs that will be affected.
Brock_and_Roll
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3:36pm Thu 15 Jul 10
As it happens, Ryanair and indeed most airlines are taking the knife to their winter schedules, regardless of the airport.
I can never understand all the Ryanair knockers that come on here - if you dont like them, dont use them. I dont like Man United, Marmite, British Airways, Channel 5, Chirs Moyles etc so I dont give any of these things my money/time - but I dont spend time criticising those who do, and as Ryanair carry 700,000 passengers a year, they must be doing something right!
Bob49
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4:55pm Thu 15 Jul 10
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Problem is they tend to try and squash them all on the same plane.
hoppy
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5:20pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Inc.all charges was £131 return for 2 persons,pretty good Eh!! £65 each!!
I do not book priorty boarding,I leave that to the "Toffs" I do not buy anything on board,far too exspensive,if you think you are going to get hungry then take your own sandwich,buy a bottle of water in the departure area,pretty simple Eh!!
I do not either love or hate Ryanair but I do love their prices,so hurry back so that we can continue to fly on your modern airplanes at very competative prices. All their charges are laid out before you on the web site.If you do not like their charges then fly with someone else.
EGHH
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5:22pm Thu 15 Jul 10
southerngirl
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5:33pm Thu 15 Jul 10
pd7 wrote:Oh well that's ok then! Easy!
southerngirl wrote: Those who are rejoicing in the absence of Ryanair should think about all the airport jobs that will be affected.There are some real airports within driving distance. And also have a nice rail link.
Nigel Blumenthal
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5:38pm Thu 15 Jul 10
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But the part I don't like is that O'Leary has played with his employees and the airport, not to mention the travelling public, for the last couple of months. This story started back in late May, I believe, when the Echo first noticed that winter schedules weren't available on the RA website. Since then it's just been a game of "will-they-won't-the
y" with the travellers and with their staff. O'Leary should have come clean and admitted up front what they intended to do all along. But then, he's not known for customer-friendly transparency, is he?
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As far as "love them or hate them" goes, I don't do either. I just retain a healthy skepticism when it comes to dealing with O'Leary and any of his businesses.
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(how appropriate is "home-seek" as the text? Maybe that's what RA will be doing now...)
Fire_fly
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5:38pm Thu 15 Jul 10
I think Ryanair do actually what it says on the packet. Gets you from A to B for a very good deal.
I hope they do operate again from Feb.
Sir Alan
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6:00pm Thu 15 Jul 10
pd7 wrote:Pd7 what a complete idiot you are.
southerngirl wrote: Those who are rejoicing in the absence of Ryanair should think about all the airport jobs that will be affected.There are some real airports within driving distance. And also have a nice rail link.
what real airports might you be talking about , the flying club at southampton that shuts at about 10.30 at night meaning any late flights land at bournemouth, southampton airport with such a short runway that aircraft have been known to crash across the m27, or southampton the real airport that closes with the first sign of fog or low cloud.
now bournemouth being a real airport has decent length runway , cat 3 landing system, and a decent sized terminal.
so PD7 stop talking out of your Ar**
it makes you look a complete twa*
twynham
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6:06pm Thu 15 Jul 10
High Treason wrote:A précis of the apology from the yob for Pinocchio but not for the argument.
twynham wrote:Try reading more than the Echo web pages.
"Add the fact that many in Bournemouth prefer to pay more for quality" Not that many; how often are Thomson or Palmair flights full outside of July & August? No doubt another slagging off by some who has never used Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline or is incapable of working out their website. A sad day for those of us who like to travel cheap and often on brand new Boeings rather than Thomsons’ old bangers that are refused landing permits at many European airports and not be tied to the Palmairs’ limited schedules. As for Mick O’Leary having a big mouth, I don’t ever recall the magnificent PJ ever hiding his light under a bushel whenever anything in the travel business upset him! For those of you hoping that FlyBe or Stavros will be coming to Hurn, forget it if you think that will mean cheap travel, they charge what the market will bear.
Ryanair says sorry to Sir Stelios for 'Pinocchio' ads.
Therefore I stand by my statement, O'Leary has a big mouth and it shows the yob quality he has.
"Both Michael O'Leary and Ryanair accept that Sir Stelios is not responsible for the non publication of easyJet’s on-time statistics for the past 52 weeks and that he is not in any way responsible for easyJet’s management’s continuing failure to publish weekly details of their on-time stats."
The full ad can be seen at
http://www.ryanair.c
om/doc/notices/apolo
gy-to-stelios.pdf
and, I’m sure, most red tops tomorrow, which, no, I will not be reading.
Speedbird1
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6:11pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Good luck to all of you at the airport and hope nobody loses their job !!
twynham
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6:47pm Thu 15 Jul 10
But I will say to those who are, quite rightly, concerned about any job losses if Ryanair do pull out of or reduce flights at Hurn, jobs were lost when they started operating, many from the company that cleaned the aircraft because of their 25 minute turn around.
One of my pals lost his job but I still pick up the sweet wrappers in front of my seat when I board because that’s one of the reasons I’ve generally only paid a fiver!
The Ryanair dominated airports I used half a dozen times last year were Girona & Reus and the jobs created and the infrastructure developments around those terminals are phenomenal in comparison to Hurn and they are now important Spanish hubs for a lot of Europe and North Africa.
That is never going to happen at Hurn, we only have a 180˚ catchment area and a virtually non existent airport transport system.
It’s the cabbies who are going to lose most money!
As an aside, all you Ryanair, Europe’s favourite airline, lovers/haters should read Paul Kilduff’s Ruinair & Ruinairski, two very rounded critiques and amusing travelogues.
PS Well said Speedbird1
Tezza1965
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7:20pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Now it's time for Easyjet, FlyBe or even the fantastic Palmair to steal a march on Ryanair by adding additional routes during the Winter months. If they offer a competetive service with sensible booking procedures it's highly unlikely anyone would want to fly Ryanair again!
Adrian XX
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7:25pm Thu 15 Jul 10
their ridiculous booking procedures!
Their booking procedures are normal: You go to their website choose the flight you want, choose the extra services you want, enter your card details and press the booking button. What could be simpler? It's only very recently that Palmair have implemented an online booking system, so I guess they must be quite a backwards company.
Flybe and Palmair are high cost airlines compared to Ryanair with flights costing ten to several thousand times as much. Easyjet is the only airline which has the slightest chance of providing a decent low-cost service from Bournemouth.
Fire_fly
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7:46pm Thu 15 Jul 10
I have been at the airport and seen passengers turned away for checking in 5 minutes late. This does nothing for Ryanair customer service. I am rather proud of the fact that I once allowed a passenger who had no id travel to Belfast with a Gym Membership card.
twynham
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7:56pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Fire_fly wrote:My, Ahl Khider would love you!
I have to comment that the airport only have themselves to blame for promoting staff into senior positions because of who they know rather than what they know.
I have been at the airport and seen passengers turned away for checking in 5 minutes late. This does nothing for Ryanair customer service. I am rather proud of the fact that I once allowed a passenger who had no id travel to Belfast with a Gym Membership card.
Fire_fly
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8:08pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Belfast really is a domestic route where no passport was ever required.
Bournemouth Airport can also process a pax and luggage in minutes unlike the larger airports. Unfortunately the Servisair staff watch too many Airport programmes. If you want to increase business, the customer comes first not silly rules. Ones than can be overcome with sense.
WestCliffCherry
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8:30pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Then Ryanair came along, undercut them and Thomson pulled out. Ryanair then upped their prices during popular times (Sure - there were some real cheapies, but certainly not for families who can only travel in school holidays), and are now leaving us with nothing.
No social responsibility at all.
Personally I hope Ryanair do come back, but Bournemouth Airport should negotiate a minimum of 12 months' notice if they want to pull flights in the future.
twynham
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8:39pm Thu 15 Jul 10
“The airport said it was "disappointed" but said Ryanair had confirmed its long-term commitment to Bournemouth.”
We’ll see!
http://www.bbc.co.uk
/news/uk-england-dor
set-10648585
Tezza1965
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9:05pm Thu 15 Jul 10
Adrian XX wrote:No their booking procedures are NOT normal.
their ridiculous booking procedures!Their booking procedures are normal: You go to their website choose the flight you want, choose the extra services you want, enter your card details and press the booking button. What could be simpler? It's only very recently that Palmair have implemented an online booking system, so I guess they must be quite a backwards company. Flybe and Palmair are high cost airlines compared to Ryanair with flights costing ten to several thousand times as much. Easyjet is the only airline which has the slightest chance of providing a decent low-cost service from Bournemouth.
Which other airline asks you to print out your own boarding pass and still charge you £8 for the privilege?
And heaven help you if your boarding pass isn't 100% black and legible as Ryanair will charge you £40 to reprint it at check in otherwise.
If you object to paying that extortionate fee you don't fly!
Yeah what a fantastic airline.
Cheerio Ryanair & good riddance.
Bring in Easyjet & FlyBe please!
Cristina88
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9:18pm Thu 15 Jul 10
JasperDodds
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12:12am Fri 16 Jul 10
madfromdorset
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12:21am Fri 16 Jul 10
Sir Alan
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12:55am Fri 16 Jul 10
Fire_fly wrote:Fire_fly words fail me, what gives you the right to flout the rules. they are there for a very good reason , remember lockerbie .
I have to comment that the airport only have themselves to blame for promoting staff into senior positions because of who they know rather than what they know. I have been at the airport and seen passengers turned away for checking in 5 minutes late. This does nothing for Ryanair customer service. I am rather proud of the fact that I once allowed a passenger who had no id travel to Belfast with a Gym Membership card.
If you worked at an airport then you should be prosecuted for failing to carry out your duties under the aviation act.
i wonder what fool gave you a job in the first place.
hopefully you no longer work at an airport, putting the lives of the travelling public in danger just so you can feel proud.
You are a first class plonker, love to use stronger language but it would be deleted.
504gld
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2:10am Fri 16 Jul 10
y hourly double decker bus not stop at the airport - what idiot forgot to timetable that? I suppose it's no point in blaming Bournemouth Council they'll just fob it off on Christchurch, after all the airport is in their district. Gatwick here I come in 2011, I have the ticket already.
upontown
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2:39am Fri 16 Jul 10
pd7
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7:53am Fri 16 Jul 10
I just cannot understand the choice of routes that they made . Why on earth would someone want to fly to another beach when some of the best beaches in Europe on on our own door step.
Fire_fly
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9:07am Fri 16 Jul 10
Sir Alan wrote:Sir Alan
Fire_fly wrote: I have to comment that the airport only have themselves to blame for promoting staff into senior positions because of who they know rather than what they know. I have been at the airport and seen passengers turned away for checking in 5 minutes late. This does nothing for Ryanair customer service. I am rather proud of the fact that I once allowed a passenger who had no id travel to Belfast with a Gym Membership card.Fire_fly words fail me, what gives you the right to flout the rules. they are there for a very good reason , remember lockerbie . If you worked at an airport then you should be prosecuted for failing to carry out your duties under the aviation act. i wonder what fool gave you a job in the first place. hopefully you no longer work at an airport, putting the lives of the travelling public in danger just so you can feel proud. You are a first class plonker, love to use stronger language but it would be deleted.
I hardly think personal insults on a Newspaper Article warrant a response. However after 30 years in the Travel Industry, I suspect I am more qualified to make decisions than you are.
P Barker
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9:14am Fri 16 Jul 10
madfromdorset wrote:Clearly they did. The boss saw the passengers rising and assumed they would keep rising, who knows why as if they had looked at the routes they would see Ryanair keep adding new routes when old ones didnt work out. Four million passengers was NEVER going to happen. Anyway who would spent money on project that might not work - such as IMAX, surf reef ?. Million spent on achieving NOTHING - same as the new terminal.
No one can blame Bournemouth Airport for this, in any way or form. The blame is Mike OLeary and Ryanair only. He and they are doing the same, not only at Bournemouth, but other regional and main hub airports in London. He admits in the main it is down to Air Passenger Taxes increases that he refuses to pay. Probably because his charges are so reduced, it becomes a big cut out of the profits. One only has to look at the history of Ryanair, and the way it has been run. It should be called OLearyair, as it is run as and only as he wants it to be. Mr. OLeary does not care about passengers, he has admitted that, and he does not care about staff. If they do not like the work, then find something else. The routes and flights might be cheap, but a number of them do not go to the destination. Ryanair does not go to Frankfurt, it flies to Frankfurt Hein, some 100km away from Frankfurt. It does not fly to Barcelona as it use to say, it flies to Girona, some 50km away. So in general he has himself to blame. As the manager of Bournemouth Airport said tonight, there will be some effects, but there are other flights, and there are other options. Ryanair is not the only airline. Thomas Cook are moving in next year. Flybe start the Manchester flight shortly, linking to an easier long haul departure airport. Does anyone honestly think that that amount of money would have been allowed to rebuild the airport, without the knowledge of more flights coming to the airport.
Boscombebiz
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10:03am Fri 16 Jul 10
If you do want a bag it is £50 for the normal 20kg weight limit so your fare goes up by £80 per person on top of the "advertised" fare.
Not sure how anyone can consider that fare, fair.
Maybe when you go to a restaurant and order a steak you pay extra for chips, veg, sauce and a knife and fork cover charge. God knows how much it would be if you wanted a napkin.
Ryan Air are good for stag do's and travel for weekends, thats all.
Account Suspended Yet Again
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10:04am Fri 16 Jul 10
Brilliant eh. Just what I need to take a family of four with 2 pre-school kids on holiday. No luggage.
You have summed it up pretty well though. Bend over backwards, jump through hoops, go where and when Ryanair want you to go and you might pay a non-extortionate price for the privilege. Go where you want to go, when you want to go, and taking the stuff you need with you - and you'll end up paying way over the odds.
Account Suspended Yet Again
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10:04am Fri 16 Jul 10
Brilliant eh. Just what I need to take a family of four with 2 pre-school kids on holiday. No luggage.
You have summed it up pretty well though. Bend over backwards, jump through hoops, go where and when Ryanair want you to go and you might pay a non-extortionate price for the privilege. Go where you want to go, when you want to go, and taking the stuff you need with you - and you'll end up paying way over the odds.
Account Suspended Yet Again
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10:04am Fri 16 Jul 10
Brilliant eh. Just what I need to take a family of four with 2 pre-school kids on holiday. No luggage.
You have summed it up pretty well though. Bend over backwards, jump through hoops, go where and when Ryanair want you to go and you might pay a non-extortionate price for the privilege. Go where you want to go, when you want to go, and taking the stuff you need with you - and you'll end up paying way over the odds.
Afcbpete
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10:36am Fri 16 Jul 10
Richard_BH2
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10:45am Fri 16 Jul 10
So can someone explain what the '£11 tourist tax ' is exactly and how it gets applied as quite often flights can be booked for less than this.
Something about the £11 Tax making routes unviable in the winter doesnt quite add up (to me), the Canaries traditionally have been a winter destination and I really cant see anyone having a problem paying £11 extra in tax each way to get their 'winter sun'.
Local fan
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11:00am Fri 16 Jul 10
madfromdorset
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2:34pm Fri 16 Jul 10
P Barker wrote:P. Barker is an authority on aviation issues, and councils. I am at a loss as to how the Bournemouth Airport rebuild comes under the same blanket as the Imax and Surf Reef. The latter two come under the financial auspice f the Bournemouth Council. Where has the airport resources came from a different wallett so to speak. Central Government, MAG, Local Business. What most fail to realise is that not only is BIA for passengers, but also freight, with huge business set out on the other side of the airport, and increasing all the time. At the same time the passenger side is very new, with an arrivals to be built. More airlines are already contracted to fit into the system in 2011, and I believe more will follow. Maybe moreso now that OLearyAir is out of the way. I do agree however, that a better road network could be in place for access to the airport, but that is not the fault of Councils on this occasion, but the New Forest People Groups, who appears to have one alterior motive, and that is to stop everything and progress.
madfromdorset wrote:Clearly they did. The boss saw the passengers rising and assumed they would keep rising, who knows why as if they had looked at the routes they would see Ryanair keep adding new routes when old ones didnt work out. Four million passengers was NEVER going to happen. Anyway who would spent money on project that might not work - such as IMAX, surf reef ?. Million spent on achieving NOTHING - same as the new terminal.
No one can blame Bournemouth Airport for this, in any way or form. The blame is Mike OLeary and Ryanair only. He and they are doing the same, not only at Bournemouth, but other regional and main hub airports in London. He admits in the main it is down to Air Passenger Taxes increases that he refuses to pay. Probably because his charges are so reduced, it becomes a big cut out of the profits. One only has to look at the history of Ryanair, and the way it has been run. It should be called OLearyair, as it is run as and only as he wants it to be. Mr. OLeary does not care about passengers, he has admitted that, and he does not care about staff. If they do not like the work, then find something else. The routes and flights might be cheap, but a number of them do not go to the destination. Ryanair does not go to Frankfurt, it flies to Frankfurt Hein, some 100km away from Frankfurt. It does not fly to Barcelona as it use to say, it flies to Girona, some 50km away. So in general he has himself to blame. As the manager of Bournemouth Airport said tonight, there will be some effects, but there are other flights, and there are other options. Ryanair is not the only airline. Thomas Cook are moving in next year. Flybe start the Manchester flight shortly, linking to an easier long haul departure airport. Does anyone honestly think that that amount of money would have been allowed to rebuild the airport, without the knowledge of more flights coming to the airport.
the-devils-advocate
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2:54pm Fri 16 Jul 10
We don't need an international airport here, it just attracts package holiday makers from outside the area to pollute our skies with greenhouse gasses and noise.
Come on... what is the point of it?
Adrian XX
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4:10pm Fri 16 Jul 10
Go where you want to go, when you want to go, and taking the stuff you need with you - and you'll end up paying way over the odds.
In most cases you'll still pay far less than any other airline even if you take 20kg of baggage per person. And of the 15 routes from Bournemouth Girona is the only airport which is far away from the advertised city. (But even then it advertised as Girona (Barcelona)).
Speedbird1
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4:47pm Fri 16 Jul 10
Sir Alan
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5:49pm Fri 16 Jul 10
Fire_fly wrote:you dont know what my qualifications are , but i can assure you i know the law, and your actions are nothing short of criminal.
Sir Alan wrote:Sir Alan I hardly think personal insults on a Newspaper Article warrant a response. However after 30 years in the Travel Industry, I suspect I am more qualified to make decisions than you are.Fire_fly wrote: I have to comment that the airport only have themselves to blame for promoting staff into senior positions because of who they know rather than what they know. I have been at the airport and seen passengers turned away for checking in 5 minutes late. This does nothing for Ryanair customer service. I am rather proud of the fact that I once allowed a passenger who had no id travel to Belfast with a Gym Membership card.Fire_fly words fail me, what gives you the right to flout the rules. they are there for a very good reason , remember lockerbie . If you worked at an airport then you should be prosecuted for failing to carry out your duties under the aviation act. i wonder what fool gave you a job in the first place. hopefully you no longer work at an airport, putting the lives of the travelling public in danger just so you can feel proud. You are a first class plonker, love to use stronger language but it would be deleted.
I hope you big head can fit through the door.
its idiots like you that let the bombers onboard.
If the airlines policy is for a certain form of id , its not your right to challenge that.
Sir Alan
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6:05pm Fri 16 Jul 10
the-devils-advocate wrote:Its not been called Bournemouth international for some time, its simply called bournemouth airport.
So RyanAir have backed out for the winter. Let's face facts: Ever since Hurn Airport developed delusions of grandeur, calling its self Bournemouth International Airport, it's been a disaster. Not only is there an insufficient customer base locally (as Ryanair found), it has to compete with Southampton. It will always be a small regional airfield. Maybe that's why the infrastructure is laughable, with no link from the Spur Road and massive holdups in the rush-hour. Bearing that in mind, building a new departures terminal would seem stupid, especially as they still use portacabin cattle sheds for arrivals. We don't need an international airport here, it just attracts package holiday makers from outside the area to pollute our skies with greenhouse gasses and noise. Come on... what is the point of it?
southampton airport is a glorified flying club . you are obviously a nimby , who finds it ok to travel to gatwick and pollute the skys around london but are not so keen for it where you live, bit of a hypocrite .
dancingdog
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6:13pm Fri 16 Jul 10
There have never been many airlines using Hurn and Ryanair's part withdrawal comes as no surprise to me. I think Manchester airport who now own Hurn are in for a big shock. Good!
typ
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11:38pm Fri 16 Jul 10
Sir Alan wrote:1 - 1 i think Bournemouth Airport would be the present trading name for Bournemouth international airport limited.
the-devils-advocate wrote:Its not been called Bournemouth international for some time, its simply called bournemouth airport.
So RyanAir have backed out for the winter. Let's face facts: Ever since Hurn Airport developed delusions of grandeur, calling its self Bournemouth International Airport, it's been a disaster. Not only is there an insufficient customer base locally (as Ryanair found), it has to compete with Southampton. It will always be a small regional airfield. Maybe that's why the infrastructure is laughable, with no link from the Spur Road and massive holdups in the rush-hour. Bearing that in mind, building a new departures terminal would seem stupid, especially as they still use portacabin cattle sheds for arrivals. We don't need an international airport here, it just attracts package holiday makers from outside the area to pollute our skies with greenhouse gasses and noise. Come on... what is the point of it?
southampton airport is a glorified flying club . you are obviously a nimby , who finds it ok to travel to gatwick and pollute the skys around london but are not so keen for it where you live, bit of a hypocrite .
Fire_fly
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11:48pm Fri 16 Jul 10
typ
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12:05am Sat 17 Jul 10
Fire_fly wrote:Fire_fly Probably an Newsquest employee stirring so as to get more comments and thus move higher in the search engine rankings.
Sir Alan, I am not sure why you don't comment on the newsapaper article rather than personally attacking people. You probably have no idea about Airline Business. So go off and comment on the weather or Mobility scooters in Ferdown.
Fire_fly
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12:15am Sat 17 Jul 10
Shame though that people cannot comment on not just this but other websites without being hounded.
Sir Alan
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1:02am Sat 17 Jul 10
Fire_fly wrote:as it happens 27 years in the aviation business , so yes i do know what i am talking about.
Sir Alan, I am not sure why you don't comment on the newsapaper article rather than personally attacking people. You probably have no idea about Airline Business. So go off and comment on the weather or Mobility scooters in Ferdown.
and in all that time i have never put a passengers life at risk or endangered an aircraft. unlike you whose actions are beyond a joke.
i comment on the reactions to this so called storry which is hardly earth shattering news as ryanair is cutting routes all over the uk.
southerngirl
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7:48am Sat 17 Jul 10
Fire_fly wrote:Fire_fly wrote:
I have to comment that the airport only have themselves to blame for promoting staff into senior positions because of who they know rather than what they know. I have been at the airport and seen passengers turned away for checking in 5 minutes late. This does nothing for Ryanair customer service. I am rather proud of the fact that I once allowed a passenger who had no id travel to Belfast with a Gym Membership card.
It's a case of making sensible decisions and experience.
Belfast really is a domestic route where no passport was ever required.
Bournemouth Airport can also process a pax and luggage in minutes unlike the larger airports. Unfortunately the Servisair staff watch too many Airport programmes. If you want to increase business, the customer comes first not silly rules. Ones than can be overcome with sense.
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Firefly, you sound very bitter towards the airport and servisair, did you maybe get passed over in the promotion department in a previous life! I do know the aviation business and I do use the airport frequently and I have found Servisair customer service second to none. In fact I would say the customer does always come first, common sense is always put into play and I often hear the same thing from other passengers.
wintonbusinessman
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9:12am Sat 17 Jul 10
that is what makes it unviable to fly.
wintonbusinessman
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9:28am Sat 17 Jul 10
Skankfreebournemouth
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7:36pm Sat 17 Jul 10
Fire_fly
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9:16pm Sun 18 Jul 10
You seem to make some very unusual assumptions on here.
However it's pleasing to know that you are so happy with Bournemouth Airport Operations.
Also that there will be some services left for you to be able to Travel on in the future.
Sir Alan
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12:30pm Mon 19 Jul 10
Fire_fly wrote:well at least im not an idiot like you.
Sir Alan You seem to make some very unusual assumptions on here. However it's pleasing to know that you are so happy with Bournemouth Airport Operations. Also that there will be some services left for you to be able to Travel on in the future.
i have known a few idiots that have worked at the airport, but none have every broken security rules , unlike you. so dont try and wriggle put of it , you cocked up big time. Idiot
Fire_fly
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2:27pm Mon 19 Jul 10
I have to remind you that the decision made to carry a passenger at the end of the day is the Airlines. No doubt you were one of the complainers about non existant Ash Clouds.
Give an inexperienced person a yellow coat at Bournemouth Airport and suddenly they are experts.
Fire_fly
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3:12pm Mon 19 Jul 10
However tempting.
southerngirl
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7:28pm Mon 19 Jul 10
Fire_fly
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11:34pm Mon 19 Jul 10
However you will not get any information from me.
Fire_fly
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11:34pm Mon 19 Jul 10
However you will not get any information from me.
MartiB
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2:05pm Wed 21 Jul 10
mrspuss says...
11:08am Thu 15 Jul 10