Ryanair, авиокомпания номер 1 в Европа, обяви днес (19 септември), че ще отвори нова база в Бургас (№ 87) от края на март с 1 самолет (инвестиция от 100 млн. долара) и 10 нови маршрута, които ще обслужват над 250 000 клиенти годишно и поддържат 200 работни места на летище Бургас, тяхната втора българска база.

Ryanair стартира и най-голямото си до сега лятно разписание (2018 г.) за България с 15 нови маршрута, които ще обслужват над 2 млн. клиенти годишно през летищата София, Бургас, Пловдив и Варна следващата година.

 

Разписанието на Ryanair за лято 2018 за България ще осигури:

Бургас:

• 1 базиран самолет (100 млн. долара инвестиция)
• 10 маршрута (6 държави): Братислава (2 пъти седмично), Дюселдорф Везе (2), Франкфурт-Хан (2), Краков (2),

Меминген (2), Милано Бергамо (2), Рига (2), Жешов (1), Тел Авив (2) и Варшава Модлин (2)

• 250 000 клиенти годишно
• 200* работни места „на място“ годишно

 

София:

• 3 базирани самолета (300 млн. долара инвестиция)
• 1 нов маршрут до Пафос (3 пъти седмично)
• общо 22 маршрута
• 1,6 млн. клиенти годишно
• 1200* работни места „на място“

 

Пловдив:

• 3 нови маршрута: Брюксел Шарлероа (2 пъти седмично), Франкфурт-Хан (2) и Милано Бергамо (2)
• общо 4 маршрута
• 155 000 клиенти годишно (+55%)
• 100 работни места „на място“

 

Варна:

• 1 летен маршрут до Брюксел Шарлероа (2 пъти седмично)
• 34 000 клиенти годишно
• 25 работни места „на място“

Българските клиенти и посетители вече могат да резервират ваканциите си чак до октомври 2018 г. на още по-ниски цени и да се наслаждават на най-новите подобрения „Винаги по-добри“, включващи:

• Намалени такси за регистриран багаж – една такса от 25€, един размер от 20 кг
• 20 маршрута на дълги разстояния с Air Europa от Мадрид се продават през Ryanair.com
• Свързващи полети на Рим Фиумичино и Милано Бергамо с повече летища, които следват
• Ново партньорство с Erasmus Network, предлагащо студентски намаления и специална платформа за резервации
• Alexa разпознаване на глас за търсене на полети, хотели и статус на полета на уебсайта на Ryanair.com

 

В България Дейвид О’Брайън от Ryanair заяви:

„Имаме удоволствието да обявим нова база в Бургас, която се открива в края на март, втората ни в България и 87^-та в Европа, първоначално с един базиран самолет и 10 маршрута, които ще обслужват 250 000 клиенти годишно и поддържат 200 работни места на летище Бургас.

Също така сме щастливи да стартираме нашето рекордно за България разписание за лято 2018 с 15 нови маршрута, които ще обслужват над 2 млн. клиенти годишно през летищата София, Бургас, Пловдив и Варна следващата година. Българските клиенти и посетители резервират местата за нашите полети по разписание за зима 2017 г. в рекордни стойности, а цените продължават да падат, така че моментът за резервиране на нискотарифен полет с Ryanair никога не е бил по-добър.

За да отпразнуваме старта на новата ни база в Бургас и лятното разписание за 2018 г., пускаме в продажба места от само 14,99€ за пътувания до декември, които могат да бъдат резервирани до полунощ в четвъртък (21 септември). Тъй като тези невероятно ниски цени ще бъдат разграбени бързо, клиентите трябва да влязат на www.ryanair.com, за да не ги изпуснат.“

Ryanair today (18 Sept) confirmed that it has published the full list of flight cancellations (now less than 50 per day) between Thurs 21^st Sept. to Tues 31^st Oct. next. These cancellations have been allocated where possible, to Ryanair’s bigger base airports, and routes with multiple daily frequencies so that Ryanair can offer these disrupted customers the maximum number of alternate flights and routes in order to minimise inconvenience to them.

The full list of these flight cancellations (from Thurs 21^st to Thurs Oct 31^st) will appear on the Ryanair.com website later today, and customers affected by these cancellations will be emailed with offers of alternative flights or full refunds, and details of their EU261 compensation entitlement.

The airports where one line of flying will be removed for the next 6 weeks are as follows, (these airports have been selected because of the high frequency of flights Ryanair operates to/from these airports where customers can be offered the most accommodating options):

Barcelona	1 of 12 lines of flights
Brussels Charl	1 of 13 lines of flights
Dublin	1 of 23 lines of flights
Lisbon	1 of 4 lines of flights
London Stan	2 of 41 lines of flights
Madrid	1 of 13 lines of flight
Milan Bergamo	1 of 14 lines of flights
Porto	1 of 8 lines of flights
Rome Fiumi	1 of 3 lines of flights

While Ryanair sincerely regrets and apologises for these cancellations, it pointed out that they will affect less than 2% of all customers over the next 6 weeks, and the majority of these passengers will be offered alternative flights on the same or next day. For those passengers who cannot, or do not wish to take the alternative flights offered they will receive a full refund and their EU261 compensation.

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said;

“While over 98% of our customers will not be affected by these cancellations over the next 6 weeks, we apologise unreservedly to those customers whose travel will be disrupted, and assure them that we have done our utmost to try to ensure that we can re-accommodate most of them on alternative flights on the same or next day.

Ryanair is not short of pilots – we were able to fully crew our peak summer schedule in June, July and August – but we have messed up the allocation of annual leave to pilots in Sept and Oct because we are trying to allocate a full year’s leave into a 9 month period from April to December. This issue will not recur in 2018 as Ryanair goes back onto a 12 month calendar leave year from 1^st Jan to 31^st December 2018.

This is a mess of our own making. I apologise sincerely to all our customers for any worry or concern this has caused them over the past weekend. We have only taken this decision to cancel this small proportion of our 2,500 daily flights so that we can provide extra standby cover and protect the punctuality of the 98% of flights that will be unaffected by these cancellations.”

Please click here for full list of cancelled flights.

Ryanair, today (15^th Sept) announced that it would cancel 40-50 flights daily for the next six weeks (to the end of October) to improve its system-wide punctuality which has fallen below 80% in the first two weeks of September through a combination of ATC capacity delays and strikes, weather disruptions and the impact of increased holiday allocations to pilots and cabin crew as the airline moves to allocate annual leave during a 9 month transition period (April to December 2017) to move the airline’s holiday year (currently April to March) to a calendar year (Jan to Dec) from 1^st January 2018 onwards.

Ryanair has operated at record schedule and traffic levels during the peak summer months of July (12.6m guests) and August (12.7m guests) but has a backlog of crew leave which must be allocated before 31^st Dec 2017 in order to switch to a calendar leave year (as required by the IAA) from 1^st Jan 2018 onwards.

These tighter crewing numbers and the impact of ATC capacity restrictions in the UK, Germany and Spain, as well as French ATC strikes and adverse weather (thunderstorms) have given rise to significant delays in recent weeks.  Ryanair’s on-time performance has declined from 90% to under 80% over the past two weeks, a figure that is unacceptable to Ryanair and its customers.

By reducing its scheduled flying programme over the next six weeks by less than 2% (of its over 2,500 daily flights), the airline will create additional standby aircraft which will help restore on-time performance to its 90% average.  Ryanair apologises sincerely for the inconvenience caused to customers by these cancellations.  Customers will be contacted directly about this small number of cancellations and offered alternative flights or full refunds.

Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:

“We have operated a record schedule (and traffic numbers) during the peak summer months of July and August but must now allocate annual leave to pilots and cabin crew in September and October (while still running the bulk of our summer schedule).  This increased leave at a time of ATC capacity delays and strikes, has severely reduced our on-time performance over the past two weeks to under 80%.  By cancelling less than 2% of our flying programme over the next six weeks, (until our winter schedule starts in early November) we can improve the operational resilience of our schedules and restore punctuality to our annualised target of 90%.

We apologise sincerely to the small number of customers affected by these cancellations, and will be doing our utmost to arrange alternative flights and/or full refunds for them.”

 

 

Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (15 Sep) launched a huge ‘100 Days to Christmas’ seat sale across its network, with 50,000 seats on sale at €9.99 for travel from October to December, allowing customers to book their winter getaway on the lowest fares and start the countdown to Christmas.

Discounted seats are available on 78 different routes across Ryanair’s network – the biggest in Europe – but these must be booked by midnight (24:00hrs) Monday 18^th September.

Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:

“There are just 100 days until Christmas and to celebrate, we are releasing 50,000 seats on 78 different routes for just €9.99 for travel from October to December. This amazing offer will end at midnight on Monday 18^th September so customers should log on quickly and treat themselves to a winter break today.”

 Visit Ryanair.com to see the list of routes on offer and book

Ryanair today (14 Sept) welcomed the decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the “Mons” case which found in favour of Ryanair by rejecting the CTC Union argument that the home base (i.e where crew start and end their work day) should be the sole determinant of what court jurisdiction can hear disputes on labour issues.

The ECJ has ruled that all current factors such as where the worker gets their instructions, where goods/passengers are loaded/unloaded, where the work tools are stored, where the work is organised/performed and where the worker returns to at the end of their duty should continue to be considered in conjunction with the home base as part of an overall assessment in determining jurisdiction.

 

This ECJ decision does not change the status quo of Irish Contracts of Employment for Ryanair crew based across Europe. Ryanair will continue to employ its crew on Irish contracts of employment, and this decision only updates the criteria for assessing the jurisdiction of national courts to hear legal cases locally and does not alter the law applicable to the contract, which is determined by the Rome I regulation (593/2008).

All EU Member States’ national employment legislation is derived from EU directives to ensure protection for employees in relation to areas including annual leave, maternity leave and sickness benefits. Irish legislation has adopted all EU directives on employment rights which are also covered in Ryanair contracts of employment and in some cases, offers better protection than some EU countries; for example, maternity leave in Ireland is more favourable than in Belgium and the Irish minimum wage is also amongst the highest in Europe.

Ryanair’s Chief People Officer Eddie Wilson said:

“We welcome this “Mons” case ruling which upholds the existing EU rules on the jurisdiction of Member States national courts, and accepts Ryanair’s position that just one criteria (i.e. basing) cannot unilaterally determine jurisdiction. Maintaining broad assessment criteria ensures that the most appropriate jurisdiction should apply in cases involving international transport workers rather than a sole criterion approach, which would narrow the assessment and restrict movement and flexibility with a myriad of regulations and different crews throughout Europe.

We do not believe this “Mons” ruling will in any way alter our Irish contracts of employment or the union rights which all of our people enjoy under the protection of the Irish Constitution.” 

 

Ryanair, compania aeriană preferată a europenilor, astăzi, 13 septembrie, a programat 26 de zboruri suplimentare pe ruta București – Timișoara și retur, pentru perioada vacanțelor de iarnă, oferindu-le clienților chiar mai multe escapade la tarife reduse cu peste 4,900 de locuri extra, disponibile acum.

 

Clienții români și vizitatorii aleg Ryanair pentru tarifele noastre reduse, serviciu clienți lider în industrie, dar și o vastă alegere de rute, și trebuie să se aștepte în continuare la noi îmbunătățiri, parte a programului “Always Getting Better”, care include mai multe rute, noi dezvoltări digitale și tarife chiar mai mici.

Olga Pawlonka, Ryanair, a declarat:

 

“Ryanair este încântată să introducă 26 de zboruri suplimentare pe ruta noastră românească București – Timișoara, cu peste 4,900 de locuri adiționale, disponibile pentru rezervări pe pagina web Ryanair.com – oferindu-le clienților noi oportunități de escapade la tarife reduse în perioada vacanțelor de iarnă.

 

Pentru a sărbători aceste zboruri extra, scoatem la vânzare locuri pentru ruta București – Timișoara de la doar 4.99€, pentru călătorii în perioada noiembrie – martie, și care sunt acum disponibile pentru rezervări până la miezul nopții, Vineri, 15 septembrie. Pentru a evita epuizarea locurilor promoționale, clienții trebuie să se grabească și să acceseze www.ryanair.com/ro pentru rezervări.”

Ryanair, Ireland’s No 1 airline, today (13 Sep) launched a new Shannon route to Barcelona Reus, with a twice-weekly service commencing in March 2018, the first of its Shannon summer 2018 routes. This new route is now on sale on the Ryanair.com website.

Irish customers and visitors can look forward to even lower fares and enjoy the latest “Always Getting Better” customer improvements, including:

• Reduced checked-in bag fees – one €25 fee, one 20kg size
• 20 Air Europa routes from Madrid on sale on Ryanair.com
• Connecting flights at Rome Fiumicino and Milan Bergamo with more airports to follow
• A new partnership with Erasmus Student Network offering discounts & a dedicated booking platform
• Alexa voice recognition to search flights, hotels and flight status on the Ryanair.com website

 

To celebrate, Ryanair is releasing seats on sale from Shannon from just €16.99 for travel in October and November, which are available for booking until midnight Friday (15 Sep).

Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:

“We are pleased to launch a new Shannon route to Barcelona Reus, with a twice weekly service for summer 2018, which is now on sale on the Ryanair.com website. To celebrate, we are releasing seats on sale from Shannon from just €16.99 for travel in October and November, which are available for booking until midnight Friday (15 Sep). Since these amazing low fares will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”

Managing Director at Shannon Airport, Andrew Murphy said:

“This new Ryanair service from Shannon to Barcelona Reus is very welcome news for the airport. We know that this will also be welcome news for our passengers as Barcelona Reus is not only a popular sun destination, but this new service opens up the European City break market for people in the region providing direct access to the beautiful city of Barcelona which is less than a 90 minute journey by train and bus from the town of Reus – only 10 minutes from Reus Airport. In addition, we are sure that the service will be welcome news to many football enthusiasts out there as this offers them the opportunity to watch FC Barcelona in action.”