Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline today (28 Jan) announced it has partnered with Rentalcars.com, the leading online car rental service, to offer its travellers the best rates on the world’s largest choice of car rental inventory.
By integrating Rentalcars.com’s platform across its Group Airlines, Ryanair is using the most innovative technology in the industry to create a market-leading and frictionless user experience that will deliver more car rental bookings than ever before.
As a result of its improved customer journey across Web, Mobile and App platforms, Ryanair’s customers will not only be offered the widest choice of cars available but will also receive personalised, dynamic recommendations and price-matched rates for car rentals in 60,000 locations across 160 countries. Rentalcars.com has also integrated a 24/7 customer service centre into Ryanair’s car rental product, giving its travellers access to a live chat service in multiple languages.
The partnership will also see Europcar’s car rental services, provided by Rentalcars.com, promoted exclusively through offline channels, such as in-flight announcements and boarding cards, offering exclusive discounts to Ryanair customers.
Greg O’Gorman, Director of Ancillary Revenue at Ryanair, said:
“Ryanair is pleased to partner with Rentalcars.com, as we continue to innovate our Car Hire service and to further personalise our product offering to our 154m customers p.a. Rentalcars.com uses innovative technology to continually optimise the user journey, giving our customers the best choice, value and care on the market.
Ryanair customers already enjoy the lowest fares in Europe and our new partnership with Rentalcars.com will guarantee them the best value car hire service as well, available only through the Ryanair.com website.”
Ady Guthrie, Commercial Director of Transport Partnerships at Rentalcars.com, added:
“This partnership further strengthens our position as the car rental provider of choice for leading airlines and travel in general, and is a testament to the hard work of the entire Rentalcars.com team.
“We are driven by using cutting-edge technology to make it easier for travellers to rent a car regardless of where they are in the world, so we are delighted to have helped Ryanair to realise this shared objective for its 154 million annual customers.
“As travellers increasingly expect to book every aspect of their trip in one place, we will continue to experiment with our partners to help the industry react and deliver the truly connected trip.”
Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (23 Jan) launched a huge January Blues sale with up to 20% off a million seats across its entire network for travel between February and June, allowing customers to beat the winter blues with a spring getaway on the lowest fares.
This amazing seat sale is available for travel from February to June and can only be found on the Ryanair.com website, from now until midnight on Sunday (26 Jan).
Ryanair’s Alejandra Ruiz said:
“It’s the most depressing time of the year and there is no better way to help beat those winter blues than by booking a getaway. We’ve launched a huge January Blues sale with up to 20% off a million seats across our entire European network.
This incredible offer will end at midnight on Sunday (26 Jan), so customers should log on quickly and bag a bargain pick-me-up today.”
Book here: https://www.ryanair.com/ie/en/plan-trip/explore/cheap-deals
Ryanair, which is the largest passenger airline operating to and from the UK today (Thurs, 16 Jan) wrote to Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sajid Javid MP, calling on him to extend the APD eco tax ‘holiday’ given to Flybe, to all of its UK airline competitors including Ryanair, Easyjet and BA, as otherwise this government subsidy to the billionaire owners of Flybe will be in breach of Competition law and State Aid rules.
Ryanair pointed out that the Flybe business model is neither profitable nor viable and has lurched from failure to failure repeatedly over the last 20 years.
Ryanair also pointed out that while the Flybe business model is unsustainable, it is owned by billionaires including Richard Branson, Delta Airlines and Cyrus Capital, who do not need a Government subsidy to prop up their failed airline investments. Ryanair also rejected the false claims made by Andrea Leadsom that Flybe has a ‘viable’ business model when everyone in the industry knows that the Flybe business model is doomed to fail again and again.
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said:
“This Government bailout of the billionaire owned Flybe is in breach of both Competition and State Aid laws. The Flybe model is not viable which is why its billionaire owners are looking for a state subsidy for their failed investment.
The reason why Flybe isn’t viable is because it cannot compete with lower fare services from UK regional airports on domestic and EU routes provided by Ryanair, Easyjet, BA and others; and it cannot compete with lower cost road and rail alternatives on many smaller UK domestic routes. If Flybe fails (as it undoubtedly will once this Government subsidy ends) then Ryanair, Easyjet, BA and others will step in and provide lower fare flights from the UK regional airports, as we already have to make up for the recent failure of Thomas Cook Airways.
This Flybe ‘subsidy’ cannot comply with Competition, or State Aid rules unless the same APD eco tax holiday and other Government subsidies are extended to all other UK competitor airlines including Ryanair, Easyjet, BA among others.”
6 New Routes From Yerevan And Gyumri For Summer 2020
Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (14 Jan) celebrated the first flights of its first ever Armenia winter schedule with the start of its new Yerevan routes to Milan Bergamo and Rome Ciampino, which will both operate twice weekly. These new routes will also continue as part of Ryanair’s Armenia extended Summer 2020 schedule, which will help deliver 198,000 customers to/from Yerevan and Gyumri airports this year.
Ryanair’s Armenia 2020 schedule will deliver:
- 2 Winter routes from Yerevan to Milan Bergamo (2 pw) & Rome Ciampino (2 pw)
- 2 Summer routes from Yerevan to Berlin Schönefeld & Thessaloniki (2 pw)
- 2 Summer routes from Gyumri to Athens (2 pw) & Memmingen (2 pw)
- 198,000 customers p.a.
- 148* “on-site” jobs p.a.
To celebrate its new Armenian flights, Ryanair has launched a massive seat sale with fares available from just €18.99, for travel until the end of March which must be booked by Thursday (16 Jan), only on the Ryanair.com website.
Ryanair’s Olga Pawlonka said:
“We’re delighted to officially launch our Armenia 2020 schedule, with the start of our new routes from Yerevan to Milan Bergamo and Rome Ciampino. Today marks the start of our first ever winter schedule for Yerevan airport which will help deliver 198,000 customers to/from Yerevan and Gyumri airports this year.
To celebrate, we are releasing seats for sale from just €18.99 for travel from now until the end of March 2020, which are available for booking until midnight, Thursday 16th January. Since these amazing low fares will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”
Marcelo Wende, Director of “Armenia” International Airports” CJSC, said:
“We congratulate Ryanair on entering the Armenian market and wish the air company to operate new, successful and safe routes.”
Tatevik Revazian, Chair of Civil Aviation Committee at Government of the Republic of Armenia, said:
“Ryanair has truly put our hidden pearl, Armenia, on the world map! Our government’s decision to remove the departure tax for new routes has more than doubled already existing routes to Europe. We warmly welcome Ryanair travellers.”
Susanna Safaryan, Chair of the Tourism Committee of the Ministry of Economy of Armenia:
“The availably of cheap direct flights is an important precondition for choosing a new travel destination. The entrance of two European low cost airlines into the Armenian market makes our country more accessible and appealing for travellers from Europe. This will not only strengthen connection between Armenia and Europe, but also promote growth of number of tourists visiting Armenia in 2020. We welcome all visitors of Armenia and wish them an enjoyable and memorable stay in our hospitable country”
Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (9 Jan) launched a massive January seat sale, with up to €30 off 1 million seats for Summer 2020 across its European network, ensuring even more savings for its customers this summer season.
This amazing January seat sale is available on return flights, for travel between April and August, and can only be found on the Ryanair.com website, from now until midnight on Sunday (12 Jan).
Ryanair’s Alejandra Ruiz said:
“2020 has finally arrived, and what better way to celebrate the new decade than by booking an early summer getaway. We’ve launched a huge January sale with up to €30 off 1 million seats across Europe, for return flights between April and August. This incredible offer will end at midnight on Sunday (12 Jan), so customers should log on quickly and bag their summer bargain break today.”
Ryanair today (7 Jan) released its December CO2 emissions statistics, which show an ave. of 69g CO2 per passenger/km.
| |
December 2019 |
| Total Kilometres |
13,838m km |
| Total Passengers |
11.2m |
| Total CO2 Emissions |
960kt |
| CO2 Per Pax/km |
69g |
Ryanair’s Kenny Jacobs said:
“With the youngest fleet and highest load factors, Ryanair is Europe’s greenest/cleanest major airline. Our CO2 per passenger/km is the lowest in the industry, having been cut from 82g to 66g p.a. over the last decade while other high fare competitors currently generate over 120g per pax/km.
The single most important thing any consumer can do to reduce their carbon footprint is switch to Ryanair. We are pleased to announce that our CO2 per pax/km for December was 69g, half the rate of other flag carrier European airlines, and we are committed to reducing this by a further 10% to under 60g per pax/km by 2030.”
Ryanair today (6 Jan) released its December customer service statistics, which show that:
- 91% of December flights arrived on-time (up from 88% December 2018) excl. ATC delays
- French ATC Strikes and ATC staff shortages delayed 5,687 Ryanair flights in Dec (9%)
Ryanair also released its December ‘Rate My Flight’ customer experience scores, which show 87% of over 95,000 respondents rated their flight ‘Excellent/Very Good /Good’, with high ratings for crew friendliness (92%), onboard service (90%), range of food & drink (83%), and boarding (82%).
| Rate My Flight |
Excell/V Good/Good |
| Customer Experience |
87% |
| Crew Friendliness |
92% |
| Onboard Service |
90% |
| Food & Drink Range |
83% |
| Boarding |
82% |
Ryanair’s Kenny Jacobs said:
“Ryanair Group Airlines carried over 11.2m customers in December with over 91% of our 60,000 flights arriving on-time excl. ATC delays. The regrettable and disruptive 13-days of French ATC strikes continued to impact customers in December, with France, Germany and Spain as the worst affected countries. Despite this, we continue to deliver industry-leading performance and our punctuality has again improved year-on-year.
We’re pleased that 87% of customers surveyed (over 95,000) rated their Ryanair flight in December as ‘Excellent/Very Good /Good’ using Ryanair’s Rate My Flight feature, which allows all customers to provide real-time reviews of their flights via the Ryanair app and email. We welcome this feedback, which encourages us to continuously improve our customer service.”