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Could trade-friendly luggage-service companies cut airlines’ profits? 27 Aug 2013 | 06:50 pm
Recently, a study from a Which! consumer association revealed that it was less expensive to send his luggage by courier than flying it on Ryanair. Although the information caused a wave of criticis...
Low-cost short-haul: Russia to go down that road 23 Aug 2013 | 02:33 pm
If you ever doubted that low-cost carrying was the way to go in short-haul, you should think back. Aeroflot, one of the oldest airlines in aviation history, announced that it will soon operate its own...
John Goss, Sophie Growcoot, Christian Fletcher… has the time of Ryanair whistleblowers finally come? 21 Aug 2013 | 06:41 pm
At Ryanair, voices have started emerging from the inside to publicly condemn awful working conditions. Pilots and cabin crews alike are organizing themselves in anonymous groups, frantically attemp...
Vueling’s full attack: IAG’s new warmachine strikes back 7 Aug 2013 | 09:38 pm
When IAG’d announced its will to acquire Vueling, the airline industry naturally expected it to gradually replace the loss-making Iberia in the medium-haul and, after a long recovery, set out to co...
Why LCCs may turn to travel agencies in the end 5 Aug 2013 | 02:58 pm
LCCs nowadays are considering working hand in hand with travel agencies. Although the idea seems like a betrayal of the traditional low-cost model, the need for a stable, growing passenger traffic in ...
News from Santiago: the PR brawl continues between Ryanair, Rumbo and the media 2 Aug 2013 | 02:52 pm
Santiago de Compostela, Tuesday afternoon. Ryanair finally reacts to the article released Sunday in El Mundo accusing it of increasing its ticket prices shortly after the train tragedy. While the comp...
Santiago de Compostela: Ryanair’s ticket price doubled after the train accident, unleashed Twitter fury 29 Jul 2013 | 09:49 pm
Ryanair is certainly not lucky with Spain these days. Probably due to an automatic increase, the ticket prices towards Santiago had doubled about six hours after the tragic train accident. This could ...
Ryanair and Spanish aviation world trading blows over safety incidents 29 Jul 2013 | 07:09 pm
Murphy’s law states anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Seems like Ryanair’s proving this precept right. The airline hasn’t ridden of Valencia’s three Mayday Calls story yet. Indeed, shortly...
EasyJet, David Cameron: the great marketing coup 26 Jul 2013 | 01:39 pm
Property of EBL. Today, I learnt that David Cameron, Prime Minister of the U.K., flew on easyJet to spend his holidays in Faro, Portugal. From a marketing point of view, it’s probably the most brilli...
No Olvidar Jamas 25 Jul 2013 | 09:27 pm
As I was about to write down yet another post yesterday the news struck me, like anyone I guess. I took some time to consider, but I couldn’t really go on and write a post without paying a tribute. I ...
