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Just wondered how many other people see this. Today we have provided 2 quotes No Frills V Full Service airlines. 1) London - Rome... Full Service airline 384.00 - No Frills 412.00 Customer demanded the no-frills airline as they are cheaper! 2) London - Singapore ... Full Service 453.00 - No Frills 474...
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After the recent Ash crises many airlines are seeking compensation from the government, should they get any money? Surely they realise that their business has certain risks associated with weather and natural causes. I know it was government advisers who told them they could not fly, but does that make...
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The head of IATA Giovanni Bisignami has called Heathrow a national embarrassment and slated the CAA for increasing charges by over 50% over the last five years. The CAA also came in from a drubbing from Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary. In an interview with the BBC the ceo echoed Bisignami’s criticism of the...
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Just been chatting to Kevin May, editor of our sister title Travolutions, about Silverjet and the prognosis for the other airlines in the wake of escalating fuel prices. According to an analyst on R4 this morning, BA has so far managed to ride the storm because its hedged its fuel supplies - six months...
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It seems rising fuel costs could be beginning to bite the budget airlines. Yesterday Ryanair upped their charges for putting bags in the hold and checking in. Industry pundits are taking this as a sign of desperation as fuel prices continue to spiral upwards. Could this be the beginning of the end of...
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Things are heating up between the Advertising Standards Authority and Ryanair with the news that ASA has referred the airline to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for, among other things, making misleading and denigrating comparisons with competitors and advertising prices that were not inclusive of taxes...