Ryanair flights to France - New Routes Opened

LEEDS BRADFORD - new Ryanair base opens

2 aircraft, 17 routes and 1m pax p.a.

Ryanair, has opened its 34th base at Leeds Bradford with two aircraft and 17 routes which will increase Ryanair’s traffic at Leeds Bradford to 1m passengers p.a. and sustain 1,000 jobs at Leeds Bradford Airport.

Speaking in Leeds Bradford, Ryanair’s Dara Brady said:

“Ryanair is delighted to open its Leeds Bradford base which offers passengers 17 routes in a total investment worth over $140m. Ryanair’s Leeds Bradford base will deliver 1million passengers p.a. and sustain 1,000 local jobs.

Ryanair flights from Leeds Bradford to France include;

• Carcassonne
• Montpellier
• Limoges

Carcassonne airport has 2 flights a week - Sunday and Wednesday

Montpellier airport has 2 flights a week - Monday and Friday

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Ryanair boss predicts flat prices in 2010

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary says that average flight fares in Europe will be flat in 2010 but Irish fares are expected to rise by 10%.

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All quiet on the Ryanair front for flights to France

Ryanair are reporting all systems normal today for flights to France.

Just out of interest. Ryanair are quoting the following punctuality figures for week ending 10th Jan 2010;

Flights on time - 72%
Within 1 hour - 91%

Obviously these figures aren't just limited to flights to France but are a representation of Ryanair flights as a whole.

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Ryanair flights to France - Snow update

Due to continued snowfall, the following Ryanair flights to France have been cancelled today :-



Flight No. Departure Airport Arrival Airport Dep. Arr.

FR9819 Limoges Airport Liverpool 09:50 10:40
FR8777 Limoges Airport London Stansted 10:55 11:35
FR1985 Carcassonne Airport Dublin 11:05 12:20
FR9917 Carcassonne Airport Liverpool 12:25 13:30


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Ryanair flights to France cancelled

Due to continued heavy snowfall, Ryanair have just announced the following for today :-

• Grenoble airport and Carcassonne airports are closed.

The following Ryanair flights to France have been cancelled,

FR2132 London Stansted Grenoble 10:10 12:55
FR2133 Grenoble London Stansted 13:20 14:10

I spoke to Ryanair yesterday and they confirmed that they are offering free transfer of flights or refunds if flights are cancelled due to heavy snow. For more information about re-booking your flight click here to apply for a refund for a cancelled flight click here

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Ryanair flights to France, snow update

So far Ryanair have not announced any cancellations of Ryanair flights to France for today. If this changes I will update as soon as I hear something.

Ryanair flight cancellations

Ryanair has cancelled 15 of todays flights to and from the UK due to severe weather conditions. I am happy to say that there are no flights to or from France in the list of cancelled flights for today.

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Ryanair raises money for charity

Low cost airline Ryanair confirmed yesterday that it had just 500 copies of its cabin crew charity calendar left to sell, with 10,500 copies sold so far world wide.

when the final 500 copies are sold Ryanair will have raised €110,000 that will go directly to childrens charity KIDS

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Is the end of Ryanair insight? Will this change ryanair flights from UK to Grenoble?

Michael O'Learly, Ryanair's flamboyant chief executive officer has said that he plans to step down in two or three years time.

The question is, what will this mean for Ryanair? It seems as though perhaps Ryanair is one of those companies that is built largely around the personality of its CEO so how would it fair if this larger than life character is no longer at the helm? Would it carry on as if nothing had changed? Will low fares be enough to continue Ryanair’s grip of the European flight market or would some of Ryanair’s most popular routes such as flights from UK to Grenoble suffer as a consequence? Only time will tell.

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Air France flights to France to get interesting........

Air France flights to France are set to get a bit of an update in april 2010 say inside sources.

Unsurprisingly feeling the pinch of low cost airlines. Pierre Gourgeon, Air France-KLM Group CEO said “We have seen a slow erosion of our unit revenue since 2002 on short-and medium-haul routes. Despite the adjustments and changes that we have made in 2003/4 especially with more competitive fares, we continue to see our unit revenue plunging to levels unseen for over a decade. We had to react strongly.”

With this in mind, Air France is set to morph into two new segments, Premium and Voyageur.

Air France's Premium scheme will include business fares plus fully flexible economy fares, while Voyageur will offer low economy fares with little flexibility to change aiming at re-dressing the balance with the low cost airlines such as Ryanair and easyJet.

Gourgeon said that he is "convinced that we will see a rapid turn-around as we will gain market shares again in Europe thanks to our low fares in both leisure and business travel segments”