Ryanair pushes ahead with toilet plans.........

Ryanair pushes ahead with plans to charge for use of toilets on flights to France.

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RYANAIR ADDS EXTRA FLIGHTS TO FRANCE FOR HEINEKEN CUP RUGBY

Ryanair just announced extra day return flights for Munster rugby fans travelling to San Sebastian on Sunday 2 May.

 

Speaking yesterday, Daniel de Carvalho said:

 

“Ryanair is delighted to support the Munster team with these extra day return flights to make sure they power through this round and reach the final.

 

“On Saturday, 1 May we are adding one extra flight between Dublin and Biarritz with return on 3 May, and on  Sunday 2 May we are adding a day return flights to Biarritz from Cork and Shannon to ensure supporters can make it to the match on time and return home on the same day.

 

“These flights with one way fares from €154 will sell out quickly so our advice to fans is to book today on www.ryanair.com”

 

Biarritz Olympique v Munster Sun 2nd May 16.15 – San Sebastian, Estadio Anoeta
Sat 1st May	Dublin - Biarritz	15.20 - 18.25
Mon 3rd May	Biarritz – Dublin	21.25 - 22.30
Sun 2nd May	Cork – Biarritz	08.10 - 11.20
Sun 2nd May	Biarritz - Cork	22.05 - 23.15
Sun 2nd May	Shannon - Biarritz	08.30 - 11.45
Sun 2nd May	Biarritz - Shannon	22.00 - 23.15

 

 

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Ryanair reduces travel insurance excess for flights to France

Ryanair and AXA Travel Insurance yesterday (13^th Apr) announced a reduction in its travel insurance cancellation and curtailment excess from £75/€75 to £15/€15 from today.  Ryanair passengers who purchase travel insurance on www.ryanair.com will be covered for up to £500/€500 for irrecoverable unused travel, accommodation costs and other pre-paid charges.


This is good news for people taking flights to France. Let's hope that Ryanair continues to keep prices down.


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Snow causes disruptions for flights to France

Following heavy snow in France and Spain, flights to France are subject to delay and possible cancellation. 

Ryanair says today................."We advise passengers to check-in as normal and if it is necessary for us to cancel flights, this information will also be updated on our website."

For more information go to www.ryanair.com

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Flybe partners with Disneyland Paris

Flybe has partnered with Disneyland Paris in a bid to create exciting incentives and promotions including theme park ticket and accommodation packages.

Disneyland Paris has previously been seen to offer complimentary adult entry tickets with every Flybe flight booked.

Hugh Wood, Vice President of Disney Destinations International said: “Disney Destinations is excited about expanding the business – this is very positive news for Disneyland Paris and our guests as it offers a wider choice of travel options for them.”

Flybe currently runs in the region of 150 weekly flights to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport from eight UK airports. Visit our flights to Paris Charles de Gaulle page to find out what flights to Paris are available on your chosen travel dates.

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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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Ryanair flights to France weather update

Have just checked on the status of Ryanair flights to France and am pleased to say that as of 12:00 hrs today, there are no flights from the UK to France cancelled today.

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Flights to Bordeaux made simple

We have just taken the hassle out of researching Flights to Bordeaux for you. By using the handy widget on our Flights to Bordeaux page you will be able to see whod flies to Bordeaux airport from the UK or anywhere else straight away. Either with specific dates in mind or over the whole year.

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Weather at Paris Beauvais airport

I have just added a new page giving you up to the minute information about Weather at Paris Beauvais airport as well as a ten day forecast for Weather at Paris Beauvais airport.

Bomb scare at Biarritz airport

A bomb scare at Biarritz airport in France left hundreds of people shivering in the airport car park for an hour and a half while security forces conducted a controlled explosion on an unnatended package.

Servics quickly returned to normal at Biarritz airport and nobody was hurt.

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”

easyJet announces new winter flights to France

Low cost airline easyJet have announced a bunch of new routes for this winter including new flights to France.

Easyjet's new flights to France include;

• Flights from Edinburgh to Lyon - Starts 17th December 2009

Air France struggles over safety standards

Five months after Air France flight from Rio to Paris crashed, the well known international airline is feeling the pressure as safety procedures come under increasing scrutiny.

At airports in France, pilots are reported to be feeling under increased pressure and an aroma of mistrust is starting to develop.

Ryanair closes check in desks.............

From 1st October Ryanair have now closed all its check in desks in favour of online check-in.

You are now obliged to check-in online at least four hours prior to departure and not more than that 15 days in advance of travel.

This means that if you are away for more than 15 days you will most likely have to go and find an internet cafe to check in for your return trip and print out your boarding cards. Not an ideal scenario at all.

If you fail to check-in online you will be met with a penalty at the airport of approx £40 which will be classed as a “Boarding pass re-issue fee”.

Flights to Perpignan airport disrupted.........

I have just heard that flights to Perpignan airport will be disrupted from 24th October 2009 while work to the runway is carried out.

I'm not sure how long this will last but will keep an eye open and post more info on the status of flights to Perpignan airport as soon I have it.

Winter flights to France

Here are some winter flights to France that are now available to book online with Ryanair.

I know that Girona isn't in France but it's so close that I thought it was worth a mention in this alert about flights to France.



Bezier-Bristol Fri/Mon
Bezier-Luton Sat/Tue
Perpignan-Charleroi Fri/Mon
Carcassonne-Charleroi Thu/Fri/Sun/Mon/Wed
Carcassonne-Dublin Fri/Sun/Mon/Wed
Carcassonne-Liverpool Sun/Wed
Carcassonne-Stansted Fri/Sun/Mon/Wed
Nimes-Charleroi Fri/Sun/Mon/Wed
Nimes-Luton Fri/Sun/Mon/Wed
Montpellier-Charleroi Thu/Sat/Tue
Montpellier- Frankfurt Hahn Sun/Wed
Marseille-Charleroi Wed/Fri/Sun/Mon
Marseille-Gatwick Daily
Marseille-Stansted Daily
Girona-Birmingham Wed/Fri/Sun/Mon
Girona-Bournemouth Wed/Fri/Sun/Mon
Girona-Bristol Wed/Fri/Sun
Girona-Charleroi Daily
Girona-Dublin Daily
Girona-Dusseldorf-Weeze Daily
Girona-EMA Tue/Thu/Sat
Girona-Frankfurt Hahn Tue/Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat/Sun
Girona-Prestwick Wed/Fri/Sun/Mon
Girona-Leeds-Bradford Wed/Fri/Sun/Mon
Girona-Liverpool Wed/Fri/Sun/Mon
Girona-Gatwick Daily
Girona-Luton Daily
Girona-Stansted Daily
Girona-Manchester Tue/Wed/Fri/Sat/Sun
Girona-Shannon Wed/Sun

easyJet looking at in flight weddings

easyJet is looking into the possibility of hosting marriage services on it's flights. They are applying for a licence that will allow the plane's captain to conduct the wedding service, a first for airlines aparently.