Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18838 posts, RR: 54 Posted (3 years 10 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 1673 times:
Fares fall 13% as traffic grows 11% to 17m passengers.
Our Net Profit Margin rose to an industry leading 18%
Our balance sheet was strengthened as cash balances rose to €2.5bn at the quarter end
Ancillary revenues also outpaced scheduled traffic growth and rose by 13% to €165.3m
Fuel costs fell by 42% to €214m
Unit costs (excluding fuel) fell by 5% as we continued to reduce costs across all other areas.
Our 2 newest bases at Pescara and Trapani in Italy are performing well
Our outlook remains cautious for the remainder of the fiscal year... our full year net profit will be towards the lower end of the €200m to €300m range, previously guided.
Burkhard From Germany, joined Nov 2006, 4249 posts, RR: 2 Reply 3, posted (3 years 10 months 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1578 times:
Time is money, and this time its the other way round - if you have time and book 6 weeks earlier and can take any flight, you can save money. Fair enough.
Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18838 posts, RR: 54 Reply 4, posted (3 years 10 months 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 1561 times:
Quoting Burkhard (Reply 3): Time is money, and this time its the other way round - if you have time and book 6 weeks earlier and can take any flight, you can save money. Fair enough.
Indeed, FR have another £1/€1 sale on. Now, shall I go to Belfast or not. Hmm.
"Everyone writing for the Telegraph knows that the way to grab eyeballs is with Ryanair and/or sex."
BCAL From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2004, 3384 posts, RR: 18 Reply 5, posted (3 years 10 months 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1526 times:
Good results from FR.
The Mail on Sunday yesterday predicted that both FR and U2 would announce increased revenues and profits for Q1. It was also predicting that BA would announce this week its first Q1 loss since privatisation - a loss of GBP 100 million compared with a profit of GBP 37 million for Q1 last year. Traditionally Q1 is good for BA, so Willie Walsh has some problems on his hand. No doubt BA's agony will be Branson's ecstasy
AIR MALTA From Malta, joined Sep 2001, 2364 posts, RR: 1 Reply 6, posted (3 years 10 months 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1465 times:
Quoting Pe@rson (Reply 2):
Of course, effective yield management means some people pay far more.
But I guess that they get their money from baggage surcharge, the efficient and fast customer care premium numbers, onboard sales, (not) priority boarding and off course from bumping poeple off flights and telling them to book a whole new ticket. Very effective in deed. Congratulations!
Pe@rson From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2001, 18838 posts, RR: 54 Reply 7, posted (3 years 10 months 1 day 14 hours ago) and read 1448 times:
Quoting AIR MALTA (Reply 6): But I guess that they get their money from baggage surcharge, the efficient and fast customer care premium numbers, onboard sales, (not) priority boarding and off course from bumping poeple off flights and telling them to book a whole new ticket. V
SOME of their revenue from ancillary components.
What do you mean by "off course from bumping poeple off flights and telling them to book a whole new ticket"?
"Everyone writing for the Telegraph knows that the way to grab eyeballs is with Ryanair and/or sex."
AirNZ From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (3 years 10 months 1 day 6 hours ago) and read 1248 times:
Quoting Burkhard (Reply 3): Time is money, and this time its the other way round - if you have time and book 6 weeks earlier and can take any flight, you can save money. Fair enough.
Except that's a pretty general statement, and not wholly accurate.
Quoting Pe@rson (Reply 4): Indeed, FR have another £1/€1 sale on. Now, shall I go to Belfast or not. Hmm.
Come ahead, and welcome......be happy to buy you a drink in the Crown!
Quoting AIR MALTA (Reply 6): But I guess that they get their money from baggage surcharge, the efficient and fast customer care premium numbers, onboard sales, (not) priority boarding and off course from bumping poeple off flights and telling them to book a whole new ticket. Very effective in deed. Congratulations!
You're making what point exactly? As you've clearly stated, you've never flown them so as I have previously asked (and never had an answer!).......you know absolutely nothing about them so please tell me what makes you 'expert' on them? Now, why don't you try actually posting factual information?
In precisely 173 Ryanair flights I've never been bumped off any, nor even close to it.......so tell us what all you know about that
Quoting Pe@rson (Reply 7): SOME of their revenue from ancillary components.
Ah! but that would be factual.........can't let facts get in the way of knowing nothing about them though.
KL911 From Ireland, joined Jul 2003, 4977 posts, RR: 14 Reply 9, posted (3 years 10 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 1211 times:
Quoting AirNZ (Reply 8): Quoting Burkhard (Reply 3):
Time is money, and this time its the other way round - if you have time and book 6 weeks earlier and can take any flight, you can save money. Fair enough.
Except that's a pretty general statement, and not wholly accurate.
True, I've had tickets booked with departure the same week for the 0,01 euro fares. Just be flexible where you want to spend holiday, as FR ofcourse is a leisure airline, something not everyone here seem to understand.
" The European consumer would crawl naked over broken glass to get low fares." Michael O'Leary
F9Animal From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 4737 posts, RR: 30 Reply 10, posted (3 years 10 months 1 day 2 hours ago) and read 1174 times:
Any new talk on the airplane order that was being talked about awhile back? Nice to see them make a profit! Congrats to FR!
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