This afternoon
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary with the first of 180 Boeing 737-800 Next Generation planes (worth $16 billion) ordered by the airline.
Sam writes:
“The aircraft touched down in Dublin Airport after flying from Boeing in Seattle by Ryanair Chief Pilot, Capt Ray Conway. Ryanair will take 20 further 737-800 NG aircraft deliveries between September 2014 and July 2015, which will enable the airline to open more routes and additional frequencies on existing routes for Summer 2015.”
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
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i don’t care, and i still wouldn’t give them the steam of me p1ss.
They don’t want that. They want your money.
Climate buffoon
These 737’s..
http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/apr/15/boeing-737-faa-orders-inspection
Yes, and identical to the 300 they already have. “Next Generation” in name only.
… have an excellent safety record. That article is a pile of sh*te.. It’s ostensibly about an airworthiness directive advising airlines to inspect a pin for superficial wear. “This AD is not linked to any in-service event but rather a finding of a surface finish degradation on recently installed attachment pins.” i.e., it hasn’t caused any accidents. But the photo is of a 737 that crashed due to pilot error, nothing to do with the pin! See here:http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2013-06-06/lion-air-plane-crash-update-060613
Anyway, Ryanair would hardly be buying hundreds of them if they weren’t safe. Crashes are too expensive!
+800
And cue the usual Irish begrudgery.
Ryanair is a hugely successful airline and a fantastic business achievement for this country despite the worst economic recession in its history.
Michael O’Leary is a genius and if it wasn’t for him we’d all still be paying hundreds of euros for a 50 minute flight to the UK.
The sooner he moves into the long-haul market the better.
Yet they quoted me more than Aer Lingus for my last flight. They’re not a cheaper option anymore and if anything goes wrong you’re stuffed.
Spot on – before Micka came along, there was only Concorde or Zeppelin available.
I just hope the Gummint doesn’t force them to fly with a full tank of fuel.
LOL, or into an actual city
Clowns the lot, you can fly to the uk for less than the price of a tank of petrol. This Ryanair bashing makes me vomit.
yeah, but you’d need a tank of petrol to get to the city you actually want to get to, instead ot the sh1thole that ryanair actually fly in to.
You’re right.
Gatwick is miles from anywhere.
Geography fail.
Gatwick is a 40 minute train from Kings Cross. Hardly the end of the world
+1
The air coach can take up to and over 40 mins to get you to Oconnell st with all the jayzuz stopping, and the jayzuz traffic.
Relax, yo.
It’s even quicker than that to Brighton,the gay captial of Britian,so I don’t know why Scottster is grumbling.
best airline in the world
Howaya Nutsy
He bought them on Amazon with gift vouchers he got last Christmas
When he visited Toronto he seemed nice enough…….
no European solidarity.why not buy the better,safer airbus equivalent? hope u.s. taxpayer are kicking in.
As much as I prefer the Airbus aircraft, buying Boeing made much more sense in this deal. Mainly he has an army of 737NG rated pilots, which can be put to work on any aircraft in the fleet. Buying Airbus would require a lot of training for the flight and maintenance crews and provision of a whole new set of spares.
oh dear, robyn, for your sake, i really hope you have nice tits
Oh Michael, thank you for your insightful comment. Do you find it intimidating that I am both female and understand the business choices that Ryanair had to make? Oh, and to answer your thought, yes, I do have nice tits.
Don’t mind him, he’s got jungle micky.
Well that would make anyone irritable!
Great answer Robyn
For fupp’s sake.