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24th March 2008, 20:04
Read this article online : "Ryanair boss O'Leary wants 787s or A350s.
In an exclusive interview with Flight International magazine, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said he hopes to launch a transatlantic no-frills airline with fleet of 50 Airbus A350s or Boeing 787s
Like Southwest in the U.S., Ryanair currently has an all-Boeing fleet of 737s, so Boeing may have an edge with the 787.
O'Leary told the magazine that Ryanair intends to launch the new long-haul airline around the turn of the decade. Routes would include five or six US cities from its 23 European bases.
Fares could be as as low as $12, O'Leary said.
Here is some of the Flight article:
There has long been speculation that Ryanair will enter the long-haul market, but this is the first time O'Leary has outlined concrete plans. In an exclusive interview to be published in next week's Flight International magazine, he says the recent Open Skies agreement, which allows airlines to operate transatlantic flights without individual national bilateral deals from 2008, has made it possible.
With "the cheapest fare €10 ($12)", O'Leary expects the services, to secondary airports such as Baltimore, Providence in Rhode Island and New York Long Island Islip Macarthur "to be full". He expects sales of food, drink, duty-free goods and in-flight entertainment to be a major revenue earner.
However, the new airline will have a "premium class" pitched against "the best in the business" such as Virgin Atlantic.
O'Leary says he has already had speculative approaches from US airports and is confident the venture will succeed despite the failure of several transatlantic low-fare airlines over the years.
"By mid 2009, we will be carrying 70 million passengers at 23 bases across Europe," he says. "It will be relatively straightforward for us to do a deal for 40 to 50 long-haul aircraft and connect these bases transatlantically. There would be no one to touch us."
It would be brilliant to fly to the us for as little as 12 dollars most flights to the us are around 150 to 200 but i would imagine the flight for 200 euro would be a lot more comfortable than the 12 dollar flight. It would be excellent if O'Leary chose Shannon as one of the transatlantic bases
i also read somewhere that because ryanair is one of Boeing biggest customers with around 170 aircraft thay would be one of the first airlines to receive the 787 if they ordered and because they have only Boeing aircraft they will probably choose the 787
so a 787 at Shannon something to look forward to!!
In an exclusive interview with Flight International magazine, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary said he hopes to launch a transatlantic no-frills airline with fleet of 50 Airbus A350s or Boeing 787s
Like Southwest in the U.S., Ryanair currently has an all-Boeing fleet of 737s, so Boeing may have an edge with the 787.
O'Leary told the magazine that Ryanair intends to launch the new long-haul airline around the turn of the decade. Routes would include five or six US cities from its 23 European bases.
Fares could be as as low as $12, O'Leary said.
Here is some of the Flight article:
There has long been speculation that Ryanair will enter the long-haul market, but this is the first time O'Leary has outlined concrete plans. In an exclusive interview to be published in next week's Flight International magazine, he says the recent Open Skies agreement, which allows airlines to operate transatlantic flights without individual national bilateral deals from 2008, has made it possible.
With "the cheapest fare €10 ($12)", O'Leary expects the services, to secondary airports such as Baltimore, Providence in Rhode Island and New York Long Island Islip Macarthur "to be full". He expects sales of food, drink, duty-free goods and in-flight entertainment to be a major revenue earner.
However, the new airline will have a "premium class" pitched against "the best in the business" such as Virgin Atlantic.
O'Leary says he has already had speculative approaches from US airports and is confident the venture will succeed despite the failure of several transatlantic low-fare airlines over the years.
"By mid 2009, we will be carrying 70 million passengers at 23 bases across Europe," he says. "It will be relatively straightforward for us to do a deal for 40 to 50 long-haul aircraft and connect these bases transatlantically. There would be no one to touch us."
It would be brilliant to fly to the us for as little as 12 dollars most flights to the us are around 150 to 200 but i would imagine the flight for 200 euro would be a lot more comfortable than the 12 dollar flight. It would be excellent if O'Leary chose Shannon as one of the transatlantic bases
i also read somewhere that because ryanair is one of Boeing biggest customers with around 170 aircraft thay would be one of the first airlines to receive the 787 if they ordered and because they have only Boeing aircraft they will probably choose the 787
so a 787 at Shannon something to look forward to!!