Ryanair set for £8 flights to US ($13)

[yournextFO]

Ugh, riding a 737 across the pond? Hope you don't suffer claustrophobia!

 

[freight dork]

ya think spirit or jetblue's yields are low, ryanair'll be much worse. I really help they don't come over here.

Anyone know how much Ryanair pilots get paid?

Ryanair fo's don't really get paid. They pay for their own type rating, uniform, recurrent training, airport parking. They pay for their own hotel during line training. They don't get paid during line training. But they get to fly shiny new jetz. Most time I've been on Ryanair the fo only has two stripes-meaning he/she has less than 1500 hours total time. Now we'll have 250 hour cadets flying across the Atlantic. I think it's time for me to look for a new career.

 

[Poahi]

Assuming that somehow, Ryan makes it to the East Coast, can they continue from say JFK to SFO? Wouldn't that be cabotage? Even if JFK was a fuel stop only? Would Open Skies allow them to stop in Canada instead? How could they get to the West Coast?

 

[On Your Six]

Does anyone have an updates? When was the CEO supposed to give more details? This has been a topic of discussion for quite some time. At one point the CEO mentioned he would consider buying/leasing 787s but that was way before the Boeing strike.

I thought Ryanair was considering some outlying airports like Newburgh, Bedford outside BOS and Oakland vs. SFO to reduce costs and the potential for delays? That would follow their current strategy in Europe (outlying and cheaper airports).

 

[CHQ Pilot]

The article mentions service to LAX and SFO - I don't think the 800 can quite make it that far. Even so, an airplane completely full of $12 tickets won't even come close to paying for the fuel required to make the east coast from Europe. Their business class will have to be "very expensive" indeed.

That is part of the Ryanair buisness model. Ryanair was GIVING seats away because they could recoup their costs during the flight. I believe Michael O'Leary at some point wanted to put in-flight gambling as part of the IFE at each seat which he said would more than make them enough money. Essentially you would get on a flying casino...only when it lands you're in a different place. Europeans have taken to the model a lot better than the US has, but even Ryanair has run into some problems recently.

 

[C601]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/3373190/Ryanair-reveals-cut-price-transatlantic-plans.html

 

[Mr Wu]

Here's the press conference where O'Leary announced it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94GJnjvj_3U

 

[On Your Six]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/3373190/Ryanair-reveals-cut-price-transatlantic-plans.html

Thanks C601. Pretty interesting.

The big question is what aircraft types do you think would be available in bulk to support their plan of 50-60 aircraft? Can you build a sufficient fleet size around used airplanes that are currently available (or will be available in the next 6 months)?

Clearly they would not want a multi-type fleet for efficiency/training/maintenance reasons. Plus, Ryanair tends to like newer airplanes (so deliveries may be targeted). If newer airplanes are preferred, then older 757/767-200/300s probably wouldn't be targeted. Are we talking older A330s or newer airplanes dropped by existing carriers?

You would need a lot of seats to reduce the CASM and 757s and 767s might not hack it... Did the CEO mention the proposed start-up date (or range of dates)?

 

[johnsonrod]

Thanks C601. Pretty interesting.

The big question is what aircraft types do you think would be available in bulk to support their plan of 50-60 aircraft? Can you build a sufficient fleet size around used airplanes that are currently available (or will be available in the next 6 months)?

Clearly they would not want a multi-type fleet for efficiency/training/maintenance reasons. Plus, Ryanair tends to like newer airplanes (so deliveries may be targeted). If newer airplanes are preferred, then older 757/767-200/300s probably wouldn't be targeted. Are we talking older A330s or newer airplanes dropped by existing carriers?

You would need a lot of seats to reduce the CASM and 757s and 767s might not hack it... Did the CEO mention the proposed start-up date (or range of dates)?

My bet would be 767-300s initially and then 787s as replacements long term...