14 years
So - they stop flying to Prague, then to Budapest... soon enough they´ll only offer flights from Luton to Stansted! :D
Ryanair to Stop Hungary Flights
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Ryanair decides to quit Hungary
http://www.realdeal.hu/20100430/ryanair-decides-to-quit-hungary
Europe's largest discount airline Ryanair will withdraw from Budapest at the end of October, as talks with Budapest Airport to have fees lowered failed...
Ryanair currently flies to 4 destinations from Budapest but would have added 25 new routes over the next 5 years - bringing Hungary 2 million passengers and €270 million in revenue - if it had seen fees lowered.
The airline served 400,000 passengers two years ago, but carried only 180,000 passengers in and out of Budapest in 2009.
More about Ryanair at the Irish Times:
The subsidies that keep Ryanair profits airborne
Ryanair receives huge subsidies from European airports – and has won its latest battle to retain them – but the EU continues to investigate the practice...
- €35 million in subsidies were paid to Ryanair by various French airports in 2006.
- Subsidies to Ryanair amounted to €32 per passenger at Rodez Airport, in France, where the airline benefited to the tune of at least €3.2 million between 2004 and 2006 for just three flights per route per week
- At Bergerac, Ryanair gained €2.3 million worth of subsidy from an airport which itself needed annual local government subsidies of €500,000 to stave off bankruptcy
What do you think?
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14 years
I wonder what would happen if the budget airlines disappeared completely. Would old-school, long-haul backpackers appear again in greater numbers? A reduced demand for private rooms in hostels? Or would people continue to make short "flashpacker" getaways even without budget airlines?
Or do the budget airlines even have that much of an effect?
14 years
They won´t disappear, but flying will be more expensive. There´ll be more security, less subsidies, less airlines (hence less price war) and eventually there´ll be a tax on jet fuel.
It´ll be a huge opporunity for Europe´s rail companies: let´s see what they´ll make of it. I fear not much.
14 years
No.
The [nonfree] ridesharing companies are quite successful in Germany, but travellers hardly use them, only locals.
14 years
I wonder what would happen if the budget airlines disappeared completely. Would old-school, long-haul backpackers appear again in greater numbers? A reduced demand for private rooms in hostels? Or would people continue to make short "flashpacker" getaways even without budget airlines?
Or do the budget airlines even have that much of an effect?
I don’t think it would significantly increase the number of long-haul backpackers. The kind of person who takes an extended trip like that has a different mindset, different time restrictions, and different budget requirements than traditional travelers. They fly because it’s cheap and convenient. If the train or bus becomes the cheapest option, then that will work just as well. Who cares if it takes 10 hours longer if it saves you enough money to add four more days to your trip? Other people won’t decide to travel this way just because the short trips become more expensive.
A reduction or disappearance of budget flights is more likely to reduce the number of weekend warriors and vacationers who book their flights on a whim because the price seems too good to pass up. These are going to be the ones most likely to book private rooms. They’re also the ones most likely to book up entire dorms with small groups of friends.
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