Ryanair threatens to pull out of Charleroi

Charlie Roy · Post by **Charlie Roy** » 27 Aug 2007, 22:18

Flights are not bookable...

lcc · Post by **lcc** » 27 Aug 2007, 23:03

FLY4HOURS.BE wrote:Yeah but FR has lost anyway because CRL announced they were confident that the 83% FR stake on the traffic at this airport will decrease as other players will find their way to the renewed airport and that this is somehow their goal...

I can't see how the share of FR at CRL could decrease given that two more aircraft will be added for, I assume, the next summer schedule.
Could you better explain me please?

lcc · Post by **lcc** » 27 Aug 2007, 23:12

Airbus330lover wrote:To LCC

Tried BRU MRS and CRL MRS departing 25/10 return on 3/11
Normally I fly to FNI but closed
SN total 99.51EUR
FR total 129.43 EUR excluding handling fees

Before saying ALWAYS cheaper, please be carefull !

8)

Again, vicious as you are

you insinuate that you are right but you are just lying in order to critize Ryanair... Where did I say that FR was ALWAYS cheaper? I said that they were ALWAYS cheapest on the two routes that I checked next time, ie. on CRLVLC (vs. BRUVLC), and CRLFAO (vs. CRLFAO).

And my check was on a 1 week basis (inbound flight 7 days after outbound). I don't have time to check all the possibilities. On CRLVLC and CRLFAO, Ryanair was always the cheapest. You have found 1 cheaper return fare for SN on CRLMRS. Even if it is not the same assumptions that I took, Ok, so 1 SN flight out of 58 is cheaper (58 = the sample of my former studies)...

So, according to our study, in 98% of cases, Ryanair is cheaper than Brussels airlines
Definitely, I hope you won't use anymore sentences such as "SN is often cheaper than Ryanair", unless you consider 2% as often

FLY4HOURS.BE · Post by **FLY4HOURS.BE** » 28 Aug 2007, 01:49

I can't see how the share of FR at CRL could decrease given that two more aircraft will be added for, I assume, the next summer schedule.
Could you better explain me please?

Ask CRL, they've announced it themselves.
With the new terminal ready in January, I guess they can welcome other airlines soon... The capacity of the airport will be 4 times bigger than the actual one, they say...

And A330lover is right. For point-to-point travelling, SN is often cheaper if your departure is a Belgian city and you book well in advance. If you travel to FR destinations exclusively, FR will be cheaper.

and here comes the FR announcement:

Positive Meeting with Brussels Charleroi Airport

Ryanair had a positive meeting with Brussels Charleroi this afternoon at which a number of proposals were discussed and agreed which should resolve the outstanding issues.

The airport has agreed to confirm these proposals in writing over the weekend and if this happens then Ryanair expects to have all seats back on sale from next Monday.

Both Ryanair and Charleroi are working together to try to ensure that 22,000 passengers will not be stranded again at Charleroi airport by future strike actions. Once these proposals have been agreed, the issue of compensation will fall away. It is passenger welfare, not compensation which is uppermost in the mind of both Ryanair and BSCA in reaching this resolution.

Some tickets have already put on sale.

Charlie Roy · Post by **Charlie Roy** » 28 Aug 2007, 13:23

Ryanair website:

Ryanair has resumed negotiations with Brussels South Charleroi Airport about further growth and new route development now that this threat of future unannounced strikes has been removed.

Airbus330lover · Post by **Airbus330lover** » 28 Aug 2007, 17:20

LCC

The normal flight for me is CRL FNI
Due to the closed airport, I only tried to travel to Nimes (my vacation house!)
I was only choosing normal dates for holidays !!.