Ryanair Updates
This page will be continually updated with any Ryanair updates
March 3rd 2024 - Ryanair have just announced the opening up of nine new routes from Alicante airport with the start of the new high season. The nine new routes take the number of destinations with Ryanair from the airport to a massive 89 in 21 countries, with 10 of them being to other Spanish airports.
The new routes are Cardiff and Norwich (UK) Münster/Osnabrück (Germany) Rzeszów (Poland) Zagreb (Croatia) Sofía (Bulgaria) and Barcelona (obvs Spain!) These are added to a new route to Budapest (Hungary) which was announced a few days before. Flights to Lisbon in Portugal are also going to run year round.
March 2024 - The Dublin-based airline said it will be forced to make 'minor schedule changes' as it will only receive 40 of the 57 planned Boeing 737 MAX 8200 planes before the end of June.
The carrier said in a statement: 'Ryanair will now have to reduce approximately 10 aircraft lines, flying for the peak summer months of July, August and September.
'This will cause some minor schedule changes in the context of Ryanair's 600 aircraft fleet and will reduce frequencies on existing routes rather than cutting new routes.' 'We regret any inconvenience caused to some customers and our airport partners by these enforced summer 2024 schedule changes.'
They have already implemented schedule cuts at some of its 'higher cost airports' such as Dublin, Milan Malpensa, Warsaw Modlin and four Portuguese airports.
If you have any questions about your up and coming summer flights please contact Ryanair.
20th Aug 2022 - Ryanair intensifies its war against 'online' travel agencies
Ryanair has stepped up its war against online travel agencies , which it accuses of charging high commissions for an unnecessary intermediation service. The low-cost airline on Wednesday issued a warning to customers about the "fake" boarding passes provided by the travel site Kiwi.com and has informed that they will no longer be accepted by the airline.
Ryanair state that in accordance with EU regulation 2015/1998, it is mandatory for passengers to complete Ryanair's check-in process directly to ensure they are informed of all necessary regulatory and safety protocols when travelling. However, it considers that Kiwi.com circumvents these aviation regulations by issuing its own boarding passes, "which are not valid on Ryanair flights".
Therefore, from this Wednesday (18th Aug), any Ryanair passenger with a boarding pass issued by Kiwi.com will be denied boarding for not having complied with Ryanair's safety and security protocols during check-in. Customers who wish to retrieve an official boarding pass can do so by accessing their reservation through Ryanair.com or on the airline's app.
Ryanair urges travellers to only book directly on its website or mobile app and to avoid buying through third-party agents who are not authorised to sell Ryanair flights or to issue boarding passes.
Ryanair has obtained a court order in the Czech Republic requiring Kiwi to stop replacing customers' email addresses with fake email addresses, preventing the airline from communicating directly with its passengers.
Other online travel agencies may also be affected by the above.
Ryanair implemented the "Verified Seal", which is a guarantee for customers that they are booking directly on Ryanair's website.
Dara Brady, Ryanair´s Marketing Director said in a statement that customers who have booked through Kiwi.com should contact the agency to obtain the Ryanair booking reference.
3rd February - Ryanair has been ordered to remove an "irresponsible" advert depicting misleading claims about coronavirus vaccinations by the advertising watchdog. (advert pictured below)
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said it had received 2,370 complaints about the advert - which was shown from December to January - making it the third most complained about advert of all time.
Ryanair stated the advert was meant to be "uplifting" and did not consider the content was insensitive to people who had had COVID-19 or who had lost people to the virus". Others felt the advert trivialised ongoing restrictions and effects of the pandemic.
Ryanair updates
December 27th 2020
Ryanair have once again come up with an advertising campaign that seems to have upset many and has caused massive backlash all over social media. The new television campaign tells travellers to “jab and go!”. This advert show a gloved handholding a syringe and a vial labelled “vaccine,” . The advert is also on the front page of their website.
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