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Old Dec 14, 2003 | 2:08 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Grog:
I love how riled everyone here gets when the competition is outdoing BA on its own turf. --</font>
Who's riled? Anyway, LiarAir hasn't done so yet.


"During November, RyanAir carried 240,000 more passengers on intra-European routes than BA"
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That looks like a quotation - or is it an interpretation? LiarAir's claim was UK/Europe traffic. Perhaps they meant 'intra-European' but they didn't make that claim until challenged, so far as I can see.

Also, in a media release, LiarAir define what they mean by 'passenger': "(Passengers) represents the number of earned seats flown by Ryanair. Earned seats include seats that are flown whether or not the passenger turns up (my italics) because once a flight has departed a no-show customer is not entitled to change flights or seek a refund."

So the LiarAir total includes empty seats!!

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