Ryanair to Cyprus
Aug 19, 2010 | 1:20 am
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Aug 26, 2010 | 4:45 am
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There is an interesting article on travelweekly.com today, explaining why FR wasn't allowed to fly to the UK - basically the UK tour operators put their foot down, and said they'd withdraw from Cyprus if FR was allowed the cheap deal to the UK. I'm not a lawyer - how that works with free competition I don't know, but basically the tour operators seem to have prevented FR from entering their market.
Aug 26, 2010 | 4:57 am
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I think that's "entering their market on the back of a subsidy", about which established non-subsidised operators could legitimately complain.
Aug 26, 2010 | 4:57 am
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There is an interesting article on travelweekly.com today, explaining why FR wasn't allowed to fly to the UK - basically the UK tour operators put their foot down, and said they'd withdraw from Cyprus if FR was allowed the cheap deal to the UK. I'm not a lawyer - how that works with free competition I don't know, but basically the tour operators seem to have prevented FR from entering their market.
Aug 26, 2010 | 5:23 am
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There is an interesting article on travelweekly.com today, explaining why FR wasn't allowed to fly to the UK - basically the UK tour operators put their foot down, and said they'd withdraw from Cyprus if FR was allowed the cheap deal to the UK. I'm not a lawyer - how that works with free competition I don't know, but basically the tour operators seem to have prevented FR from entering their market.