Ryanair launches connecting flights, express booking in major service upgrade
Apr 6, 2017, 3:49 am
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Ryanair launches connecting flights, express booking in major service upgrade
Flight connections will be launched at Rome Fiumcino later this month, before being gradually rolled out to other airports.
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Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (6 Apr) unveiled its 2017/18 customer experience improvement plan which forms Year 4 of its “Always Getting Better” (AGB) programme, including service, digital, ancillary and inflight developments. The new initiatives to be rolled out over the coming year include:
Apr 7, 2017, 7:17 am
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Apr 7, 2017, 7:59 am
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Apr 18, 2017, 3:29 pm
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It'll be interesting to see how they do this. Surely it will only be at certain hub airports rather than everywhere? Lots of FR airports just aren't set up for connecting flights. My local (NCL) certainly isn't - anyone connecting through there would have to go landside before clearing security again.
May 13, 2017, 5:50 am
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This will be interesting indeed. I did this once in STN and while I went landslide It was better than transferring in CAI 😩. I wonder whether the MCT will differ depending on hold luggage, airside transfer ability, etc?
May 15, 2017, 3:59 am
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It'll be interesting to see how they do this. Surely it will only be at certain hub airports rather than everywhere? Lots of FR airports just aren't set up for connecting flights. My local (NCL) certainly isn't - anyone connecting through there would have to go landside before clearing security again.
Looking at NCL's slate of FR destinations, it seems that almost all are hubs/focus cities for Ryanair. As such, NCL is far more likely to provide customers wishing to connect elsewhere, rather than functioning as a connecting point itself.
(All connecting passengers at UK airports have to clear security again [perhaps UK/Channel Islands/Republic of Ireland passengers are exempt from security check]. So going landside at NCL would probably not take much longer, or represent much more of a hardship, than connecting at any other UK airport anyway)
May 17, 2017, 6:43 am
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Connecting flights through Rome Fiumicino are now available to buy on ryanair.com.
It seems that only 10 of the cities served from FCO are currently involved; the connection time seems to be a minimum of around 3 hours.
It seems that only 10 of the cities served from FCO are currently involved; the connection time seems to be a minimum of around 3 hours.
May 17, 2017, 6:58 am
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A quick look through the booking tool shows these are the current routes for which connecting tickets can be bought:
All journeys connect at Rome Fiumcino (FCO)
Alicante to/from:
Palermo
Brussels (BRU) to/from:
Catania
Palermo
Barcelona (BCN) to/from
Bari
Catania
Comiso
Palermo
Malta
Italian Domestic
Bari-Rome-Catania and v.v.
Bari-Rome-Palermo and v.v.
All journeys connect at Rome Fiumcino (FCO)
Alicante to/from:
Palermo
Brussels (BRU) to/from:
Catania
Palermo
Barcelona (BCN) to/from
Bari
Catania
Comiso
Palermo
Malta
Italian Domestic
Bari-Rome-Catania and v.v.
Bari-Rome-Palermo and v.v.
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May 19, 2017, 3:32 pm
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however they arent sold as connection.
when i have purchased in this manner i have always, thanfully, been on time
but you are correct, they will surely do the same now.
Jun 28, 2017, 6:57 am
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Bergamo is to be the next Ryanair base to offer connecting flights. (Bergamo is, somewhat surprisingly to me, Ryanair's biggest mainland European base with 9.2 million Ryanair pax in 2016 and an average load factor of 90%, and 3rd overall in passenger numbers behind Stansted and Dublin).
Ryanair will offer connection options to passengers travelling between Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Brindisi, Cagliari, Catania, Corfu, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Lamezia Terme, Madrid, Malaga, Malta, Naples, Palermo, Pescara, Trapani, Valencia and Zaragoza.
Ryanair will offer connection options to passengers travelling between Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Brindisi, Cagliari, Catania, Corfu, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Lamezia Terme, Madrid, Malaga, Malta, Naples, Palermo, Pescara, Trapani, Valencia and Zaragoza.
Jun 29, 2017, 3:57 am
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Bergamo is to be the next Ryanair base to offer connecting flights. (Bergamo is, somewhat surprisingly to me, Ryanair's biggest mainland European base with 9.2 million Ryanair pax in 2016 and an average load factor of 90%, and 3rd overall in passenger numbers behind Stansted and Dublin).
Ryanair will offer connection options to passengers travelling between Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Brindisi, Cagliari, Catania, Corfu, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Lamezia Terme, Madrid, Malaga, Malta, Naples, Palermo, Pescara, Trapani, Valencia and Zaragoza.
Ryanair will offer connection options to passengers travelling between Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Brindisi, Cagliari, Catania, Corfu, Ibiza, Lanzarote, Lamezia Terme, Madrid, Malaga, Malta, Naples, Palermo, Pescara, Trapani, Valencia and Zaragoza.
Jun 29, 2017, 4:21 am
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There will be 70 year-round destinations served from BGY in the winter timetable [Frankfurt and Plovdiv also join the roster along with Tel Aviv for the winter season; Eilat joins the list of seasonal destinations a few days after TLV starts]. There are lots of destinations for which connecting flights are not offered - not just TLV.
Jul 5, 2017, 4:52 am
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easyjet already allow you to add multiple flights to your basket so long as they have 2 hours between landing and departing.
however they arent sold as connection.
when i have purchased in this manner i have always, thanfully, been on time
but you are correct, they will surely do the same now.
however they arent sold as connection.
when i have purchased in this manner i have always, thanfully, been on time
but you are correct, they will surely do the same now.