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Steve Fenton Nov 17, 2003 4:10 pm
world first
 

Ryanair 'paying people to fly'

November 17, 2003
(11:45)
Ryanair is offering what is claims to be a world first in air travel by paying passengers £1 to travel.

The airline is offering free seats, as well as taking £1 off airport and government charges. It says the offer is available on all routes and end at midnight on Thursday :-)

milehighj Nov 17, 2003 8:09 pm
good publicity, no doubt.

but i wonder if they have considered the impact on PAYING passengers when the seat next to them (which may otherwise have been empty) is occupied by someone PAID (or at least SUBSIDISED) to sit there.

Kiwi Flyer Nov 17, 2003 9:23 pm
Not much different to Freedom Air's recent "free" tix.

Globaliser Nov 18, 2003 2:26 am
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by milehighj:
good publicity, no doubt.

but i wonder if they have considered the impact on PAYING passengers when the seat next to them (which may otherwise have been empty) is occupied by someone PAID (or at least SUBSIDISED) to sit there.</font>
It really isn't very different from FR's regular free seat offers - their regular pax are used to this sort of thing happening.

edi-traveller Nov 18, 2003 3:12 am
I presume the margin on the food and drink that they sell on board makes up for the fares?

ajinlondon Nov 18, 2003 3:22 am
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by edi-traveller:
I presume the margin on the food and drink that they sell on board makes up for the fares?</font>
and they money they recieve from the airports to land there.- and the commission from hotels/buses/ etc.


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