{"id":1819,"date":"2005-12-23T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-23T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/2005\/12\/23\/our-friends-ryanair-2-2\/"},"modified":"2018-01-02T16:43:19","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T16:43:19","slug":"our-friends-ryanair-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/our-friends-ryanair-2-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Our Friends Ryanair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Webmaster Paul notes that Ryanair now have air sickness bags and you don&#8217;t need to ask for them! The catch they look like a film mailer which is what they are as they are &#8220;dual purpose&#8221; so don&#8217;t get them confused if you stick some film in one. <img decoding=\"async\" hspace=\"12\" alt=\"Ryanair air sickness bags\" style=\"border: 0px solid;width: 205px;height: 180px;float: right\" src=\"\/\/globetrotters.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/pictures\/2005\/2005-12-enews-image022.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Belgian judiciary has accused Ryanair of forgery and fiscal fraud. Federal police in Charleroi have summoned two directors of the company, Michael Cawley and Bernard Berger, to answer questions about the allegations at the start of December. Ryanair is alleged to have used Wallonian government support to issue passengers with &#8216;free tickets&#8217; in a promotional offer. The Wallonian region financed half of the &#8216;free&#8217; ticket prices via the publicity firm Promocy, Francophone newspapers &#8216;La Meuse&#8217; and &#8216;La Nouvelle Gazette&#8217; reported on Wednesday. According to Wallonian Economy Minister Serge Kubla, the regional government&#8217;s contribution was half of the funding used to pay for advertising to promote the Charleroi Airport&#8217;s development.<\/p>\n<p>Ryanair&#8217;s Chief Executive Michael O&#8217;Leary&#8217;s latest pronouncement is that he believes revenue from in-flight gaming and gambling could eventually replace the need to charge air fares. &#8220;Ultimately entertainment will be where the money is,&#8221; he told reporters, while answering questions about his plans to introduce gaming and gambling onboard, probably in 2007. &#8220;It would transform ancillary revenues and profits,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;ll probably announce a gambling partner (company) in the next 2-3 months.&#8221; Ryanair gave away about a quarter of its seats last year and that figure could rise to between 50 and 100 percent depending on how ancillary revenues grow, O&#8217;Leary said<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Webmaster Paul notes that Ryanair now have air sickness bags and you don&#8217;t need to ask for them! 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