Well, it’s now official: European budget carrier Ryanair has completed
\n its take-over the low cost airline Buzz , formerly owned by KLM. Ryanair
\n paid EUR 20.1 million (USD$21.5 million) some EUR 2.8 million lower than
\n the original purchase price. Ryanair has formed a new subsidiary – Buzz
\n Stansted – and the company will operate a fleet of 10 aircraft, employ
\n up to 130 people and start flying on May 1st. It will serve a network
\n of 12 routes, formerly operated by KLM UK\/Buzz. The new Chief Executive
\n of Buzz will be John Osborne, a former Director of Operations for Ryanair
\n and former Chief Executive of GB Airways and Virgin Express.<\/p>\n
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And still on the subject of Ryanair, a recent Mail on Sunday article,
\n spotted by webmaster Paul made the Beetle laugh. It states that Ryanair
\n boss Michael O’Leary is, in his spare time, a keen breeder of Aberdeen
\n Angus cattle. The article asks how would he like it if you agreed to
\n sell him a pedigree bull, but actually, out of the cattle carrier toddled
\n a hamster? The article then goes on to compare this to booking a flight
\n to Ryanair’s new destination, Barcelona – you actually get flown
\n to Girona, some 60 miles away. In response, Mr O’Leary says: “Don’t
\n be cross; by comparison Gatwick is also a long way from the centre of
\n London.” (It’s actually 30 minutes away from either Victoria
\n or Blackfriars station in central London – Beetle). The article goes
\n on to show how in Ryanair’s world Hahn manages to become Frankfurt 70
\n miles away, and how Forli doubles as Bologna some 50 miles away. Not
\n so long ago, readers may remember the howls of discontent when the Beetle
\n travelled 2 hours from Oslo to Ryanair’s base at Torp airport.
\n By way of appreciation, the article says that “whilst many have
\n managed to come to terms with Ryanair’s rather cavalier attitude to customer
\n relations. i.e. you got a cheap ticket – what are you moaning about?
\n But why is it that for an airline that hails from a country famed for
\n its blarney, Ryanair manages to exude so little charm?”<\/p>\n
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A Ryanair Joke spotted by one of our readers<\/p>\n
American special forces have this morning reported the successful takeover
\n of Baghdad airport. However further inspection by Irish journalists of
\n the lack of ground staff and no open services or shops revealed it to
\n be the Ryanair Baghdad airport. American troops have in fact landed 400
\n miles south of Baghdad but will avail of the feeder bus that leaves from
\n Mohammed O’Kelly’s Irish bar every day at 6pm.<\/p>\n
Well, it’s now official: European budget carrier Ryanair has completed its take-over the low cost airline Buzz , formerly owned by KLM. Ryanair paid EUR 20.1 million (USD$21.5 million) some…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"css_class_manager_body_classes":"","css_class_manager_use_in_post_loop":false},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive","category-main-article","tag-april-2003"],"yoast_head":"\n