Flightglobal Exclusive: Ryanair To Offer $12 Air Fare From Europe to the US.LONDON -- Flightglobal.com reports that Ryanair is to launch a new transatlantic airline serving the US East Coast offering fares as low as $12. In an exclusive interview with Flightglobal's sister magazine Flight International, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary Michael O'Leary is the name of a number of prominent people:
With "the cheapest fare [euro]10 ($12)", O'Leary expects the services, to secondary airports such as Baltimore, Providence in Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Long Island Islip Macarthur "to be full". He expects sales of food, drink, duty-free goods and in-flight entertainment In-flight entertainment (IFE) refers to the entertainment available to aircraft passengers during a flight. After World War II commercial aviation flights became a daily event in which entertainment was requested by passengers to help the time pass. to be a major revenue earner. However, the new airline will have a "premium class" pitched against "the best in the business" such as Virgin Atlantic. O'Leary says: "By mid 2009, we will be carrying 70 million passengers at 23 bases across Europe. It will be relatively straightforward for us to do a deal for 40 to 50 long-haul aircraft and connect these bases transatlantically. There would be no one to touch us." For more on this story visit Flightglobal.com. |
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