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I asked the question to MOL: he wanted departures before 0700 at BRU. That's the only way to increase number of flights. Three of the new routes at CRL would have gone to BRU without the noise issue: LIS NAP OVD. The number of aircraft at BRU remains 4. No way to increase to 5: not enough morning slots, contrarily to CRL.
LIS will be operated from both BRU and CRL, just like MAD.
He's indeed a nice guy to talk to, very open to discussion, friendly with everyone. And he takes the time to answer all private questions in detail. I let the big television crew and newspaper journalists have their private interviews, and I went to him as the last interviewer: he was not in a hurry to stop the conversation and run away. On the contrary, he took all the time to explain the issues in detail.
So he is, not some devil that some people make him out to be. In fact you'd almost hope some belgian CEO's had some more balls as well and say things as they aresn26567 wrote: ↑07 Feb 2017, 23:33He's indeed a nice guy to talk to, very open to discussion, friendly with everyone. And he takes the time to answer all private questions in detail. I let the big television crew and newspaper journalists have their private interviews, and I went to him as the last interviewer: he was not in a hurry to stop the conversation and run away. On the contrary, he took all the time to explain the issues in detail.
He is still in Brussels tomorrow (he was coming from Rome where he had a press conference this morning)
Seems like not everyone has the same source or opinion:Passenger wrote: ↑07 Feb 2017, 22:39 I don't know how the press reported about O'Leary's press conference, but some Flemish press quote him with his known arrogance: Ryanair Ryanair-baas dreigt vluchten op Zaventem te schrappen door “belachelijke geluidsnormen” - Ryanair dreigt met annulatie van geboekte vluchten door "belachelijke geluidsnorm"
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/1901/reisnieuw ... norm.dhtml
http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20170207_02717747
Some of O'Leary's quotes about this cancellation threat:
...Maar als het probleem niet opgelost geraakt tegen eind maart, zal er een echte impact zijn", dixit O'Leary. "Dan zal er na 7 uur te weinig ruimte zijn voor alle vluchten." En aangezien Ryanair geen boetes wil, zal het de vluchten schrappen. En de andere maatschappijen ook, denkt de CEO. Meer nog, O'Leary dreigt er ook mee om reeds geboekte vluchten te schrappen...
..."De totale winst die we maken per vlucht is 5.000 euro terwijl de kost van de geluidsboetes 6.000 euro bedraagt. Dus maak je maar geen zorgen om de financiële impact voor ons bedrijf, het vliegtuig gaat simpelweg de lucht niet in", sprak O'Leary dreigende taal. "We kunnen en zullen vluchten schrappen. De passagiers moeten beseffen dat er een groot risico bestaat voor de door hun geboekte vluchten en vakantie."...
...Ryanair kan vluchten tot twee weken voor vertrek eenzijdig annuleren mits terugbetaling van de ticketskosten, maar zonder bijkomende schadevergoeding...
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Euh? "Ryanair may unilaterally cancel the flight by refunding the ticket cost, without having to pay addtional indemnity", O'Leary told the reporters. What a lie! Sure, the indemnity (150€-600€) is waived when a flight is cancelled 21 days before flight date. But passengers for a booked and confirmed flight don't have to accept the cancellation just like that. Even not when it's cancelled three months before flight date. European legislation (EU Rule 261/2004) states that the passengers have the right to choose between a cancellation and a rebooking. And if a flight to/from BRU is cancelled and the new flight is to/from LGG or EIN or LUX, Ryanair has arrange the transport between those two airports.
Repeat: what the newspapers write is false. Ryanair may not cancel a booking when the flight is cancelled. The passengers have the right to ask for a rerouting.
This is the EU Legislation - choose language at your choice and format of your choice (HTML, pdf):
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/ ... 32004R0261
Just read Article 5, which says that Article 8 and Article 9 also apply when a flight is cancelled.
(edited - typo)
And I disagree with Ivo Vandevelde ? http://www.advivos.com/we-are , Het Laatste Nieuws and Ryanair.danieln wrote: ↑08 Feb 2017, 12:34Seems like not everyone has the same source or opinion:Passenger wrote: ↑07 Feb 2017, 22:39 Euh? "Ryanair may unilaterally cancel the flight by refunding the ticket cost, without having to pay addtional indemnity", O'Leary told the reporters. What a lie! Sure, the indemnity (150€-600€) is waived when a flight is cancelled 21 days before flight date. But passengers for a booked and confirmed flight don't have to accept the cancellation just like that. Even not when it's cancelled three months before flight date. European legislation (EU Rule 261/2004) states that the passengers have the right to choose between a cancellation and a rebooking. And if a flight to/from BRU is cancelled and the new flight is to/from LGG or EIN or LUX, Ryanair has arrange the transport between those two airports.
This is the EU Legislation - choose language at your choice and format of your choice (HTML, pdf):
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/ ... 32004R0261
Just read Article 5, which says that Article 8 and Article 9 also apply when a flight is cancelled.
(edited - typo)
http://www.hln.be/hln/nl/943/Consument/ ... -wel.dhtml