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6 unusual facts about Ryanair


Charlie Wolf

For a short period Wolf broadcast on both Red FM and talkSPORT, and flew from Cork to London and back on Ryanair.

Ciampino

It is best known for the local "Giovan Battista Pastine" International Airport, best known as Rome Ciampino, a military airport which also hosts several civil flights, especially from low-cost companies such as Ryanair.

Ferndown

Ryanair, EasyJet, Thomsonfly, Bmibaby and Palmair operate from the airport and provide scheduled services to destinations in the UK and Europe.

Irsina

The village is one hour from Bari Airport (Ryanair), and hour and a half from Brindisi airport, (also Ryanair).

Jolanta Szczypińska

Following rumours that she was in relationship with Poland's prime minister Jarosław Kaczyński, the airline Ryanair launched an advertising campaign which pictured the two politicians under the headline Are they planning a honeymoon trip? Szczypińska took legal action to prevent publication.

Ryan Airlines

Ryanair, a budget airline based in the Republic of Ireland


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City of Derry Airport

The airport is to develop further Ryanair routes from the airport to European cities such as Barcelona, Paris, Frankfurt and Milan.

Drama school

On 1 August 2008, The Irish Times reported that a RADA graduate, Danielle Ryan, granddaughter of the late Tony Ryan who founded Ryanair, had announced plans to develop an Irish Academy of Dramatic Arts part-funded from a Trust created by her late father, Captain Cathal Ryan.

Eirjet

29 March 2006 - Eirjet issued an apology after a flight it operated from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to City of Derry Airport on behalf of Ryanair landed at the wrong airfield, touching down at Ballykelly Airfield, a former RAF base and more recently an Army base some 4 miles away from its intended destination.

Erfurt–Weimar Airport

The airport used to have scheduled service from London Stansted Airport from Ryanair which ceased on 19 January 2005 when the airline moved services to Leipzig–Altenburg Airport leaving the airport with no regular flights operated by a low-cost carrier.

Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship

The province's sole international airport, Ignacy Jan Paderewski Airport, is located in Bydgoszcz and has connections to a number of European destinations as well as Warsaw, which are all operated by either Irish carrier Ryanair or LOT Polish Airlines.

Lyons Demesne

It was purchased by the late Ryanair businessman Tony Ryan in 1996 for £3.5 million who spent over £80 million renovating it, and it was bequeathed to his wife upon his death.

Moss Airport, Rygge

In October and November, Ryanair established itself at the airport, and started flights to Alicante, Barcelona, Brussels, Bremen, Madrid, Milano and London.

Roskilde Airport

The talks eventually came to nothing and Ryanair has not stated interest since and now serves Copenhagen from Malmö Airport in neighboring Sweden

Tampere–Pirkkala Airport

Terminal 1 is connected to the city by a Paunu city bus service (route 61), while Terminal 2 has a direct Ryanair-affiliated link to the railway station.

Tony Ryan

Ryanair: How a Small Irish Airline Conquered Europe by Siobhan Creaton – ISBN 1-85410-992-8: published about Ryanair's success and Tony Ryan's earlier enterprises.


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