Hello All

 

I've recently flown in and out of Stansted a couple of times and have noticed that Ryanair appear to be stockpiling several (approx a dozen or more) of their 737s over at the private terminal to the north of the airport.

 

I'm just wondering if anyone knows why they are doing this ?

 

Regards

 

Gary

Are they just sitting there if so they could be in short term store

Braniff airlines did this when they went bust.

Ryanair are a very seasonal, tourist based airline, the majority of their flights are in the Summer to bucket and spade destinations, that's why in the winter they park up most of their jets as there just isn't the demand for that type of flight. Other airlines don't do this as they offer a higher quality product that business travelers need, such as flying to the main airport in a city and not the secondary one 150 miles away, offering frequent flier programs, being flexible with things such as times and baggage allowance etc. This means that the other airlines can still operate through the winter as they've the demand there to fill the planes and get a good yield from it through their corperate contracts, something Ryanair has very few of...

 

Regards,

Ró.