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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 says that
the recent Open Skies agreement has made this possible. The agreement
allows airlines to operate transatlantic flights without individual
national bilateral deals from 2008.
With "the cheapest fare EUR 10 ($12)", O'Leary expects the
services, to secondary airports such as Baltimore, Providence in Rhode
Island and New York Long Island Islip Macarthur "to be full". He
expects sales of food, drink, duty-free goods and in-flight
entertainment 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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