Friday, April 13, 2007

$12 to fly from Providence to Dublin?

Darn, now that I'm done with graduate school, NOW Ryan Air is pursing possible flights from East Coast airports to Dublin, Frankfurt, etc. - for as little as $12! (plus taxes) Here the story as reported by the AP on WNLE:
MANCHESTER, NH (AP) - Discount Irish airline Ryanair Holdings is looking to launch a transatlantic airline, and airport officials in Rhode Island and New Hampshire are hoping to be on the schedule. T-F Green spokeswoman Patti Goldstein says they're pleased to learn of the potential service and expect to be talking with Ryanair soon. Manchester-Boston Regional Airport Manager Kevin Dillon says Manchester is very interested in landing transatlantic flights, through low-fare service or charter service. Ryanair says it envisions the new airline charging as little as about twelve dollars, plus taxes and fees, for flights from Ireland, England and Germany to airports in the U-S. It's also looking at possible flights to airports near Dallas, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, and cities in Florida.
Drat! Why couldn't RyanAir get these going earlier! But perhaps they'll service some West Coast airports as well. Actually, given how much I can't stand Southworst Airlines, I probably won't enjoy flying on RyanAir either, except that you can't beat the price.