AirTalk.org Aviation discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  700,000 pax chose Airport Weeze          AirTalk.org Forum Index -> Glasgow Prestwick Airport View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Jim Mason Guest Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:55 pm    Post subject: 700,000 pax chose Airport Weeze 700,000 pax chose Airport Weeze Ryanair Press Release 09/02/05 Ryanair takes legal action against attempt to gag competition Ryanair, Europe?s No.1 low fares airline, today (9th February 2005) protested against the City of Düsseldorf for blocking Ryanair advertising in the city. Speaking this morning in Dusseldorf, Ryanair?s Chief Executive Michael O?Leary, said: ?The Lord Mayor?s Office?s recent attempts to block Ryanair?s advertising of its low fares to and from Airport Weeze, the low fares alternative to Düsseldorf International, came to light when our media buyers in Dusseldorf were informed that the city office had threatened their business unless these ads were removed. Despite an attempted u-turn at the weekend by the Lord Mayor?s Office, claiming that their statements had been made ?in error?, Ryanair received a further request on Monday, 7th February requesting that we withdraw our advertisement orders for fear of recrimination from the city offices. The Lord Mayor?s Office clearly has a conflict of interest as the Lord Mayor, Joachim Erwin is also a member of the Board of Düsseldorf International Airport and is misusing his office to block competition from Ryanair at Airport Weeze. In so doing he is: 1) Denying freedom of speech 2) Denying the residents of Düsseldorf the low fare alternative 3) Stifling tourism and job creation by blocking Airport Weeze and Ryanair competition. In 2005 Ryanair will: 1) Carry 700,000 passengers through Airport Weeze 2) Sustain 700 new jobs in the Dusseldorf area 3) Bring savings of ?7M over fares of high fare airlines The Mayor?s office should be supporting free speech, consumer choice, competition and job creation; not blocking them.? -- Remove `spamtrapped` to reply off-list http://jim-mason.fotopic.net/c162491.html Back to top John Reid Guest Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 4:45 pm    Post subject: Re: 700,000 pax chose Airport Weeze It is written in message <MPG.1c7418a497a8e5ef98a21a (AT) News (DOT) Individual.NET> that Jim Mason sayeth : Quote: Speaking this morning in Dusseldorf, Ryanair?s Chief Executive Michael O?Leary, said: ?The Lord Mayor?s Office?s recent attempts to block Ryanair?s advertising of its low fares to and from Airport Weeze, the low fares alternative to Düsseldorf International, came to light when our media buyers in Dusseldorf were informed that the city office had threatened their business unless these ads were removed. Further to the exchange on code sets this morning, this posting seems to have the ? problem, but I cannot see what it is, my system thinks that you actually encoded the ? sign. I'd suggest there is an encoding problem on your system somewhere. The ? signs are in the raw feed, so there is some header problem I think. -- John Mail sent to the reply address will be binned automatically. Use my name with the domain (@+the rest) Back to top Jim Mason Guest Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:11 pm    Post subject: Re: 700,000 pax chose Airport Weeze In article <0W3xqoAdKjDCFwcQ (AT) nospam (DOT) demon.co.uk>, [email]news (AT) jazza (DOT) demon.co.uk[/email] says... Quote: It is written in message [email]MPG.1c7418a497a8e5ef98a21a (AT) News (DOT) Individual.NET[/email]> that Jim Mason sayeth : Speaking this morning in Dusseldorf, Ryanair?s Chief Executive Michael O?Leary, said: ?The Lord Mayor?s Office?s recent attempts to block Ryanair?s advertising of its low fares to and from Airport Weeze, the low fares alternative to Düsseldorf International, came to light when our media buyers in Dusseldorf were informed that the city office had threatened their business unless these ads were removed. Further to the exchange on code sets this morning, this posting seems to have the ? problem, but I cannot see what it is, my system thinks that you actually encoded the ? sign. I'd suggest there is an encoding problem on your system somewhere. The ? signs are in the raw feed, so there is some header problem I think. I think it is an IE issue John - I have IE set to automatic encoding for character sets. I think there is something getting lost between IE and pasting into Gravity. 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