RYANAIR LAUNCHES INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
The Revolution in Customer Service Continues

Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline today (Tuesday, 21st September
2004)
announced its intention to introduce inflight entertainment (IFE) on all its
flights, with the acquisition - subject to board approval - of the APS
inflight
entertainment system, which will be trialled initially on five Stansted
based
aircraft from 1 November, and if successful will gradually be rolled out
across
our entire Boeing 737-800 fleet over the Winter, making IFE available to all
passengers, on all aircraft in the Ryanair fleet from March next.

The APS portable video technology is one of the most advanced and easy to
use
entertainment systems in the world. The Ryanair inflight video system will
offer
Ryanair customers the latest Hollywood movies, up to date chart videos,
cartoons, comedy classics, sitcoms and audio cd's at a special introductory
offer price of £5 or ¤7 per flight.

Rolling out the Ryanair inflight video system in London this morning,
Ryanair's
Chief Executive, Michael O'Leary said:

'Ryanair is delighted to be the first low fares airline in the world and
the
first shorthaul airline in Europe to offer all our customers the latest
Hollywood movies on our inflight video system. This new technology will
allow Ryanair's passengers to enjoy the latest in inflight
entertainment,
which will further enhance Ryanair's No.1 customer service package.
Nobody beats Ryanair's customer service, which includes:

.The lowest air fares in Europe.

.Brand new aircraft.

.All leather seats.

.New technology inflight entertainment

.No.1 on-time major airline.

.Fewest cancellations.

.Fewest lost bags.

.Fewest complaints.

'From November onwards in-flight movies won't be confined to rich people
travelling in business class on long-haul flights. Now the latest
Hollywood
movies, music videos etc. will be available to all Ryanair passengers
who
will continue to enjoy the lowest air fares in Europe together with the
best
customer service.

'Nobody beats Ryanair's low prices, nobody beats our punctuality and now
nobody beats our inflight entertainment either!'



RYANAIR MOVIE SELECTION NOVEMBER 2004

Movie Genre

I, Robot Action/Sci-Fi

Dodgeball Comedy

Garfield Animation/Family

The Day After Tomorrow Action/Adventure

Man on Fire Thriller/Drama

The Girl Next Door Romantic Comedy

Cheaper by the Dozen Comedy

Master & Commander Action/Drama

Stuck on You Comedy

Runaway Jury Thriller/Drama

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Sci-Fi/Adventure

X-Men 2 Action/Sci-Fi

Shrek 2 Comedy

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Animation/Family

A Cinderella Story Romantic Comedy

Scooby-Doo 2 Sci-Fi/Fantasy


RYANAIR TV RYANAIR CARTOONS

Friend's Batman Beyond

Dad's Army Scooby-Doo

One Foot in the Grave Powerpuff Girls

Only Fools and Horses Baby Looney Tunes

Teletubbies Dexter

The Simpson's

Dharma & Greg

The X-Files

Lizzie McGuire

Ryanair music videos: Include the latest chart toppers
Ryanair audio: Includes Jazz, Country, Chart, Rock & Oldies

In message <[email protected]>, at 12:52:43 on Thu, 23 Sep
2004, Miss L. Toe <[email protected]> remarked:
    > a special introductory offer price of £5

I wonder what the regular price will be?
--
Roland Perry

In message <[email protected]>, Miss L. Toe
<[email protected]> writes
    >RYANAIR LAUNCHES INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
    > The Revolution in Customer Service Continues
    >The Ryanair inflight video system will
    >offer
    >Ryanair customers the latest Hollywood movies, up to date chart videos,
    >cartoons, comedy classics, sitcoms and audio cd's at a special introductory
    >offer price of £5 or ¤7 per flight.

Fair enough.

I expect some will add that cost to the price of the coffee and sandwich
they have and then moan about it. Forgetting that the ticket in their
pocket (less taxes) may have cost them less than the extras they've
freely chosen to buy :-(

Malcolm

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:54:40 +0100, Malcolm Loades
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >In message <[email protected]>, Miss L. Toe
    ><[email protected]> writes
    >>RYANAIR LAUNCHES INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
    >> The Revolution in Customer Service Continues
    >>The Ryanair inflight video system will
    >>offer
    >>Ryanair customers the latest Hollywood movies, up to date chart videos,
    >>cartoons, comedy classics, sitcoms and audio cd's at a special introductory
    >>offer price of £5 or ¤7 per flight.
    >Fair enough.
    >I expect some will add that cost to the price of the coffee and sandwich
    >they have and then moan about it. Forgetting that the ticket in their
    >pocket (less taxes) may have cost them less than the extras they've
    >freely chosen to buy :-(

IME most passengers using cut price airlines would like to know
immediately the cost of a flight and not to have to go through the
rigmarole of watching an online booking system adding increments to
the advertised price page by page. They would also like to know what
is covered by the obligatory insurance that is included, especially
when additional insurance is offered as an option.

"Miss L. Toe" wrote
    | RYANAIR
    | Friend's
    | Dad's Army
    | One Foot in the Grave
    | Only Fools and Horses
    | Teletubbies
    | The Simpson's
    | Dharma & Greg
    | The X-Files
    | Lizzie McGuire

Quality programmes every one, I'm sure.

But no repeats of "Airline"? :-)

Owain

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:52:43 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >RYANAIR LAUNCHES INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
    > The Revolution in Customer Service Continues
    >Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline today (Tuesday, 21st September
    >2004)
    >announced its intention to introduce inflight entertainment (IFE) on all its
    >flights, ...




[an awful lot of text snipped]




    > ...at a special introductory
    >offer price of £5 or ¤7 per flight.

I knew there was a catch
-----------
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:54:40 +0100, Malcolm Loades
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >In message <[email protected]>, Miss L. Toe
    ><[email protected]> writes
    >>RYANAIR LAUNCHES INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
    >> The Revolution in Customer Service Continues
    >>The Ryanair inflight video system will
    >>offer
    >>Ryanair customers the latest Hollywood movies, up to date chart videos,
    >>cartoons, comedy classics, sitcoms and audio cd's at a special introductory
    >>offer price of £5 or ¤7 per flight.
    >Fair enough.
    >I expect some will add that cost to the price of the coffee and sandwich
    >they have and then moan about it. Forgetting that the ticket in their
    >pocket (less taxes) may have cost them less than the extras they've
    >freely chosen to buy :-(

For Ryanair, the flight itself is a loss leader to get you into the
store.

I'm not complaining, I'll fly and eat my sandwich from home and do a
crossword puzzle for entertainment.
-----------
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:41:40 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:54:40 +0100, Malcolm Loades
    ><[email protected]> wrote:
    >>In message <[email protected]>, Miss L. Toe
    >><[email protected]> writes
    >>>RYANAIR LAUNCHES INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
    >>> The Revolution in Customer Service Continues
    >>>The Ryanair inflight video system will
    >>>offer
    >>>Ryanair customers the latest Hollywood movies, up to date chart videos,
    >>>cartoons, comedy classics, sitcoms and audio cd's at a special introductory
    >>>offer price of £5 or ¤7 per flight.
    >>Fair enough.
    >>I expect some will add that cost to the price of the coffee and sandwich
    >>they have and then moan about it. Forgetting that the ticket in their
    >>pocket (less taxes) may have cost them less than the extras they've
    >>freely chosen to buy :-(
    >For Ryanair, the flight itself is a loss leader to get you into the
    >store.

In some case it's a subsidised excuse to justify an airport in a town
that never needed one - Charleroi for example.

    >I'm not complaining, I'll fly and eat my sandwich from home and do a
    >crossword puzzle for entertainment.

The next step will be confiscation of food and drinks a la Disneyland
Paris

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
    > On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:41:40 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
    > >
    > >I'm not complaining, I'll fly and eat my sandwich from home and do a
    > >crossword puzzle for entertainment.
    >
    > The next step will be confiscation of food and drinks a la Disneyland
    > Paris

Don't give them ideas.

There was a rumour that they had talked to Boeing about having credit
card swipe use toilets.

Iain

    > > ...at a special introductory
    > >offer price of £5 or ¤7 per flight.
    > I knew there was a catch

How is it a "catch" if the flight was £50 cheaper than one offering
in-flight entertainment?

Cheers,
Geoff Glave
Vancouver, Canada

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:49:41 +0100, Iain Bowen <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >In article <[email protected]>,
    >[email protected] says...
    >> On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:41:40 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]> wrote:
    >> >
    >> >I'm not complaining, I'll fly and eat my sandwich from home and do a
    >> >crossword puzzle for entertainment.
    >>
    >> The next step will be confiscation of food and drinks a la Disneyland
    >> Paris
    >Don't give them ideas.
    >There was a rumour that they had talked to Boeing about having credit
    >card swipe use toilets.

with the price depending on the level desperation? At least two
airlines I know of have used the only toilet in a two engine plane to
carry luggage - wet seats all round.

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:53:18 GMT, "Geoff Glave"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >> > ...at a special introductory
    >> >offer price of £5 or ¤7 per flight.
    >> I knew there was a catch
    >How is it a "catch" if the flight was £50 cheaper than one offering
    >in-flight entertainment?

"a special introductory"?

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:39:49 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]>
wrote:

    >On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:52:43 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
    ><[email protected]> wrote:
    >>RYANAIR LAUNCHES INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
    >> The Revolution in Customer Service Continues
    >>Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline today (Tuesday, 21st September
    >>2004)
    >>announced its intention to introduce inflight entertainment (IFE) on all its
    >>flights, ...
    >[an awful lot of text snipped]
    >> ...at a special introductory
    >>offer price of £5 or ¤7 per flight.
    >I knew there was a catch

I figure that now that Ryanair is fixing all the seats so they
don't recline, they want to offer something to take your mind off
your discomfort.

************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 14:41:15 +0100, "Owain"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >"Miss L. Toe" wrote
    >| RYANAIR
    >| Friend's
    >| Dad's Army
    >| One Foot in the Grave
    >| Only Fools and Horses
    >| Teletubbies
    >| The Simpson's
    >| Dharma & Greg
    >| The X-Files
    >| Lizzie McGuire

No Mr Bean? Swissair always showed Mr Bean.

    >Quality programmes every one, I'm sure.
    >But no repeats of "Airline"? :-)

Everybody would want their own in flight entertainment sucks autopilot

no
Airport 1-99
Flight 57
and a million and one other ridiculous hijack films

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 09:15:05 -0600, Hatunen <[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:39:49 +0200, B Vaughan<[email protected]>
    >wrote:
    >>On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 12:52:43 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
    >><[email protected]> wrote:
    >>>RYANAIR LAUNCHES INFLIGHT ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM
    >>> The Revolution in Customer Service Continues
    >>>Ryanair, Europe's No. 1 low fares airline today (Tuesday, 21st September
    >>>2004)
    >>>announced its intention to introduce inflight entertainment (IFE) on all its
    >>>flights, ...
    >>[an awful lot of text snipped]
    >>> ...at a special introductory
    >>>offer price of £5 or ¤7 per flight.
    >>I knew there was a catch
    >I figure that now that Ryanair is fixing all the seats so they
    >don't recline, they want to offer something to take your mind off
    >your discomfort.

Have they also removed the pull down tables to be able to jam in an
extra row like KLM did on the A'dam Paris route.