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Post by artisans on Feb 3, 2011 21:25:53 GMT 2
Troubles in Egypt and Tunisia could cost TUI a big slice of its revenue this year and the company is warning its shareholders that the political unrest in those countries could cost it up to £30 million in turnover.
Unveiling its first quarter results, it said it was monitoring the situation closely and stated that “early indications are that customers are choosing to rebook to alternative destinations and we are taking action to remix our programmes in line with customer demand.”
Let's hope that the greed of Europe's travel duopoly has reached its limit and the countries that have supported the industry for so long get a fair deal at last.
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Post by johnofish on Feb 5, 2011 1:05:39 GMT 2
It'll be time for Pinkie and Perky to take flight again if the Dreadful Duo make any attempt to be fair to their long suffering regular supporters ( and I don't mean their shareholders !)
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Post by sthelenssaint on Feb 6, 2011 13:24:59 GMT 2
since when have tui taken notice of customer demand
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Post by johnboy on Feb 8, 2011 0:37:52 GMT 2
7 Feb 2011
All 166 passengers on a Ryanair flight were forced off the plane at Lanzarote airport in the Canary Islands after a large number of travellers became disruptive. A group of 100 passengers were accused of staging a 'mutiny' after they sparked a row over baggage charges on the flight to Charleroi, Belgium.
The incident is said to have started when the airline asked some passengers to pay extra fees for carry-on luggage that was over the size limit allowed.
According to Spanish newspaper La Provincia, the travellers involved refused to follow instructions and 'mutinied' on the plane.
The pilot decided to ask for police assistance shortly before the plane was due to take-off and all passengers on board were then ordered to get off the plane immediately.
Authorities only allowed 66 of them to board the aircraft again. Meanwhile the 'disruptive' passengers, reportedly all Belgian students, were removed from the flight.
Budget airline Ryanair said in a statement: "Ryanair apologises sincerely to the 66 remaining passengers who suffered a 3-hour delay while Ryanair and the local police were dealing with this disruptive group. Ryanair's handling agent in Lanzarote will be reaccommodating some of this group on later flights to Charleroi but any individuals who engaged in disruptive behaviour or refused to follow crew instructions will not be allowed to fly."
Some of the students managed to catch alternative flights, but about 70 of them remained stranded last night.
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