10 Oct 2010 19:13:

If we can't fly fom Bournemouth we either have to go to London (2 hours) or Bristol (nearly 2 hours) then an hours drive from Alicante! So we are not lucky.  And if we fly from Southampton it's still an hour either side plus Flybe is more exepnsive.

I found out some more info but can't find the web page where it was so will hunt it up and post it.

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01 Oct 2010 11:26:

Found out some info on this subject and I'm afraid I agree with Ryanair for once! 

Apparently the problem lies with the tourism minister of Murcia who doesn't want the brits there because we don't spend any money, and she is apparently not a nice lady!  She wants the spanish there on holiday.  The tourism dept has given a 3m€ payment to a spanish airline to fly from Madrid and bring spanish holiday makers from there.  I believe that what Ryanair are complaining of is why weren't they given anything. 

On Wednesday my husband and I went out for a meal in Alcarezes (wrong spelling!) and the first 13 people in that restaurant were Brits! And they were having full meals with wine etc. Go figure. 

There are a lot of Brits etc living in that area, paying taxes, shopping in supermarkets and using banks and everything else associated with day to day living.  Without us the non holiday economy would die and businesses wouldn't be able to survive with just the summer inflow.

What amazes me is that if they were here in this country they wouldn't get treated the way they treat foreigners in theirs.  Personally I think that sometimes we're treated just one step up from the illegals there.  Well we now wait and see what happens and if we have to fly into Alicante - well it's only 50minutes away.  Some people have to drive a lot further than that to get where they're going.

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11 Sep 2010 19:06:

Last time I looked the flights announced for the spring do not include Bournemouth to Murcia.

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10 Sep 2010 11:51:

Quite right Kabri.  Once people make alternative arrangements to fly from elsewhere maybe they won't bother changing back if he does use that route again.  Where will his profit be then!  We're lucky cause I have a relative living just a few miles from Cardiff airport and I can avoid car park charges and late/early flights etc won't be a problem.  Obviously as Murcia airport is only a 10 minute drive from our house in Spain it was convenient but people sometimes have to drive for a couple of hours to get to where they're going.  We've been spoilt.

Alternative arrangements definitely underway.  TAKE NOTE RYANAIR YOU ARE NOT THINKING ABOUT YOUR PUBLICITY IN RESPECT OF THIS.  PLUS IF YOU'RE HAGGLING WITH AIRPORTS YOU MAY JUST COME UNSTUCK AND SOMEONE ELSE MIGHT JUST WHIP IN AND TAKE YOUR PLACE.

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10 Sep 2010 00:04:

I'm upset that Ryanair aren't going to be returning to Murcia in the spring.  We live in Poole so Bournemouth airport was good.  Don't fancy going to London and now I really don't want to fly with ryanair again.  £5 each way just to use a card to pay the bill when we do all the work - yeah that's how he keeps his fares low.   We drove this summer from Le Havre to Murcia and with the ferry and hotels there and back and fuel, it was still cheaper than hiring a car and flying!  And we took the dog!  And avoiding the toll roads and driving back through the Loire Valley was amazing. Next year we're going from Plymouth to Santander and driving across.  Do you know what - I can't wait.

Maybe I shouldn't say this but maybe - just maybe - ryanair are very close to losing the plot.  Every flight I've been on from Bournemouth to Murcia has been virtually or completely full so he's only cutting his nose off to spite his face just so he can say he's the cheapest.  GET A LIFE RYANAIR.

 

 

This message was last edited by spotshouse on 10/09/2010.

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