Ryanair to close French base in Marseille in January
Low-cost airline Ryanair said today it will close its base in the southern French city of Marseille because prosecutors refused to drop a case against it for illegal working practices.
Prosecutors have accused Ryanair of illegal working practices after the Irish airline declared 120 employees in France as working in Ireland.
Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary had in May threatened to pull out of the Mediterranean city and relocate the operation outside France if the case went ahead.
Marseille has been Ryanair's Mediterranean hub since November 2006, with four aircraft and 120 staff.
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G. Agius
Oct 18th 2010, 02:49
even if it closes this one and another 5 stations, at least ryanair would have given us all the opportunity to fly to those places in the time it operated there at a decent prize.
I'm going to eindhoven in november, 60 euros (including the often maligned hidden charges etc etc) Same price for same dates with airmalta? 325 euros. So if say, next january ryanair closes the eindhoven thingie down, at least i would have had the opportunity to save over 250 euros on at least one time
stop with the moaning, just don't go and let us pay less for the same thing. (Unless you count the 'food' on airmalta as a bonus and the 'privilege' of having seat numbers for a three hours flight a necessity)
Mario Farrugia
Oct 13th 2010, 21:13
why keep calling it a low cost airline, has anyone checked the flight prices where it has a monopoly such as Dublin, or the cost of it's hidden charges?
Robert Attard
Oct 14th 2010, 06:07
It is called low cost airline for obvious reasons that it's flights are cheaper from other flights. This hidden costs charges still make the flight cheaper then others. If you like to spend twice the price of a flight just don't use Ryan Air.
Ivan Scicluna
Oct 13th 2010, 21:03
Lovely! RuinAir showing its true colors, at last!
Let THIS be an eye-opener to all who dote on this so-called "saviour"!
As O'Leary says..."MY way or NO way!"
Meditate gente...meditate!
Valentino Boccato
Oct 13th 2010, 18:56
That's the real face of Ryanair- "We are free to break any rules we feel like. If you are not happy, we go somewhere else where they let us act illegally without bothering us".
Please choose the reason of your report below: