tom Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 Last flight on looking appears to be October? Any news regards this from Ryanair ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted July 24, 2007 Share Posted July 24, 2007 I think I'm right in saying that they discontinued flts last winter Nov - Feb (ish), except for the Christmas period.Loadings are usually pretty good from both there and EMA, so hopefully no cause for concern for the future.I'm at the airport next week, so I'll ask the bloke who runs the tabac - he'll know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom Posted July 25, 2007 Author Share Posted July 25, 2007 no, they flew all through the last couple of winters,dropping the monday flight this last winter.spoke with Ryanair rep who said it seemed to be a 'tech' problem.i asked directly if there was a dumping of the route, but was told 'not as far as i know'. notice on review that east midlands flights are not up either.maybe a bad sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Tom ............My apologies: you're right. I think that it was the EMA which got dropped for the Winter season.Anyway, whatever may have happened last Winter is irrelevant now. I'll still ask Paul what's going to happen this Winter. Info from the proverbial horse's mouth this time next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom Posted August 6, 2007 Author Share Posted August 6, 2007 Did anybody get any info on this ? Nothing in the news or on the Ryanair site, just no flights available! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 I forgot to ask when I was there last wk. Will be there on Thurs, so will try to remember?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 Spoke to the lady in the tabac today and as expected, she knew the score!It seems that the runway at Nimes is going to be re-surfaced and this will mean no flights to any destination will operate from the airport for the duration of the works. Work is supposed to start at the end of October and should take about one month, but exact duration is weather-dependent. Having said this, she said that the precise start date is a bit flakey because it is France after all ! She didn't know whether there would be extra flights to (for example) Montpellier.I took the precaution of checking 10 mins ago on the Ryanair website and the daily Luton flight is only being offered up to and including Sun 14th October, so I would imagine that it'll be much the same for the other destinations.My guess would be that Ryanair won't reinstate flights and offer seats for sale until the re-surfacing has been completed and only then for a re-start date a month or two hence (otherwise they'd be flying empty planes for several weeks). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share Posted August 9, 2007 well done-makes sense all of that! guess it will have to be into Carcassone for me,with the extra drive. bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Last week Ryanair contacted those who had LPL-FNI bookings after 14th October to cancel the flights (previously they had sold flights up to the end of October) - they are offering either full refunds for the cancelled flights or else STN-MPL.RegardsPickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom Posted August 21, 2007 Author Share Posted August 21, 2007 i was in Nimes on Friday. i was told the runway work starts 15/10 and airport will be out of action 1 month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbooth Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 The flights are now back on for Liverpool to Nimes end of October through the winter but only on a Monday and Thursday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted September 13, 2007 Share Posted September 13, 2007 Just an update for those down here who are interested.There was a full page piece in la Marseillaisse today covering a press conference held at Nimes airport yesterday by the Ryanair Sales & Marketing Director (presumably for France). The general drift was 'bullish' but as you'd expect non-committal: the EMA route is suspended for the Winter, the Charleroi route has shown the biggest growth, loadings in general are well up.It seems reasonable to suppose that all 3 routes to the UK will continue, though one doubts that there will be more introduced.The airport management talked about more routes ex Nimes to Seville (the bullfight connection), North Africa and Italy. Also, the opening of an airside shop for the sale of wine / oil etc - the landside one is shafted over that given the current security restrictions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audois Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Don't believe all you read in the press!The N.African one is probably indicating Morocco but there's still the same problem over that issue as last year when they had to refund hundreds of tickets to those who'd bought from Marseille, Girona & Frankfurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 Oh, I agree with you - simply reporting what the airport bods were saying, but flts to Fes & Marrakesh ex Marseilles are finally supposed to be starting 30/10. I won't be first in the queue to book though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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