stansted airport news
July 2010
29.07.10 MPs back call for 50 year ban on second runway
24.07.10 Pegasus add extra Turkey / Cyprus flights
22.07.10 Ancillary revenues up 43% at airlines
20.07.10 Ryanair profits drop 24% on ash cloud costs
18.07.10 Stansted gets A380 approval
17.07.10 Ryanair expects record July
16.07.10 Stansted encourages passengers to use on airport parking
15.07.10 Ryanair ad banned after easyJet complaint
12.07.10 Airport offers one off charity grant
11.07.10 Passengers keen to avoid food and drink costs
09.07.10 Airport noise meeting announced
07.07.10 European Court blocks Ryanair's Aer Lingus takeover
06.07.10 Ryanair June passengers up 15%
06.07.10 Ryanair gets tough on ash cloud claims
04.07.10 easyBus winter services on sale
02.07.10 Ryanair instroduce higer summer baggage fee
01.07.10 More nonsense from Ryanair's O'Leary
June 2010
30.06.10 Ryanair to cut flights this winter
29.06.10 Autumn seat sale for Ryanair
26.06.10 Ryanair question easyJet youngest fleet claim
24.06.10 Which? slam London airport rail costs
24.06.10 AirAsia X add flatbed seats on Stansted flights
23.06.10 Elvis no longer banned by easyJet
18.06.10 Ryanair offer bigger baggage limit - for a bigger fee !
15.06.10 Cancer charity benefits from Stansted business event
13.06.10 Ryanair and Hertz launch ‘effortless’ car hire booking system
13.06.10 easyJet ban Elvis
12.06.10 Ryanair calls for forced sale of Stansted
12.06.10 New Stansted – US flights take off
10.06.10 New advertising partnership announced
07.06.10 Police launch Stansted Airport Hotel Watch
06.06.10 Ryanair flight 'almost ran out of fuel'
05.06.10 SSE launch 50 years campaign
04.06.10 Ryanair 'booked' passengers up 17%
01.06.10 Ryanair profits up; announce dividend
May 2010
31.05.10 Ryanair expected to report profits jump
29.05.10 Ryanair add guides to website
26.05.10 Government plans 'airports bill'
25.05.10 Runway planning application withdrawn
25.05.10 You’ll love the Crynair website !
24.05.10 Samsonite create Ryanair bag
23.05.10 Ryanair wants ash compensation
22.05.10 German court bans Ryanair payment card fee
21.05.10 New easyJet flights take off
21.05.10 Cyprus Airways customers get Stansted lounge access
20.05.10 Police post YouTube video of Stansted work
19.05.10 Ryanair to appeal Italian fine
18.05.10 Ryanair ‘ash rescue flights’
18.05.10 Virgin planes divert to Stansted
16.05.10 Ryanair fined €3m for ash cloud passenger failings
16.05.10 New Government’s Stansted runway stance ‘a major blow to business’
11.05.10 EYE airport media wins confirmed
10.05.10 Computer failure causes chaos
09.05.10 Airport receives health and safety award
09.05.10 Stansted Airport hotels with free wi-fi
08.05.10 Irish pilots union boss receives O'Leary apology
07.05.10 Ryanair passengers up 17% or down 6%
07.05.10 Council reject Stansted non aviation warehouse plans
06.05.10 New US flights announced
03.05.10 Competition Commission head slams 'perverse' BAA decision
01.05.10 Job losses after JCDecaux loses advertising contracts
April 2010
24.04.10 NFL plane used to fly home stranded passengers
23.04.10 Ryanair will pay compensation to stranded passengers
22.04.10 Ryanair delays UK / Ireland flights to pick up stranded passengers
17.04.10 Ryanair named least favourite airline
14.04.10 Boeing refuse to replace Ryanair toilets with seats
13.04.10 Mirror wants 'tin pot' Ryanair boycott
12.04.10 Airport station receives 100% score
08.04.10 Passengers up 13 percent at Ryanair
07.04.10 Ryanair increase baggage fees for summer peak
05.04.10 New Hampton Hotel near Stansted
03.04.10 Thomas Cook boss slams Ryanair Canaries subsidies
02.04.10 Ryanair raise profit forecast after better than expected winter
01.04.10 Germanwings flight sale
March 2010
31.03.10 easyJet's new summer routes take off
30.03.10 Ryanair lose in-flight mobile phone operator
25.03.10 New freight company announced
24.03.10 Ryanair to lease strike planes to BA as O'Leary slams union
23.03.10 Ryanair add Barcelona flight for Arsenal fans
22.03.10 Air France-KLM to take on budget airlines
18.03.10 Ryanair and easyJet top airline complaints table
16.03.10 Air Asia add KL flights
12.03.10 Ryanair add Spanish route
11.03.10 Runway inquiry faces 2 year delay
11.03.10 New Travelodge hotel for Stansted Airport
10.03.10 BAA mortgages airport runway properties
04.03.10 Passengers up 6% at Ryanair
01.03.10 Retail sales boom on weak pound
February 2010
28.02.10 Big drop in Ryanair flight punctuality
28.02.10 Stansted gets new Asian restaurant
26.02.10 BAA claim 'huge support' for airport expansion
23.02.10 Conservatives will block Stansted runway
23.02.10 Successful Stansted hotel fundraiser
22.02.10 Maintenance company to close over easyJet cost cuts
21.02.10 Ryanair stranded passengers on wrong canary island
20.02.10 easyBus transfer special offer
13.02.10 Cargo volumes up again
12.02.10 Airport boss continiues to back second runway
11.02.10 Competition Commission to appeal BAA airport sales decision
10.02.10 Busy weekend expected
07.02.10 Airport wants 50 female security officers
05.02.10 New routes for Ryanair
04.02.10 Ryanair passengers up 9 percent
03.02.10 Ryanair threaten to move to Gatwick
01.02.10 Big fall in Ryanair losses
January 2010
31.01.10 New Stansted lounge targets Ryanair passengers
29.01.10 76% think fat passengers should pay more
28.01.10 Stansted trials facial recognition gates
21.01.10 Campaigners and airport clash on runway plans
18.01.10 O'Leary responds to OFT boss attack
17.01.10 Ryanair to implement 'wee fee'
16.01.10 Germanwings announce Hanover flights
15.01.10 Star1 add Vilnius flight
14.01.10 Stansted targets Heathrow / Gatwick airlines and US flights
10.01.10 Successful appeal for Ryanair air rage passenger
08.01.10 Passengers up 12% at Ryanair
05.01.10 O’Leary: customers would like me dead
05.01.10 easyJet adds four routes from Stansted
04.01.10 OFT boss attacks Ryanair over charges
04.01.10 Overrunning engineering works hit Stansted trains
December 2009
29.12.09 Ryanair to suspend domestic Italian flights
28.12.09 Ryanair expected to launch fresh Aer Lingus bid
22.12.09 New Ryanair route to Trapani
18.12.09 Ryanair walk away from Boeing deal
17.12.09 Boarding car advertising for Ryanair
15.12.09 Ryanair crew criticised over flight emergency
14.12.09 Which? slam busget airline flight extras
08.12.09 Ryanair Boeing deal looking more likely
05.12.09 Stansted launch 'switch off' campaign
04.12.09 Ryanair passengers up 15 percent
01.12.09 Longer trains planned for Stansted Express
November 2009
30.11.09 Ryanair switch fee free payment card
29.11.09 Ryanair’s O’Leary 'to quit in 2 – 3 years'
29.11.09 Stansted Airport business group meeting details
24.11.09 Ryanair named worst family brand
24.11.09 easyJet announce new routes
21.11.09 New Ryanair threat for Boeing
17.11.09 Stansted axe Christmas cards to Help Heroes
15.11.09 Ryanair has paid delayed flight compensation
14.11.09 Ryanair say BA / Iberia deal ‘inevitable’; eyes Aer Lingus again
14.11.09 Swissport to axe 90 staff at Stansted
14.11.09 Holiday Extras trials same day parking deals at Stansted
13.11.09 Men fined over duty free theft
13.11.09 Ryanair axe Stansted – Newquay route
10.11.09 Basel flights axed by Ryanair
09.11.09 Ryanair plan 150% increase in boarding card fee
06.11.09 Timetable change halves bus frequency
05.11.09 Extra plane noise 'saves 2p'
04.11.09 Ryanair passenger numbers up 15%
04.11.09 Turkish airlines prepares for Stansted – Istanbul flights takeoff
03.11.09 Ryanair expects to overtake BA in Britain
02.11.09 Ryanair report big jump in profits
October 2009
30.10.09 Name change for Stansted hotel
29.10.09 Rival airline boss predicts death of Ryanair
29.10.09 Ryanair making little headway on plane orders
29.10.09 Ryanair’s new Stansted routes take off
25.10.09 Flight path changes delayed again
24.10.09 Swissport talks stalemate
22.10.09 Ryanair push for quick airport sale
22.10.09 Ryanair slash Stansted – Kerry flights
21.10.09 Man in court over airport shop fraud
14.10.09 Ryanair wants to order 200 planes before year end
12.10.09 Big fuss over Panorama Ryanair programme
12.10.09 Ryanair expect Aer Lingus to run out of cash in 18 – 24 months
09.10.09 SSE wood tidy this weekend
07.10.09 Airport and campaigners at party conferences
07.10.09 Ryanair wants to renegotiate aircraft orders
06.10.09 Ryanair passengers up 17 percent
05.10.09 O’Leary fresh APD rise criticism
05.10.09 Stansted hotel launches charity drive
03.10.09 Ryanair hedge Q1 2011 fuel
02.10.09 AirAsia to add second daily KL service from next summer
September 2009
30.09.09 Airport spends £90m buying 'runway houses'
29.09.09 Roadworks near Stansted from tonight
28.09.09 Long haul 3 - 4 years away for Ryanair
27.09.09 Ryanair to complete removal of check-desks
27.09.09 Ryanair to cut €460m off fuel bill
26.09.09 SSE launch calendar
25.09.09 Ryanair considers dividend; cuts passenger forecast
25.09.09 New Stansted lounge opens today
24.09.09 Ryanair change flight ID rules
23.09.09 Ryanair award IT contract
22.09.09 Catering outlets busiest in UK
19.09.09 New boss at Stansted
19.09.09 Ryanair charges more for in flight catering
17.09.09 SSE annual hike this weekend
15.09.09 Ryanair and easyJet flight punctuality row
14.09.09 75,000 book AirAsia flights
12.09.09 Ryanair makes £548m from stealth charges
12.09.09 Roadworks near Stansted Airport
11.09.09 Capacity cuts hit passenger numbers
11.09.09 Stansted staff ‘lose football teams plane’
09.09.09 New Spar store opened
07.09.09 Iceland Express to return
07.09.09 Ryanair receives 200th plane
06.09.09 O'Leary: Ryanair will buy Aer Lingus
05.09.09 50% rise in Ryanair luggage fees
04.09.09 August passengers up 19% for Ryanair
04.09.09 Stansted ground accident report released
03.09.09 Airlines scramble to fill gap left by SkyEurope
02.09.09 SkyEurope fail; Ryanair / easyJet offer rescue fares
01.09.09 Ryanair axe Newquay flights
August 2009
30.08.09 Flying eye hospital to visit
28.08.09 Aer Lingus fuel rumours of new Ryanair bid
23.08.09 Enterprise open airport branch
22.08.09 Swissport staff to strike
21.08.09 Off duty nurses save heart attack victim
21.08.09 Gordon Brown sponsors Stansted charity climber
16.08.09 More airport coaches get free Wi-Fi
14.08.09 Airport boss admits noise increase
14.08.09 Deal ends Stansted Express rail strike
13.08.09 Stansted Express train strike again
13.08.09 Swissport strike threat at Stansted Airport
10.08.09 Ryanair reject court ruling on card fees
09.08.09 BA cheaper than Ryanair
07.08.09 New insurance partner for Ryanair
06.08.09 Passengers up 19% at Ryanair
04.08.09 AirAsia X cuts KL premium seat prices
04.08.09 Now managers join Stansted Express strikes
03.08.09 Ryanair apologise after 700 passengers miss flights
03.08.09 Ryanair faces fine for ‘hidden’ charges in Spain
03.08.09 More train strikes to hit Stansted services
03.08.09 Ryanair talks with US airports over transatlantic flights
02.08.09 Ryanair check-in chaos
01.08.09 Ryanair visa check rule for non-EU passengers
July 2009
31.07.09 Ryanair to announce new UK base
31.07.09 New Stansted hotel approved
30.07.09 Ryanair signs $1.5bn aircraft financing deal
29.07.09 Stansted Express train strike
28.07.09 Ryanair passengers can now make same day bookings online
27.07.09 Ryanair profits up 550% but warns on full year profit
27.07.09 Ryanair plans lower fares
26.07.09 easyBus open new Stansted store
25.07.09 100,000 use new Ryanair SMS service
24.07.09 O'Leary: Ryanair not struggling
22.07.09 Ryanair to cut flights this winter
21.07.09 National Express open Stansted sales desk
19.07.09 Turkish Airlines takes prime advertising slot
19.07.09 Tortoise smugglers caught at Stansted
18.07.09 New Norway route for Ryanair
17.07.09 Payment card fees up 614% at Ryanair
16.07.09 Ryanair to install self service kiosks
15.07.09 Snowjet announce Sion flights
14.07.09 German court block Ryanair credit card fees
13.07.09 Ryanair cricket protest
10.07.09 easyJet announce Fuerteventura flights
08.07.09 Pilots call for Government action on laser attacks
08.07.09 Ryanair launch online discount shopping scheme
07.07.09 Runway name changed
06.07.09 Ryanair want standing room only flights
05.07.09 OFT orders Ryanair to make prices clearer
04.07.09 Ryanair passengers jump 13%
03.07.09 Council praise Stansted noise team
02.07.09 Star 1 to launch Vilnius flights
02.07.09 easyJet to sell visitor Oyster cards on Stansted flights
01.07.09 Ryanair plug customer service figures
June 2009
29.06.09 SSE announce 'heritage hike'
27.06.09 Ryanair to serve over 100 routes this summer
26.06.09 Woman wrapped in cleaning fluid sparks red alert
24.06.09 Ryanair to make passengers carry own bags
24.06.09 Ryanair say APD and BAA charges cost airports 4.5m passengers
23.06.09 Airport wins employment initiative award
20.06.09 SSE lose fifth appeal
19.06.09 Aircraft engineer fined £1000 over air rage incident
18.06.09 Runway inquiry to be delayed until after election
18.06.09 Ryanair Stansted flight hit by lightening
18.06.09 No UK growth for Ryanair; some cuts planned
17.06.09 SSE launch fifth appeal against expansion
17.06.09 Facial recognition tests at 10 UK airports
16.06.09 Ryanair website to close for 10 hours
15.06.09 Maintenance firm to cut up to 90 jobs
14.06.09 Stansted Airport hotel charity event
13.06.09 Noise consultation launched
10.06.09 Ryanair launch £1 text flight confirmations
10.06.09 70 year old Stansted drug smuggler jailed for 8 years
09.06.09 Ryanair boss predicts winter price war
09.06.09 Ryanair boss sells 5m shares
08.06.09 New insurance partner for Ryanair
07.06.09 Massive jump in Ryanair complaints
05.06.09 BAA still pushing ahead with runway plans
04.06.09 Ryanair passengers up 9% in May
02.06.09 Ryanair report first annual loss
02.06.09 Spain’s Queen flies Ryanair
01.06.09 Ryanair to announce results
01.06.09 Stansted parking charges criticised
May 2009
24.05.09 SSE launch noise complaints leaflet
24.05.09 Stansted Airport fire service £1m upgrade
23.05.09 SSE slam BAA runway inquiry delay request
21.05.09 BAA ask for runway inquiry delay
19.05.09 Camping is 'recession chic' say Ryanair
18.05.09 BAA challenge airport breakup ruling
16.05.09 New marketing manager for Ryanair
15.05.09 170 jobs lost at Stansted
14.05.09 Ryanair want early Stansted sale
13.05.09 Ryanair to charge £5 (each way) for online check in
13.05.09 Stansted want passengers to use new passport gates
12.05.09 O'Leary denies increasing Ryanair profit forecast
11.05.09 Runway decision will not be made until after next election
09.05.09 Conservatives renew runway block pledge
09.05.09 Ryanair rules out ‘fat tax’
08.05.09 Ryanair might ask passengers to carry their own luggage
07.05.09 Obama to stick with Stansted
06.05.09 Ryanair April passengers up 12 percent
03.05.09 Air Arabia to launch Casablanca flights
01.05.09 SSE suffer expansion challenge setback
April 2009
30.04.09 Budget airline websites slammed
28.04.09 Campaign group says Stansted runway not needed until 2030
28.04.09 Ryanair won’t bid again for Aer Lingus
24.04.09 Axing check in desks to save Ryanair €30 - €40m a year
23.04.09 Ryanair to save €500m on fuel costs
23.04.09 Ryanair threaten to close Dusseldorf base
21.04.09 Air Asia KL flights to go daily
21.04.09 Coach fire at Stansted Airport
17.04.09 TUI to stop screen scraping ryanair.com
16.04.09 Ryanair calls for APD axe after March passenger drop
15.04.09 New date soon for runway inquiry
10.04.09 Biomass boiler cuts gas consumption by 40%
09.04.09 Ryanair criticised over cost saving suggestions
08.04.09 Flight emergency delays Ryanair Stansted passengers
04.04.09 Ryanair March passengers up 5%
02.04.09 Stansted trains to get more carriages
March 2009
30.03.09 Ryanair appoint route development director
27.03.09 New Essex bus link prepares for takeoff
26.03.09 Ryanair receive 200th plane
25.03.09 Ryanair may increase passenger forecast
24.03.09 Five hospitalised by car park crash
22.03.09 Union wants cut in baggage limit
20.03.09 Airport sale will hit expansion plans
19.03.09 Rail user group wants new Stansted link
18.03.09 Pay freeze for Ryanair pilots
17.03.09 Ryanair stewardess is porn star
14.03.09 BAA is ‘ready to fight to keep Stansted’
14.03.09 Ryanair offers €1000 prize for best money saving idea
13.03.09 SSE lose expansion legal challenge
13.03.09 BAA say CAA Stansted pricing fails to recognise spending
12.03.09 BA cargo arm to remain at Stansted
11.03.09 Ryanair double airport check-in fee
11.03.09 AirAsia X launch Stansted – KL flights
07.03.09 O’Leary admits Aer lingus stake was a mistake
07.03.09 Aurigny announce Stansted – Jersey flights
05.03.09 Pegasus add Turkey flights
04.03.09 Passengers up 7 percent at Ryanair
03.03.09 Ryanair resume Newquay flights
02.03.09 Runway inquiry delayed
February 2009
28.02.09 AirAsia to offer cargo capacity
27.02.09 SSE legal challenge overruns
27.02.09 Ryanair boss suggests £1 fee to use the loo
24.02.09 Ryanair accuse Thomas Cook of mis-selling its flights
23.02.09 Nats to revise flightpath proposals
23.02.09 Stansted expansion battle goes to court
22.02.09 Times: BAA to sell Stansted
21.02.09 New recycling facilities launched
21.02.09 Costa Cruises sign Ryanair deal
20.02.09 Ryanair to close all check-in desks
19.02.09 Second runway timing slips again
15.02.09 Jail for smugglers with drugs in pants
14.02.09 SSE say airport expansion unnecessary
12.02.09 Staff should accept pay cut says Ryanair boss
10.02.09 Ryanair criticise CAA over Stansted
04.02.09 Big plane order planned by Ryanair
03.02.09 Ryanair January passengers up 11%
03.02.09 £30 charge if duty free won’t fit in your hand luggage from Ryanair
02.02.09 Ryanair ups profit forecast despite losses
January 2009
31.01.09 Ryanair announce new hotels partner
31.01.09 Ryanair shares downgraded on fares concern
28.01.09 Aegean reach passenger milestone
23.01.09 Ryanair admit defeat on Aer Lingus bid
22.01.09 Runway inquiry could last 20 months
20.01.09 Ryanair warns it will enforce hand baggage rule
18.01.09 Extra charges will earn Ryanair £650m+ this year
17.01.09 Demonstration at Stansted Airport hotel
17.01.09 Record sales for Ryanair
11.01.09 Plane Stupid website blocked
10.01.09 Ryanair increase fuel hedging
09.01.09 Passenger jailed for drunken Allah rant
08.01.09 Ryanair to sue Stansted protesters for £2.2m
08.01.09 Stansted Airport protesters sentenced
07.01.09 Ryanair passengers up 11%
06.01.09 Shareholders snub Ryanair's Aer Lingus bid
05.01.09 Iceland flights sale
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