Big Zeb to land another Champion for Murphy March 15, 2011 THERE is no better sight in racing than the best two mile chasers in the world running at full pelt around the unique contours of Prestbury Park. The sportingbet.com Queen Mother Champion Chase is a truly mouthwatering contest and many punters will be hoping Master Minded can replicate his astonishing performance in 2008. Then a [...]
Join Together to give Nicholls his first Albert Bartlett winner March 3, 2011 EVEN though this year’s Cheltenham Festival is within touching distance, there still seems to be some ante-post value out there. Now, the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle (run two weeks today) may not exactly be the highlight of the week, but Paul Nicholls’ JOIN TOGETHER looks to have an excellent chance and is a cracking each-way [...]
Ryanair to put targeted ads on boarding cards February 21, 2011 RYANAIR is teaming up with publisher Ink to create customised ads on home-printed boarding passes, which target fliers based on their travelling routes. The budget’s in-flight magazine publisher, is developing a system that will customise advertising for travellers, according to their route and demographic data. The ads will be printed on Ryanair boarding cards and [...]
Captain Chris set to book his ticket to Cheltenham February 3, 2011 BINOCULAR looks impossible to oppose in the Contenders Hurdle at Sandown tomorrow as Peddlers Cross is set to miss his scheduled rematch with the reigning Champion Hurdler. However, he is certain to be sent off ridiculously short and CAPTAIN CHRIS is a far more attractive betting option half an hour later at 2.25pm. Philip Hobbs’ [...]
Ryanair posts quarterly loss due to snow January 31, 2011 RYANAIR blamed its €10m (£8.5m) quarterly loss yesterday on strikes, fuel costs and disruption caused by the weather yesterday, and pledged to take its fight against flight compensation rules to the European courts. The budget airline said it still expects to make a net profit for the year to March towards the top of its [...]
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF RYANAIR’S RESULTS? January 31, 2011 DAVID BUIK | BGC CAPITAL I thought the results were good. Ryanair is excellent at cutting costs when sales are lower, and the fact that the firm has hedged its fuel costs for the next year is pretty smart. The company does what it does very well, and under the circumstances of the snow and [...]
RYANAIR VS COMPENSATION LAW January 31, 2011 Q.WHAT RULES ARE RYANAIR CHALLENGING? A.Passengers flying within or into the European Economic Area can claim compensation if their flights are cancelled, and are also entitled to meals, two telephone calls and accommodation while awaiting a later flight. The rights also apply if a long-haul flight is delayed by more than four hours, or less [...]
Ryanair “on track” despite £8.5m loss January 31, 2011 Europe’s biggest low-cost airline Ryanair re-affirmed its full-year profit target after rising passenger numbers and average fares helped offset disruption from strike action and bad weather. The Irish airline said it was on track to make a full-year net profit towards the upper end of its 380m euro (£325m) to 400m euro target range. Ryanair [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD January 30, 2011 COMPANY NEWS ● Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp will launch the first iPad only newspaper on Wednesday, The Daily. ● The oil giant Exxon Mobil reports earnings today. ● As does budget airline RyanAir, which releases its third quarter earnings results today. ● Tomorrow the iPhone chip manufacturer ARM Holdings releases its fourth quarter results, which [...]
EasyJet passenger numbers climb January 7, 2011 EasyJet’a passenger traffic numbers rose 7.6 per cent from a year earlier in December, following a similar rise in numbers at rival budget airline Ryanair. EasyJet said it carried 3,657,186 last month, while its load factor – which measures the amount of seats filled on a plane – rose by 0.4 percentage points from last [...]