Here in Germany, this RyanAir 'comedy' where they got into Elon's business by saying 'no' to the Starlink being used on RyanAir flights for internet service. They could have lightly said 'no'....suggesting their flights are ultra-cheap and they don't offer gimmicks (that cause a upswing on tickets). But they decided to go a step or two beyond that.
This Elon hyped-up, and he asked (mostly as a joke)....how much was RyanAir if he were to buy them.
So this discussion has taken off....without much German notice unless you are on Twitter.
Cost, if Elon was serious? Folks suggest $35-B if you were to buy RyanAir.
My general take? I used RyanAir twice (2000-2005 era)....out of Hahn....to Shannon (Ireland) and some poverty-airport near Rome.
My experience....Hahn runs like a Greyhound bus station, and you spend an hour looking for parking...before you finally start walking to the terminal. The airplane? You feel like it's a Greyhound bus situation out of Memphis (yeah, I did that experience in 1980).
The ticket is ultra-cheap...but logically coming because RyanAir refuses to use prime airports, and most are these mostly 'dead' airports that died out in the 1970s.
If your priority is just to get from point A to B...cheaply as possible, and rent a car for four days.....to see X and Y....then it makes sense.
If you board the plane and want a Coke? It's not free.....figure a minimum of four Euro.....on up to 6 Euro....if it is a long distance flight. You want a particular seat? Pay for that as well.
If they could figure a way to charge for toilet services on the plane.....yeah, they would likely charge 5 Euro for that. So far, it hasn't happened.
If Elon did buy them? I don't see it as a huge profit situation. Elon would re-name them....either Air-X or X-Air. He'd likely add some membership deal....50 Euro a year.....where you got cans of soda for 25 Euro-cents. And yes, Starlink would be on each plane.
A tip here....don't let German bureaucrats drag Elon into a nuke energy discussion. He's likely to go and anchor some platform off the north coast of Germany by 12 miles....put five or six mini-nuke stations on it...and offer to sell cheaper power to Germans....by a 30 to 40 percent discount than what they current produce with solar and wind energy. Another tip....don't get Elon talking to the Poles about mini-nuke stations....engaged in selling cheap power to Germans.
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