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THE DAILY TELEGRAPH(LONDON)
June 22, 2005
Hordes of Polish plumbers loosen Ryanair cashflow
POLISH plumbers have struck again. The hard-working, low-cost tradesmen
blamed for the No vote in the French referendum, and lauded by the British
middle class for unblocking drains cheaply are now helping out Ryanair.
The airline said yesterday that three months after launching flights between
London Stansted and Poland, 80pc of passengers are Polish citizens coming
over to the UK to work or popping back home. Announcing two new destinations
in Poland, Lodz and Poznan, chief executive Michael O'Leary said he expected
to fly 800,000 passengers to and from Poland in the first 12 months.
After the first year, the routes will start becoming more popular with
tourists, according to Ryanair, but the initial flyers are those that would
otherwise take a 48-hour coach trip to the UK.
The Home Office estimates that about 120,000 workers entered the UK from the
new member countries of the European Union between March 2004 and March 2005 -
a fact cited earlier this month by the Governor of the Bank of England to
explain why wage inflation was so low. However, Mr O'Leary said: "I've been
speaking to the Polish ambassador. He reckons that there are closer to
450,000 Poles in the UK."
Mr O'Leary, alongside announcing the new routes including Kaunas in
Lithuania, insisted that oil at $60 a barrel would not force Ryanair's to cut
profit forecasts. Oil prices surged to $59 a barrel on Monday, forcing
airline shares to fall. "The bloodbath in Europe is continuing. If fuel stays
at $60 this winter, you'll see a lot of competition going bust or increasing
their fuel surcharges . . . We'd like to see $60 for the rest of the year,"
he said.
He also took the opportunity to take a swipe at the "sustainable aviation"
initiative launched earlier this week by a consortium of rival airlines and
airports, designed to reduce aeroplane carbon emissions.
''Their major contribution to sustainable aviation will be by going bust," he
said.
