Ryanair is reportedly planning to offer free flights by setting up “casinos in the sky” and showing pay-per-view football matches.
The Daily Record says Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary plans to introduce in-flight entertainment to subsidise the cost of the flights.
The company has also launched a service from Prestwick to Norway, with flights from only £9.
Mr O’Leary told the Daily Record that new services to Italy – with Milan, Pisa or Venice as favourites – and Stockholm in Sweden, will follow within the next two years.
He told dailyrecord.co.uk: “We are currently talking to Pengeluaran HK Boeing about in-flight entertainment where passengers will swipe through a credit card and pay, for example, a pound to watch children’s cartoons or a football match.
“We are also planning to introduce gambling – like Las Vegas slot machines with a limited jackpot.”
Mr O’Leary also said he wanted to cut the amount of luggage carried on Ryanair planes.
He told the Daily Record: “If we could carry less luggage, we could get rid of check-ins and get rid of the need for baggage handlers.”
London Clubs shares down 36%
But company says financial situation has not worsened By Friedel Rother FT Investor, 12:03 GMT Mar 4, 2002
LONDON (FT Investor) – London Clubs International on Monday disputed weekend press reports that its financial situation had worsened since its last market update in December.
The company told FT Investor it was “unfair” to suggest that London Clubs [LCI, News, Chart, Research] had reached a new crisis point, following a report in the Sunday Times which suggested that the group was now on the “critical list” as its debts grew beyond £230m. See this story
“If the situation had worsened then the company would have made an announcement,” a spokesman said.
He added that the talks with its lenders were ongoing and said London Clubs hoped to update the market on the outcome by the end of March. “The company is confident of reaching an agreement with its lenders,” he said.
Nevertheless, shares in London Clubs slumped as much as 35.9 per cent to trade at 10.25p.
The stock has lost nearly 80 per cent of its value over the past year, as the group acknowledged difficulties with its joint-venture involvement in Aladdin, a Las Vegas casino.
The casino filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last October, contributing to an £18.9m interim operating loss for London Clubs.
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