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Category Archives: Ryanair

Ryanair

Ryanair Savagely Trolls Passenger On Twitter

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 20, 2023 3 Comments
Ryanair Twitter

You have to hand it to the kids running the Twitter team at Irish budget carrier Ryanair as there’s never a dull moment. Like the poor guy who accidentally hit shift when typing his height… Ryanair Trolls Passenger On...

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Cheapskate “Forced” To Carry Clothes Onboard In His Arms Because “Carry-On Bag” Was Too Big

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 14, 2023February 14, 2023 34 Comments
Ryanair Bag Cheapskate

Are we supposed to feel sorry for a dude who was too cheap to pay for a carry-on bag on Ryanair and was therefore forced to empty the contents of that bag and carry the clothes onboard in his...

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RyanairSafety

Couple Abandon Child At Airport Over €25 Fee

Kyle Stewart Posted onFebruary 5, 2023February 5, 2023 14 Comments
belarus journalist arrested on ryanair flight

In a shocking case of avoiding additional airfare costs, a couple purportedly abandoned their child in Tel Aviv as they did not purchase a ticket for them to fly. If you are considering booking travel or signing up for a new...

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Family TravelRyanair

Selfish Jerk Refuses To Switch Seats With Boy In Airplane Ticketing Snafu That Left Him In Tears

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 14, 2022November 14, 2022 169 Comments

We’ve debated the ethics of seat swapping and the protocol for making requests, but an airplane seating story out of England that left a six-year-old boy crying really makes me shake my head. Jerk Refuses To Switch Seats With...

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Law In TravelRyanair

Ryanair Ordered To Pay Damages After Hot Tea Burns Child Onboard

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 13, 2022 6 Comments
Ryanair Hot Tea Burned

Ryanair agreed to pay £3,500 in damages after a flight attendant purportedly failed to secure the lid on a hot cup of tea, leading to an eight-year-old being burned on her legs and stomach. Ryanair Will Pay Damages After Child...

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Law In TravelRyanair

Ryanair Ditches “Racist” Afrikaans Test For South African Passengers

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 15, 2022June 15, 2022 14 Comments
Ryanair Ditched Afrikaans Test

After public outcry, Irish carrier Ryanair has ditched its controversial new policy for South African travelers which included a knowledge test administered in Afrikaans. Critics called the test “racist” and Ryanair backed down after initially defending it. Ryanair Ditched...

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Crazy: Ryanair Forcing South African Passengers To Take Knowledge Test In Afrikaans Or Be Denied Boarding

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 6, 2022June 6, 2022 15 Comments
Ryanair Afrikaans

Irish budget carrier Ryanair has instituted a new policy for South African travelers which includes a knowledge test administered in Afrikaans. Ryanair claims this comes in response to a fraudulent passport warning from the South African government, but the...

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14 Passengers Left Behind After Ryanair Forgets To Board Them (Seriously)

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 6, 2022May 5, 2022 14 Comments
Ryanair Forgets Passengers

14 passengers found their holiday to Spain involuntarily lengthened after Ryanair forgot to board them and the plane took off without them. Ryanair Totally Forgets To Board 14 Passengers, As Plane Takes Off With Them Still Waiting For Bus...

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Clueless Couple Winds Up In Spain Instead Of England After Boarding Wrong Flight In France

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 11, 2022April 11, 2022 21 Comments
Board Wrong Ryanair Flight

Madrid is a beautiful city, but perhaps not so beautiful when you think you are flying from Marseille to London on Ryanair and wind up in the Spanish capital instead. Couple Board Wrong Ryanair Flight, Find Themselves In Spain...

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Ryanair 737-800 Dropped 35,000 Feet In Seven Minutes As Cabin Filled With Smoke

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 5, 2022January 5, 2022 7 Comments
Ryanair 737-800 Smoke

A Ryanair 737-800 dropped 35,000 feet in seven minutes and made an emergency landing in France after a fire broke out onboard and smoke filled the cabin. Ryanair 737-800 Rapidly Descends 35,000 Feet After Smoke Fills Cabin The incident...

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Anti-Semitic Chant on Ryanair Leads To Flight Attendant Indifference But Passenger Arrest

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 6, 2021November 6, 2021 49 Comments
Ryanair Anti-Semitic

While flight attendants simply ignored the situation, video posted to social media spurred Essex police to arrest a man thought to have uttered anti-Semitic slogans as an Orthodox Jewish passenger made his way down the aisle on a Ryanair...

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BelarusRyanair

Plot Thickens: Air Traffic Controller In Belarus Who Instructed Ryanair Flight To Divert Is Missing

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 27, 2021July 27, 2021 8 Comments
Belarus Air Traffic Controller Missing

The air traffic controller who directed a Ryanair flight to divert from its path to Vilnius and land in Minsk, Belarus has gone missing. Air Traffic Controller Goes Missing In Belarus Oleg Galegov convinced Ryanair pilots to divert to...

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Curvaceous Italian Refuses To Wear Mask Onboard Because She “Lives In A Democratic Country”

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 1, 2021June 1, 2021 26 Comments

Over the last year we’ve heard a lot of reasons why passengers refused to wear masks. This time, an Italian woman made clear she had a good reason for refusing to wear a mask on her Ryanair flight to...

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Ryanair Flight Diverts To Germany Due To Bomb Threat…No Passengers Arrested

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 31, 2021May 31, 2021 Leave a Comment
Ryanair Berlin Diversion

Another Ryanair flight diverted to an alternate country due to an alleged bomb threat onboard, this time diverting to Berlin, Germany. Only this time, no political dissidents were arrested before the plane continued on to its final destination. Ryanair...

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Qatar Airways CEO Blames Ryanair Hijacking On Pilot Error

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 31, 2021 11 Comments
Qatar Airways CEO Ryanair Hijacking

Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker, never at a loss for words, has argued pilots of Ryanair flight 4978 made a “fundamental error” by flying to Minsk instead of continuing to Vilnius. He called the episode a “hijacking” and...

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Transcript: Ryanair Pilots Communicate With Belarus ATC

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 27, 2021May 27, 2021 12 Comments
FR4978 Air Traffic Control

Belarus has released a transcript of the conversation between Belarusian air traffic control operators and the Ryanair pilots of FR4978, claiming it provides definitive evidence that it did not force the plane to land in Minsk. However, its contents...

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Ryanair

The Captain Made The Right Call In Ryanair Diversion To Belarus

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 25, 2021May 25, 2021 22 Comments
Ryanair Captain Belarus

Hearkening back to my days studying the utilitarianism (promoting the greatest good for the greatest number) of Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill, there is simply no way you can fault the Ryanair captain for his decision to divert...

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Ryanair

Ryanair CEO Calls Belarus Diversion “A State-Sponsored Hijacking”

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 24, 2021May 24, 2021 15 Comments
Ryanair State-Sponsored Hijacking

A day after Belarusian fighter jets forced a Ryanair 737 enroute to Vilnius to divert to Minsk so that an opposition journalist could be arrested, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary called the incident hijacking and piracy. Ryanair Boss Calls FR4978...

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Ryanair Challenges Air Baltic With New Base In Riga, 16 New Routes

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 29, 2021April 29, 2021 4 Comments
Ryanair Riga

Ryanair will challenge Air Baltic in Riga (RIX) by creating a new base and offering 16 new routes starting later this year. As travel restrictions remain in effect, Ryanair sees a business case for increasing Baltic flights. But is...

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Law In TravelRyanair

Drunk, Anti-Mask Passenger Faces 14-Months In Jail

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 2, 2021March 2, 2021 2 Comments
Drunk Passenger Jail

A warning to those who drink and fly: jail time is no longer just a threat. A young man who became inebriated on a flight to England now faces over a year in jail. Drunk Passenger Who Refused To...

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