What do you do when you are a flight attendant or pilot and 90% of flights are cancelled? You make a music video of course. Today we have two videos for your viewing pleasure, one from Ryanair and one...
Discount Airlines May Be Coronavirus Travel Remedy
Airlines are suffering along with other businesses during the coronavirus crisis. But discount airlines may be just the remedy that the travel industry needs. If you are considering signing up for a new credit card please click here and...
Ryanair Vows To Fight “Illegal Subsidy” For Lufthansa
Never one to shy away from controversy, Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary is on the warpath after Lufthansa and Germany reached an agreement on a €9 billion aid package. Calling the aid an “illegal subsidy”, Ryanair has vowed to fight it....
Ryanair Chief Delivers Ultimatum To Irish Government
The combative CEO of Ryanair has mocked onboard social distancing and warned that if the Irish government forces it on commercial flights, Ryanair will not fly. But is his ultimatum credible? “Either the government pays for the middle seat...
Ryanair CEO Condemns “Hysteria” Over Coronavirus
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary is not happy over coronavirus coverage, savaging what he calls the “lunacy” and “hysteria” of social media pandemonium. O’Leary has never been one to hold back words and was very blunt in an interview with Sky...
Ryanair Ads Banned For Misleading Consumers
Irish budget carrier Ryanair has been told by the United Kingdom that its latest ad campaign must end and causes consumer confusion. Ryanair claims to be “Europe’s low CO2 emissions airline”. Its TV and radio ads cite the carrier’s...
Ryanair 737 Review [2019]
I briefly offered my thoughts on Ryanair just after the flight, but I’ve never actually published a full review of Ryanair before. You might think there is not much to say about a budget carrier in economy class, but...
Ryanair Accused Of Asking Autistic Teen To Pay Extra Baggage Fee For His Emotional Support Doll
Ryanair is firmly denying that asked an autistic teenager to pay up to check-in his “comfort” doll. Helen Estella wrote on Facebook that her son Leo experienced a meltdown after Ryanair staff told him he’d have to pay to...
After Flight Diverts From Greece To Romania, Ryanair Suggests Bus For Last 750KM…
Leave it Ryanair to suggest passengers take a bus from Romania to Greece after a flight diversion. What? It’s only about 500 miles. A perfect weekend in sunny Thessaloniki, one of my favorite cities in Greece. What could wrong?...
France Seizes Ryanair 737 In Bordeaux, Kicks Passengers Off
Ignore warning letters at your own risk: eventually patience runs out. France’s patience indeed ran out last Thursday, as it grew tired of Ryanair’s failure to even acknowledge a bill of 525,000EUR. The Irish budget carrier had received “incentives” to...
Three Twists In The Ryanair “Staged Photo” Story
Yesterday I wrote about a viral picture of a Ryanair crew forced to sleep on the floor in Malaga Airport after a weather diversion. Ryanair claimed, via chief operating officer Peter Bellew on Twitter, that the whole thing was...
Ryanair Dismisses Viral Photo Of 737 Crew Sleeping On Airport Floor
Ryanair is calling a viral photo of a 737 crew sleeping on the floor of Malaga Airport “staged” and misleading. And while I am usually a harsh critic of Ryanair, I’m somewhat sympathetic to its argument. The picture below,...
