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Category Archives: Ryanair

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

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 6, 2022November 14, 2023 14 Comments
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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, 2022November 14, 2023 21 Comments
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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, 2022November 14, 2023 7 Comments
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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 14, 2023 49 Comments
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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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Plot Thickens: Air Traffic Controller In Belarus Who Instructed Ryanair Flight To Divert Is Missing

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 27, 2021November 14, 2023 9 Comments
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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, 2021November 14, 2023 26 Comments
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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, 2021November 14, 2023 Leave a Comment
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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, 2021November 14, 2023 11 Comments
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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, 2021November 14, 2023 12 Comments
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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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The Captain Made The Right Call In Ryanair Diversion To Belarus

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 25, 2021November 14, 2023 22 Comments
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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 CEO Calls Belarus Diversion “A State-Sponsored Hijacking”

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 24, 2021November 14, 2023 15 Comments
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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, 2021November 14, 2023 4 Comments
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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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Drunk, Anti-Mask Passenger Faces 14-Months In Jail

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 2, 2021November 14, 2023 2 Comments
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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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Intoxicated Passenger Headbutts Flight Attendant When Told To Wear Mask

Matthew Klint Posted onFebruary 5, 2021November 14, 2023 15 Comments
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A passenger is in oceans of trouble after allegedly consuming a half gallon of vodka prior to boarding his flight, then assaulting a flight attendant when he was asked to wear a mask. Intoxicated Man Headbutts Flight Attendant When...

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Ryanair In Trouble For Controversial “Jab & Go” Ad

Matthew Klint Posted onJanuary 27, 2021November 14, 2023 Leave a Comment
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Ryanair, never one to avoid controversy, has been reprimanded by UK authorities for a controversial “jab & go” ad campaign. The Irish budget carrier has reluctantly conceded it will cease and desist the campaign. Ryanair “Jab & Go” Ad...

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Ryanair Trolls President Trump, Kanye West

Matthew Klint Posted onNovember 5, 2020November 14, 2023 27 Comments
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Irish budget carrier Ryanair, known for its brash CEO who always speaks his mind, has waded into the U.S. presidential election with a barrage of tweets which troll several members of the Trump family as well as Kanye West....

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Ryanair Vs. SAS: Dueling “We Will Fly Again” Music Videos

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 19, 2020November 14, 2023 6 Comments
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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...

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Discount Airlines May Be Coronavirus Travel Remedy

Kyle Stewart Posted onMay 31, 2020November 14, 2023 2 Comments
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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 booking travel or signing up for a new credit card please click here. Both support LiveAndLetsFly.com....

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Ryanair Vows To Fight “Illegal Subsidy” For Lufthansa

Matthew Klint Posted onMay 27, 2020November 14, 2023 5 Comments
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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....

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Ryanair Chief Delivers Ultimatum To Irish Government

Matthew Klint Posted onApril 23, 2020November 14, 2023 9 Comments
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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...

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