In yet another controversial move, Irish airline Ryanair has written to the Association of British Insurers (ABI) calling for reduced travel insurance rates for passengers who travel with airlines that lose less bags. The letter to the ABI claims that risk-assessed travel insurance should be introduced into the industry so that rates can be “based  Continue Reading »

Book before the day is out and take advantage of Ryanair’s £10 one-way tickets to Europe. The ticket price includes taxes and charges and is applicable to tickets travelling between October 1st and February 7th 2008, excluding Friday and Sunday flights. Several black out dates apply, however a large number of destinations and departure cities  Continue Reading »

A new piece of advertising by Ireland-based Ryanair is being widely criticized. The advert shows the Army withdrawing from Northern Ireland and has been described as “scraping the bottom of the barrel”. “It was insensitive, crass and made a clear political statement”, said UUP councillor Michael Copeland. The ad debuted last week and was designed  Continue Reading »

Ryanair is helping its passengers get to the Rugby World Cup. The airline recently announced that it would add more flights between England and Ireland to Paris in order to accommodate the increased demand around the important sporting event. Three additional return flights will take passengers to Paris in time for England’s game against South  Continue Reading »

A strange reversal is occurring in the aviation industry lately. Flagship carriers are trying to cut costs by reducing their extra spending and cutting on board service costs while low cost carriers known best for their no-frills service are getting frillier every day. In order to provide low cost flights, budget carriers traditionally operate out  Continue Reading »

The Global Property Group recently announced that the tourism industry in southern industry is being sustained by the activity of no-frills flyers. The Group’s director, Mike Dunkerly, pointed out how low cost carriers have opened up destinations in Spain to tourists and said that similar flight into southern Italy were “tremendously important”. He also commented  Continue Reading »

Budget airline Ryanair is offering free flights to a number of winter ski locations charging passengers only the taxes and charges for the flight. The sale celebrates the airline’s largest ever selection of winter routes this season. Ryanair will be offering 58 routes from the UK this winter to a number of ski gateway airports  Continue Reading »

Ryanair will soon be changing the way it advertises its low cost flights, doing away with the era of flights for one pence. As one of the first budget airlines in Europe, Ryanair advertised incredibly low prices for flights to entice impulse buyers into spending cash. With taxes and surcharges, the price of flights was  Continue Reading »

A recent report criticized all airport security measures in the UK but it is Heathrow Airport that has been taking most of the heat. That is, until budget airline Ryanair lashed out against Stansted Airport and the company responsible for the airport operations, BAA. Ryanair threatened to ground seven of it’s planes over the winter  Continue Reading »

As heavy rains and flood waters hit Britain contributing to an already wet summer, many people are escaping from under cloudy skies and heading to sunnier climes. Budget airline Ryanair has discovered that the number of tickets for flights from Dublin Airport directly corresponds with rainfall statistics available through Met Eireann, the meteorological service in  Continue Reading »

Low-cost carrier Ryanair has announced its plans to sue the European Commission (EC) for its failure to investigate claims that some airlines have been receiving ‘illegal state aid’ from local governments. Air France, Alitalia, Lufhansa and Olympic Airways are among the airlines suspected of having benefited from additional government funding. Ryanair accuses the EU of  Continue Reading »

In a recent survey conducted in the UK by the website www.frenchentre.com, it was found that if a green tax was added to flight tickets for low-cost airlines to France, 3 out of 10 people would refuse to buy them. This exposed the true desires of people flying the no-frills airlines like Ryanair or EasyJet.  Continue Reading »