I agree.. I started flying with Ryanair 12 yrs ago and the delays in the beginning were horrendous but over the years I found they improved and don’t mind to fly with them at all now. Seriously what other airline can u fly so cheaply with from Ireland to europe? Anyone? Ryanair give ample time for people to check-in online before they fly, what is it 2 weeks? More? Who leaves it till the day before they fly to check-in anyway.. ? Not me!

All of this ‘if it wasn’t for Ryanair’ nonsense. Ryanair didn’t bring about cheap travel, deregulation did. If Ryanair weren’t in Dublin, Easyjet would be as they tried to move in a few years ago and Ryanair drove them out.
This nonsense of the Economy and employment also. Ryanair employ hardly anybody. They are all agency workers where until a recent ruling (and still don’t) no social insurance is paid.
Ryanair are dishonest and O’Leary and his management have been damned from the benches for giving untruthful evidence to the courts in this country.
FACT. Of course to many there will never be enough reasons to criticise the man. Make up your own mind but please deal in facts.
The notion that if O’Leary never existed we would be paying a fortune to get off this island is simply not true.

Sean Ryanair fares wont even be found in the US. Easy Jet and other airlines follow the Ryanair model. Its true prices would have dropped when the air lingus monopoly was broken but Ryanair started the concept of crazy low fares and are still the best by far at least in Ireland.

Some people have bad memories, it was Ryanair that broke the Aer Lingus+BA duopoly. When I lived in London in the late 70′s it cost 3 weeks wages to fly to Ireland, now it’s about 3 hours wages.

Yup I’m one of the people with bad memories…memories of massive delays, constant interruptions by unfortunate staff flogging some tat or other, landings that can lead to spinal injury, 3 hour journey from the prefab airport beyond the slums to the city and the last straw was a 7 hour delay in a sweltering airport in Marseille without info, refreshment or apology, got home just in time to shower, sleep for an hour and head to work. Haven’t flown with them since and much happier. If you book ahead of time the price difference is minimal…it might be a bit cheaper but value is about more than just price.

Courtesy from Ryanair – not a word O Leary grew up with , or his staff . LOL

what inconvenience is being caused? you have the ability to checkbin 14 days before a flight, this has been covered by the journal twice, RTE at least twice, most newspapers, most radio stations, plane and simple if you didn’t know about it at this stage your head must be up your backside and deserve to he hit with a €60 charge

Southwest Airlines and Peoples Express were some of the first “no frills”, used them in the US all the time. Just keeping with he facts!

I never fly with them. I am a regular flyer. It’s nothing against them, I just prefer BA & Aer Lingus.

I wonder do you pay for your flights Patrick

I pay for about half of the flights.

Gotta hate when facts ruin stories right Tom :D

Don’t see how this is an attempt at screwing the public. I am flying out on Sunday and I have had 2 email reminders from Ryanair, it’s been all over the radio, I have seen stories about it on a number of different news websites. I get the impression that some people just like to bash Ryanair because it is Ryanair. If you don’t like them don’t use their service, without them and other similar airlines there would be a lot less foreign tourism in Ireland and a hell of a lot less Irish people would have the money to go abroad.

How??? They are advising travellers all week about this and not only here it has been on the national newspapers radio and tv as well as here the journal

How are they screwing the public? The only people affected by this would be Ryanair passengers who have chosen to fly with them.
If you don’t like them don’t fly with them. Ryanair contributes a lot to the Irish economy which is badly needed.

“1. Online Check-in – Not available from 16:00 hrs on Fri. 18 May until 12:00 hrs. Sun. 20 May. Passengers travelling between these dates and times who are unable to check-in online can check-in at the airport and will not be charged the airport check-in fee.”

There will be no charge, so maybe you could fix the article.
We don’t want everyone getting hysterical.

If people don’t like flying with Ryanair then I suggest they quit bitching and fly with someone else. I get 4 -5 holidays in europe each year mainly because I travel with Ryanair. I wouldn’t get to Dublin by train for the cost of some of the flights I get out of knock airport. I have stopped checking the Aerlingus site for prices because its a complete waste of time, they have never beaten Mr. O’Learys low fares and I suspect never will. I know what I get with Ryanair’s “no frills” promise and I’d prefer to have the spare cash in my pocket to spend on holidays! So roll on June, thanks to Michael o’leary I’m headin off for the second time……

Not true Sean. They are the cheapest in Ireland by a mile. Even with Aer lingus copying their model they are not nearly as cheap. I have often compared both. The nearest equivalent in the US is Jet Blue I flew with them also and not nearly as cheap per milage.

Sean, Ryanair HAVE the lowest fares, they HAVE the highest profits, they are the BIGGEST airline in the world, they HAVE the highest paid pilots. Ryanair brought low cost flying to Europe AND helped break up national monopolies throughout Europe. With the likes of Aer Lingus, stewards were paid far too much for what is essentially providing table service.

What is not true Cyril? I never once mentioned the cost of the flights.
You are responding to a point I never made.

William.
You are wrong on practically every point. You are repeating the mantra. Check your facts. They are the worlds biggest airline? Wrong.
They are not even Europes biggest airline. That is Lufthansa.
Check your facts.
A quick google before you come on here with factual innacuracies.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_airlines_in_Europe#section_1

I would be rude too if I earned €6/ hour

Actually their HQ is in Dublin airport and they pay corporation tax here(common sense seeing as they are a corporation operating in Ireland?!)

Statistically they are consistently cheaper than all competitors despite your assertions otherwise and they have one of the best safety records in the world.

I don’t like flying with them very much but they lead the market in cheap airfare, are good for Ireland and campaign for passenger rights (yes because it makes them money but they are easily more outspoken than Aerlingus or easyjet).

Its rarely cheaper with other airlines. Often even with Ryanairs far out airports they are a no brainer as they are practically free. I am getting from Milan to Constanta for €15 thats less than the price of 3 pints.

A pint is €4.30 in most of the pubs I drink in.
I hate this debate every time Ryanair is mentioned somewhere. If you don’t like them don’t fly with them. If you think the extras make the flight cost more than other carriers, use a price comparison site! Weigh it all up and go with whoever is the best value, Jesus Christ it’s not rocket science.

Perhaps Ivor you could point out some of those cheaper fares? I use Skyscanner.com to look for flights and Ryanair are almost ALWAYS the cheaper. BA & BMI rarely even appear they are so expensive. I would hazard a guess that most BMI & BA passengers are flying free because their company or their government department are paying for it.

Yeah I hate them too. I long for the days when it cost £300 to fly to London. Such a shame Ryanair came in and screwed us all with their €50 fares! Headline: people irrationally hating company who make money shocker!

Oh Nucky. Looks like you are being “slaughtered” again! To those who say that Ryanair made travel more affordable by introducing cheap fares. Who do you credit for the relative reduction in the cost of say, TV’s, mobile phones etc? My point is that airfares would have reduced over the past 20 years anyway.

Ridiculous comment Graham.

This has feck all to do with Ryanair bringing the prices down and even less to do with me having a go at a successful company. I hate Ryanair, I hate the ‘no frills’ product they offer and I hate their brand.

Aer Lingus, BMI and City Jet all provide low cost fares and the market was heading that way anyway. Personally, I would much prefer to go back to the €300 a flight days. You actually enjoyed the whole flight experience back then and it would deter many from making unnecessary trips abroad.

@Padraic. I gave you a green thumb by mistake. Damn iPhone!

But you are of course correct, the prices of all products and services were always going to drop to stimulate demand.

Couldn’t agree more

A airline that bitches about everything while unwilling to live up to its own responsibilities unless forced.

24 hours in the IT world is life time
obviously another excuse to rip everyone off.

Nucky. You’re gas! Why is it a mistake to give me a green thumb if you agree with my point? Thank you for your explanation though. I agree with you. So I’ll give you a red thumb!!

Nucky would prefer the days of £300 flights to London. How Celtic tiger look down your nose sense of over inflated self worth of you. I bow to superiority.

Also the cost of phones has remained the same. The iPhone costs €500, just as the Nokia 6150 did when I bought that in 2000. TV’s have come down in price due to reduced cost of mass production. Hardly a mirror of air travel now is it.

Graham. Dont let Nucky get to you too much. Airfares have come down for many reasons. Cheaper costs, like staff and perks, no free meals on board, cheaper distribution costs, ticketless flights. Airlines derive a good proportion of income from selling insurance, hotels, suitcases etc. So your reduction in costs due to mass production of TV’s point is similar to mine.

Ryanair do not give bad service they give no service, have stopped using them a long time ago and have had stress free and hassle free flying since then , was the best move I ever made , from top to bottom this airline sucks!!!!!

..If you had gone to school you could have been an accountant too. :)

I hope Ryanair has offered you something for your efforts to boost their publicity using their usual method of unclear information Jennifer.