Posted on July 16, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Michael O’ Leary was yesterday forced to utter an apology to Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of easyJet for accusing him of being a liar in a series of print advertisements for Ryanair. You can’t blame Stelios for being annoyed – you would be too if you were portrayed with an elongated nose [...]

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by NOT SO FAR TRUCKER via Flickr Up to 10 million UK drivers are set to brave the Big Freeze today in attempts to make their way home for Christmas. The AA estimates that one in three of Britain’s cars will be taking to the roads and have urged drivers to exercise caution as [...]

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Ryanair was this week named and shamed as the worst “family brand” in a brand survey that compared some of the UK’s biggest and best-known companies. According to a poll by FamilyBrands, the Irish airline is doing its best to ignore family values and is not seen to care or listen to [...]

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by Drewski2112 via Flickr I’m no Mystic Meg but I’d says a price war is definitely on the cards for the UK’s two no frills airlines. Today Ryanair blasted its rival easyJet, saying there’s no way easyJet can compete with Ryanair’s fares. Reacting to easyJet’s claims that they offer better value than Ryanair the [...]

Posted on September 04, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

  And so the airline industry’s giant game of musical chairs continues.  In the wake of yesterday’s bombshell by Easyjet that it is cutting all flights to East Midlands airport, bmibaby has just announced that it is adding extra capacity across its network to serve regional passengers who have been left high and dry. Commenting [...]

Posted on August 08, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Get your skates on for winter fun.  EasyJet has just announced that it is to serve Salzburg from Gatwick this winter in an effort to build up its flight network.  The new Austrian route is set to be the budget carrier’s 50th served from the airport over the coming winter season.  The service will operate [...]