Posted on July 08, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia So it seems Ryanair and its Dublin- based PR machine, Murray Consultants have decided to go their separate ways.� This week the two companies said there were no hard feelings and they had agreed to part on an “amicable and mutually agreed basis”. Murray will pack their bags (no doubt, regulation cabin size) [...]

Posted on July 02, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

With quips like: “Our strategy is like Wal-Mart: We pile it high and sell it cheap” and “If drink sales are falling off we get the pilots to engineer a bit of turbulence. That usually spikes up the drink sales”, it was only a matter of time before Michael O’ Leary got into stand-up. That’s [...]

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Ryanair is changing its baggage rules. AGAIN.  I can hardly keep up. So what is it this time? Well, they’re doing us passengers a big favour by letting us check-in a whole 20kg instead of 15kg for our first piece of luggage. But it being Ryanair, there is of course a sting [...]

Posted on June 01, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by Mikelo via Flickr Michael O’ Leary and Ryanair are rubbing their hands together today, all set to challenge “ludicrous” claims for refunds from passengers stranded by the ash delays. Never one to pull his punches, O’ Leary came out with some real gems this morning. I especially love this one: “There was no volcanic [...]

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by wicho via Flickr Have you heard the one about Ryanair stranding a plane full of half-term holidaymakers on the wrong Canary Island?  This story would be funny if it wasn’t true. Yep.  That’s right. Last week a pilot who tried to land in Lanzarote during a thunderstorm was forced to divert to Fuerteventura.  [...]

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by aromano via Flickr It doesn’t get much lower, not even by Ryanair’s standards. Get this – on Monday evening (Christmas week), thirsty passengers stranded on a crowded Ryanair flight from Stansted to Dinard were forced to lick ice cubes for water, when cabin crew refused to serve them refreshments because “rules” prohibited it [...]