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Aer Lingus Really Doesn't Want Ryanair To Be All Up In Its Business Anymore
By Mary Beth Quirk on May 22, 2012 4:30 PM   18 Comments
Aer Lingus scored a hit against fellow Irish airline Ryanair in court today, which will allow British authorities to continue investigating the cheapo carriers over its ownership of a 30% stake in Aer Lingus. More »

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Musicians: Ryanair Charges Unnecessary Fees For Stowing Instruments
By Chris Morran on April 18, 2012 3:30 PM   15 Comments
For years, cheapo airlines like Ryanair have acted like flying tour buses for up-and-coming musicians in Europe. But some musically inclined travelers say the fee-happy carrier recently made it harder on them by tacking on unfair charges for passengers traveling with instruments of any size. More »

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Ryanair To Flight Crew: Hey, Fatties -- Lose Weight So We Can Save On Fuel
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 4, 2012 11:45 AM   80 Comments
Right when you thought CEO of cut-rate airline Ryanair Michael O'Leary and his merry gang of misfit toys couldn't introduce more ridiculous ideas in their efforts to be the cheapest in all the land, a company spokesman says they even take flight crew to task on the topic of dieting. You know, to save on fuel from not carting around so many fatties. More »

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Ryanair CEO Needs Police Escort After Gloating In Front Of Laid-Off Workers
By Chris Morran on February 8, 2012 3:30 PM   68 Comments
Michael O'Leary, CEO of bargain-basement European airline Ryanair, is no stranger to stirring up controversy. But this is probably the first time one of his antics has resulted in him requiring police protection. More »

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Ryanair's In-Flight Porn App Would Let You Join The Mile-High Club All By Yourself
By Chris Morran on November 9, 2011 3:15 PM   72 Comments
Michael O'Leary, CEO of cheapo European airline Ryanair, is taking a break from his plans to remove toilets from his planes to talk up his idea for an app that would allow passengers to do everything from gamble to watch porn. More »

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Is In-Flight Advertising Getting Out Of Control?
By Chris Morran on October 19, 2011 4:15 PM   47 Comments
Depending on the airline you choose, everything from the exterior of your jet to the overhead compartments to your tray table and the back of your seat to your airplane safety video can be sponsored by an advertiser. And considering the amount of revenue being generated by these ads, they probably aren't going anywhere anytime soon. More »

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Ryanair Now Planning To Remove Toilets From Planes
By Chris Morran on October 12, 2011 3:30 PM   87 Comments
It's been more than a year since we've heard much about cheapy European airline Ryanair's grand plan to charge people to use the toilet. That's because the carrier has apparently ditched the scheme in favor of simply removing two out of three toilets from each of their planes. More »

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Ryanair Treats Passenger For Cardiac Arrest With A Sandwich
By Ben Popken on August 4, 2011 4:00 PM   64 Comments
A Ryanair passenger's family is angry with the airline because they say their father had a heart attack on the airplane and all the crew gave him was a sandwich. They also made him pay for the sandwich. More »

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Spirit Airlines To Charge $5 To Print Your Boarding Pass For You
By Chris Morran on June 21, 2011 4:43 PM   53 Comments
Bottom-dollar carrier Spirit Airlines is trying very hard to become the Ryanair of the U.S., announcing that it will soon begin charging travelers $5 to have a boarding pass printed by a Spirit staffer at the airport. More »

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Ryanair Launches "Child Free Flights"
By Ben Popken on April 1, 2011 2:00 PM   96 Comments
Most proclamations by RyanAir, the Irish "jet strapped to a metal pole" low-cost airline, sound like April Fool's jokes anyway but at least their attempt today is right on message. RyanAir announced they are introducing "child free flights" starting late this year. "When it comes to children we all love our own but would clearly prefer to avoid other people's little monsters when travelling," said RyanAir's head of communications Stephen McNamara in a press release. Staying classy is not what this airline is selling. More »

100 Students Removed From Ryanair Flight Over Baggage Fee Fracas
By Chris Morran on February 7, 2011 2:17 PM   69 Comments
The scene of student revolt on a Ryanair plane was like something out of Berkeley in the '60s... Except it wasn't about the Vietnam war, it was about baggage fees. So okay, it wasn't exactly like Berkeley, but there were a bunch of pissed-off college students. More »

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Judge: It's Illegal For Ryanair To Charge For Printing Boarding Pass
By Chris Morran on January 18, 2011 11:20 AM   92 Comments
Notoriously cheap airline Ryanair currently charges customers €40 ($53) if they show up at the airport without having printed up their boarding pass. But a judge in Spain says this fee crosses the line from thrifty to illegal. More »

Getting To Know You: All About The New Friends We Made In 2010
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 31, 2010 10:15 AM   4 Comments
Behind every buzzworthy headline of the past year has been someone in charge, someone to blame, or just someone to laugh at and talk about. From the debacle of Toyota's millions of recalled automobiles, to a fed-up flight attendant with a flair for drama, we've become familiar with a few new faces in 2010, for better or for worse. More »

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Top Posts Of The Week And Open Thread
By Laura Northrup on November 19, 2010 12:30 PM   67 Comments
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Enraged Passengers Refuse To Leave Plane
By Ben Popken on November 17, 2010 1:00 PM   101 Comments
A group of French tourists refused to leave the plane for four hours after it landed in protest of how they were treated. More »

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Passengers Forced To Stand During Flight Because There Weren't Enough Seats
By Chris Morran on October 1, 2010 4:39 PM   50 Comments
While airlines like RyanAir mull over "standing-room seating" and designers create plane seats that will bring tears to your eyes, one airline in Russia figured out how to get passengers to stand up during a flight — just tell them to. More »

Webloyalty Settles With NY AG For $5.2 Mil
By Ben Popken on September 24, 2010 10:00 AM   21 Comments
Online "marketing" company Webloyalty has settled with the New York AG for $5.2 mil. You know how when you buy movie tickets and at the end it says, "You won a free $10 gift certificate!" And then if you read the small print it says that if you accept the gift certificate you get signed up for a discount club that charges a monthly fee? Yeah, that was their game. More »

RyanAir Hides Travel Insurance Opt-Out Under "Country Of Residence" Drop-Down
By Ben Popken on September 17, 2010 2:00 PM   43 Comments
"Dark patterns" are when web designers exploit common browsing behaviors and use them to trick people into do something that's to their disadvantage. One of these, the "anti-scan trick question," is used by RyanAir to get people to sign up for travel insurance. Counterintuitively, to opt out you have to scroll through a "please select country of residence" drop-down menu. Sneaky. More »

Meet The Airline Seat That Will Destroy Your Crotch
By Chris Morran on September 10, 2010 1:45 PM   160 Comments
Though most airline manufacturers and insiders have scoffed at the idea of "standing room" seats on jets, someone has come up with an airplane chair that is simultaneously more feasible and more uncomfortable. Meet the crotch-crushing SkyRider! More »

Stranded Orchestra Gives Impromptu Inflight Concert For Fellow Passengers
By Ben Popken on September 8, 2010 12:00 PM   63 Comments
While waiting for their delayed KLM flight to be released, the Amsterdam Sinfonietta took their instruments down from the overhead compartments and started playing a spontaneous concert for their fellow passengers. More »

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