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Community => Transportation, Mass Transit & Infrastructure => Topic started by: danno on July 02, 2010, 07:23:10 AM

Title: Budget airline Ryanair up to its old tricks
Post by: danno on July 02, 2010, 07:23:10 AM
They are planning on introducing "Standing Sections" and they are talking  about pay toilets again.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_dQH1hNCsg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_dQH1hNCsg)
Title: Re: Budget airline Ryanair up to its old tricks
Post by: buckethead on July 02, 2010, 09:03:27 AM
Stand for an hour? I can do it...

Hold it for an hour? I can do it.

Question is, how much would I save in airfare?

JAX to Hartfield, $50 total airfare including one personal item and one carry on bag?

That's a price that I could agree to. What would really suck would be any delay. I have experienced lengthy waits on the tarmac. They can really try the patience.
Title: Re: Budget airline Ryanair up to its old tricks
Post by: tufsu1 on July 02, 2010, 09:28:17 AM
well since Ryan Air charges as little as $10 to fly from London to Paris and London to Dublin, this all seems reasonable.
Title: Re: Budget airline Ryanair up to its old tricks
Post by: buckethead on July 02, 2010, 09:31:09 AM
KABLAAAAM!

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Title: Re: Budget airline Ryanair up to its old tricks
Post by: urbanlibertarian on July 02, 2010, 09:42:46 AM
New study shows how less regulation and more competition in air travel in the EU (no kidding, really) has lead to lower fares than in the U.S.:

http://www.fcpp.org/files/1/PS91_Airlines_JN24F1.pdf
Title: Re: Budget airline Ryanair up to its old tricks
Post by: JaxByDefault on July 02, 2010, 11:07:50 AM
Quote from: tufsu1 on July 02, 2010, 09:28:17 AM
well since Ryan Air charges as little as $10 to fly from London to Paris and London to Dublin, this all seems reasonable.

Why bother with RyanAir? You can get that same flight on AerLingus for 0 euro, taxes only (about 7 USD) if you book it when they release the 0 and 1 euro fares at the beginning of each month. :)  

Ryan Air usually isn't worth the hassle, but I'll fly EasyJet in a heartbeat. I may have to pay for my drink, but I'll never have to pay for the loo or deal with the pushy RA boarding free-for-all (at 6am, when all RA flights usually take off, no less).