Originally Posted by 777 global mile hound
Greetings all,
I am working on a report regarding discount carriers in Europe and the US.
I am seeking anyone with onboard experience to tell me their personal experience with Ryanair or similar carrier.
What kind of food and beverages does Ryanair sell onboard?
Are they good ? What did they cost? Would you buy them again?
Did it increase the satisfaction of your experience?
What might you suggest to make Ryanair or any other discount carrier a better experience.
Is there anything the US carriers could learn that Ryanair already does well.
All feedback is greatly appreciated.Thank You
Cheers
In general, Europeans love Ryanair, American business people loathe it, or at least that's my experience being an American buinessman in London.
The beverages, food and duty free are effectively a clone of the Aer Lingus service these days, except the flight attendants just left Irish Convent Schools.
The 737 was pretty well standard, no-frills Europlane, the board in order of arrival like Southwest, no seat allocations, they board from the ground at Stansted from both the front and the back of the plane.
I sat in the back and didn't order any food because, by the time they got to me, they were out of all the sandwiches they could sell.
I won't fly them again, but I know many Londoners who swear by them for the low fares. Personally, I appreciate their pressure on pricing, but I'd rather pay 10-20% more on SAS, Lufhansa or the other *A carriers (or even BA) than go through it again. If you fly twice a year, you don't mind. But if you're a butt-in-seat business man, I don't think it's a good choice.
Don't even get me started on our conflicting definition of "Oslo."
Timothy