Originally Posted by
farci
If you doubt Ryanair's strategy, read this article:
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/BUSINESS....results.reut/
Quote:
"Ryanair said steady ticket prices, an 18 percent rise in passengers traveling on its growing network from a year ago and a 53 percent jump in ancillary revenues from services other than ticket sales were the main reasons for the profit rise.
In-flight sales of food and drinks, baggage charges and services such as car rental and travel insurance all helped boost ancillary revenues, which now account for 17 percent of the airline's total sales, to 117.1 million euros."
I didn't say it wasn't working. I just think it is a despicable way to do business.
Ryanair is fine if everything goes right and you know what you're getting yourself into. But if anything goes wrong, you're screwed. And that's why I prefer to pay a little more to fly on an airline that won't leave me in the lurch.
Unless I can get one of those 0.01€ tickets (including taxes) they keep offering. Then I feel they have a fair point with regard to how they treat me.