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Old May 11, 2012, 8:31 am
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Originally Posted by stifle
It's not hard for them to arrive on time with the amount of padding! Last time I flew DUB-BOH with them, the flight was timed to arrive 1h15m after it departed, and as soon as we got onboard they announced a flight time of 40 minutes.
Ah, and the calvary trumpet call announcing "another on-time arrival!"

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Old May 11, 2012, 9:01 pm
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Originally Posted by stifle
It's not hard for them to arrive on time with the amount of padding! Last time I flew DUB-BOH with them, the flight was timed to arrive 1h15m after it departed, and as soon as we got onboard they announced a flight time of 40 minutes.
If I remember correctly, my flight from Edinburgh to Barcelona was "scheduled" to arrive at 10pm. We got there at 9:10pm. We could have taxied from Bilbao and still been "on time".
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Old May 16, 2012, 7:49 am
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These stories are something else. I have taken LCCs in Europe but have avoided Ryan Air based on what I've heard about it. The anecdotes in this thread confirm my fears. I think the only way I'd get on their planes is if I lived in Europe and wanted to take weekend trips with only a small carry-on.

But really, if EasyJet, Wizz and other LCCs can deliver reasonably pleasant travel experiences at a low cost, why does Ryan Air have to be a bunch of jerks about it?
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Old May 16, 2012, 9:38 am
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If Ruinair wasn't making enough money, it would change its practices. Since people continue to travel with it, it's clearly not bad enough for people to change their behaviours.
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Old May 16, 2012, 11:51 pm
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Originally Posted by heraclitus
why does Ryan Air have to be a bunch of jerks about it?
Lot of people believe their propaganda - and being .......s means they get lots of free publicity when O'Leary has one of his rants
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Old Apr 9, 2014, 2:08 pm
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They're the airline incarnation of the devil. Avoid at all cost!!!
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Old Apr 10, 2014, 2:00 am
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And why is that?
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Old Aug 13, 2014, 4:55 pm
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I fly with Ryanair all the time From leeds stanstead and east midlands to dinard in france. I have to say there just brilliant . And are by far the cheapest.. staff always good and friendly what more do u want on a hour flight to france £32 return. That's fish and chip supper in London 😀😀😀😀😀😀
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