Airports massively compete for business in London too, resulting in lower costs for airlines.

Jason absolute bull!

What is? All the London ariports compete massively for traffic, offering airlines alls sorts of incentives and inducements to use their facilities, to increase frequencies and to launch new routes. Inducements would include lower landing fees, no landing fees for new routes, lower costs check in desks, marketing costs and more. LGW, LHR, STN, Luton, City and now even Southend compete hugely for new business.

Jason there is no travel tax in Ireland there is in the Uk- charges in Irish airports are more than comparable with uk airports & that’s a fact. I think Ryanair does a great job on some routes but on routes where there is little or no competition they charge through the nose! Worse than the Aerlingus of old! Check it for yourself!

Yes I know, I regularly fly to Krakow, as my wife is Polish and since EI pulled out FR have increased prices, but I can get good deals to Katowice or Wroclaw still. However, what I said about airports competing in London is not “absolute bull” and significant savings are made by airlines in cities with competing airports, as opposed to monopolies like DUB.

Jason I was quoted )€1098 to fly from Dublin to Alicante for 2 the same day from Stansted was less than €300! No amount of airport charges can justify that. Never thought I’d see the day when RyanAir would charge fares like that

Definitely “not with Ryanair you won’t”: Airlines such as Ryanair who don’t hold a Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Certificate are banned from Australia.

One flight a day as opposed to 2 or more democracy. It’s a huge price, no denying that but other things come into play such as demand and amount of flights a day, take off and landing slots, and that’s were landing charges etc affect airlines. Not trying to justify that price but there’s a lot to this and not just simple factors.

Boganity, cheap shot, Ryanair would easily get one if those it it was required as they have an amazing safety record. They’ve never had a crash, unlike EI.

Jason there are two reason why airlines never crash, they either have a strict safety and compliance culture, or they’ve been lucky…so far. Only third world airlines don’t hold a safety certificate, and three Ryanair aircraft declaring emergencies because they ran out of fuel and had to divert is a poor safety record by any measure. Both of these issues are why Ryanair never made the recents world’s top 450 safest discount airlines list. There’s a reason Australia hasn’t had a commercial airline crash is over 70 years, they’re very strict on safety and don’t let airlines, like Ryanair, without the highest safety standards into their airspace. Ryanair haven’t had a catastrophic crash for one reason, luck, and all luck runs out eventually. Like most Irish people cheap airfares are blinding you to the facts.

Ryanair did not run out of fuel and still had their reserve tanks. The 3 aircraft you mention in Spain were exonerated by the Irish and Spanish safety authorities. The issue came down to weather and circling. Facts are facts and to say they ran out if fuel is a bare faced lie. Safety does not come down to luck. It comes down to training, aircraft maintenance, fleet updates bad many other factors. Nothing to do with luck and your grudge against FR is very apparent. Deal with facts not conjecture or bias.

Not having a safety certificate fits where exactly with your argument ? And you are absolutely correct, 100% agree with you, about me having a bias: I do not fly for any airline, such as Ryanair, that does not have a world’s best practice safety culture in aviation safety.

That man will end with a sore throat if he keeps singing like that :)

Jason, I am well aware of that. That’s the gamble I’m taking. I do notice that in their insurance policy that it covers missed flights under certain circumstances, e.g. a public transport problem, but it’s not clear if the insurance covers a late Ryanair flight. I would have thought that Ryanair would make more money allowing A-B-C flights, even if we have to book them one at a time as if I didn’t do this I would have had to get a train to Cork and they would loose the STN-ORK flight sale. All I ask is that if the first Ryanair flight is late, rebook me on the next without charge. I don’t want any other compensation. Can’t see how they can loose that way.

Pack light and bring your running shoes cause you’ll be hot footing it through Stansted.

Paddy, I’ll have carry on luggage only but if the plane is fairly full and you are getting on after the first 90 or so they put your carry on bag in the hold. A side effect of the recent change to allow two bags. That can delay you changing planes. I think I’ll fork out for priority boarding :)

Look for priority access in Stansted too, see if you can get through security quicker.

Yep, I know about that. They charge about £3.50 to go through. It’s known as Gate 1. Over on the extreme left. One benefit of STN is no passport queues between UK & Ireland. But there is otherwise.