Low cost airlines, love 'em or hate 'em

[Blue Mist]

Remember the good old days....99p flights.

Ryan Air opened a new route to Pisa Italy we went, 2x 99p each way. Sorted a higher car and rented a converted something or other in the hills. Had a brilliant week, no tourists bar us great Italian food in local cafes, brilliant

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Ryan Air opened a new route to Pisa Italy we went, 2x 99p each way. Sorted a higher car and rented a converted something or other in the hills. Had a brilliant week, no tourists bar us great Italian food in local cafes, brilliant

Ha ha, I did exactly that myself but drove across from Pisa to Marche, just inland from Rimini, 2 days in a converted something or other for a businessy type meeting ( sort of ). Great food and great scenery.

 

[Blue Mist]

Ha ha, I did exactly that myself but drove across from Pisa to Marche, just inland from Rimini, 2 days in a converted something or other for a businessy type meeting ( sort of ). Great food and great scenery.

To my shame I now can't remember where I went but it suffered an earthquake a few years ago !!!

My main point is before the cheap airlines that some slag, we had British Airways, for awhile they flew out of Manchester but only to main European cities. If we go to Wembley on the train, the taxi from Sale to m/cr costs us £30 I can get to most of Europe for that with Ryan Air and the rest yet people complain they charge extra for a suitcase

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

Couldn't resist putting this up.
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Back in 60's I worked for a travel company and was taken to Japan on a sponsored flight. We flew first class with Japan Air lines and our main meal was fillet steak (cooked to order), grilled on board, served on a hand painted ceramic plate with steel cutlery. Later, we had a full English breakfast with fresh coffee and juice. I was just 18 and from a council house in Hulme.

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

Was on ryanair app.
I put in for a return flight and accidentally put in the flight returning and leaving on the same day
This message popped up "this is an airline, not a time machine"

I recall a news item about a couple who thought they had the bargain of a lifetime after booking flights from Birmingham to New York for about £40 return...you can guess what the problem was with their "bargain".

 

[solley attwell]

When I first went to see City with my dad in the 70s the only way was by boat which was 7 hours sailing on a Friday night, return by Sunday and sleep all day ready for school on Monday. Now the flights are cheaper than the boat unless we play the same time as the dippers( see Oct 30th). Yes they are opportunist bastards and know if the flights are too expensive from Manchester then they know many will use Leeds, Liverpool or Birmingham to catch you out. But haven't said all that Ryanair has been fantastic for air travel

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Back in 60's I worked for a travel company and was taken to Japan on a sponsored flight. We flew first class with Japan Air lines and our main meal was fillet steak (cooked to order), grilled on board, served on a hand painted ceramic plate with steel cutlery. Later, we had a full English breakfast with fresh coffee and juice. I was just 18 and from a council house in Hulme.

So belched, farted and picked your nose for the rest of the flight…

 

[Big Swifty]

Ryan Air opened a new route to Pisa Italy we went, 2x 99p each way. Sorted a higher car and rented a converted something or other in the hills. Had a brilliant week, no tourists bar us great Italian food in local cafes, brilliant

A "higher car"? Higher than what?

 

[Toney’s bookie]

Doesn't matter how much they are on if they don't have enought time to check everything, on the ground 25 mins ,agree their safety record is good ,until it isn't

You don’t check everything on turnaround. The first flight of the day has lots of checks including daily maintenance schedules but after that it’s just a ‘pre-departure inspection’ during each turnaround by one of the pilots which only takes 10 minutes or so on a 737. If there’s a technical problem obviously the crew will log it and the engineers will have to perform and maintenance to get the aircraft airworthy again and that would take as long as it takes.

There’s no reason 25 minutes isn’t do-able perfectly safely in terms of prepping a medium jet for departure.

 

[Fiftyyearsandcounting]

So belched, farted and picked your nose for the rest of the flight…

No, even a lad from a poor council estate can still have manners and learn how to behave in public.