Ryan Air is hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons… again. However, it is not the usual issues, namely being the world’s love/hate airline – that has all changed (so we are told). This time it is embroiled in industrial action with baggage handlers at Madrid’s main airport. A Ryanair spokeswoman said: “We sincerely apologise …
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Ryan Air is cheap – probably the cheapest, time and time again. We’ll soon have the experts trotting out theories as to why this can’t work from a health and safety perspective but do you think O’Leary actually cares whether he pulls this off or not? No! It is a stunt, like so many others and the media loves it because the general public hates it.
Thanks to everyone who voted in the recent Ryan Air poll on this blog.
Good news for them really. 50% of you may have not changed your opinion but a whopping 44% did and changed it in favour of the airline. Only 6% of you liked them less.
Until a rival changes its offering and starts to compete on price, Ryan Air can continue annoying people and courting profits, not friends. For now, that includes the media. The media knows O’Leary and his motley crew will always guarantee a headline when news is slow and so does Ryan Air.
Michael O’Leary’s gift for getting media attention (or one of his very smart colleague’s gift) is incredible. There was the mooted “Fat Tax” which was met with extreme hostilty and a plot to remove the number of toilets and now we have them floating the idea of a standing room only seat. These will be cheaper and maybe even free.