Ryanair

Hurried Takeoff Lands Ryanair Stewardess In Hospital

Posted 05.09.2012

A Ryanair stewardess was hospitalized after falling out of a passenger jet during a hurried takeoff in Sweden Tuesday. The woman fell roughly 10 feet,...

Ryanair Gets Into Hotel Business

Posted 04.19.2012

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary announced Wednesday that the famously-budget airline is getting into the hotel business. The company has launched Ryana...

Company To Lay Off Workers After Telling Them To Fudge Pay

Posted 04.18.2012

Talk about adding injury to insult. PrimeFlight, a contractor that provides wheelchairs and other services to airlines, is laying off more than 30...

Ryanair Asks Flight Attendants To Mind Their Weight To Help With Fuel Costs

Posted 04.05.2012

Oh Ryanair. We can always count on you for a good laugh. The budget European airline is once again up to its tricks, this time in dealing with risi...

Ryanair In Hot Water For Emergency Row Seat Charge

Posted 03.20.2012

Ryanair, the Irish airline that never ceases to cause controversy, is in hot water again. The airline is being investigated by the Irish Aviation Auth...

PHOTOS: Is This Banned Ad Too Sexy?

The Huffington Post | Jessica Misener | Posted 02.15.2012

The constantly pearl-clutching Advertising Standards Authority in Britain has dropped the ban hammer on more ads that it deems too racy for public con...

Stay Classy: Bargain Airline CEO Mocks Competitor's Laid-Off Workers

Posted 02.09.2012

Getting laid off is one thing. But getting mocked by the head of another rival after it? That's even worse. At a Spanish airport this week, Michael...

Are Airlines Bringing Sexy Back?

Tiffany Hawk | Posted 04.09.2012

Tiffany Hawk

Travel writer Rolf Potts declared the death of the Mile High Club back in 2007, pointing out the decades-long decline in airline allure and comparing the lavatory tryst to sex in a Walmart bathroom. But even with cut-backs, extra fees and cramped quarters, many believe love is still in the air.

Porn in the Skies: Join the Mile High Club All by Yourself

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 01.18.2012

Blake Fleetwood

Michael O'Leary, the cavalier leader of European discount air carrier Ryanair, is garnering worldwide press, yet again, for his plans to offer in-flight porn via handheld devices on its flights.

In-Flight Porn Thanks To Ryanair

Posted 01.08.2012

Well, that's a new way to join the mile high club. Fresh off the heels of its sexy cabin crew calendar, Ryanair is now proposing a scandalous new ...

PHOTOS: Ryanair Gets Sexy

Posted 01.03.2012

Ryanair, ever the bastion of reason in modern airline travel, issued its annual Cabin Crew Charity Calendar on Wednesday. The airline aims to rais...

Ryanair Flight Aborted After Tape On Window Comes Loose

Posted 12.24.2011

The latest of European budget airline Ryanair's failures falls under the "oh dear God" category. A Ryanair flight from London's Stansted airport t...

Will the "Brat Ban" Spread to D.C.?

Monica Gallagher Sakala | Posted 12.19.2011

Monica Gallagher Sakala

Spend enough time with a toddler and the reality is, sometimes they will lose it. The truth is, when a child is screaming and upset in public, there is no one more stressed out than the child's parent.

Ryanair Pissing Off Passengers By Removing Toilets

Posted 12.12.2011

The European low-cost airline Ryanair has announced it would remove two of the three lavatories on its planes. Cutting back on bathrooms will allow Ry...

Ryanair Passenger Threatened With Arrest

Posted 11.14.2011

A female Ryanair passenger was allegedly threatened with arrest when she refused to vacate an overbooked flight Sunday. Janine Hadley, 27, was on a...

RyanAir Gives Cardiac Arrest Passenger Sandwich, Charges Him For It

AOL Travel News | Posted 10.05.2011

When Per-Erik Jonsson went into a cardiac arrest on a RyanAir flight from the U.K. to Sweden on Sunday, all the airline staff did was offer him a sand...

Lily Allen Tweets Ire Over Ryanair Boarding Pass

AOL Travel News | Posted 08.06.2011

Lily Allen took to Twitter over the weekend to express her disappointment in budget airline Ryanair for charging her to print her boarding pass, Metro...

Ryanair Teaches Belgian University 'Menace' How To Pack Light

Posted 05.25.2011

This past weekend, Belgian university students 'mutinied' on a Ryanair flight from the Canary Island's Lanzarote after they were told that their lugga...

Mubarak Takes Flight

Mark Steinberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Steinberg

"Mr. President, it's time to leave for the airport." "Never happen. Not going to let him take a picture of my junk. As it is, that's all they're letting me take with me."

Oops: Ryanair Passenger Escorted Off Plane For Calling Food 'Rubbery'

Posted 05.25.2011

A Ryan Air passenger dared to ask for something else to eat on a flight and was escorted off the plane upon landing, according to Gadling. All Henri...

Time Magazine Takes on Aviation. Time Loses.

Christine Negroni | Posted 05.25.2011

Christine Negroni

Time's article is phenomenally bad reporting, picking on aviation with a kind of thoughtlessness that's more embarrassing to the publication than to the industry.

The Pros and "Cons" of Hidden Airline Fees

Jodi Beggs | Posted 05.25.2011

Jodi Beggs

It all started with the olive. Back in 1987, American Airlines became a pioneer in the declining amenities trend by eliminating olives on salads in o...

The Least Ethical Companies In The World (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Grace Kiser | Posted 05.25.2011

Can ethics be quantified? Or, better yet, can a lack of ethics be quantified? This week, the Swiss research firm Covalence released its annual r...

5 Stupid (and Expensive) Mistakes I Made on My European Trip

Teresa Rodriguez Williamson | Posted 11.17.2011

Teresa Rodriguez Williamson

I figured that the trip was going to be cheap and easy. These two words, I have now learned, don't go together when trying to trek across the European Union on a budget.

Ryanair CEO Defends Bathroom Charges, Cutbacks

nytimes.com | SARAH LYALL | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael O'LEARY, chief executive of the European budget airline Ryanair, was discussing his new scheme to charge passengers to go to the bathroom. ...