Ryanair - RYR > Reviews

Advantages: Cheap, simple and easy.
Disadvantages: Basic, other passenger and unavoidable extra costs.

I have read a few reviews on Dooyoo and Ciao about the budget airline Ryan Air and it always surprises me how people seem to forget that you get what you pay for in this world. Because of this I have decided to write my own review as I fly regularly with Ryan Air. *Background* Ryan air has been in operation from Dublin for just over 20 years now and offers a real alternative to more expensive flights to many many destinations around the world ... Read review

Advantages: A huge new range of destinations. Very cheap if you plan carefully.
Disadvantages: Can be surprisingly expensive

...Lyon, easyJet to Amsterdam and Ryanair to several French and Italian destinations. (Carcassonne and Montpellier are especially to be recommended.) All were adequate for short-haul flights and although we experienced some minor delays, we thought they were still good value. And there are new additions to the stable all the time. Bmibaby recently started services from the East Midlands to destinations which include Geneva, Alicante, Copenhagen and ... Read review

Advantages: Very cheap, offers many European destinations - including to small airports
Disadvantages: My flight was rather rushed

...history and the ethics behind Ryanair (see cujimmy's excellent opinion for a run down). I have only used this airline once and this opinion details my experience. I needed a relatively inexpensive flight to Aarhus in Denmark, on the cheap because my research budget was paying (and anyone who works in education will know how tight things are!). Booking ------- I tried desperately many times, over the course of several days to use their online ... Read review

Advantages: Very cheap, Easy internet booking, Good choice of flights.
Disadvantages: Scrum at boarding time, Obscure destination airports.

...far I've only travelled with Ryanair once: a return trip from London Stansted to Hamburg/Lubeck. The most striking thing about Ryanair - and the very thing that lured me in - are their fares. How on earth can they make a profit charging such unbelievably small amounts? My return flight to Germany cost me just over £30 and most of that was tax! Booking itself, was a painless experience over the internet. Type in your preferred dates and you'll ... Read review

Advantages: economical and functional
Disadvantages: delays

...more reassuring service. I would travel Ryanair again, as it did provide a relatively economical service. ... Read review

Advantages: Low Cost comfortable pleasant flight
Disadvantages: Not a lot

...for some reason I thought Ryanair only flew to Ireland but NO! Loads of destinations at very reasonable prices. Don't go to the website expecting 99p flights, as these are before taxes and fees. It is very easy to search for a flight by going to farefinder. Here you just enter if you want a return or single. Where you want to fly from and to and the dates. Click on search and in seconds your search results are ready to browse through. It is ... Read review

Advantages: Cheapo Flights
Disadvantages: If cancelled, they only guarantee a seat on next AVAILABLE flight.

...detailed about the Polotics of Ryanair Etc, My review is as a simple customer. One it does not bother me that the final Price one pays is not the Lead in Price, I am adult to know this is how the Travel Industry has been flogging us items for years. After all it is not until I see the final price that I click to accept it, so there are no hidden charges. But saying that it pays to play the Rules that Ryanair asks you to tick to accept. If ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap prices.
Disadvantages: Bit like being in a cattle truck!!

~ ~ Ryanair are an Irish company, started here in Dublin back in 1985 by Irish entrepreneur Dr. Tony Ryan. There first ever route was a daily flight from Waterford airport to London Gatwick, using a tiny fifteen seater propeller aircraft. Dr. Ryan wanted to fly from the capital Dublin, but the state carrier, Aer Lingus, along with the British company British Airways, had a monopoly on most of the UK routes at that time, which was guarded very jealously. ... Read review

Advantages: Low cost and decent service
Disadvantages: Do not flyout of Belfast

I recently took a cut-price flight from Dublin to Gatwick with Ryan Air. I booked the flights online at www.ryanair.ie/com. The flights cost approximately £70 STG (online the price will be in punts if you go via the Irish site like l did). The cheapest flight l could get from Belfast to Gatwick was £200 with British European – the 2.5 hr trek from Belfast to Dublin was definitely worth £130. ABOUT RYAN AIR They were established in 1985 ... Read review

Advantages: Cost effective, friendly, and easy to book
Disadvantages: The food is pricey and it's unallocated seating

Being one of the most well known budget airlines I was expecting everything to be geared towards cost reduction and saving money wherever they can. I am please to say that I was wrong. I booked the tickets over the Internet, rather obviously trying to find the cheapest fare possible. The website was swift and easy to use however the only way to search for the cheapest flights if you were variable on your departure and return dates was trial and ... Read review

Advantages: Extremely cheap
Disadvantages: Can't prebook seats

...future, I shall certainly use Ryanair again. You've really got nothing to lose but a lot to gain. ... Read review

Advantages: Cheapest Airline I know
Disadvantages: Unconvenient airport destinations

...of it: Service in the Air: Ryanair does not not provide any food or drinks and this is part of their policy. The cheap prices make this understandable but it is also no harm in bringing you own sandwich. Many people do so and a kind of backpacker feeling appears. Service at the Airport: Usually not well organised and "surprises" are possible. The luggage is handled strictly and one should not think about overloading or at least not to much. ... Read review