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It might have a different flavor coming from Hungary's nationalistic and authoritarian government, but the idea is similar.
I noticed the Ryanair's title included Excess Profits in quotes but not Idiotic. I wonder what Ryanair's views on this could possibly be.
That is some incredibly unprofessional tone for an official press release. Anyone who's ever had the misfortune of flying with Ryanair can't be too surprised though.
Ryanair is actually a totally solid airline. They're among the most timely in Europe, if you pay them a few bucks you get an exit row and a meal. Honestly they're among the best of the low-costs (and every domestic flight in Europe counts as low-cost).
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what's more shocking to me is the quality of flying Ryanair vs how outspoken their CEO is. if you only read his comments, you would think this company is so solid that the CEO has complete free rein. and then you fly Ryanair and you realise it's just shock advertising.
Ryanair gives you what you pay for, nothing more nothing less.
Sometimes less. I've paid for priority boarding on Ryanair and then had the gate agent ignore it.
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The CEO is notoriously outspoken, it doesn't surprise me at all. It's kind of refreshing to see something that hasn't passed through a public relations filter. For some colourful viewing, here's the CEO proposing a "standing cabin" on planes, and asserting that "the customer is nearly always wrong": https://youtu.be/xmGRGv2jEkg
At some level, being constrained and pretending is part of being civilized. People admiring "unhingedness", specially coming from people in positions of power, just sound immature, at best.
And to state the obvious, if as a traveler you don't share that goal of getting the absolute cheapest ticket at all costs, you shouldn't fly Ryanair. But he's doing a great job here selling to his target demographic.
>This is not an ‘excess profits’ tax, it is just highway robbery by a Govt. that is completely out of touch with reality Flying, for almost _any_ reason is, in this day and age, completely out of touch with reality.
Dublin to London is 1h 15m by plane. Ryanair costs $24. A road trip including a ferry takes 8h 23m, and needs driving 600km * 4l/100km = 24l of diesel, which is about $56 just for the fuel. Then add the value of your free time, which is necessarily higher than your work time, because you have less time left in a week.
For example, having more free time is probably not adequate compensation for the greenhouse gases emitted (at the societal level at least).
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Ryanair gives you what you pay for, nothing more nothing less.
> Ryanair gives you what you pay for, nothing more nothing less. Sometimes less. I've paid for priority boarding on Ryanair and then had the gate agent ignore it.