easyJet

[jorge]

Ryanair all the way-do the job,never let me down,very cheap and their Irish.

[dahamsta]

Sorry, Ryanair is a British company.

[Thunderblaster]

Ryanair is a British company.

Correct. Their hub is based in Stanstead Airport, their website is British based and the head honcho lives in an Anglo-Irish mansion near Mullingar. The training is done in England.

[Dodge]

Its a plc, it belongs to no country...

[dahamsta]

The companies - there's at least two - are registered in Britain. They're British companies.

adam

[Dodge]

Yeah but on the other hand its listed on the Irish Sttock exchange (and not the British markets directly) and all its financial reports are in euros. majority of directors Irish too. Most importantly the airline is registered as an Irish airline and operates under licence from the Irish government (when it tookover Buzz! Airlines, a small percenatage of its airline used their UK licence). Its Corporate address is also at Dublin Airport.

It should be noted that Ryanair very cleverly never calls itself British or Irish and always talks about being European No. 1

[monkey magic]

tbh since aer lingus' fares came a crashin down, ive never felt a need to use easyjet as pricewise, from what ive seen anyways, there about the same.

i wouldent call ryanair irish, but i certainly wouldent call them brittish either... since their not a flag carrier for any nation, there just another airline as far as im concerned...

they may be cheap, but i hate the fact that, very often when you take a ryanair flight, your only 3/4 of the way to your destination... the last two flights ive taken with ryanair were to paris(actually beauvais which is at least an hour from paris) and brussels,which is actually chareloi- a city nowhere near brussels, in fact the two are only linked by being in the same country.... so since that its been aer lingus all the way, ive found that when you take into account taxes, and the additional cost of getting to the city you were supposed to be flying to, theres not much in the difference.

[Macy]

Aren't ryanair looking at re-flagging their fleet in one of the new east european eu countries anyway?

[Gerrit]

Isn't EasyJet related to the Easy internet cafes that you see in most European cities? The colours and lay-out of their advertisements look exactly the same


I've flown with EasyJet from Belfast to Berlin and from Belfast to Liverpool (and back each time, obviously), flew with Ryanair from Dublin to Liverpool once, and a few time with AerLingus.

Must say I didn't notice too many differences between the low-fare airlines (RyanAir and EasyJet) and the more expensive AerLingus. As long as the safety is okay, I don't demand too much. I mean, the average flight doesn't last that long, and it's never as comfortable as a a boat. If I can save some GBP with a low-fare airline: fine by me

It'd be interesting to see some Europe-America flights with low-fare airlines, as transcontinental flights are still beyond my budget. RyanAir had interest in getting flights to the US for only 90 euro I believe?

[dahamsta]

Isn't EasyJet related to the Easy internet cafes that you see in most European cities?

Yes. And easyCar, and anthing else with "easy" in it. Haji-Ioannou's gone totally over the top trying to "protect his brand" in the process, costing regular joes a ton to defend themselves against his ugly brand. He's just O'Lairy by another name, a greedy self-serving egomanical muppet.

[Dodge]

Aren't ryanair looking at re-flagging their fleet in one of the new east european eu countries anyway?

Its usually one of the "threats" they whell out every time the irish govt doesn't bend over completely for it...

Your man stelios seems even worse than O'Leary (if possible)

[ccfcgirl]

Flew Cork -Gatwick with Easi-jet last week ,I think there alot better airline than Ryanair .Staff were friendly and cracked a few jokes while flying .Plane was clean and comfortable.

[pete]

I think Aer Fungus are as close as wil get to transatlantic lowfare airline currently. Their prices are hard to beat but service compared other transatlantic would be not as good.

[Peadar]

Did some work for Easyjet last year and had to visit "Easyland" at Luton Airport. I kid you not!

[Magicme]

Last year I flew with Easyjet to Malaga and have to say their staff were fantastic. Guy giving the safety announcements was dead funny! He said things like "remain seated until the seatbelt sign is switched off, then you can move around and find someone more attractive to sit beside" and "if you are caught smoking you will be asked to leave the plane. Easyjet do not carry parachutes" etc

Have to say I feel safer with them than Ryanscare. The Easyjet planes are really new and just feel safer.

[dahamsta]

The EasyJet staff would appear a lot happier in their jobs than that other shower. Are they better paid or is it just a culture thing I wonder?

[Dotsy]

The EasyJet staff would appear a lot happier in their jobs than that other shower. Are they better paid or is it just a culture thing I wonder?

I am convinced it's the culture within the airline itself. MY company has done work for Ryanair, easyjet, bmibaby and Jet 2 and the staff at all levels in baby, easyjet and Jet2 all seem much happier than at Ryanair. Dealing with Ryanair as a supplier is a constant battle. That said operationally I have no qualms about them. They have one of the youngest fleets in the world and maintain the aircraft to a high standard, Easyjet likewise. My favouirite out of the lot would be bmibaby. They don't fly to DUblin anymore but I think they fly to Cork and Shannon.

[Poor Student]

My flight with them yesterday got delayed by over two hours. My plane was deemed fit not to take off and we had get off and change planes. There was no aborted take off or anything, we never even got to begin leave the terminal. I do appreciate they changed planes and didn't play around with our lives.

Adam, from my small experience of flying with them, their staff appear to be less of a random gathering of foreigners and seem to be mainly British have better camaraderie and find it easier to communicate.

[pineapple stu]

Yes. And easyCar, and anthing else with "easy" in it.

Think there's Easy-Med cruises now as well (don't know what the brand name is) - you get 100sq ft of a room painted entirely in bright orange and get to cruise the Med in a bright orange ship with "Easy" painted on the side...

I'd imagine a minute or two on board and you'd soon realise why bright orange is an offensive colour in copious amounts.

[Peadar]

(don't know what the brand name is)

Easy Cruise, surprisingly enough.
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