Ryanair May Introduce Controversial ‘Fat Tax’

Ryanair conducted a poll and found that one third of respondents were in favour of a so-called ’fat tax’ for very overweight passengers. 

Ryanair may well be the first UK airline to implement such a charge.  It has for years been…

Financial Protection for Your Holiday – Buyer Beware!

Holidays are very important – especially in these stressful times.  We all expect to relax when we go away and have the peace of mind of knowing that our holiday is secure.  In today’s uncertain financial climate travellers are wise to take the…

Holiday Compensation? Know Your Rights as a Passenger under ATOL

Newcastle-based Freedom Direct Holidays, which ceased trading on April 16, 2009 (also trading under Freedomdirect.co.uk, Freedom-direct.co.uk, Holidaysyoulike.co.uk and Snowdeals.co.uk) was reported to be one of the companies which had recently failed to renew its ATOL license.  The company’s failure left up to…

Ryanair – Love Them or Loathe Them?

Ryanair certainly attracts a lot of negative attention but, hey, when it comes to business any publicity is better than no publicity.

No matter how much travellers may gripe about the budget airlines, in these tough financial times many have…

Ryanair to Charge Double for Airport Check-in

Budget airline, Ryanair, has announced plans to switch over completely to web check-in from October 1, 2009.  The move is a first in the airline industry and designed to alleviate long queues at check-in desks, keep operating costs down, and continue to keep…

Ryanair to Charge for Using the Loo on Flights

In keeping with the theme of the last post, we have to pass this one along:  It has been joked about in travel circles for a long time, but did anyone really believe it would happen… 

Michael O’Leary has dropped…

Plane Crash In Hudson River Reveals Safety Feature We Should All Know About

We thought this snippet worth passing along.  At the time of writing you won’t find the information included in the safety cards in the seat-back in front of you on passenger flights, nor is it part of the in-flight safety demonstration –…

Ryanair Introduces In-flight Mobile Phone Service

Love it – or perish the thought of it – Ryanair recently took the first step in equipping its fleet of aircraft with the technology to enable passengers to make and receive calls and texts via mobile phone, BlackBerry or smartphone. The service will…

Flight Cancellation and Travel Insurance – Did You Know…

A customer recently had a bad experience when he arrived at the airport to discover his budget flight had been cancelled due to fog.  What he didn’t know – and most travellers don’t know – is that although EU-based airlines…

Pilots and Crew of Hudson Landing Given Keys to NYC

The captain, co-pilot and three female flight attendants of US Airways Flight 1549 received the keys to New York City today from Mayor Michael Bloomberg in a televised ceremony.  The Mayor also presented the captain with a copy of a book…