I’ll bite!!!

I don’t see the problem. I often fly with Ryanair, and when I do I make an informed choice over what I am letting myself in for.

Yes, it is irritating trying to book a ticket and having to go through all of the stages (“Do you want car hire? Do you want an approved cabin bag?” etc) before I get the final price but it isn’t that stressful in the greater scheme of things, and I always check the final price against a couple of other airlines as well (and while Ryanair maybe the masters of these extra charges, plenty of other airlines like them as well).

If I don’t like the Ryanair offer, I book with someone else. That is a choice I make regularly (sometimes they get my business, sometimes they don’t), and many millions of others manage to do so too.

I would much rather put up with this ‘inconvenience’ and get to where I want to go for a lot less (even when these extra charges are taken into account) than pay the sort of fares that the national flag carriers were able to get away with charging in the past before airlines like Ryanair were around.

I remember the first time that I saw a Ryanair aircraft – it was when they operated just the one Embraer Bandeirante between Gatwick and Waterford. Who would have thought then that they were going to revolutionise the airline industry in Europe and allow many millions to travel who would not have otherwise had the opportunity to do so.

It is about time that we celebrated the success of Ryanair rather than trying to knock them at every opportunity.