So what about if you want to take a pair of scaissors or a pocket knife? These cannot go in hand luggage. MOL really is going too far. The more I hear about Ryanair, the less I want to fly them. No checked luggage? What a joke!

I agree Bmused. I think if they’d had a bit more time (and money obviously), they would have had a nice little airline there.

I have flown BMIbaby, Hapag-Lloyd Express and Easyjet and I have to say all were excellent. I really liked BMIbaby’s allocated seats as it avoided the rush for the aircraft and the pushing and shoving. What I was less impressed with on baby was the price of drinks but these are expensive on all LCC’s. HLX were great with their leather seats, airshow and reasonably priced snacks (sandwich & a drink for €5 if I remember correctly). What I was less happy about was the scrum at the gate for the good seats but I still got row 1 as no one was beating me! EZY I really like as they allow me to visit my family in Swansea for a reasonable price and from/to convenient airports. Their crews are fantastic (I’ll be posting a trip report on my EZY flights last weekend as well as my upcoming ones this weekend some time next week) and the soft drinks are reasonably priced. I don’t know how they can justify £1.60 for a cup of water with a tea bag in it but I just avoid buying tea/coffee etc. Again I don’t really like free seating as it creates hell around the gates but I suppose it gets people on board quicker & so speeds up turnaround.

The only other LCC I have been on is Iberia! I was NOT impressed as when I booked my ticket I was told I’d get food & drinks included but by the time I flew, the policy had changed to their “Tu Menú” supposedly upgraded catering that you have to pay for. €10 for a plate of Spanish meats, a muffin & a drink does not represent good value for money to me but I’d been travelling since 5am & this was lunchtime so I had no choice. Had I known, I would have eaten in the airport.

OK, rant over, I enjoyed my flights on the 3 LCC’s I have travelled on. All were clean, relatively comfortable and above all punctual. I have never flown Ryanair but I would be apprehensive about booking a ticket with them as I wouldn’t want to be left stranded if anything went wrong.

Doesn’t a codeshare with AF seem a bit strange being that QF are in OneWorld and AF in Skyteam? I assume it’s because the only other way to get to Paris by OneWorld would be to go via LHR which would put passengers off.

Just thought you’d all be interested to know that on both my EZY flights on the weekend, the window blinds were up for take off and landing and on my flight yesterday they specifically announced that blinds should be up for landing. I’ll post a full trip report as soon as I have chance (suppose I should work really!).

OK, I just re-read the post about the seatbelts and you’re right! That is VERY bad not informing people to fasten their seatbelts. I wonder if they even got a safety demo on that flight?