Signing off to the ryanair site!

"This is a clever public relations gimmick, but the flying part is not the largest cost in travel. A taxi from the airport could cost more than the flight."

Very true, but if I'm flying Ryanair then most likely I'll be using the cheapest form of public transport to get to and from the airports.

Ryanair works out very expensive in my experience, rude and unhelpfull staff, refused to use them for the last few years. Easy jet a bit better but take a big load of dosh if you want a bite to eat or drink on a flight.

Saying all that still much better value than British Airways.

Emirates is the way to go, heard Quatar Airlines is the buisness but never used them.

Yes, in many locations the cost to get to the city you are flying to is expensive. However, with London, even flying BA you are £25 on the Heathrow Express.

To be honest, I can handle paying 2p to get to London and back.

I wouldn't fly Ryanair if you paid me. It's about time these so-called 'budget' airlines were taken out of business. It's far too easy to fly these days and people should have a valid reason to fly...holidays more than once a year not being one of them. It would keep a lot of chavs*** out of foreign countries.

Can anyone explain to me just what the "charges" are when you pay Ryanair??.
Tax, food, even luggage, I can at least understand...but even Ryanair STAFF fail to enlighten me anytime I fly with them.
..........but you get what you pay for (only).

You do get what you pay for and soon even BA will charge you if you want to check in more than 1 bag!

If Britain had a better public transport system then I would be more than happy to take the train. It takes an average of 5 hours to get from Glasgow to London.

I spent time in Japan last year and their public transport system is something to be proud off. Bullet trains run between the major cities every 5/10 minutes and are far quicker and more importantly always on time.

Ryanair has previously advertised "free seats" - but these did not include such add-on costs.

Sir. May I have the seats I will put the cushions them. We in Tanzania need every piece of scrap and wood you throw away. We recycle these in China.

#5 - I tend to agree with you. It is far too easy to fly anywhere now. We should be getting out of the planes and back on the trains! It much less hassle on the train anyway! As #7 said, the train journey between Glasgow and London is now only 5 hours and saves any issues with checking in, hanging around Airports and transfers into the city centres!

If Ryanair ended war disease & poverty most of the people quoted in the article, along with many posters here, would denounce them.

Actually it is difficult to call those who can afford air travel poor & being able to fly to meet strange foreign people makes us that much less likely that we will let our media lie about them or our government kill them.

#9... yes it is 5 hours... still a good bit longer than flying.

If I was to go from my flat to centre of London but train it takes me 15 min walk to get to the station then 5 hours (ranges 4hr 30 mins to 5hrs 45 mins) on train to centre of London.

If I used budget airline RyanAir it's a 35 min drive to the airport and I need to be there 30 minutes before (I can checkin online). I've then got 1 hour 30 min flight and at the other end a 45 min journey by train. Total time 3 hours 20 mins... 2 hours quicker.

In order for trains to be competitive they need to get the difference down. A train ticket will often cost more than the flight with RyanAir... even taking into account additional trains, etc.

I personally would like to see a bullet train system as in Japan where the fastest trains from Glasgow to London would call at Manchester, Birmingham and maybe one other major stop.

As for the comment about we should stop flying as much... personally I enjoy traveling and have no real plans to stop. There are many other places in the world I would like to see and flying, unfortunately is the easiest way to get around.

There is some justification if going abroad, but flights within UK should be curtailed , thee are sufficient busses and trains.

"sufficient busses and trains"

It depends what purpose you have for traveling. I am at this moment in time looking for prices to travel back on Sunday 8 July from London.

I can fly to Prestwick at noon and I'll be back home by 1.45pm for £37.

Alternatively I can get on a train an hourly earlier and I'll get to my flat at 5.30pm... for £97.

It doesn't take a genius to work out which offers better value. If I could travel to London from Glasgow in 3 hours I would use the train and I believe many others would as well.

There is a lot of gimmickry with this sort of pricing. My most recent flight within North America cost me negative $2. However, there was somehow a $35 "airport improvement contribution" and a $36 "navigation surcharge".

Ryanair can cancel your flight and give you your money back (i.e. 1p). The big risk you take when booking is that enough full fare passengers do not book to make the flight worth-while and they drop it at the last moment. The airline needs more passengers to CONvince investors that it can double in size again over the next 5 years. it has treated some past passengers very badly by cancelling the return leg of their trips. It needs new people who will risk it.

This is all getting rediculous.

Can I swap my free flight for a few free tanks of petrol and some ferry tickets?

Really cheap to park at Prestwick. It's the cheapest in Scotland