Ryanair

SKG-STN-SKG return flight Boeing 737-800. Full flights on both sectors. Clean cabin friendly crew prices a little expensive i think. Seats not so comfortable for a 3 hours flight and especially if the flight is full it gets worse. Overall a good experience if you get a good price.

I have flown over 10 times with them! They provide a reasonably comfortable safe and above all inexpensive flight to a good variety of destinations and those who complain have usually griped over some issue they always had control over ie. printing boarding passes luggage allowance etc. Grow up people for heaven's sake recognise a great facility when you see one.

The first time I travelled with Ryanair my problem was that they were trying to find a way to make you pay 50 euros for your bag because it would not fit in their box so I paid them the 50 euros. Second time I bought extra baggage so to be in the clear. I Flew from Thessaloniki to Milan and it was ok they were still looking at your hands for luggage trying to find a way to charge you with something. On the way back from Milan to Thessaloniki I arrived at the gate at 7.10am (due to a general strike in Milan + an accident on the road) the plane was leaving at 7.25 am despite the fact I told that I was delayed due to unforeseen circumstances the pilot refused to board the plane 15 minutes before take off.

My girlfriend and I arrived early and were treated to a lengthy queue at Stansted before a manic rush for seats ensued. Does the company not realise that not allocating seats will cause this? It flares up tempers and causes the whole plane load of passengers to be angry from the start. I stored my hand luggage in the overhead compartment and when I eventually got (semi) comfortable in my tiny seat I was asked by the cabin crew to move my bag from the overhead compartment to under my seat. I am 6.5ft tall and I explained this to the cabin crew that I would not have any room for my legs if I did this. Both the outgoing and return journeys were the same with absolutely no comfort whatsoever and incessant adverts being played to us offering to sell e-cigs or take part in exciting competitions. Any food on offer was overpriced. The return flight from Venice (the out of town airport) was akin to my Army days in Northern Ireland. Normally reasonable people cooped up like battery hens in a hot and stuffy room forced to stand for 2 hours waiting for Ryanair to sort their act out. After 2 hours the queue system we have ourselves put in place started to crumble and people began to flare up. Once the doors opened it was literally a stampede. Dozens of angry sweaty people paying for the privilege of running a race. I was exhausted by the experience. They have absolutely no regard for your comfort or well being.

Day trip to Bremen 10th December from Stansted. As ever Ryanair was punctual and efficient. It is a flying bus from A to B. There is no ceremony involved. Ryanair has a couple of simple rules about baggage and to have your boarding pass before you arrive. If you can't arrange something as simple as printing out a piece of paper and complain that you have to pay for luggage on top of your massively cheap air ticket to begin with then just don't fly with these people. I'm off to Morocco next from Stansted for less than £70 return. One small backpack well within the limits with a few pairs of jeans and some T-shirts rolled up neatly folded up colour printed boarding passes and remembering to sit on the right hand side of the aircraft to avoid the sun blazing through the window for the morning flight.

First time with Ryanair. Just me and my two young grandchildren we did have priority boarding but was still worried. Flew from Birmingham to Tenerife no need to have worried but was glad I had priority boarding more so on the return flight. Would use again.

Tenerife to Manchester. Flight left on time and arrived 5 minutes early which they brag about on landing. Heavy landing at Manchester and hard braking as I believe there is an "early turn off" on the runway to allow them to get the gate faster and offloaded/onloaded quicker? First time I have used them for a while and the gaudy yellow and blue cabin interior is a bit hard on the eyes but the crew were friendly and efficient and the legroom and leather seats were better than the Monarch flight we flew down on. They will be better once they allow you to pre book a seat rather than the scrum to get on! Will use again.

London Stansted to Fuerteventura out on 20th November and return on 27th. First time with Ryanair won't be the last. From the online booking priority boarding getting on getting off the whole experience was brilliant. Had a lot of negative comments from people before we traveled we found it hassle free and relaxing. Staff were friendly and efficient No complaints.

The bad press surrounding Ryanair proved to be totally unjustified on my round trip Madrid-Cagliari-Madrid. Check- in and security was the quickest and most polite ever (especially at the dedicated check-in/security at Madrid. Boarding was orderly and uneventful (both in Madrid and Cagliari). We left on schedule and arrived early on both segments. The flight attendants were professional polite and friendly. No negative comments at all and I'll be only too happy to fly with Ryanair again.

We returned from Gran Canaria to Stansted on the delayed flight (by 2 hours 20 min) on 7/8 December. The passenger next to me was drunk (shouting and carrying on) when he got on the plane. He then drank at least 10 miniature Bacardis and Pepsi supplied enthusiastically by cabin staff. Mercifully he fell asleep but did not fasten his seat belt during landing although he then stood up while the plane was still moving quite fast. There was no inspection of seat belts by cabin staff before landing nor was he told to sit down. Our seats were near the emergency door where passengers are supposed to assist with evacuation. He was a big man who was in no state to assist and would have been a serious hindrance if there had been an emergency. Clearly the policy of the cabin staff is to sell as much booze as possible and not bother with basic safety or the comfort of other passengers.