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In fact they are so low budget that I'm sure they were talking about putting coin operated toilets on the planes.

Now Ryanair to charge £1 to use the toilet

Ryanair is taking no-frills flights to new heights - by charging for lavatories. All onboard toilets will become coin-operated, forcing passengers to pay £1 or one euro.

The Irish airline is also cutting the number of loos, meaning there may be only one on planes carrying 189 passengers.
It already charges customers to check in luggage, for online check-in, for onboard snacks and for credit card payments.
Ryanair's Stephen McNamara said: 'By charging for the toilets we are hoping to change passenger behaviour so that they use the bathroom before or after the flight.
'That will enable us to remove two out of three of the toilets and make way for at least six extra seats.'
The airline mooted the idea of toilet charges last year but backtracked after criticism.
It also emerged yesterday that its single bag check-in charge will rise from £15 to £20 during the summer holidays.
Rochelle Turner, head of research for Which? magazine, said: 'Ryanair might claim that they are incentivising people to travel light but we think it is more a case of penalising those families who can only go away on holiday during this time.
'Flying with Ryanair is not as cheap as it first appears and we would advise passengers to factor in these extra costs when choosing who to fly with.'
A survey yesterday revealed passengers are paying massively over the odds for plane snacks.
Prices on low-fare carriers are 374% higher than at supermarkets, according to comparison site travelsupermarket.com.

Read more: Now Ryanair to charge £1 to use the toilet | This is Money

While it's okay to gripe about Ryan Air - don;t forget Air Asia. You can buy their meals - if they have any on board - and often they don't. Oh and you're not allowed to bring your own food/drink on board anyway, whether they have any food/drink to sell you - or not.

My old apartment building won the Best Serviced Residence in Asia-Pacific award.

^^And the winner was One2Go.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

Now Ryanair to charge £1 to use the toilet

Scraping the barrel now "noodless"?

This was news some years ago, is that why the date of the article is removed?

More to the point is how Ryan Air rip people off for an extra bag, anything overweight and especially sports equipment like golf clubs!

Originally Posted by The Bold Rodney

Scraping the barrel now "noodless"? This was news some years ago, is that why the date of the article is removed?

No. I said it was from some time ago.

Originally Posted by English Noodles

No. I said it was from some time ago.

Ooops... I must have missed that quote?

I wonder if anybody has crapped in the sick bag yet, sod paying a pound

Originally Posted by English Noodles

Now Ryanair to charge £1 to use the toilet

Ryanair is taking no-frills flights to new heights - by charging for lavatories. All onboard toilets will become coin-operated, forcing passengers to pay £1 or one euro.

The Irish airline is also cutting the number of loos, meaning there may be only one on planes carrying 189 passengers.
It already charges customers to check in luggage, for online check-in, for onboard snacks and for credit card payments.
Ryanair's Stephen McNamara said: 'By charging for the toilets we are hoping to change passenger behaviour so that they use the bathroom before or after the flight.
'That will enable us to remove two out of three of the toilets and make way for at least six extra seats.'
The airline mooted the idea of toilet charges last year but backtracked after criticism.
It also emerged yesterday that its single bag check-in charge will rise from £15 to £20 during the summer holidays.
Rochelle Turner, head of research for Which? magazine, said: 'Ryanair might claim that they are incentivising people to travel light but we think it is more a case of penalising those families who can only go away on holiday during this time.
'Flying with Ryanair is not as cheap as it first appears and we would advise passengers to factor in these extra costs when choosing who to fly with.'
A survey yesterday revealed passengers are paying massively over the odds for plane snacks.
Prices on low-fare carriers are 374% higher than at supermarkets, according to comparison site travelsupermarket.com.

Read more: Now Ryanair to charge £1 to use the toilet | This is Money

It would surprise and disappoint me if European regulators sit back and allow this to happen. In California for example, pay toilets are illegal and to eliminate the obvious problem, employers and most businesses that cater to the public are required to provide them in prescribed numbers as a condition for a business license. There is a limit to how low people should want to allow aviation to sink
Also, the first time someone craps his pants or pees in the aisle because he does not have change, and the plane has to divert of an allegedly "unruly" passenger this will get rethought. Then there's the likelihood of litigation for emotional distress by a passenger who has an "accident" in public because of this policy.
I had read that O'Leary had come out and admitted this was a hoax for the free publicity????

Just watched a documentary about Ryan air. Really shocking. It's called Ryanair Caught Napping.

Ryanair was founded in 1985 by Irish businessman Tony Ryan. It is Europe’s largest low-cost carrier, operating 270 low-fare routes to 21 European countries.Two Dispatches undercover reporters spent five months secretly filming Ryanair’s training programme and onboard flights as members of the cabin crew.
The reporters reveal what really takes place behind the scenes: inadequate safety and security checks, dirty planes, exhausted cabin crew and pilots complaining about the number of hours they have to fly.
And watch Ryanair staff speaking frankly about their experiences and attitudes towards passengers.

It can be watched here; Ryanair Caught Napping | Watch Free Documentary Online

We flew Ryan Air once,cheap yes i think we paid £36 return for 2 people to Milan.
Only time i thought i was going to die whilst flying,the landing coming back in to England was very bad,even the cabin crew look worried.

Originally Posted by Sailing into trouble

Yip true but they stress it is cheap. That is what it is all about. Pay your money and take your chances.

Now at the other end of the scale, Air Canada on top of all the other surcharges are charging $75 extra for your 1st bag! then more for the second. They also have a policy that passengers bags are left behind as they sell space at a premium for air freight. Airlines are out to make money, It is a business to them.

And there was me thinking they were doing it out of the goodness of their hearts.



On another note, a mate of mine wanted to fly to Capetown recently, in Biz class.

Flying economy BAH-LHR (Gulf Air econ), then LHR-DXB-CPT-DXB-LHR (Emirates Biz all the way) finishing with LHR-BAH (Gulf Air econ) was almost a third cheaper than DXB-CPT-DXB (Emirates Biz).

How fucking mad is that?

Body scanners for Suvarnabhumi airport | Pattaya today newspaper

Body scanners for Suvarnabhumi airport


Posted by pattayatoday
on Sep 21st, 2011

The airports authority in Thailand has invested 100 million baht to improve security screen areas at the country’s leading international airport. Eight full body scanners will be introduced for maximum security checks at a new security zone to be brought to the mezzanine floor after airline check-in.

This innovation will necessitate travelers to take an escalator up to walk through the scanners and then take another escalator down to the immigration check-in area.



The airports authority said the contract bidding process was in hand and that the new technology should be available for customer use by the end of 2011.

One concern is that airline passengers at Suvarnabhumi are increasing by six percent a year and the airport is now close to maximum capacity at 45 million yearly. Short term plans include making better use of existing spaces and the use of some domestic terminals for international flights at night only.

In the longer term, there are plans to build a new terminal at a cost of over nine billion baht which will be able to handle 20 million more passengers. Thus, by 2015, the airport should be able to handle 65 million passengers annually. The Cabinet has yet to agree on plans for a new terminal.

Thai-ASEAN News Network

THAI to Launch Budget Thai Smile Airline in July 2012

UPDATE : 21 September 2011

Thai International Airways has approved the introduction of the Thai Smile Airline, a new low-cost carrier, in July 2012.

President of Thai International Airways or THAI, Piyasawat Amaranand announced that the company has decided to introduce Thai Smile Airline, a new low-cost carrier, in July of next year.


Initially, the airline will offer only domestic routes before expanding, particularly to ASEAN member countries, including China and India.

The hiring process of the new crew has been outsourced to WingSpan Services, an employment company partially owned by THAI.

Starting from October 2011, the company is planning to hire 40 pilots and 100 flight attendants.

The Transport Ministry has supported the establishment of the new airline, citing that THAI needs a new carrier to compete in the low-cost market, which is currently being dominated by Thai Air-Asia.

THAI is planning to expand its capacity to accommodate all customer segments with Thai International Airways as a premium carrier, focusing on intercontinental and main regional routes, while the new Thai Smile Airline will emphasize domestic and secondary regional routes.

At the same time, Nok Air will continue offering ultra-low cost flights to domestic destinations.

Leahy "extra large version of the A380 by the end of this year."


Rough translation:

The Airbus is not big enough. The European aircraft A380 is already the largest aircraft in the world, but according to insiders, there are plans to build an even longer version, the so-called Airbus XXL to accommodate 1,000 passengers.


The Airbus A380 is currently the largest passenger plane in the world. However, the European aircraft manufacturer is working on plans for an extra large version of the type.


Initially the company had plans for a super-plane in 2006, which were put on the back burner when there were production problems with the A380.

The projections now are that air traffic over the next twenty years will grow substantially and that worldwide around 28,000 new aircraft will be needed to meet that demand.

According to the manufacturer, not only infrastructure must be built to keep up with demand, but it will also require aircraft with greater capacity.

"I really would not be surprised if the plans for the extra large version of the A380 by the end of this year become a reality," said John Leahy, Airbus commercial director.

BA, CX, EK......?

All about economies of scale. With fuel prices guaranteed to rise, they have to look at reducing the cost of each seat.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

All about economies of scale. With fuel prices guaranteed to rise, they have to look at reducing the cost of each seat.

Wouldn't they require bigger/heavier engines and more fuel to push the stretched 380 along?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Flying economy BAH-LHR (Gulf Air econ), then LHR-DXB-CPT-DXB-LHR (Emirates Biz all the way) finishing with LHR-BAH (Gulf Air econ) was almost a third cheaper than DXB-CPT-DXB (Emirates Biz).

Harry, Ive had about 6hours sleep in the last 5 days, then you post this! My brain Hurts In the middle of the night at 1/2 time I say a rating from passengers top 10 airlines. Virgin and Virgin Atlantic with New Zealand were in the top 10 with Royal Thai at 10 the other 6 All from the middle east!

So that would sort of say that the average Christian likes to fly Muslim Air! Strange world isn't it.