Is Ryanair still a ‘no-frills’ airline?
Ryanair has recently been putting pressure on publications, including TravelMole and the Telegraph, to stop referring to it as a "no-frills" airline.
The airline’s head of communications Robin Kiely has been writing to various editors insisting that Ryanair is no longer a "no-frills" airline because it now offers services like reserved seating, priority boarding, and on-board catering. It also claimed its leather seating and punctuality distinguished it from no-frills airlines.
The editorial team at TravelMole argued that because you have to pay for most ‘frills’ on Ryanair, the term still stands.
But before we made a final editorial decision, we wanted to see what our readers thought.
So, in our latest Mole Poll we asked the question:
Ryanair believes it no longer falls under the category of a "no-frills" airline. Do you agree?
And the result was:
25% said "yes"
75% said "no".
Thanks for your feedback.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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