Ryanair’s jibe over BA’s ‘wrong destination’ flight backfires
Ryanair’s social media dig at British Airways has backfired after customers responded with a barrage of tweets telling the Irish carrier it needed to get its own house in order.
Michael O’Leary’s airline poked fun at BA after news one of its flights landed in Edinburgh instead of Dusseldorf by mistake.
It tweeted a picture of the book Geography for Dummies, with the message: "Hey British Airways, we have a present for you."
BA replied: "Now, now. No one is perfect," while Twitter users responded with a barrage of comments and images, including other books in the ‘…for Dummies’ series.
One user tweeted a picture of Employment Law for Dummies, while another posted a picture of Customer Service for Dummies.
Nigel Johnstone said: "Hey Ryanair, you may not know this but the subject is navigation, not geography."
Andy Hollinson posted: "British Airways are missing a trick. Ryanair would have charged double for the second destination."
Others reminded Ryanair of times their own flights with the carrier had arrived well behind schedule.
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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