Comments on: Poison-pill shareholders Ryanair blocking investment in Aer Lingus

By: Han Maenen

Han Maenen — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:25:09 +0000

I flew to Ireland on February 20 and returned on February 28 on Aer Lingus. Als always, pleasant flights with friendly cabin crrew, a 75-minute delay on the way home was caused by high winds at Amsterdam. I had only a small trolly which I did not check in. On the way back I saw Aer Lingus and Ryanair cabin baggage racks. I wanted to know whether my trolly would fit in both. It fitted easily in the Aer Lingus rack, but got stuck in the Ryanair one. As some flights were full, at the gate Aer Lingus tagged surplus bags and checked them in for free. With the other arline it would have been more than likely this: “Get your wallets out! Credit cards accepted!”.

By: Han Maenen

Han Maenen — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 11:25:12 +0000

I have two Aer Lingus return tickets at present, one to be used on February 20 for a week to Ireland, one for the summer holidays. To me Aer Lingus rocks, as I have flown AL numerous times and it has never done anything nasty to me. I like their planes and their friendly cabin crew, that is real Irish to me. However, it is not nice to know that I will be flying Ryanair for 29%, which makes me a hypocrite when I say that I will never fly Ryanair. I hope that AL will be able to rid itself from this Trojan horse, the 29% Ryanair share. And I wish AL all the best in the future, allied with reputable airlines.