I fly with Ryanair several times a year, and I don’t have an issue with them.

They’re a budget airline and what you see with budget airlines is what you get. Minimum comfort and potential charges for bags that don’t fit into the measuring bins, but you know that at the outset so there are no surprises.

They usually get you to your destination on time and that’s the main thing.

They’re not necessarily cheap any more though, and anyone who has booked a flight recently will be aware of the increased charges. That applies across the board with all carriers.

Ryanair proudly boast of their record for getting flights to their destinations on time. Thankfully, they have abandoned that annoying trumpet announcement heralding another early arrival. In fairness, they are usually on time.

On those occasions they are late, you are likely to get a variety of excuses. While waiting for a flight from London Gatwick to Cork last year, I received a message on the Ryanair app that the flight was delayed by two hours. The message said there had been a slight technical problem with the aircraft, that had since been resolved.

When I got to the departure gate, a Ryanair staff member made an announcement about boarding and apologised for the delay, which was due, she said, to adverse weather conditions.

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