Ryanair to sell £5 tickets for standing-room only flights

[Jordan]

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Ryanair is planning to run flights where passengers stand during the journey at a cost of just £5 per ticket.

Michael O'Leary, the airline's chief executive, will set out proposals today that include charging customers to use the loo.

A standing area with "vertical seats" will be introduced at the back of its fleet of 250 planes.

He said that charging customers £1 to make use of facilities would encourage travellers on one-hour flights to use lavatories at the airport instead of on the aircraft.

The Irishman said he intended to introduce coin-operated loos and added: "The other change we've been looking at is taking out the last 10 rows of seats so we will have 15 rows of seats and the equivalent of 10 rows of standing area."

A Ryanair spokesman said that Boeing had been consulted over refitting the fleet with "vertical seats" which would allow passengers to be strapped in while standing up, which would cost between £4 and £8 per person.
Safety testing will be carried out next year.

However, a spokesman for the Civil Aviation Authority said the plans would struggle to meet safety requirements.

He said: "It's aviation law that people have to have a seat belt on from take-off and landing so they would have to be in a seat. I don't know how Mr O'Leary would get around that one. During turbulence passengers also have to have a seat belt on."

Mr O'Leary was interviewed for ITV's ‘How to Beat the Budget Airlines’ which airs on Thursday night at 7.30pm.



Lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

[Special]

lol imagine that on a 4 hour flight to tenerife!

such a silly idea

[danzooo]

Who the hell is going to buy that???

[Caterpillers]

I think it is only on short haul flights, e.g dosmestic ones. Or ones that last less that like 1 hour.

[Kieran]

Haha.... This will never pass CAA/EASA/JAA safety requirements... I think someone's having a bit of a laugh there.

[Special]

I think it is only on short haul flights, e.g dosmestic ones. Or ones that last less that like 1 hour.

i doubt that, the only flights that are less that 1 hour are those that withiun the UK and possibly amsterdam & northern france - basically not enough flights i.e pointless

[Kieran]

i doubt that, the only flights that are less that 1 hour are those that withiun the UK and possibly amsterdam & northern france - basically not enough flights i.e pointless

The video said it'd only be on flights less than an hour. Ryanair has quite a few domestic flights like that.

[Frodo13.]

Don't you have to sit down for taking off/landing?

[Kieran]

Don't you have to sit down for taking off/landing?

Technically, you just need to be wearing a seatbelt..

[Sharon]

What a silly idea. i'd rather pay an extra £200knowing I won't die.

[alexxxxx]

hahahahahaha oh dear ryanair. i love the airline though. so cheap.

[Describe]

It'll never be the price they've put it as, you're charged more for everything. Food, baggage, how you pay & choosing to sit with one another will all be factors that change the price.

[Mathew]

Technically, you just need to be wearing a seatbelt..
I think the cabin crew would ask you to sit down if you stood up with a seat belt strapped around you..? :rolleyes: Of course you need to be sat down.


What a silly idea. i'd rather pay an extra £200knowing I won't die.
You're hardly gonna' die just because you're stood up (you lean against something).

Of course this won't pass health and safety, but it had good intentions :P

[GoldenMerc]

sit on the floor much

[Fehm]

Standind Seats.. Whats that then? :P

A thought a seat was something you sat on, not something you stood on :L

[xxMATTGxx]

I hate RyanAir as an airline so much. They come up with some stupid ideas like "£1 to use the toilet" and this story has been rumored/announced/whatever for quite some time. I would rather sit down on any flight, no matter how short or long it was.

[Axel]

Who the hell is going to buy that???

I would, it's only standing up for a while...

[FlyingJesus]

To be honest if they did somehow manage to get this through health and safety (which they won't) then I would use it for short flights - I've been standing for longer on a train before it's not that difficult. Still, I can't see it happening

[hah]

this was a news article from like last year lol?
its quite clear its a publicity stunt

[xxMATTGxx]

To be honest if they did somehow manage to get this through health and safety (which they won't) then I would use it for short flights - I've been standing for longer on a train before it's not that difficult. Still, I can't see it happening

The difference is though, a train follows a set of tracks. An aircraft takes off at a good amount of speed and also travels at fast speed and if you hit any turbulence, surely it would be better if you are sat down in a seat.

[WetFloor]

Standind Seats.. Whats that then? :P

A thought a seat was something you sat on, not something you stood on :L

Mhm. I wanna see these seats they have in mind. :)

[FlyingJesus]

The difference is though, a train follows a set of tracks. An aircraft takes off at a good amount of speed and also travels at fast speed and if you hit any turbulence, surely it would be better if you are sat down in a seat.

Probably but I'm pretty hardcore

[Swastika]

I'd go straight to Amsterdam or the closest flight to Holland if this £5 badboy flight comes in.
Loving that haha, weekends away to France aswell, decent.

[HotelUser]

If an airline is making shortcuts like--removing seats--I wouldn't feel comfortable flying with them for other reasons!

[Kieran]

If an airline is making shortcuts like--removing seats--I wouldn't feel comfortable flying with them for other reasons!

Ryanair actually has one of the best safety records and newest fleet ;)

[xxMATTGxx]

Ryanair actually has one of the best safety records and newest fleet ;)

Doesn't mean they are best airline though. ;)

[Swastika]

Doesn't mean they are best airline though. ;)
He didn't say it did. ;)

[Luke]

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oh boy.

[Sharon]

oh my god thats terrible.

[Gibs960]

I wouldn't mind standin up for an hour to go to Northern france :D Then get another flight to south of france, hotter there ;D

[jimi]

Whats the point?

They look like seats anyway??

+ they are wasting aircraft space anyway

[Adamm]

I'd stand up for an hour to Paris for a fiver. Bloody 'ell I ain't bov'd.

[Geraint]

I'd stand up for an hour to Paris for a fiver. Bloody 'ell I ain't bov'd.

Paris? I'd do it to anywhere.

[Calvin]

I would hate standing on a long flight, wouldn't mind a short journey though. But next we'll most likely have convertable planes!

[Colin-Roberts]

there already is "convertible" planes , they just cant fly at a high altitude. I'd pay $5 to stand on a short flight, cheaper then gas

[chantellehugs]

I wouldn't do it on my first ever trip on an plane, but in the future I wouldn't mind going anywhere, the good thing you get out of it is a cheap flight and a lovely holiday

[Jordy]

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oh boy.Oh I don't mind if it's something like that, although no doubt it would be a nightmare if you were claustrophobic. If it saves me a bit of money it won't be too bad and I doubt it'll be that uncomfortable, it's just it'll be far more than £5 once it comes down to it. Try being sandwiched on the London Underground during rush hour and trying not to fall over like dominoes once the train comes to a stop. Baggage, airport fees, credit card fees, check-in fees, it all adds up. For instance I found some "free" BMI Baby flights the other day, £41 with taxes + charges, £25 for baggage and £15 to check-in, not even close to being free.

[SinglePringle15]

Technically, you just need to be wearing a seatbelt..

lmao it would be like one of those gravity ball things at fun fairs :P

plz hold on to the side and fasten your self to the nearedt wall plz dont jump out of the window thanks from your captain

Random bit btw ^ lmao

[Jayke]

That will be fun, ill make my own bed.

[JACKTARD]

I flew to the french alps in 45 minutes but even a short flight like that noone will want to stand. You would feel like cattle