Ryanair boss promises $125 fares from US if Aer Lingus bid succeeds

jolly-know-all: (below) your attempt at veiled anti-Irish racism has not gone un-noticed! Btw: A five-gallon bucket and even a full copy of the Times would not cope with what you are full of!

The cheap airfare sounds nice; but what gets sacrificed? I can do without a lot of things, but I'd like to have a little more than a 5-gallon bucket and a page of the Irish Times in the loo, please.....:)

I've made numerous attempts to post my comments on this article. Is this particular section of ICentral broken?

I always fly AirLingus to Ireland and Scotland, never had a bad flight, I'm afraid O'Leary would be a very bad choice to run them.

I have flown on Ryan air once. Never again. I will not be flying on Aer Lingus if he takes over. I don't want to sit on a stool for 8 hours with a rope in my hand in case there isn't enough fuel to get all the way across. Why not just merge with carnival cruises and make a real mess of all the possibilities. Deregulation has been a disaster in every area. We need more oversight of these characters.

we are doomed if this happenes. read the comments about those against this and they are SPOT ON!! JUST REMEMBER ONE THIG...IF IT LOOKS TO GOOD THEN ITS NOT REAL

pilib: Looks like you've never been on a plane. ALL carriers are charging for extras, from snacks on board to drinks to seat selcetion to baggage charges. Some are now even charging for carry-on. RyanAir has a pretty generous carry-on allowance as far as I remember. Maybe you need to save up and take a flight somewhere.

All you critics of O'Leary...I'll bet you'll be first in line for the 99 euro fare. Someone was questioning the affordability....there are sales all the time from the east coast to the west coast for $299...same distance...and they are still making money. The big difference is that Ryan Air does not have baggage handlers and fuelers making 75,000 grand a year !!! (EI does)

Bogside Not the same over there with bigger airports and more of his scary fly rounds.lol

Michael O'Leary is the most savvy businessman this side of the pond. He's actually wasting his time pandering to a bunch of Celtic sots headed to Poland for drunkin bachlor and hen parties. Get thee to Amerikay and take over American Airlines, Michael.

At 99 Euro's, I would expect that Ryanair will have a few xtra charges for "extras". I can live with the Extra charges, I just want to know the size of the plane.

wtf.

Yeah, right. Economically unsustainable. He must think we are all fools.

It will be something like fly over and glide back if his record is anything to go by. His company operates like some of those with adds on this site. Full of promises and overspilling with booby traps. Ones that you can`t get back out of without financial loss.

@ misneac You remind us that we once had a monopoly with Aer Lingus and that's one of your reasonings for supporting Michael O'Leary's attempt at taking Aer Lingus over which would then create another monopoly?! I fail to see your logic. Anyway, last year Michael O'Leary said he would offer €10 flights across the atlantic, wonder why it's gone up to €99 already? Probably because he can't keep track of all the rubbish he spouts to generate publicity.