Comments on: Hot topic: Will Ryanair charging for toilets work for its brand?

By: Ankhkare

Ankhkare — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:34:31 +0000

I honestly think it is very cheap to travel with Ryanair and whats more important is the fact that you can buy cheap stuff from this awesome plane. I got only good impressions about it since I traveled last month together with my wife.

By: StephanieBShuttson

StephanieBShuttson — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:03:46 +0000

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By: RV

RV — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:09:43 +0000

i dont know about the brand, i think about the quality…

By: aidenejer

aidenejer — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:11:28 +0000

I’m the only one in this world. Can please someone join me in this life? Or maybe death…

By: lee newham

lee newham — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:29:37 +0000

A stupid idea.

Flying Ryanair isn’t really that cheap when you add all the extras up and it makes you feel like you are being ripped off. It’s created loads of bad press so as a PR effort is backfired.

I hate Ryanair though the way I have been treated by them in the past and I think their O’leary is a pratt!

Oh, if only Go was still around, they were great. Brilliant branding too.

By: Pat Epting

Pat Epting — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:37:00 +0000

Hmmmm…..
If I paid a pound to enter the loo,
Would I choose to leisurely sit and stew?
Ignoring those who are standing in line?
Yep, if I paid a pound, I’d take my time!

By: Peterson Petty Tjitemisa

Peterson Petty Tjitemisa — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:34:06 +0000

I dont really see it happening anyway, considering the EASA cabin Safety Regulations

By: Patrick Murphy

Patrick Murphy — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:37:30 +0000

Before you all get carried away read this report from the Irish Times:

The Irish Times reported Saturday that Ryanair Chief Executive Michael O’Leary admitted that his public musing about starting to charge passengers for access to the lavatory on flights was merely the latest in a string of publicity stunts. The Irish Times reports:

Despite telling reporters on Thursday that “it’s going to happen,” Mr O’Leary told a tourism conference yesterday that it was technically impossible and legally difficult.

Mr O’Leary joked it was a “new visionary strategy and a wonderful idea,” but also conceded that it could be construed as “taking the p***”. He told the conference, organised by city tourist bodies around Europe, that Ryanair had bought Boeing aircraft in recent years, but the doors were not suitable for charging customers to use the toilet.

“Boeing can put people on the moon, design fighter aircraft and smart bombs, but they can’t design a bloody mechanism to go on doors that will accept coins,” he admitted. Mr O’Leary also confessed that it would not be possible because some “bureaucrat in Brussels” had decreed that establishments where food and drink is served have to provide toilets free of charge.

“It is not likely to happen, but it makes for interesting and very cheap PR,” he told the audience at the Grand Hotel in Malahide, Co Dublin.

By: Phil Darby

Phil Darby — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 08:50:37 +0000

I just have to step in, in response to Roseann’s comment.

The difference between Gerald Ratner’s gaf and Michael O’leary’s comment is vast! Believe me, I was there!

For one thing Gerald didn’t have a reputation for quipps and for another, Ratners didn’t have a strong brand community. RyanAir’s brand community won’t bat an eyelid at this event. They know that O’Leary was joking and it will strengthen rather than weaken their loyalty. They’ll also probably be chuckling at the way that “outsiders” are responding to this. It all serves to make their community more exclusive.

That’s what branding is all about!

By: Roseann Dodgson

Roseann Dodgson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 05:14:00 +0000

One word springs to mind “Crap”.

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Do you remember what happened to the Jewellery chain in UK when the owner Ratners himself said his jewellery was all crap? The business winded up within the year!
Ryanair have recently offended so many people in their pay per bag policy,and they are just adding to the dung pile of driving away customers.

Whereas the flush used to be a good hand of cards, I think they may be pulling their own toilet chain on being flushed out of the market.

The science of ‘crapology’ takes on a whole new meaning. Next they will be asking you to take you own loo roll on board!