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by vorgol 358 days ago
Excellent news.

I think Ryanair was a trend setter back in the day for charging for absolutely everything.

So much that that a song was written about it (published 14 years ago): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAg0lUYHHFc

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> Excellent news.

Terrible news. Flying is way too cheap as it is.

I know that every single opinion will have someone that holds the opposite, but I didn’t expect to see one for “flying is cheap” so quickly.

Can you explain your meaning or rationale? I’m guessing eco-/environment related?

Environment related, yes. But also the way government subsidies in EU give flights an unfair advantage over better methods of transport

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EU_aviation_fuel_taxation

Ryanair also jacked up their prices once they removed competitors from same routes.