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floweringpoppies · 26/07/2022 08:46

Is it awful?
Looking to cook Ryan air in august, is this the worst decision ever?

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lljkk · 26/07/2022 12:47

cooking an airline probably doesn't make them fly faster

floweringpoppies · 26/07/2022 23:53

@lljkk 🤣🤣🤣 I'm not sure it will help the situation at all!!

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StRaphael · 27/07/2022 06:31

What do you mean? Awful as in there is a lack of staffing across the airline industry and there will be long queues and a risk of cancellation - which is currently at every airport/many airlines - or awful because it doesn’t have certain shops/restaurants etc. Assume all airports will be chaos in August during a normal year and you’ve set your expectation.

Stansted is no worse than a lot of airports and better than some.

KeepScrapingBy · 27/07/2022 07:57

Following as I’m flying from Stansted in August. A couple of people I know have done it recently and said everything was OK.
There haven’t been any horror stories in the media so hoping for the best.

PolaDeVeboise · 27/07/2022 08:03

The horror stories in the media are just that - stories. Yes, there are issues, but the situation across most Airports is nowhere near as bad as the media is making it out to be.

ifonly4 · 27/07/2022 08:08

DD always books Ryanair, as sometimes she doesn't know how much luggage she wants to carry and can add on. She's a student abroad right now and a condition of her being there was she could prove she intended to come home, so she's had a Ryanair flight booked to Stansted since last August.

floweringpoppies · 27/07/2022 21:54

@StRaphael I think I'm just generally worried about getting a flight due to all the stories in the news. From the little research I have done stansted seems to be a bit better than Heathrow and Gatwick.

We'll just take cabin baggage as I think hold luggage can be an issue

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StRaphael · 27/07/2022 22:03

I think just taking hand luggage is the way to go. Expect queues but I’d give it a go and actually RyanAir has far less cancellations than other airlines don’t they?

If you’d have said Manchester I’d say hell no!

floweringpoppies · 27/07/2022 22:45

StRaphael · 27/07/2022 22:03

I think just taking hand luggage is the way to go. Expect queues but I’d give it a go and actually RyanAir has far less cancellations than other airlines don’t they?

If you’d have said Manchester I’d say hell no!

@StRaphael yes they do, I'm just keeping everything crossed it goes to plan!

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