Ryanair: How to get the media’s attention

Posted on July 7, 2009 - by John

Ryanair: How to get the media’s attention

No sitting down please

Ryanair’s marketing people are to be commended, this obviously hasn’t a leg to stand on (ahhhh a pun)

Ryanair Holdings may offer free flights to passengers willing to stand up during flights of less than 90 minutes, Sky News reported, citing chief executive Michael O’Leary.

Ryanair is asking Boeing about converting planes or delivering a new fleet with a section of “vertical seating”’ that would allow passengers to stand or to sit on bar stools similar to those in trains’ dining cars, Sky reported Mr O’Leary as saying in an interview.

Mr O’Leary said he got the idea from a similar concept that China’s Spring Airlines is reportedly looking at, Sky News said, adding that the airline said any move would have to be approved by the Irish Aviation Authority.