Which is best, Ryanair or Aer Lingus ?

Sat in Dublin airport waiting to go home and in a quiet (And possibly silly) moment thought I’d compile a list of the differences between Ryanair and Aer Lingus.

Ryanair advantages

? You get a proper airplane with jet engines

? Flies higher and faster than Aer Lingus and completes the trip 15 mins faster

? Stops on a ramp and you don’t have to experience the abject misery of getting on a bus and travelling 15 miles to the terminal which is what happens with Aer Lingus

Aer Lingus advantages

? I quite like the little ATR42/72. It has propellers and a whole WW1 Sopworth Camel feeling about it. 

? The seatbelts are about 6 inches longer than Ryanair which is much easier for the more ‘Rotund’ travellers amongst us

? They taxi at twice the speed of a jet so you get to the runway quicker

? Aer Lingus use Menzies as the ground crew in Bristol which are considerably faster dealing with luggage that Ryanair’s contractor. I’ve consistently had to wait 30 mins for luggage with Ryanair, with Aer Lingus my bag is waiting for me

? I don’t have to experience 50 minutes of market trading. Ryanair are constantly trying to sell drinks, snacks, perfumes, even scratch-cards with a winning chance that’s 1.2bn to 1 (Not making that figure up) when all I want to do is have a quiet nap.

? And the biggest advantage of all, on the occasions a flight arrives on time Aer Lingus don’t play a stupid, annoying little tune telling me how 90% of their flights arrive on time; which actually means that 10% of the time they are late and that’s not a service level to celebrate.

There’s nothing in it on price or service but as I can list 5 advantages to the 3 of Ryanair then they get my vote :-)