Flying mid week is still cheapest according to research from Which? Travel

The history of budget air travel can be traced back to Southwest Airlines in Dallas, Texas in the Seventies, but it was not until the Nineties that deregulation of the European market allowed low-cost pioneers Ryanair and easyJet to really take off

Ryanair will continue flying domestic Italian flights after a better agreement with ENAC has been made.

New, and lax, ID requirements force Ryanair to cancel flights on security grounds.

As Visa is phasing out the Visa Electron cards, Ryanair will stop accepting them from January 2010. This means that the previous only way to pay for Ryanair flights without incurring a credit card fee will disappear.

Ryanair opens 2nd hub in Oslo next year.

Ryanair, masters of fees as they are, is set to raise the fee for issuing a boarding pass at the airport to Euro 100.

Almost 2 million travel from Treviso to Venice each year after taking a flight with Ryanair, Germanwings, Transavia, or Wizz Air. Here's how you get from Treviso if your final destination is Venice.

Ryanair is starting eight new routes from Edinburgh to mainland Europe plus the Canaries for its winter season.

Ryanair is axing all but one of its 10 routes from Manchester Airport in a drive to cut costs after the hub refused to reduce its charges.

David Dimbleby, the host of BBC Question Time, was one of many hundreds of travelers stuck at Stansted the other day because Ryanair only opened 11 check in desks for 255 flights.

Irish budget airline Ryanair announced a major shifting of its winter routes Wednesday to capitalize on Europeans' love affair with Canary Islands sunshine.

For those with last minute travel plans, Ryanair has improved their booking process so that you can fly on the same day as you book. On the website you can now go ahead and buy a ticket at anytime up to 6 hours before the scheduled departure time.

A recent survey carried out by Continental Research (July 2009) found that budget airlines are failing to live up to passenger expectations with many complaints relating to hidden costs.

Never a company to shy away from upsetting their passengers, Ryanair has upped fees and plan to lower service levels to less than you'd expect on a city bus. In Communist Russia. And CEO Michael O'Leary is quite proud of this

In what has to be a new low for an airline, European budget carrier Ryanair will now give fines to passengers with “excess” cabin luggage

Budget airline Ryanair wants to offer flights to the U.S. for just £8 plus tax. The budget airline is preparing to buy cheap planes from struggling rivals for the service, which could start at the end of next year

With gas prices dropping, we've wondered when airline fuel surcharges would come down, if ever. That day might be here

Never a company to shy away from gouging their customers, Ryanair breaks new ground by charging passengers to check in at the airport!