Monday, March 9, 2009

O'Leary admits publicity stunt

Just one day after insisting that the airline was serious about making passengers pay for the use of aircraft toilets, Ryanair's Michael O'Leary admitted at a tourism conference in Malahide that the whole incident was a publicity stunt.
“Boeing can put people on the moon, design fighter aircraft and smart bombs, but they can’t design a bloody mechanism to go on doors that will accept coins,” he admitted, which would indicate that there had at least been a discussion between the airline and the Seattle based aircraft manufacturer.
O'Leary further indicated that European law requires that free access to toilets be provided where food and drink are served. Sounds very like a case of "If all else fails - turn it into a publicity stunt". 

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