Ryanair trolled British Airways and it backfired badly. Very badly
You’ll remember that rather marvellous story about the British Airways flight that was meant to go from London to Dusseldorf and ended up landing in Edinburgh instead?
Just in case you missed it, here’s the lovely moment the great Simon McCoy reported it.
Quality entertainment from @BBCSimonMcCoy as he struggled to compose himself while describing the #dusseldorf flight that accidental arrive at Edinburgh! pic.twitter.com/cAkIf1F3qY
— Dave Kotula (@DaveKotula) March 25, 2019
Anyway, Ryanair saw an opportunity to have a bit of fun at its rival’s expense on Twitter, so it did this.
Hey @British_Airways, we have a present for you pic.twitter.com/m3K9ZNk0Ew
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) March 25, 2019
Can you see what they’ve done there? Of course you can see what they’ve done there.
British Airways took it in good spirit.
Now, now. No one is perfect. Lolly
— British Airways (@British_Airways) March 25, 2019
But Ryanair just wouldn’t let it lie.
True, Lolly! Even we wouldn’t flog Edinburgh as Germany #DusseldorfNorth
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) March 25, 2019
And it was around this point that the budget airline made a fatal mistake, because suddenly they opened themselves to all sorts of piss-taking from people who said, well, things like this.
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— SpeedBirdUK (@speedbird_uk) March 25, 2019
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And here’s one for you @Ryanair pic.twitter.com/visVrSN0Hm
— Mr JB (@essex_o) March 25, 2019
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I remember the time you dropped me in Vienna after telling me we were meant to be landing in Bratislava… The flight was meant to go to Budapest.
— Richard Chambers (@newschambers) March 25, 2019
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Really? Ryanair landed in Timisoara, RO instead of Thessaloniki, GR in January… and you left the passengers there without any info!
— Zoumpourlou (@Zoumpourlou1) March 25, 2019
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Ha ha Ryan Air you can talk. love BA pic.twitter.com/KONimTa6MF
— adam grindley (@grimples) March 26, 2019
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May I remind @Ryanair of the flight FR8582 from London to Thessaloniki, Greece, that landed to Timisoara, Romania (500 miles and 2 international frontiers from its supposed destination). Perhaps, you could read ‘Geography for Dummies’ first…
— travelingpsychiatrist (@travelingpsych1) March 26, 2019
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Well… pic.twitter.com/JIB7Ckd8JM
— Kevin Andrew (@Kev_Andrew) March 25, 2019
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Waiting for a Ryanair flight to depart on time ✈ pic.twitter.com/6WEXjfCPS9
— Shing-Yung Wong (@shingwong82) March 26, 2019
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Unfortunately @RyanAir your image exceeds our image upload allowance. Please pay an unreasonable fee to have your image thrown in the hold. Remember, we change our allowance size frequently, and charge unreasonable fees just to keep you on your toes. #ryanair #troll #allowance pic.twitter.com/Wt4Fv6nAhk
— eddie duggan (@eddieduggan) March 26, 2019
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@Ryanair pic.twitter.com/S883LeO3qO
— James Cole (@slowbird_pilot) March 26, 2019
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Hey @Ryanair… pic.twitter.com/jYErxi7TNU
— KitchenSlave (@kitchenslave67) March 26, 2019
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I’d rather land in the wrong place with @British_Airways, Then to be Racially Abused, and be forced to move seats to accommodate a racist. #thankunext @Ryanair pic.twitter.com/OuC1TtrjaQ
— Tella (@SimplyNatel) March 26, 2019
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You wouldn’t catch me flying with Ryanair worst airline ever!
— Tai Kamiya (@TaiKamiya101) March 26, 2019
