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Ryanair is famous for its extremely cheap fares accompanied by exorbitant fees, like charging $115 to print your boarding pass for you. The airline even once proposed charging passengers to use the onboard toilet . By contrast, passerger van car rentals philadelphia pa Southwest has resisted passerger van car rentals philadelphia pa even the industry trend to charge bag fees. Ryanair s profits last year were 40% higher than Southwest s. Says Flightfox:
Southwest mainly defies the low-cost model logic with its acceptance of two free checked bags. The checking of any bags should be avoided as they slow down loading the plane, inflate the turnover time, and end up costing the airlines more than they are worth.
In addition, although the airline s customer-service approach is charming, an automated system like Ryanair s is far more cost-effective. Instead of employing thousands to answer phones and book flights, Ryanair is saving the energy passerger van car rentals philadelphia pa on plotting the next money-making scheme.
Although Southwest was once considered a pioneer passerger van car rentals philadelphia pa amongst low-cost carriers, it has remained just that; a dated, bonnet-wearing airline. If Southwest ever hopes to offer its customers lower rates or increase their profit margin, they are going to have to ditch the sweet tea and start drinking some of Ryanair s killer Kool-Aid.
The comparison that Flightfox makes breaks down because, by the writer s own admission, Southwest isn t really a budget carrier anymore. Ryanair s counterpart in the U.S. is really Spirit passerger van car rentals philadelphia pa Airlines, which also charges low fares but ridiculous additional fees and is ruthless about canceling your ticket without a refund if you re, for example, late for your flight.  (A lesson a co-working FrontBurnervian s mother-in-law recently learned.)