Crediting Ryanair with making air travel accessable, rather than EU deregulation. They just had their timing right, plus a nice bit of interference by Seamus Brennan who blocked competition on the Dublin to Stanstead route to give them a leg up.
btw I've never, ever, heard that ontime fanfare on Ryanair, because they're always feckin late the few times I've used them.
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