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gavintc said:My wife and I are booked Ryanair to Girona in Mar. We flew last Easter to Italy with Easyjet and then later to Majorca on a charter - no problems. It will be our first experience on a Ryanair flight with the bikes. My only comment on this subject is that the airline sub-contract the handling to an agent, usually the airport handling agent. The only time that the bikes will see a Ryanair employee will be at check in. I therefore think that poor handling is more of an 'airport' thing than an 'airline' thing.
agree; Have had no problems flying with a bike (on Ryanair or Easyjet) 7 times from Stansted or Luton; the one time I brought my bike into Gatwick (where Tony works) they got one of their trainee baby (or maybe adult) elephants to sit on it. When I took it to the LBS to get a quote for claiming for a new frame they said "Gatwick was it?" And of course it was Easyjet who had to pay not the Cretans who bent it.
I'm using Stansted and Luton again this year; annoying as I live a stone's throw from Gatwick but I'd rather a long journey than a bent bike.