The 2010 Girls of Ryanair Calendar

The low cost Irish airline Ryanair gives the word "take-off" new meaning with its racy annual 2010 "Girls of Ryanair Calendar, for about $15 via ryanaircalendar.com.

The girls do a good job, but Ukrainian airline Wind Rose has stolen their idea, and made their own calendar with much hotter chicks......pictured here.

About 800 of the 4,000 employees "volunteered" to put forth their sexiest poses to be among "the girls of Ryanair." All sales benefit a children's nonprofit, so if your wife gets angry, say it's for charity.

Ukranian Wind Rose Airlines 2010 Sexy Stewardess Calender

I’d never heard of the Ukranian Airline Wind Rose.....who knew they even had planes that fly.
This must be where all those Russian mail order brides come from.

I haven't seen anything close to this on the airlines flying transatlantic, just a bitter bunch of senior stewardesses pissed off at the bad career choice they made to be a waitress at 30,000 feet. Entire Calendar here

I’m guessing the Kiev company got the idea after seeing the Ryanair Cabin Crew Calendar.
This should give you a reason to go to the Ukraine...even if you didn't have one before.

US Airlines to start charging for a second bag.

The US airlines are going the route of RyanAir...... charge for everything. Better start packing more economically, the New York Times reports that five of the six major airlines plan to charge coach passengers as much as $25 (each way) to check that second bag.
I suspect lots of folks will start significantly increasing their carry on luggage when flying. Here are the airlines who’ll be charging a $25 fee for a second checked-in bag:
Continental
Delta
Northwest
United
US Air

The new rule will cause other uncomfortable consequences on board too. Fees for checked luggage will just force fliers to attempt to bring more carry-on bags aboard. Pretty soon those overhead luggage bins will look as stuffed as a clown car. And you will probably be the guy who gets the diaper bag spilled all over you when those overheads are opened too fast.

Price war to bring cheaper transatlantic flights

A transatlantic price war is set to erupt as the first continental carrier moves in to take on British and American airlines flying from London to the US.

All are taking advantage of the deal which allows any European and US airline to fly between anywhere in the EU and the US.

Meanwhile, Michael O'Leary, the chief executive of Ryanair, is waiting in the wings. He is drawing up plans to set up his own low-cost transatlantic airline, flying to "secondary" airports in the USA from bases such as Stansted and Liverpool John Lennon. STORY

Sarko wants to sue RyanAir

The European press can't spill enough ink over Sarkozy and his paramour Carla Bruni, but the latest jab at their whirlwind romance has Sarko tres irrité.
Ryanair, which isn't known for its subtlety, and its girls of Ryanair Calender.....used a photo of the couple in an ad in today's issue of Le Parisien. The thought bubble above Bruni says:
With Ryanair, my whole family can come to my wedding.
That may be--as long as her relatives don't want to check bags--but the French president didn't appreciate the joke. Ryanair's apologized, but Sarko plans to sue the airline for "improper use of the president's image." STORY