Aer Lingus is a slightly weird case; they have essentially become a budget airline (at least for their European business) to compete with Ryanair, but they haven't yet gotten around to adopting most of the dark patterns.

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alistairSH 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Their trans-Atlantic flights are ok and cheap relative to United (out of IAD, to points in continental Europe). Their EU flights are a noticeable step down.

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rithdmc 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I don't think it's a weird case to compare two budget airlines to demonstrate why I think one is better than the other.

	▲	rsynnott 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Well, the thing is they historically weren't a budget airline. They've taken on some budget airline attributes, but mostly not the dark patterns. Yet. They'll get there.
	▲	rob74 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Aer Lingus is a budget airline? And here I was still thinking that they're the flag carrier of Ireland... (of course, they can be both at the same time)

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ahartmetz 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

IIRC Aer Lingus could already be described like that 10-15 years ago. I remember it as cheap but decent.

	▲	rsynnott an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, they went price-competitive with Ryanair a while back.