Ryanair has rejected criticism from a British consumer magazine which says the budget airline routinely uses airports that are miles away from the cities it claims to serve.
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The British Consumer Association magazine,
Holiday Which?
, says passengers flying to Bologna for instance land in a little town 37 miles from the city, while those flying with Ryanair to the Danish capital of Copenhagen actually land at Malmo in Sweden.
The Consumers' Association says it plans to write to the Advertising Standards Authority with a complaint.
"No-frills airline Ryanair makes a song and dance about its bargain fares on certain routes," the current issue of Holiday Whichsays.
"But it is not so outspoken about a smoke-and-mirrors technique it uses to keep prices down. What its eye-catching adverts don't always make clear is that Ryanair - more than other no-frills airlines - uses airports that are often miles away from the cities they claim to serve."
Ryanair's marketing director Mr Tim Jeans dismissed the Holiday Which? report as "a piece of very poorly researched nonsense".
"We don't advertise flights to Copenhagen - we fly to Malmo. As for Bologna, we carry more passengers on this route than either British Airways or Go, who both use the other Bologna airport," he said.
"We have not had a single complaint about our Bologna service and we work very closely with the Advertising Standards Authority in formulating our adverts."