LUTON AIRPORT suffered last week from a Ryanair publicity stunt which went badly wrong. Led by ”Commander” Michael O”Leary, chief executive, airline staff dressed in combat gear tried to carry out a mock military operation targeted at its rival easyJet, which included driving an elderly tank into the airport. However, extra security measures at Luton meant the stunt was scuppered. Vehicles that ”appear to be armed” are banned from airports under the Aviation Security Act. O”Leary seems to have lost his cool when it all went wrong blaming everyone else according to The Guardian, who featured the skirmish. After this fracas it would seem that any plans for Ryanair to expand its long established operation at Luton are on hold until things calm down. http://www.ryanair.com