RYANAIR had a serious problem last week, which in truth was not really their fault, for many people just a joke, but which gained unprecedented news coverage. An Airbus A320 operated by Irish charter airline Eirjet under contract to FR made the mistake of flying into the Ballykelly airstrip, a former RAF bomber base, instead of City of Derry Airport, five miles away and with a parallel but licensed runway. The liability is with Ryanair who as usual tried to bluff their way out. BBC TV was still reporting on the main news channels 24 hours after the event pointing out that it takes eight minutes to drive between the two ”airports” and yes the next day the genuine Ryanair pilot did get it right, but was three hours late. Don”t bother to look on the Ryanair website. For once they did not put out a release.