Airline's food costs more than the flight

by Zoe Li

Frugal passengers determined to save money may want to pack their own lunchboxes, especially if they've booked with Ryanair.

A meal onboard the no-frills Irish airline can cost more than the airfare, a new study by travelsupermarket.com shows.

The survey found that some budget airlines marked up their food and drink as much as 10 times the price at supermarkets. Still water on Aer Lingus was marked up 1,083 percent. 

But Ryanair was the worst overall offender. The Dublin-based airline is famed for its innovative approach to making a profit -- see their 5 money-saving schemes that would impress Scrooge.

When passengers are held hostage 37,000 feet aloft aboard Ryanair, they are charged �2.76 (US$4.36) for a half-liter bottle of still water.

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