Ryanair voted least favourite airline

Irish airline Ryanair has come bottom of a UK survey of favourite airlines, it has been announced.

A survey carried out by by TripAdvisor found that foundBritish Airways came second to Virgin Atlantic.

The survey was carried out after last month's strike at British Airways.

Singapore Airlines was the third most-popular airline, followed by Dubai-based Emirates and Thomson Airways in the survey of 936 UK travellers by the TripAdvisor company.

Of those surveyed who had been affected by airline strikes in the last six months, 30% were adamant they would never use that particular airline again, while 34% would be happy to fly with that carrier again and 32% were still unsure.

The survey also revealed:

* Passengers who recline seats in a rough manner were the biggest in-flight annoyance followed by badly-behaved children;

* 69% felt overweight passengers should have to pay for two airline seats;

* 84% were opposed to mobile phones on planes;

* 80% backed the introduction of full-body scanners at UK airports;

* 3% have joined the “mile-high club”, with 30% admitting they would like to but 67% saying they would not even consider it.