Here's Ryanair's new charity cabin crew bikini calendar

It's all in aid of charity.

Wed, 23 Oct, 2013 - 12:17

It's that time of year again, when Ryanair publishes its charity calendar, featuring the crème-de-la-crème of its (female) cabin crew clad in bikinis.

The launch comes just two days after Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary found himself criticised for flirty comments in a Twitter live-chat on Monday. Good timing.

But it's all in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust, so, you know, it's ok, right?

Soledad Campillo, based in Valencia, graces the August pages.

The Dublin-based girls chosen to grace the calendar include Stephanie Carmen Pattison, Malgorzata Wasilewska, and Maria - just "Maria", apparently.

Stephanie, Malgorzata and Maria are all based in Dublin.

Ryanair claims over 400 staff applied to be in the calendar, and only 13 were chosen, so there's clearly plenty of interest among the cabin crew in flying to Crete for a photoshoot holiday.

And, mercy, they even have a behind-the-scenes video with the lovely ladies, in which Ryanair rolls out the red carpet and stages some truly ridiculous shots.

Which actually looks like it was a lot of fun.

If you'd like to buy the calendar, they print 10,000 of them for sale on Ryanair flights at €10 a pop - with all proceeds going to the charity, so they expect to raise €100,000 this year.

And, in case you were wondering if there's any plans for Ryanair to do a calendar with their male cabin crew, Michael O'Leary himself answered that himself in his, er, open and honest Twitter chat this week.

@don_the_don Sadly d ladies are too smart to buy swimsuit clad men so wouldn't raise any money for charity #GrillMOL
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) October 21, 2013