"Like that red football team in the city, Manchester Airport thinks it's god's gift to airports but I'm not honoured to be flying with them."
MICHAEL O'LEARY, RYANAIR
(INSIDER NEWS, 11 May 2011)
Interesting. Make what you will of that!
These comments were made in Yorkshire and aimed at a Yorkshire audience, MOL is well known for tailoring his comments to endear himself to the locals. It is highly possible he could make totally contradictory statements at a similar function in Greater Manchester.