Didn't go for an extreme, just a randomly chosen route.
Here's another one:
Ryanair London to Milan
06JUL03 0640 STN-BGY 14.99
11JUL03 1900 BGY-STN 69.99
Total excl. taxes 84.98
BA London to Milan
06JUL03 0735 LHR-LIN 88.00
11JUL03 0810 LIN-LHR 87.00 (Note an evening departure is 242.00
Total excl. taxes 175.00
Again, this is just a randomly chosen route. I don't particular fancy LCC's. They're sort of ok if I'm paying myself, but when travelling for the company it's Business Class thank you very much. However, I'm no great fan of BA either so one could say I'm equally unimpressed by Ryanair and BA