I must be living in a parallel universe ehere Ryanair fares in september are dirt cheap !
Part of my job as a travel agent is to compare the tour operator's prices with what the public can find themselves . I'm constantly checking airline fares (as well as hotels,cruises etc) and I genuinely believe that ryanair usually have unbeatable cheap fares - except at the last moment and on occassiona when they know they can get away with it (like Poland over Xmas).
But even now for the next few weeks there are cheap prices - but there are great prces with tour operators as well. Basically its a crappy time for airlines and operators.
It has never never ever been cheaper to fly abroad.
Anyway-September ...
Looking at Ryanair just now for about 7th sept for a week in Paris or Madrid - 35 euro return inc. taxes and check-in fee.
Barcelona for 50. Or more unusual destinations like La Rochelle for 40.
These and several other destinations have the taxes included or ,rather, set at zero in the Ryanair prices to over a third of all Ryanair destinations.
There are dearer fares where there are no "free" taxes, such as Venice, Nice, Rome ,Crakow for 110 -130 euros , but I still think that's amazingly cheap for return flights to very popular destinations at what is a popular time for city breaks.
Doubtless one can now retort with some dearer examples, but there are so many return flights to all over Europe for between 50 -150 euros return inc. taxes and check-in ,(exc. baggage.) during sept and many other months.
What ,really, does one consider not cheap ? Anything over a euro ?