A new Ryanair service between Stansted and Frankfurt, due to start on April 22nd, appears set to fall foul of advertising watchdogs in Britain. The low cost airline's flight lands at Hahn, a former US airforce base 75 miles from the city, leaving passengers with a coach ride to Frankfurt or a 25-mile taxi trip to the nearest railway station.

The London Independent quoted a British Advertising Standards Authority spokesman this week as confirming it was likely to investigate the matter. It previously upheld complaints relating to Ryanair listing Venice as a destination for flights that land at Treviso 15 miles away, flights advertised for Oslo that landed 50 miles away at Torp airport, and a Stockholm service that flew to Skavsta, 80 miles away.

But Ryanair is not known for shirking a fight. Marketing director, Tim Jeans, defended the latest advertisement on the grounds that passengers would be told the airport details before they confirmed their booking. And he insisted that the lower costs of operating from little-used small airports were central to allowing Ryanair to cut flight costs.

Sounds like a case of paying your money and taking your chance.