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Eagle-eyed                                     <span class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\" data-id=\"255010\"style=\";  ;\" class=\"display-card-hyperlink display-card-hyperlink-no-vignette\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/tag\/ryanair\/\"  >Ryanair<\/a><\/span>                                         fans claim to have spotted a Cte d&#8217;Ivoire (Ivory Coast) flag on one of the airline&#8217;s aircraft, which is essentially the same as the Irish flag but with the three colors (Green, White and Orange) the other way around.                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite seemingly having the Cte d&#8217;Ivoire flag on the right-hand side of its planes, Ryanair does not currently have a base in Abidjan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,2110,120,694,567,1391,1368],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-aircraft-registration","category-europe","category-flag-carrier","category-guides","category-livery","category-ryanair"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite seemingly having the Cte d&#039;Ivoire flag on the right-hand side of its planes, Ryanair does not currently have a base in Abidjan.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Guest authors\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"1EIWGZ5FoylKQrO3pqls-2hXlDXKIP1lffdWZCVV0V4\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=115892\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 4.9.9\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"VibeWire Magazine - Your Alternate News Source for Transport, Politics, UFO, Paranormal, Anything\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Are Countries\u2019 Flags The Wrong Way Round On The Starboard Side Of Certain Aircraft? 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