Ryanair, the world’s favourite airline, today (17 Dec) dismissed rumours that it might bid for Virgin Atlantic. While Ryanair is interested in a low fares transatlantic service, it has no intention of bidding for a high fares airline.Ryanair has received a number of calls in recent days from analysts and media linking Europe’s largest carrier with the small UK airline, as speculation builds about a re-organisation at Virgin Atlantic.Clearing up the rumours Ryanair’s Stephen McNamara said:“In business as in life, Virgin will have many pursuers but Ryanair will not be one of them. While Ryanair has a long-stated plan to enter the transatlantic market with a revolutionary really low fares service, we are too busy screwing Air France, BA and Lufthansa to waste time on a high-fare Virgin.”Ryanair press release 17.12.2010
I don't really follow the commercial market so can anyone tell me if this was ever actually a genuine rumour or was it just something thrown out there by Ryanair to generate publicity?
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