All Ryanair articles – Page 11
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NewsRyanair restricts voting rights to meet EU ownership after Brexit
Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair is implementing voting-right restrictions on all shares in the company owned by non-European Union nationals from 1 January 2021 to ensure the airline complies with ownership rules once the UK leaves the EU. The measures date back to resolutions put in place in March 2019 to ...
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Airline BusinessHow many jobs have Europe’s airlines cut in 2020?
Tens of thousands of jobs have been lost in Europe’s airline sector since the crisis began, as carriers seek to reduce cash burn and ‘right-size’ for the eventual recovery in demand.
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NewsRyanair to restore Shannon base next summer
Ryanair has confirmed it will reopen its base at Shannon airport this summer and called on the Irish government to act to incentivise travel to secure at capacity at Cork and Dublin.
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NewsCAA hits back as Ryanair blames ‘policy shift’ for cancelling UK routes
Irish carrier Ryanair cites a ’sudden change of policy’ from the Civil Aviation Authority for cancelling 12 UK domestic and non-European Union international routes, although the regulator insists it has a long-standing policy that UK-licensed operators should not heavily rely on wet-leasing foreign-registered aircraft for such services. Ryanair says the ...
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NewsFresh Europe travel restrictions ‘worst possible timing’ for airlines: analysts
New restrictions on travel to and from the UK amid concerns over a new Covid-19 variant are the “worst possible timing” for airlines expecting a desperately needed boost in fortunes over the holiday period, in the view of analysts at Bernstein.
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Airline BusinessWill Europe’s low-cost airlines lead the region out of the crisis?
The possibility that vaccines might begin to have a genuine impact on controlling the pandemic in Europe by the end of the first quarter of 2021 has changed the narrative.
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Airline BusinessO’Leary pitches Ryanair’s unlikely union advantage
A few years ago the notion that Michael O’Leary would argue Ryanair’s relationship with its unions would give it a competitive advantage in the marketplace would seem absurd.
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NewsRyanair’s competitors are ‘squatting on slots’: O’Leary
Ryanair Group chief executive Michael O’Leary believes that Europe’s legacy carriers will seek to undermine competition and push up fares by holding on to their unused slots into summer 2021 and even 2022. Speaking to air traffic manager Eurocontrol for its Aviation HardTalk webcast series, the outspoken airline chief warned ...
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NewsRyanair cements Italian presence with Venice Treviso base
Low-cost carrier Ryanair is to open a base at Venice Treviso airport in March, the airline’s 15th in Italy. Ryanair will base two aircraft there from 30 March, adding 18 new routes from the airport in the process. That will take to 45 the number of services it will operate ...
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NewsBoeing positions Ryanair deal as 'momentum' ahead of optimistic 2021
Boeing’s executives are describing Ryanair’s new 737 Max order as a turning point for the troubled Max programme and indicative of a faster-than-expected airline sector recovery.
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NewsRyanair follow-on Boeing 737 Max order to drive return to growth
Ryanair expects to have around 80 Boeing 737 Max 8-200s in its fleet for summer 2022, enabling the carrier to return to growth following the heavy drop in traffic resulting from the global pandemic. The European low-cost carrier today placed another eye-catching Boeing order, becoming the first airline to sign ...
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NewsRyanair orders 75 more Boeing 737 Max jets
European low-cost carrier Ryanair has ordered 75 more Boeing 737 Max aircraft, lifting its firm commitments to the type to 210.
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NewsRyanair wins Decade of Airline Excellence Award for Europe region
Recipient of the Decade of Airline Excellence Award for the Europe region, sponsored by Cirium.
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NewsRyanair and Wizz traffic slips to lowest point since crisis peak
Ryanair and Wizz Air passenger numbers in November slipped to their lowest level since the peak of the pandemic earlier this year, as the low-cost carriers cut capacity amid a swathe of fresh lockdowns and travel restrictions.
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NewsNo Lidl ground? Ryanair and Dublin airport chiefs clash on pricing
Complaints from airline chiefs about airport charges are as old as the industry itself, but a discussion at an ACI Europe conference today showed that the issue has a fresh relevance amid the coronavirus crisis. During a robust but good-humoured debate, Ryanair group chief executive Michael O’Leary and the head ...
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NewsCovid testing at airports ‘a waste of time’: Ryanair chief
Pre-flight testing for coronavirus only makes sense if it is delivered before passengers arrive at airports, in the view of Ryanair group chief executive Michael O’Leary.
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NewsVaccines mean summer could see 80% of 2019 demand: Ryanair chief
Intra-European air travel is likely to see “some degree of normality” in summer 2021 as a result of positive vaccine developments, according to Ryanair group chief executive Michael O’Leary.
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NewsRyanair and Wizz traffic down 70% in October
Traffic data released this morning from European low-cost carriers Ryanair and Wizz Air for October shows passenger levels running 70% down on prior-year levels as travel restrictions across Europe took further hold.
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NewsRyanair’s O’Leary plots aggressive post-Covid strategy
Ryanair will exit the coronavirus crisis leaner, more competitive and ready for expansion, group chief executive Michael O’Leary has vowed. The low-cost carrier is using the crisis to “rapidly restructure our cost base”, he explained during a 2 November half-year results call. All of the major expense items – wages, ...