Cathal Ryan, son of the late Ryanair founder Dr Tony Ryan, has died. Mr Ryan was a pilot and a long-serving director of the airline. Dr Tony Ryan died in October after a long illness.
Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary paid tribute to Cathal Ryan, saying 'his vision, his expertise and his dedication to aircraft safety was pivotal to the development of Ryanair'.
Meanwhile Ryanair has welcomed a ruling in the High Court in London. Mr Justice Gray gave the airline an injunction against aircraft maintenance company SRT to prevent it forcing Ryanair to vacate a hanger at Dublin Airport.
The judgement was critical of SRT and the Dublin Airport Authority. Ryanair had asked the court to compel SRT to honour promises it says were made by the maintenance company in 2000 in side letters to contracts to seek a 15-year licence to use Dublin airport hangars in return for moving its maintenance operation from Stansted.
