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Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said its weaker environment was 'due to the World Cup, the heat wave and customer uncertainty about pilot strikes'

Ryanair shares fall as its Q1 profits drop 20%

Ryanair said today that weaker fares combined with higher staff and fuel costs caused profit to fall by 20% compared with last year in the three months to the end of June, the first quarter of its financial year.

Business • 23 Jul 18

A spokesperson for Ryanair said in a statement to RTÉ, "We don't comment on Michael's personal affairs."

Ryanair boss sells shares in airline - Financial Times

The Financial Times is reporting that Ryanair boss, Michael O'Leary, has sold 2 million shares in the airline. It says that concerns over a lack of a Brexit deal may have influenced Mr O'Leary's sale.

Business • 08 Jun 18

Ryanair says there may be 'small scale' flight cancellations in Portugal

Ryanair flight cancellations in Portugal 'possible'

Ryanair can not rule out flight cancellations due to a planned cabin crew strike in Portugal during the Easter holidays.

Business • 28 Mar 18

Ryanair to start new routes to Ukraine from October

Ryanair announces entry into Ukraine with 15 flights

Ryanair said it would launch its first routes to Ukraine later this year, rekindling a deal that it walked away from last July over alleged attempts to protect the market for Ukrainian competitors.

Business • 23 Mar 18

Michael O'Leary has an estimated worth of $1.1m

Michael O'Leary makes Forbes rich list for first time

Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has become the country's latest billionaire, edging into 1,999th position on Forbes's latest billionaires list.

Business • 07 Mar 18

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary expects some disruptions in the coming months

Aer Lingus connection deal model for future cooperation

A connection deal between Ryanair and Aer Lingus could serve as a model for future cooperation between Europe's largest low-cost airline and long-haul carriers, Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said today.

Business • 06 Mar 18

Michael O'Leary warns against assuming that recent strong performance by European short-haul carriers would continue into the key summer months

Ryanair's Q3 profits up 12% but warns of lower fares

Ryanair has today posted a 12% increase in profit in the three months to the end of December despite widespread disruption caused by the airline's relations with its pilots.

Business • 05 Feb 18

Ryanair hopes to set up one or two bases in France in the coming 18 months, its chief commercial officer has said

Ryanair announces plans to double capacity in France

Ryanair plans to double its capacity in France over the next four years to around 20 million passengers a year following its December decision to recognise unions for the first time, a senior executive has said.

Business • 18 Jan 18

Some big Ryanair shareholders are maintaining or adding to their holdings despite the airline's industrial woes

Ryanair keeps big investors onside after rocky 2017

Several institutional investors are backing Ryanair to bounce back from a pilot rostering mess-up and a decision to recognise unions that jolted confidence in Europe's most profitable airline.

Business • 10 Jan 18

Michael O'Leary says he is not stepping down from Ryanair

Union recognition move was my idea, says Ryanair boss

Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary has defended his decision to recognise unions for the first time in 32 years, saying it would allow his airline to expand and help to keep staff costs down.

Business • 20 Dec 17

Pilots deny they are forming a Ryanair pilots' union - but stress that in future, they will decide for themselves how they wish to be represented

Pilots tell Ryanair they want to negotiate collectively

Ryanair pilots have written to CEO Michael O'Leary seeking to negotiate pay and conditions collectively rather than through the present system of negotiations with each of the airline's 86 individual bases.

News • 07 Nov 17

CEO Michael O'Leary said the H1 results 'reinforce the robust nature of Ryanair's low fare, pan-European growth model even during a period which suffered a material failure in our pilot rostering function in early September'

Ryanair does not expect roster issues to affect profits

Ryanair shares have risen sharply in early trade after the airline said it does not expect leave mismanagement and staff shortages in September to affect its full-year post-tax profit target, which "remains in a range of €1.40 billion to €1.45 billion".

Business • 31 Oct 17

Letter to CEO Michael O'Leary was hand-delivered to Ryanair's HQ in Dublin

Pilot critcises Ryanair negotiations in O'Leary letter

A serving Ryanair pilot has written a hard-hitting letter to management criticising its internal negotiating structures for staff.

Ireland • 12 Oct 17

Ryanair has said it will comply with regulations

Ryanair says it will make passengers aware of rights

Ryanair has agreed to implement measures to ensure all passengers affected by recent flight cancellations are "fully aware" of their "rights and entitlements".

Ireland • 30 Sep 17

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary yesterday announced more flight cancellations during the winter months

UK regulator urges 'action and not words' from Ryanair

Ryanair has been warned to deliver "action, not words" by British aviation authorities after it failed to inform 400,000 customers of their full rights regarding cancelled flights up to Christmas.

Business • 28 Sep 17

Mr O'Leary has also pledged to meet all Employee Representative Councils over the coming weeks to discuss their grievances

Ryanair staff told they must take unpaid leave

Ryanair has told cabin crew staff based at England's East Midlands airport that due to a winter reduction in aircraft, all Customer Service Supervisors must take a six-week block of unpaid leave.

News • 22 Sep 17

Over 40 Ryanair bases have rejected the airline's proposals for pay increases and bonuses

Some Ryanair bases reject pay increase proposals

Ryanair bases in Dublin, Barcelona and Shannon have joined colleagues at over 40 other bases in rejecting the airline's proposals for pay increases and bonuses in exchange for giving up annual leave to alleviate the staffing crisis.

Transport • 21 Sep 17

Ryanair blame the cancellations on a backlog of staff leave

Ryanair sees €20m in compensation claims

Ryanair shares fell today after the airline disrupted the plans of hundreds of thousands of passengers by cancelling flights to cope with pilot shortages and improve its punctuality record.

Business • 18 Sep 17

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary says Alitalia's long haul fleet very attractive

Ryanair to bid to operate 90 Alitalia planes

Ryanair will bid to operate 90 planes under the Alitalia brand and using existing staff as part of the Italian airline's restructuring, chief executive Michael O'Leary said today.

Business • 31 Aug 17

Michael O'Leary again warned that flights between the UK and the EU will be grounded in summer 2019 if no deal is reached by September next year

EU airlines opposed to UK getting 'any favourable deal'

European airlines are opposed to the UK getting "any favourable deal" to secure air routes after Brexit, Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has warned.

Business • 02 Aug 17

Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary caution the results are distorted by the timing of Easter this year

Strong Easter helps Ryanair to 55% profit rise for Q1

A strong Easter bank holiday weekend helped Ryanair to a 55% rise in profit for the three months to the end of June.

Business • 24 Jul 17

20% of Ryanair's shareholders are UK-based, according to its CEO Michael O'Leary

O'Leary says Brexit may lead to more share buybacks

Ryanair could speed up share buybacks to comply with European Union ownership laws as a result of Britain leaving the EU, the airline's chief executive has said.

Business • 12 Jul 17

Ryanair CEO would be keen on majority Alitalia stake

Ryanair's chief executive Michael O'Leary has said that should Ryanair decide to bid for Alitalia, it would go after a majority stake in the loss-making Italian airline.

Business • 27 Jun 17

Sources say that Ryanair is in discussions about buying the new Boeing plane which seats up to 230 passengers

Ryanair in talks with Boeing over new planes - sources

Ryanair is in talks with Boeing about placing an order for its proposed new 737 MAX 10 airliner, two people familiar with the matter have said.

Business • 14 Jun 17

Ryanair says the company is interested in working with troubled Italian airliner Alitalia

Ryanair shows interest in working with Alitalia

Ryanair has submitted an expression of interest to administrators trying to sell troubled airline Alitalia.

Business • 07 Jun 17

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