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Ryanair fights off European squeeze on its ticket price

Ryanair is facing challenges at both ends of its price range, with Europe's largest airline taking aim at proposed minimum fares in France after fending off a cap on what it charges in Italy.

Business • 19 Oct 23

An air traffic control glitch in August in the UK caused thousands of flight cancellations and delays in and out of the country

Airlines call for new rules on passenger compensation

Airline executives have today called on Britain to draft new rules to allow carriers to share responsibility with air traffic control and airports for any disruptions to flights so the burden of paying out customers does not fall solely on them.

Business • 18 Oct 23

Ryanair has lost its challenge against the state aid Alitalia received during Covid

Ryanair loses challenges against EU state aid

Ryanair has failed in its attempts to say that state aid received by two airlines during the Covid-19 pandemic was not compatible with the EU's internal market.

Business • 18 Oct 23

Ryanair is set to take on Wizz in the Polish market

Ryanair vs Wizz - the low-cost fight spreads to Poland

Ryanair is aiming to double its business in the fast-growing Polish market and expand across eastern Europe over the next decade, executives said.

Business • 18 Oct 23

Group CEO Michael O'Leary apologised to passengers for the disruption.

Ryanair forced to cancel 55 flights overflying France

Ryanair said it was forced to cancel 55 flights overflying France today because of another day of strikes by air traffic controllers there.

Business • 13 Oct 23

Ryanair said it flew 17.4 million passengers last month, up from 15.9 million a year earlier

Ryanair traffic grows 9% in September to 17.4 million

Ryanair said today that it flew 9% more passengers in September than in the same month last year.

Business • 03 Oct 23

Ryanair has lost its appeal against Danish and Swedish state aid to pandemic-hit SAS airline

EU court rejects Ryanair appeal against SAS state aid

Ryanair has today lost its appeal against Danish and Swedish state aid to pandemic-hit SAS airline, which was approved by EU competition authorities.

Business • 28 Sep 23

Ryanair has a mixed record on Covid-19 state aid cases, winning some of its challenges and losing others

Ryanair loses EU court appeal over state aid to SAS

Ryanair has lost its appeal against Danish and Swedish state aid to pandemic-hit SAS airline, which was approved by EU competition authorities, in one of a spate of challenges by the low-cost carrier against such subsidies.

Business • 28 Sep 23

Ryanair had expected to receive 27 Boeing planes between September and December but said it will not only get 14 by December

Ryanair cuts winter schedule due to Boeing delays

Ryanair has today announced cuts to its winter schedule due to delays in the delivery of Boeing aircraft, but Europe's largest airline by passenger numbers said its full-year traffic forecast was unaffected "as yet".

Business • 28 Sep 23

Ryanair CEO sees weaker UK winter demand than in Europe

Ryanair group chief executive Michael O'Leary has said that that the UK air travel industry was weaker than Europe's as British consumers grapple with high interest rates and a cost-of-living crisis.

Business • 28 Sep 23

Ryanair is to cancel 17 routes from Dublin for the winter months

Ryanair to reduce winter schedule from Dublin Airport

Ryanair has said it is reducing its winter schedule out of Dublin Airport because of increasing passenger charges, the airport's capital spending decisions and its failure to deliver meaningful environmental incentive scheme.

Business • 21 Sep 23

Ryanair is Europe's largest airline and a market leader in Italy

Ryanair faces new competition probe in Italy

Italy's antitrust agency opened an investigation today into low-cost carrier Ryanair "for possible abuse of a dominant (market) position", the latest regulatory challenge in Italy for Europe's largest airline.

Business • 20 Sep 23

42 flights at Gatwick were cancelled or diverted and many more were delayed last night due to a staffing shortage in the control tower at the UK airport

Nats has 'let down customers all summer'- EasyJet CEO

Air traffic control provider National Air Traffic Services (Nats) has "let down customers all summer", according to EasyJet chief executive Johan Lundgren.

Business • 15 Sep 23

Ryanair group CEO Michael O'Leary said today he would like to see RTÉ survive

Ryanair not interested in buying airport land - O'Leary

The chief executive of Ryanair has described as "nonsense" planning restrictions that limit the number of night flights that can take place at Dublin Airport.

Business • 14 Sep 23

Ryanair group CEO Michael O'Leary says Italy's price cap on domestic flights is 'illegal'

Ryanair's O'Leary takes aim at Italian price cap

Italy's price cap on flights to Sicily and Sardinia is "illegal and unenforceable", Ryanair group CEO Michael O'Leary told Reuters today, adding the budget airline had lodged a complaint with the European Commission.

Business • 12 Sep 23

The 23/24 winter schedule will see three aircraft based at Cork Airport

Ryanair announces winter schedule from Cork Airport

Ryanair has announced details of its winter schedule from Cork Airport.

Business • 12 Sep 23

Michael O'Leary, the Ryanair boss, was hit with two cream pies in Brussels today

Ryanair boss gets pied in the face in Brussels

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary got a rude welcome in Brussels today when he received two cream pies to the face while standing next to a cardboard cutout of EU chief Ursula von der Leyen.

Business • 07 Sep 23

Ryanair said its load factor for August - how many seats it fills on each flight - was unchanged at 96% compared to the same time last year

Ryanair passenger numbers fly 11% higher in August

Ryanair said it carried a total of 18.9 million passengers in August, an increase of 11% over the same time last year and marking the airline's busiest ever month.

Business • 04 Sep 23

Copenhagen will become Ryanair's second Danish base in addition to Billund.

Ryanair to open two aircraft base in Copenhagen

Ryanair is set to open a two aircraft base in Copenhagen, Denmark from December.

Business • 22 Aug 23

Ruth and Peter Jaffe flew out from Stansted to France last week

Elderly couple 'horrified' over Ryanair's £110 fee

An elderly couple from England who printed the wrong boarding passes for a Ryanair flight said they were "horrified" after being hit by the airline's £110 fee.

UK • 15 Aug 23

Ryanair carried a record number of monthly passengers in May, June and July

Ryanair expects to beat monthly passenger record

Ryanair expects traffic in August to "slightly" surpass the record 18.7 million passengers it flew in July, with bookings for September and October so far coming in exactly as expected, a senior executive told Reuters today.

Business • 14 Aug 23

Ryanair is calling for the decision to reduce night-time flights to be amended to restrict the number of flights between 12am and 6am, rather than 11pm to 7am

Airport overnight flights order 'stupid' - O'Leary

Ryanair has said it faces "mass cancellations" at Dublin Airport from next month, if the airport's operator is forced to cut daily flights to limit noise.

Business • 04 Aug 23

Lufthansa said that bookings for August to December were on average at more than 90% of pre-pandemic levels

Lufthansa upbeat as leisure travel demand remains high

German airline group Deutsche Lufthansa said today it expected high demand for travel, especially in premium classes, to continue for the rest of the year as it reported a jump in second-quarter revenue and profits.

Business • 03 Aug 23

The strike will affect around 17,000 passengers due to leave or land in the southern Belgian city of Charleroi

Ryanair pilots' strike in Belgium cancels 96 flights

A strike by Ryanair pilots in Belgium in an ongoing dispute over working conditions has cancelled 96 flights to and from Charleroi this weekend, the airport said, in the midst of the busy summer travel season.

World • 29 Jul 23

Ryanair's annual report shows its group CEO Michael O'Leary was paid an overall package of €2.7m in the 12 months to March

Michael O'Leary's basic pay jumps 140% - Ryanair report

Ryanair group chief executive Michael O'Leary has more than doubled his annual base pay to €1.2m - or just over €23,000 per week - in his new pay deal with the airline.

Business • 25 Jul 23