Boeing delays don’t take shine off Ryanair’s post-pandemic takeoff Ryanair Ryanair saw its first quarter profits fly past pre-pandemic levels to €663m (£572m) in the three months up to the end of June as it cashed in on soaring demand and rising ticket fares. The budget carrier is currently operating its largest ever summer schedule and said passenger traffic rose 11 per cent to 50.4 [...]
Ryanair’s O’Leary launches tirade against NATS after ’tissue of lies’ on air traffic failure Aviation Ryanair's chief executive Michael O'Leary has launched a tirade against the boss of NATS over August's air traffic control failure.
Ryanair’s profits ‘will rise’ as recession forces passengers to opt for cheaper fares HIGHER GUIDANCE Low-cost airline Ryanair has raised its profit guidance for its full year 2023 to between €1.32bn (£1.16bn) and €1.42bn (£1.25bn). This is a 25 per cent boost on its initial range of between €1bn and €1.20bn. Analysts at Liberum raised Ryanair’s forecast after a better than expected third quarter; Ryanair carried 11.5 million passengers in [...]
The Notebook: Victoria Scholar on the economy, Ryanair, and Spoons September 5, 2023 Do you want the good news or the bad news first? I’ll start with the good.
Protektorat could lay down the Law in an open Ryanair March 13, 2024 JOSEPH O’Brien may have had a good start to this year’s Cheltenham Festival, with Lark In The Mornin winning the Boodles in smart fashion on Tuesday, but the testing ground has almost certainly gone the wrong way for his biggest Festival hope, Banbridge, in today’s Ryanair Chase (2.50pm). Given better ground, he’d have been my [...]
Heathrow’s boss slams Ryanair’s comments as ‘ridiculous’ July 26, 2022 Heathrow’s chief executive has lambasted Ryanair after the airline accused airports of not recruiting enough ground handling staff ahead of the peak season. John Holland-Kaye deemed the comments made yesterday by the airline’s chief financial officer Neil Sorahan as “ridiculous.” “Ground handling is the responsibility of the airline,” the airport’s boss told the PA news [...]
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary: Worldwide inflation good for our growth October 25, 2022 The world’s surge in inflation rates will help Ryanair’s growth as people will not stop flying altogether, but will rely instead on budget airlines. “We think recession [and] price inflation is very good for our growth,” chief executive Michael O’Leary told journalists today in Lisbon. European countries have in fact been hit by soaring inflation [...]
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary: EU Commission ‘lacks the bottle’ to go against governments December 5, 2022 The European Commission “lacks the bottle” to go against the interests of national governments, according to Ryanair’s boss Michael O’Leary. Appearing in front of an Irish transport committee late last week, O’Leary said it was unfair that intra-EU short-haul flights were paying environmental taxes, while the more polluting long-haul flights remained exempt, the Express first [...]
Ryanair and Wizz Air numbers rubbish fears of travel slowdown October 3, 2023 Ryanair and Wizz Air reported strong passenger growth over September, despite fears in the industry of a slowdown in demand following this years' summer bonanza.
Ryanair earnings hit after travel agent websites remove carrier January 3, 2024 Ryanair has said that the decision by a number of OTAs to remove its flights from their websites will hit earnings in the short term.