Ryanair has cancelled over 100 flights due to more French strikes on Tuesday 5 July July 4, 2016 Budget airline Ryanair has called on the European Commission to take action over striking air traffic controllers (ATC) in France, after being forced to cancel more than 100 flights. The company has had to call off 102 flights due to take place tomorrow, and said the cancellations will affect over 18,000 customers – with 100,000 more [...]
Ryanair plans to shift away from the UK after Brexit vote June 28, 2016 Budget airline Ryanair has warned that it may shift its focus away from the UK and onto the EU after the referendum yielded a Brexit victory last week. Just days after the UK voted to leave the EU, Ryanair's chief executive cast doubt on whether the company would place any of its new aircraft into the [...]
Ryanair urges European Commission to stop French strikes as it cancels 166 flights June 27, 2016 Budget airline Ryanair is urging the EU to take action after the latest airline strike orchestrated by French air traffic control unions. It comes as the low cost carrier was forced to cancel 166 flights to, from and over France tomorrow. It said that 30,000 Ryanair customers will have their flights cancelled, while over 100,000 others will [...]
Brexit would leave London “isolated” according to the boss of City Airport June 21, 2016 Brexit would fundamentally undermine Britons' ability to trade and travel, according to the chief executive of London's City Airport. Declan Collier, who also sits as president on the world board of trade body Airports Council International, has warned that a Leave vote this week would sever ties the industry's ties with the continent. Writing for City [...]
The UK needs a global, connected capital city, and Brexit would put all of that at risk June 21, 2016 London is a connected, global city – an attractive place to work, do business, and to set up a headquarters. Central to that appeal are its bonds with Europe. We’ve always been a trading city, and there are historic reminders of that at London City Airport. Located in London’s Royal Docks, the steel tracks that [...]
Euro 2016: Flights cancelled due to French strikes June 14, 2016 A series of strikes in France are disrupting the European Championship. A number of flights from the Republic of Ireland and the UK have been cancelled because of a French air traffic controllers strike. The strike is disrupting flights to and from France, as well as over French airspace. Aer Lingus and Ryanair have both had [...]
Ryanair makes its latest pitch to customers by launching Ryanair Rooms June 9, 2016 Budget airline Ryanair will launch an accommodation service, offering customers a choice of hotels, hostels and more at the lowest prices. The low price accommodation service, Ryanair Rooms, will launch from 1 October, in a bid to expand its offering to its 116m customers in a challenge to the likes of Airbnb. The service will [...]
Bilderberg meets today: Here’s the full guestlist June 9, 2016 It may not be quite the shady organisation of conspiracy theorists' fevered imaginations – but the traditionally secretive Bilderberg conference nevertheless courts a certain amount of intrigue. This year, presumably in an effort to increase transparency, the conference's organisers have published a list of everyone attending (lizard people notwithstanding). The list, according to Bilderberg, is about [...]
Ryanair will reportedly email more than 5m customers to encourage them to vote Remain June 2, 2016 Ryanair is to urge more than 5m customers to vote Remain in the EU referendum with an email barrage reportedly to be launched tomorrow. According to Sky News, the airline will tell customers that both the UK economy and its future prospects are stronger as part of the EU. The email, which also includes a broader [...]
Ryanair cuts its bag fee options from 108 to six June 2, 2016 Budget airline Ryanair is cutting the number of bag fee options it offers from a whopping 108 to just six. The Irish company said the move will reduce checked-in bag fees for 92 per cent of its customers. The changes, which come into effect today, mean customers on domestic flights under two hours will have [...]