Advertising Standards Authority rules that Google links were misleading Ryanair customers March 2, 2016 The advertising watchdog has ruled that travel comparison site eDreams has been misleading customers through its Google advertisements. The Advertising Standards Authority has been looking into a series of complaints from consumers after Ryanair claimed the website was duping customers who believed they were booking directly with the airline. The budget Irish carrier has also called on search giant Google to remove eDreams [...]
Pound could fall to parity with the euro if Brexit vote gets through, warns UBS, as Deutsche Bank says Brexit would be a “journey down the rabbit hole” for UK economy February 29, 2016 Economic wonks at UBS have calculated the British pound could fall to equal value to the euro, if the UK does decide to quit the European Union in the vote set for 23 June. UBS reckons the chance that the UK will leave the EU stands at around 40 per cent. The latest warning follows [...]
What a weekend for stag parties – a mystery bachelor spent over £10,000 in Stringfellow’s on his last night of freedom, while a British stag party got detained in Berlin February 28, 2016 London's bachelors really outdid themselves this weekend. While six members of a stag party were kicked off a flight from Luton for being drunk and unruly, a well-heeled bachelor staying in the city managed to blow over £10,000 on his last night of freedom. Our spy tells us that a well-heeled stag booked a private room [...]
Brexit vote won’t have a material impact on business, said IAG chief executive Willie Walsh February 26, 2016 A Brexit vote would not have a material impact on the airline business, according to Willie Walsh, chief executive of International Airlines Group (IAG). Last year, Walsh said that he was “pro-Europe”, adding that he believed the UK is better off within the EU from a business point of view. However, speaking this morning on [...]
Ryanair joins in Brexit brouhaha, calls for UK to stay in EU as it targets 10 per cent London growth February 24, 2016 Ryanair has added its voice to the Brexit braying, warning that an exit would be worse than the status quo and would leave the UK with similar cost levels and red tape. The low budget Irish airline has consistently said that an EU exit would be bad for Britain and its business. Chief executive Michael O'Leary said: Leaving Europe [...]
EU referendum: Asda, HSBC, Vodafone and nearly 200 sign letter saying Brexit would threaten jobs – but Tesco, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s are not on the list February 23, 2016 The bosses of HSBC, BT, Vodafone and Asda are among those to have put their name to an open letter backing the remain camp and Prime Minister David Cameron's reforms in Europe. More than a third of the UK's biggest companies were represented in the letter, which was published in The Times this morning, saying they represented [...]
British Airways will start flying from Stansted in May 2016 – as BA boss Willie Walsh admits grudging admiration for Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary February 9, 2016 British Airways is adding a fourth London airport to its network and will start flying out of Stansted from 28 May onwards. The company's subsidiary BA CityFlyer will operate routes to Faro, Malaga, Palma and Ibiza out of the airport, located in Essex, which is a massive base to budget airline Ryanair. "Stansted is a growing airport [...]
Ryanair is pushing further into Europe with a base in Germany as it demand takes off February 9, 2016 Budget Irish airline Ryanair is expanding further into Europe with a base at Nuremberg Airport in Germany, scheduled to open Winter 2016. The airline is planning to open up new routes around Europe from Nuremberg as well as increased flights to and from London. One of the new routes will be a daily service to [...]
Ryanair share price rises as it unveils massive share buyback, while profits more than double February 1, 2016 Ryanair is planning to return €800m (£609m) to its shareholders, after it unveiled a huge share buyback. The company said by the end of the nine-month process, it will have returned €4bn to shareholders over eight years. The announcement came as it posted results showing profits after tax jumped to €103m in the three months to [...]
Ryanair flight FR2224 flight from Riga to London Stansted delayed for 13 hours January 18, 2016 Hundreds of Ryanair customers have been stranded at Riga International Airport in Latvia after a number of flight delays. Passengers trying to fly to Stansted Airport in London on the budget airline's FR2224 flight have been stuck in the Latvian capital since this morning. The flight was originally scheduled to leave Riga at noon and arrive in [...]