Ryanair is suing Google over search results December 1, 2015 Ryanair is suing Google in Ireland following repeated requests to remove travel comparison site eDreams from search results for the airline. The Irish budget carrier claims eDreams is misleading customers due to similar website layouts. eDreams uses the URL Ryanair.EDreams.co.uk and sells tickets for Ryanair flights with added fees. It follows a successful move by the airline [...]
Paris attacks: Air France, Ryanair, EasyJet, ICA share prices fall in wake of Islamic State attack on French capital November 16, 2015 Airlines' share prices were down on Monday, the first day of trading since the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night, in which 129 people were killed. Asia Pacific-listed airlines were the first to feel the brunt, amid concerns over consumer reactions to the coordinated series of attacks, in which gunmen targeted a music venue, a [...]
FTSE 100 index: Banks get some welcome relief from Visa cash – London Report November 3, 2015 The first trading day of November saw the FTSE 100 close flat as the news that Visa Europe is to be bought by US company Visa helped rally banking stocks. The FTSE 100 ended yesterday’s session flat, up just 0.01 per cent at 6,362 points. However, HSBC, which reported a jump in pre-tax profit to [...]
At the close: FTSE 100 closes flat on first trading day in November November 2, 2015 The first trading day of November saw the FTSE 100 close flat as the news that Visa Europe is to be bought by Visa US helped rally banking stocks. The FTSE 100 ended Monday's session 0.01 per cent up at 6,362 points. However, HSBC, which reported a jump in pre-tax profit to $6.1bn (£3.95bn) for the third quarter, [...]
Ryanair share price rises with airline expecting full year profits and traffic numbers to fly November 2, 2015 Profits are soaring for Ryanair, as the low-cost airline expects full year profits to reach the upper end of a range which was recently adjusted upwards. The figures Half year profits jumped 37 per cent to €1.09bn (£780m) in the first half to 31 October. Revenue was €4.04bn, up 14 per cent from the same period last [...]
Customer service: How brands like Ryanair have taken it from ugly sister to Cinderella October 23, 2015 During our annual convention on customer service in Glasgow next month, one of the key speakers will be Carol Anne O’Neill of Ryanair. This might strike you as ironic given the budget airline’s historically poor reputation for pared down, no frills customer service. But it’s a clear sign of how the times are a changin’ [...]
There is something of a renaissance underway around the British coast. And London needs to watch out. October 22, 2015 “Coming from London,” a local journalist asked me as I stepped off the train at Scarborough last week, “do you just see us as a back wash of the Yorkshire backwater?” I was too taken aback to even consider an answer, let alone snap back that I was actually brought up in Derby, went to [...]
Ryanair’s passenger numbers soared in September October 5, 2015 The number of passengers flying Ryanair has soared 12 per cent, with 9.55m traveling on the Irish airline in September, compared with 8.49m last year. Load factors – how many seats were filled – increased four percentage points to 94 per cent. "These record monthly numbers and load factors are due to our lower fares, [...]
Tube, train, bus and taxi strikes: London is worse than Paris for industrial action in 2015 September 29, 2015 If it seems like there's been a summer of strikes across London's transport this year, you're not half wrong – there's been more disruption to Londoners' travel from action this year than even the commonly strike-plagued Paris. The capital has (so far) experienced an entire week's worth of chaos, while over in Paris, just five [...]
Ryanair investors will reap €400m in spoils from sale of Aer Lingus September 25, 2015 Ryanair announced at its AGM yesterday it would be sharing the €398m (£293m) spoils from the sale of its Aer Lingus stake with shareholders. Ryanair agreed to sell its 29.8 per cent stake in the Irish airline to International Airlines Group, which owns British Airways and Iberia, this summer. The budget airliner also said it [...]