DUBLIN—Ryanair flew 16 million passengers in April, up 13 percent year-on-year to record its third busiest month for traffic ever, Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers said on Wednesday. The average proportion of empty seats per flight for the period—which included the Easter holidays—fell to 6 percent. The airline also cancelled more than 650 flights,…
Ryanair Traffic Jumps 13 Percent in April to Record Third Busiest Month Ever
Ryanair Hikes Full Year Profit Forecast After Strong Christmas Season
DUBLIN—Ryanair hiked its forecast for after-tax profit by up to 325 million euros on Wednesday, citing recent pent-up travel demand while warning that COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine could still affect the outcome. Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers saw profit for the year to end-March at between 1.325 billion euros and 1.425 billion…
Ryanair Cancels 420 Flights Due to French Air Traffic Control Strike
DUBLIN—Ryanair said it will cancel 420 Friday flights, impacting 80,000 passengers, due to an air traffic control strike in France that will limit overflights and more than halve Air France’s scheduled short and medium-haul services. France’s DGAC aviation authority earlier this week asked airlines to halve their flight schedules on Friday due to the planned…
Ryanair Cautious About ‘Fragile’ Recovery, Berates Boeing
May 17, 2022
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DUBLIN—Ryanair said on Monday it was impossible to give detailed 2022 guidance beyond hoping for a return to “reasonable profitability” amid uncertainties over COVID-19 and the Ukraine war, knocking its shares despite a smaller annual loss. Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers also became the latest Boeing customer to criticise the planemaker. Chief Executive Michael…
Ryanair Load Factor Tops 90 Percent for First Time Since COVID-19 Began
DUBLIN—Ryanair’s load factor—a measure of how well an airline is filling available seats—rose above 90 percent for the first time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic as traffic rose sharply during the key Easter holiday period. Ryanair flew 14.2 million people in April compared to just 1 million during lockdown a year ago and…
Ryanair Calls on Belarus to Guarantee No Repeat of Plane Diversion
DUBLIN—The Irish airline Ryanair on Monday urged Belarus to guarantee that there would be no repeat of the forced landing of one of its flights last May, and said airlines should not fly over Belarus without such a guarantee. The plane was overflying Belarus on its way from Athens to Vilnius when Belarus controllers ordered…
Ryanair CEO Says Unvaccinated Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Enter Hospitals, Supermarkets, or Airplanes
December 20, 2021
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Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has said that unvaccinated people should not be allowed to enter hospitals, supermarkets, or travel in airplanes and some other forms of public transport. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph newspaper, O’Leary said that while he doesn’t agree with mandatory COVID-19 vaccine programs, he does believe that governments should “make life difficult” for those…
Aviation Industry Shaken by Omicron, Bookings Affected
Airline bosses have expressed their apprehensions regarding Omicron’s impact on the sector as it slowly limps back to normalcy following pandemic-related travel restrictions that may be reimposed if the variant turns out to be a vaccine-resistant superspreader. “December is a very important month for the air travel business. If that is lost, or the winter…
Ryanair CEO Says Omicron No Reason to Cancel Flights
November 29, 2021
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LISBON—Ryanair Group Chief Executive Michael O’Leary said on Tuesday he saw no reason to cancel flights because of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and his airline’s flights were heavily booked for the next few weeks. “We are not cancelling any flights … I don’t see that (Omicron) as a justifiable reason to prevent people…
Ryanair Says Boeing Set ‘Delusionary’ Double-Digit Price Rise
DUBLIN—Ryanair on Monday said that Boeing was “delusionary” for imposing a double-digit price increase for an order for the 737 MAX 10 during talks earlier this year. Europe’s largest low-cost carrier in September abruptly ended talks with the U.S. planemaker over an order of 737 MAX 10 jets, worth tens of billions of dollars because…
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