Ryanair and pilot union Balpa reach agreement on post-Covid pay restoration June 30, 2022 Ryanair and UK pilot union Balpa have today reached an agreement on post-Covid pay restoration, after staff agreed to a 20 per cent salary cut during the peak of the pandemic. The airline pledged to pay restoration for its UK staff, as it forecasts this year it will grow by 115 per cent on pre-pandemic [...]
Summer fares will be up by nine per cent according to Ryanair boss June 14, 2022 Travellers need to be ready as summer fares will be up between 7 and 9 per cent, said Ryanair’s boss Michael O’Leary. According to the chief executive, bookings are strengthening while June load factor has reached 94 per cent of 2019 levels. “And July, August, and September look very strong with higher load factors and [...]
Send in the army to help airports, says Ryanair boss June 2, 2022 The UK Government should send in the army to relieve pressure from airports as the travel mayhem rages on, according to Ryanair’s boss Michael O’Leary. “Bringing in the army, which they do and many other European airports, would, at a stroke, relieve the pressure on airport security and would mean that people have a much [...]
Ryanair reports 15m passengers in May as summer bookings ramp up May 25, 2022 Ryanair has reported that 15 million passengers travelled aboard its planes in May as summer bookings continue to ramp up. According to the low-cost carrier, load factor – the measure of how well an airline fills its seats – has gone up to 92 per cent, 1 per cent above April’s levels. Load factor is [...]
Ryanair loses legal battle against Condor bailout funding May 18, 2022 Ryanair has lost its legal battle to have bailout funding provided by the EU to German charter airline Condor ruled unlawful. The EU’s General Court said today the aid package was legitimate and that Ryanair failed to demonstrate the European Commission had mishandled funds when bailing the charter airline out. “The applicant did not succeed [...]
Ryanair to revert to second-hand market if Boeing doesn’t step up, warns O’Leary May 16, 2022 Ryanair could revert to buying aircraft from the second-hand leasing market if Boeing were not to step up, according to the airline’s boss Michael O’Leary. O’Leary told analysts today the airline was willing to remain with Boeing but said the plane manufacturer’s management needed to “bloody well improve,” as they were “running around like headless [...]
Summer holidays plans? Expect higher ticket prices and endless airport queues, warns Ryanair’s boss May 16, 2022 Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary warned this morning that flight prices will be higher this summer due to the high demand for European holiday destinations. He told BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme earlier today: ”I think capacity, generally, across the summer will be down 10 per cent, 15 per cent.” “Prices will be up by, [...]
Ryanair narrows losses to £300m and expects to fly back into profitability this financial year May 16, 2022 Budget airline Ryanair said this morning it has narrowed annual losses of £302m and hopes to return to “reasonable profitability” in its current financial year. However, chief executive Michael O’Leary said it was “impractical, if not impossible” to give guidance for 2022-23 due to the risk to holiday bookings from Covid and the Ukraine war. The [...]
Ryanair flies 14.2m passengers last month as Brits flock back on holiday May 4, 2022 Ryanair announced it has flown 14.2 million passengers in April, 91 per cent up on 2021 figures. According to data from international traffic management organisation EUROCONTROL, Ryanair was the largest operator in Europe, as it reported an average of 2,815 flights per day. Wizz Air, which was ranked seventh, announced yesterday its passenger numbers had [...]
Ryanair and BA under fire for allegedly forcing Ukrainian refugees to miss flights April 14, 2022 Ryanair and British Airways (BA) have come under fire after Ukrainian refugees fleeing from the horrors of Russia’s war were reportedly turned away. The low-cost carrier denied accusations it had turned people down because they could not access their boarding passes and threatened them with £50 fees if they couldn’t print their tickets. According to [...]