'People won't lose their heads because they're going on holidays': Ryanair defends ramping up summer flights
Ryanair will now operate more than 1,000 flights per day.
Ryanair will now operate more than 1,000 flights per day.
Ryanair said that customers “will be refunded in due course, once this unprecedented crisis is over”.
Michael O’Leary called for the government to halt the new regulation.
The low-cost airline is preparing to lose €200 million in the first quarter as a result of Covid-19.
The job losses will be at the company’s bases in Dublin, Stansted, Madrid and Wroclaw.
Ryanair’s Eddie Wilson said that leaving the middle seat empty “isn’t based on any scientific evidence”.
The cuts will be focused on pilot and cabin crew jobs.
The Taoiseach has said passengers are entitled to cash refunds.
A joint letter has called on the commission to temporarily change the law around airline refunds.
An Italian watchdog had claimed Ryanair’s practices misled consumers and distorted competition with other airlines.
The Ryanair Executive laid out plans for the airline’s recovery including plans to run 40% of flights in July.
The company said that the number of passengers it carried in March was 48% lower than the same month last year.
The airline will operate 13 daily or weekly routes from Dublin.
Ryanair has offered its planes for rescue flights and for the transport of medicine.
The airline is asking customers not to phone its call centres.
The airline expects most of its planes to be grounded in 7-10 days.
Spain is the worst-hit country in Europe after Italy.
The airline has said it will contact affected passengers in the wake of the measure.
The Aer Lingus suspension kicks in tomorow, while Ryanair’s will be in place from midnight 13 March.
The cancellations will occur between Tuesday 17 March and Wednesday 8 April.
The businessman said bombers ‘will generally be males of a Muslim persuasion’.
The two passengers who became ill onboard the Poznan-Dublin service later tested negative for any virus.
The airline has been banned from running the ads again.
Ryanair had aimed to block Peter Bellew from taking a new role at one of their chief competitors.
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary said the rescue package for Flybe amounted to “illegal State aid”.
Ryanair had aimed to block Peter Bellew from taking a new role at one of their chief competitors.
The strike action has been planned over President Emmanuel Macron’s planned pension reforms.
Michael O’Leary said Peter Bellew told him he “would probably go travelling” after leaving Ryanair.
Ryanair and Aer Lingus today announced that the strike will see a number of its services cancelled.
Ryanair was ordered to repay a woman €20.
Boeing has identified 50 planes worldwide affected by cracks.
The Irish airline said it was refused permission to operate a new Frankfurt Hahn-Niš service.
Ryanair brought proceedings against the union over a planned 48-hour strike last August.
These new routes will bring Ryanair’s total routes from Ireland to 160.
In the 12 months to the end of March 2019, O’Leary’s basic salary was €1.06 million.
Court heard woman from Limerick had mixed Xanax with alcohol prior to boarding the flight to alleviate her fear of flying.
The pilots are striking over improved work and pay conditions.
A Spanish union accused Ryanair of “dismantling” its operations in the country.
It comes as a High Court in Dublin ruled in favour of the airline forcing pilots here to cancel strikes tomorrow.