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Ryanair to cut 1,000 Irish flights in row over quarantine

14/07/2020 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) is to cut 1,000 Irish flights from its schedule with the loss of 200,000 passengers as the row with the Irish government over quarantine heats up. The flight cuts through August and September will largely affect Shannon, Cork, Knock and Kerry as the airline says [read more]

High over the North Sea on a Ryanair 737-800

Ryanair cuts Carbon Emissions to 69g

07/02/2020 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has cut its carbon emissions for January down to 69g per passenger, per km. Substantially lower than many of its competitors. The airline has achieved this primarily by maintaining high load factors and having one of the youngest fleets in the industry. The figures make [read more]

737 Max delays cause base closures for Ryanair in 2020

04/12/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has told its investors that further delays to the Boeing 737 Max has caused it to make schedule changes for Summer 2020. The airline had been expecting 20 of the type delivered in 2020 but now only expects 10. The Boeing 737 Max is currently [read more]

Irish Ryanair pilots join British colleagues in strike action

15/08/2019 Written by: UK Aviation News < 1 minute read

Ryanair’s Irish pilots that are members of the Irish Airline Pilots Association (IALPA) will join their British colleagues in striking on the 22nd and 23rd August. 94% of Irish Pilots voted in favour of joining their British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) colleagues in the action over terms and conditions as [read more]

Norwegian to end transatlantic flights from Ireland

13/08/2019 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Low-cost airline Norwegian is to end all transatlantic flights from Ireland from the 15th Septemeber 2019 after undertaking a review of its services. Currently Norwegian flies six routes to the USA and Canada from Dublin, Cork and Shannon which were set up to be operated by the airlines Boeing 737 [read more]