ryanair

Ryanair pilots who are members of the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) have been sent ballot papers in a vote on possible industrial action a dispute over their terms and conditions. Pilots are locked in a dispute with the Irish budget carrier over pensions and other allowances. BALPA says that [read more]

Ryanair (FR/RYR) has warned that the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max will cause it to cut around 30,000 routes next year as well as culling some bases and closing others. The Boeing 737 Max has been grounded following two fatal crashes of the type linked to its new systems [read more]

Ryanair (FR/RYR) is restarting the Bristol (BRS/EGGD) to Grenoble (GNB/LFLS) route for the winter season 2020. Starting on 11th January 2020 the weekly service will operate on a Saturday. Located at the foot of the French Alps, Grenoble is a popular destination for skiers and winter sports enthusiasts and as [read more]

Ryanair (FR/RYR) has revealed it has cut the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions per passenger to just 66g per kilometre (KM). In figures released by the airline for June 2019 the airline says it flew 14.2m passengers 17,789m km releasing CO2 emissions of 1,167kt making Ryanair the cleanest airline flying in [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has seen its traffic grow in June 2019 compared to June 2018. The first full summer month saw 13.6m passengers use Ryanair compared to 12.6m in the same period last year, up 8%. The trend was continued across the Ryanair Group which overall saw traffic [read more]

RAF Typhoon interceptors have been scrambled to intercept a Jet2 flight from Stansted to Dalaman which was being endangered by an unruly passenger. It was originally reported as a Ryanair flight but has since been confirmed as LS1503 which departed Stansted just before 5 pm this evening. The aircraft flew [read more]

Ryanair (FR/RYR) has agreed to purchase Maltese start-up airline Malta Air in order to increase its presence on the Mediterranean island. The investment into a Maltese AOC (Air Operators Certificate) will see Ryanair move six of its Boeing 737-800 aircraft onto the Maltese register (9H) and allow it to access [read more]

According to Dutch travel claims website AviClaim, A Dutch judge has agreed that Ryanair is liable to pay EU261 compensation to passengers affected by pilots and cabin crew strikes. EU261 says that compensation should be automatically paid to passengers who are subject to significant delays or flight cancellations except in [read more]