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Ryanair reveals massive gender pay gap

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has revealed it has a massive gender pay gap with male employees being paid on average 67% more than female employees doing the same job. The gap is largest of all airlines that have reported pay under new regulations, Easyjet reported a 51.7% gap and British Airways [read more]

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Ryanair and Air France strikes to hit on Good Friday

Crews from Irish budget Airline Ryanair and French carrier Air France are set to strike on Good Friday in a move that could see thousands of travellers from UK airports affected. Ryanair bases across Europe have threatened management with industrial action and staff at Ryanair’s Portugal bases are expected to walk out [read more]

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Are the stars aligning for Airbus and Ryanair?

Ryanair’s plan to buy 75% of Laudamotion gives the Irish budget carrier something different, 15 Airbus A320 aircraft. Until now, Ryanair has been a staunch single type airline, namely the Boeing 737-800. It is, in fact, one of Boeing’s biggest customers and their relationship with European airframer Airbus has been somewhat [read more]

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Ryanair to buy 75% share in Laudamotion

Irish budget carrier Ryanair has agreed a deal to buy 75% of Niki Lauda’s new budget airline, Laudamotion. Ryanair will initially take a 24.9% stake in the airline then, Subject to European Union (EU) approval, increase that stake to 75% at a total cost of less than €50 million. In addition to [read more]

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Ryanair cancels 5 routes from Frankfurt Hahn

Irish budget airline Ryanair is cancelling five routes from its base it Frankfurt Hahn airport (HHN/EDFH). Flights to Plovdiv, Porto, Valencia, Venice Treviso & Zadar will all end on the 23rd/24th March 2018. The news comes shortly after Ryanair announced it was closing its base Glasgow Airport with the based [read more]

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Ryanair confident on BREXIT deal

Just days after outspoken CEO Michael O’Leary claimed Ryanair may cancel all flights for a day to punish the UK for Brexit, his chief marketing officer Kenny Jacobs has said the airline is confident that flights would not come to a halt after the UK leaves the European Union. Speaking [read more]

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Ryanair to close Glasgow base

Ryanair has announced it is to close its base at Glasgow Airport (GLA/EGPF) later this year with the aircraft and routes moving to Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH). The Irish budget carrier currently has 1 aircraft based at the Scottish airport but under its revised plans for Winter 2018 it will move the [read more]

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Ryanair announce new flights to Shannon

Irish budget airline Ryanair has announced it will launch two new direct services to Shannon from Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) and Liverpool (LPL/EGGP). The twice-weekly Bristol service will begin on the 17th May 2018 and Liverpool will be three-times-weekly starting on the 19th May and both operate throughout the summer until [read more]

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Ryanair will not bow to ‘laughable demands’

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said it will not bow to ‘laughable demands’ from Pilot Unions as it warned of possible strikes in the Spring. Relations between the airline and its Pilots have broken down since the pilot crisis in autumn 2017 prompting Ryanair to cancel thousands of flights with stikes [read more]

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Ryanair to add BREXIT clause to Summer 2019 flights

Irish budget airline Ryanair has today said it will be adding a BREXIT clause to its terms and conditions for flights in Summer 2019. The clause, which effectively invalidates tickets if an aviation agreement isn’t reached was announced by the airlines PR executive, Kenny Jacobs who said: “We will announce our summer [read more]