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Ryanair CEO gets bitter in Norwegian spat

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has accused Norwegian Air Shuttle of not having the resources to “trade for another year“. Speaking in Dublin O’Leary confirmed that talks had ended with the rapidly growing Norwegian budget carrier. Norwegian Air Shuttle has recently entered into a deal with rival easyJet over the transfer [read more]

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Ryanair publishes cancellation list

Ryanair today confirmed that it has published the full list of flight cancellations  between 21st September and  31st October. These cancellations have been allocated where possible, to Ryanair’s bigger base airports, and routes with multiple daily frequencies so that Ryanair can offer these disrupted customers the maximum number of alternate flights and [read more]

Alitalia A330 at Cardiff Airport
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Ryanair’s choice: Alitalia or Air Berlin

According to Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary, Ryanair’s future planning could include parts of both Alitalia and Air Berlin Speaking at a press conference in London yesterday,  Michael O’Leary said he intended to make a bid for some 90 Alitalia jets by the first week of October, which brings the next phase of [read more]

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Ryanair joins Airlines UK

You might have thought that Ryanair would be Marxian (Groucho) in its approach to club membership (“I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member”) however, it has announced that it has joined Airlines UK (AUK), the industry body representing UK-registered carriers. Ryanair, which will carry [read more]

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Ryanair smashes into Worlds Top 10

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has smashed into Worlds Top 10 rankings placing 7th based on passengers carried. The latest rankings see the Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) go from 10th place to 7th in just 2 years with over 148,000 million passengers being carried int he last year on their fleet of 401 [read more]

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Ryanair provides new Erasmus student booking platform

Ryanair has launched a new dedicated booking platform in partnership with Erasmus Student Network, offering Erasmus students fare discounts, free bags, and tailored travel offers. Delivered as part of Year 4 of Ryanair’s “Always Getting Better” programme, this partnership offers Erasmus students a dedicated ESN booking platform where they can have [read more]