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Five budget carriers fined over alleged violations of Spanish consumer regulations
Spain’s consumer affairs ministry has fined five low-cost carriers a total of €179 million ($187 million), alleging abusive practices against customers – with Ryanair bearing the heaviest burden. The ministry has imposed a €107.8 million sanction against the Irish airline, while Vueling and EasyJet have respectively been given €39.2 million ...
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Ryanair 737 Max crew pushed jet into steep descent after go-around altitude breach
Ryanair has introduced a ‘discontinued approach’ procedure after a serious incident at London Stansted during which a Boeing 737 Max 8-200 breached its go-around altitude, leading the crew to push the jet into a steep descent. The aircraft pitched to 17.7° nose-down in instrument conditions, reaching a descent rate of ...
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Ryanair lowers 2026 passenger target on Boeing delivery delays
Ryanair has lowered its 2026 financial year passenger target by 5 million, to 210 million, amid continued Boeing 737 Max delivery delays, after today disclosing a 6% fall in second-quarter net profit to €1.43 billion ($1.55 billion).
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Irish regulator: Dublin slot availability limited by legacy terminal planning condition
Dublin airport’s summer capacity next year will be capped at 25.2 million seats, with the Irish civil aviation regulator warning that slot demand is likely to greatly exceed this limit. It points out that summer 2025 is the second scheduling season to take account of an Irish national planning body ...
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German state must partially recover aid from Ryanair and Frankfurt Hahn
Germany’s government must recover public funds from Frankfurt Hahn airport, as well as budget carrier Ryanair, after the European Commission concluded that they received support contrary to state-aid rules. The Commission opened an in-depth investigation into the funding – two measures for the airport and four for Ryanair – in ...
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Weak fares drag down Ryanair first-quarter profits
Ryanair’s net profit nearly halved over the first quarter, which the carrier blames on weak fares and the earlier Easter holiday. The carrier turned in a net profit of €360 million ($372 million) – down by 46% – on slightly lower revenues of €3.63 billion. Chief executive Michael O’Leary says ...
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Ryanair relaxed on near-term fare softness as Europe grapples with capacity caps
Ryanair has been surprised by some softness in fares for bookings in the April-June quarter despite much-discussed capacity constraints in Europe’s short-haul sector, but expects improvements for the summer peak and for the business’s cost advantage over rivals to increase. Those were among the observations from group chief executive Michael ...
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Ryanair confident its Max 10 deliveries will begin on schedule
Ryanair is hopeful that delivery of its initial Boeing 737 Max 10s will take place on schedule in spring 2027, despite the intensified regulatory scrutiny which has pushed back certification.
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Ryanair expects to be 23 737 Max jets short of planned summer capacity
Ryanair hopes to increase its fleet of Boeing 737 Max jets to 158 by the end of July this year, although this will be 23 aircraft short of the initial delivery schedule. The airline gave the figure as it turned in a full-year net profit of €1.92 billion ($2.09 billion), ...
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Ryanair to resume Israeli services as low-cost terminal becomes available
Budget carrier Ryanair is to restore services to Israel from early June, after a decision to re-open Tel Aviv Ben Gurion airport’s low-cost terminal.
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Ryanair hits revised passenger target for 2023-24 financial year
Ryanair booked 183.7 million passengers in its financial year ending 31 March 2024, in line with guidance it revised downwards after delays last year in deliveries of Boeing 737 Max jets.
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Fewer ‘spanners under floorboards’ but O’Leary still seeks Boeing improvements
Ryanair group chief executive Michael O’Leary has declared his confidence in the safety of Boeing 737 Max aircraft but says he still believes the airframer’s management team in Seattle needs to “get its act together”.
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IAG chief warns blocking consolidation could ‘destroy’ airlines
The chief executive of IAG has implored regualtors to allow consolidation to happen in Europe, arguing that the futures of some carriers are at risk if deals are blocked
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’Like lipstick on a pig’: Ryanair chief slams Single European Sky reforms
Ryanair group chief executive Michael O’Leary has hit out at the European Union’s reforms of its Single European Sky initiative, branding them as “useless”.
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Ryanair cuts traffic target as will get only 40 of 57 planned Max deliveries by June
Irish low-cost giant Ryanair has scaled back passenger number ambitions for its coming financial year to just under 200 million after confirming it now expects to take delivery of only 40 of the 57 Boeing 737 Max jets it was due to take by June.
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Airline Business Podcast: Safety and consolidation under the spotlight
In the latest episode – sponsored by Panasonic Avionics – Graham and Lewis look back on an inauspicious start to 2024 in terms of airline safety and consolidation moves.
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Airline Business
Why growing Ryanair expects European short-haul capacity to fall this summer
Ryanair believes that European short-haul capacity will be down year on year in the coming summer season, leaving it significantly below pre-Covid levels, in a development that will support higher fares.
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O’Leary: Ryanair would pick up early Max 10 deliveries if United turns them down
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has chided United Airlines over its stance on the Boeing 737 Max 10, adding that the Irish budget carrier will pick up any deliveries the US airline opts not to take.
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Ryanair sees improvements in Boeing quality but more work needed: O’Leary
Ryanair expects to be seven Boeing 737 Max jets short of its pre-summer delivery target, but the carrier has observed an improvement in quality of the aircraft arriving from the airframer.
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Ryanair and Transavia among growing list of airlines making Tel Aviv return
Ryanair and Transavia France are among carriers to have announced in the past few days that they will resume flights to Tel Aviv on 1 February, as more operators reverse the suspension of operations that followed the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas.