All Ryanair articles – Page 13
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NewsRyanair threatens closure of Lauda’s Vienna base
Ryanair Group is warning that it will close the Lauda Airbus A320 base at Vienna at the end of the month if there is no agreement on cost reductions. It says the Lauda division “underperformed” during the fiscal year to 31 March 2020 as a result of competition from Lufthansa ...
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NewsRyanair cuts office staff at four bases
Ryanair has axed more than 250 office-based jobs at four locations and will this month announce details of its plan to slash up to 3,000 crew positions
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NewsRyanair aims to re-open most of its network from 1 July
Ryanair is to reinstate flights across some 90% of its network from the beginning of July, with an ambitious bid to restore an air transport operation demolished by the coronavirus crisis. While much of the network will be available, with most bases active, the overall schedule – around 1,000 daily ...
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NewsRyanair carries out just 600 scheduled flights in April
Europe’s biggest passenger airline Ryanair operated just 600 scheduled flights carrying 40,000 people in April as the airline was all but grounded by the coronavirus pandemic.
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NewsRyanair signals 3,000 job cuts as it discusses fleet deferrals
Ryanair is expecting to cut up to 3,000 jobs from July and shut a number of European bases, as it projects that a post-crisis recovery will take at least two years. The airline is negotiating with Boeing to reduce planned deliveries of new 737s for the next 24 months, and ...
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NewsRyanair taking €300m charge over fuel-hedge ineffectiveness
Budget carrier Ryanair is predicting net profits of €950 million-1 billion for 2019-20 as the tail-end of its fiscal year started suffering the effects of the coronavirus crisis. It states that it is conducting fewer than 20 flights daily, and expects its fleet to stay “largely grounded” for at least ...
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NewsRyanair may shut down all operations from 24 March
Ryanair is cutting 80% of its scheduled flights and could ground its entire fleet in response to the coronavirus.
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NewsLauda halts all flights until 8 April
Ryanair’s Austrian subsidiary Lauda has suspended all flights until 8 April. The Vienna-based airline has been serving more than 100 destinations across some 30 European countries and has stations in German cities Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Spanish island Majorca, and Croatian city Zadar. Source: Lauda Cirium fleets data shows ...
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NewsRyanair may cancel entire April-May schedule
Ryanair expects to park the majority of its fleet over the next week to 10 days as the impact of the coronavirus escalates, and could suspend all of its services for April and May.
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NewsRyanair chief leaves door open to Airbus order
Ryanair group chief executive Michael O’Leary would be open to ordering Airbus A320s – provided the European manufacturer can come up with the right offer. “The A320 is a great aircraft,” he told Cirium at the A4E aviation summit in Brussels, although he stresses that so too is the Boeing ...
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Airline BusinessWhy strong Ryanair and Wizz February traffic offers few clues to coronavirus impact
Monthly traffic figures for February released by Ryanair and Wizz Air today offer little indication of the impact on air travel demand of the spread of the coronavirus into Europe.
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NewsHow A4E is answering Europe’s airline sustainability challenge
Sustainability is the hot topic for industry body Airlines for Europe (A4E) as it heads towards its annual Aviation Summit in Brussels on 3 March.
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Airline BusinessWhy Ryanair is still more likely to bide its time than bid for Air Italy
Ryanair’s move to hold a press conference in Milan today sparked some press speculation that the low-cost carrier was about to make a bid for the assets of collapsed carrier Air Italy.
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Airline BusinessHow low-cost carriers have capitalised on Italian airline failures
No European country’s carriers have struggled to secure or retain a leading presence in their own market more than Italian operators, as the collapse of Air Italy further illustrates.
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NewsRyanair chief marketing officer steps down
Ryanair’s chief marketing officer, Kenny Jacobs, is leaving the airline after six years in the role.
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NewsRyanair doubles down on Boeing 737 Max
Ryanair plans to purchase further Boeing 737 Max aircraft once the aircraft returns to service, in addition to taking delivery of the 210 it has already has on order or under option.
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NewsRyanair slows long-term growth target as Max delayed until after summer
European low-cost giant Ryanair has pushed back its long-term growth target of reaching the 200 million annual passenger mark by up to two years after resigning itself to not receiving its first Boeing 737 Max aircraft until after this summer.
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NewsRyanair seals deal with Irish pilots but signals Max-driven cuts
Ryanair has reached a four-year labour agreement with the union representing its Ireland-based pilots, but has renewed its warning of potential job losses and base closures as a result of the latest Boeing 737 Max delay.
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NewsRyanair renews attack on Flybe rescue deal
Ryanair group chief executive Michael O’Leary has ratcheted up his criticism of the UK government’s rescue of Flybe, describing the business model of the regional carrier “doomed to fail” and arguing that the deal contravenes state-aid rules.
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Airline BusinessRyanair heads European traffic as airlines slow pace in 2019
Strong growth at its new Austrian unit Lauda helped low-cost carrier Ryanair reclaim its position as the biggest European airline group by passenger number in 2019, though overall growth among leading carriers in the region lagged previous years.