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NewsBeneficiary analysis behind European court’s annulling Air France pandemic aid approval
Judges of the European Union’s General Court have annulled a decision approving French state aid to Air France, after ruling that other companies of its parent group should have been considered as beneficiaries. The case – brought by Ryanair and Malta Air against the European Commission – contested the approval ...
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NewsRyanair cautions over 737 Max deliveries as it sets out full-year profit forecast
Ryanair is expecting full-year net profit of up to €2.05 billion ($2.2 billion) despite higher fuel costs and uncertainties over Boeing 737 Max deliveries. The airline cautions that up to 10 of the 57 737s due for delivery before summer 2024 could be delayed until the winter season. “We are ...
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NewsRyanair sees strong September traffic but delivery delays prompt winter cuts
European low-cost carrier Ryanair lifted passenger numbers 9% to 17.4 million in September with load factors unchanged at 94%.
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NewsItalian competition authority probes Ryanair over travel agency constraints
Italy’s competition regulator is opening a probe into Ryanair’s activities, arguing that the budget airline is harming travel agencies by taking advantage of its position to broaden market power. The regulator, AGCM, has taken the preliminary view that Ryanair is “leveraging its dominant position” in several markets linked to the ...
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NewsRyanair 737 on foggy runway urged inbound A321 to abort after controller’s headset blunder
Pilots of a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 departing Venice intervened to urge an inbound aircraft to execute a go-around because, owing to an air traffic controller’s headset blunder, the 737 was still waiting on the runway in fog. The 737 crew, lined up on runway 04R on 18 October last year, ...
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Airline BusinessEarly signs of ‘normalisation’ effects at airlines
Many airline leaders continue to argue that although visibility is limited, strong demand and yields are persisting into the northern hemisphere winter months. But there are also significant players highlighting signs of market ‘normalisation’
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PodcastAirline Business Podcast: Strong financials, market ‘normalisation’ and start-up stories
Graham and Lewis look back on another strong set of quarterly results from the global airline industry, while considering whether the coming months will see ‘normalisation’ in more markets.
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Airline BusinessAirline Business performance tracker: Europe Q2 2023
Key data from the most-recent European earnings period – the April-June 2023 quarter – and the equivalent periods stretching back to the last pre-Covid year, powered by Airline Business Insight
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Airline BusinessIs Ryanair right about competition in Germany’s airline market?
Although Ryanair and its chief executive Michael O’Leary have a long history of criticising Lufthansa’s market dominance, the Irish carrier’s latest complaints regarding German airport fees highlight some noteworthy market dynamics in the country at this stage of the Covid-19 recovery.
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NewsRyanair resurrects Copenhagen base plan years after abortive debut
Budget carrier Ryanair is to resurrect its base at Copenhagen airport, several years after an abortive attempt to establish a presence at the Danish capital. Ryanair is to station two aircraft at Copenhagen from December this year, and offer 24 routes from the city for the winter season – including ...
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Airline BusinessMore signs of airline markets ‘normalising’ as fares soften
While airline executives are not panicking about the outlook, there have been increasing indications of passenger market ‘normalisation’ spreading to more regions, as carriers report fares softening from the highs seen in 2022
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NewsRyanair indicates 737 Max delivery delays could persist to mid-2024
Budget carrier Ryanair is suggesting that delivery delays from Boeing could continue for another year, after a series of hitches at the US airframer. Ryanair is renewing its fleet with 737 Max jets and had 119 of the type – out of a total fleet of 558 aircraft – at ...
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NewsO’Leary among Ryanair team in Ukraine for Boryspil airport meeting
Three Ryanair executives, including group chief Michael O’Leary, were in Ukraine on 20 July to visit the country’s largest airport and reiterate the low-cost carrier’s intention to make a speedy return to the country once safe operations are possible.
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NewsCleared-to-land Ryanair 737 crew warned tower about occupied Porto runway
Portuguese investigators have disclosed that a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 crew on approach to Porto warned air traffic control that the runway was still occupied despite having received landing clearance. The incident on 26 June occurred after an Azores Airlines Airbus A321neo was authorised to line up, behind landing traffic on ...
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Airline BusinessAirline Business performance tracker: Europe Q1 2023
Key data from the most-recent European earnings period – the January-March 2023 quarter – and the equivalent periods stretching back to the last pre-Covid year, powered by Airline Business Insight
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NewsWizz reinforces Albanian routes as Ryanair prepares to open Tirana network
Ryanair is to open its first flights from Albania, presenting a competitive challenge to budget rival Wizz Air which is set to expand its own route network from the capital Tirana. The Irish carrier has unveiled 17 routes on which it will commence operations in the upcoming winter season. All ...
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NewsO’Leary urges fresh EC competition approach on state aid and acquisitions
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary believes the carrier’s recent run of court victories in overturning Covid state aid should prompt European competition regulators to review their approach to such decisions.
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NewsRyanair petition ‘next step’ in bid to secure overflight protection from French ATC strikes
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary describes a petition handed to the European Commission today as the next step in long-running efforts to force France to protect services overflying the country from air traffic control strike disruption.
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NewsEU court rejects approval of Italian airline pandemic aid over absence of explanation
Approval of an Italian government provision of €130 million ($140 million) in pandemic support to certain carriers in the country has been struck down by the European Union’s General Court. The General Court has annulled a European Commission decision to approve the October 2020 subsidy, ruling that it failed to ...
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NewsRyanair looks to put 737 Max deliveries back on track as higher fuel bill looms
Budget carrier Ryanair expects its fleet to be short of up to 10 Boeing 737 Max 8-200s for the peak summer schedule, owing to the disruption in deliveries of the type from the US airframer. The airline had previously indicated that it expected short-term capacity shortfall, as it disclosed its ...