Tag: Ryanair

Ryanair Crisis Continues, More Flights Are About To Be Cancelled

Reading Time: 2 minutes A NUMBER OF Ryanair pilots have rejected a cash bonus offer for them to work extra days this year and forego their holidays, and have threatened work to rule action. In a letter sent to management and seen the by the BBC and other outlets – a group representing staff at 17 of the company’s […]

Ryanair Drops Nose Wheel In London While Taking Off

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, performing a flight from London Stansted, EN (UK) to Copenhagen (Denmark) with 182 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing out of Stansted’s runway 22 when the crew stopped the climb at FL170 after ATC told them they had lost a wheel on departure. The crew decided to divert to East Midlands, EN […]

Ryanair To Cancel 40-50 Flights Daily To Improve Punctuality

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ryanair will cancel up to 50 flights a day over the next six weeks as it seeks to “improve its system-wide punctuality” which has fallen below 80% in the first two weeks of September.” Ryanair blamed air traffic control delays, strikes and weather disruptions as causes of delays outside its control. It is also in […]

Ryanair Eyes Up 90 Alitalia Planes And Their Routes

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ryanair’s Chief Executive, Michael O’Leary, announced on Thursday, August 31, that the low-cost carrier intends to bid for 90 of Alitalia’s planes and associated routes. Although it has indicated that it intends to operate the planes with existing cabin crew and staff, some redundancies and aircraft lease restructuring will likely be required. Alitalia has been […]

Ryanair Eyes Up Purchase Of All Of Air Berlin

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ryanair CEO Ryan O’Leary has made it clear that subject to being provided with more information, and one major condition, Ryanair would be very interested in making a bid for the whole of the insolvent Air Berlin. He has indicated that obtaining additional data on the airline’s finances was critical. According to Mr. O’Leary, Ryanair […]

What Future For Airberlin Technik?

Reading Time: 2 minutes As Air Berlin slips into bankruptcy following the withdrawal of financial support from main shareholder Etihad, the fight over its carcass begins. Many expect Lufthansa to pick up a substantial part of the carrier’s airline business, based on reports emanating from the stricken carrier. “Negotiations with Lufthansa and other partners regarding the acquisition of business […]

Airlines Fly Lower After Barcelona Attack

Reading Time: 2 minutes Airline stocks took a nosedive on Friday morning as the horrific van attack in Barcelona the previous evening was felt likely to hit tourism to the region. British Airways and Iberia owner IAG and EasyJet both shed 3% in early trading, while Ryanair was 5% lower on the open, before all three pared losses as […]

Ryanair Calls On UK Airports To Limit Pre-Flight Alcohol Sales

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ryanair called on UK airports to take necessary measures to prevent excessive alcohol consumption, in the wake of increased disruptive behaviour from passengers travelling from British airports. The CAA reported a 600% increase in disruptive passenger incidents in the UK between 2012 and 2016 with most “involving alcohol” and Ryanair urged the airports to take […]

Ryanair B738 Overruns Runway On Landing At Bucharest

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 performing flight from Berlin Schoenefeld (Germany) to Bucharest Otopeni (Romania) with 183 people on board landed on Otopeni’s runway but overran the displaced end of the runway, damaged a runway end light and came to a stop on the paved surface of the runway. The aircraft was able to immediately turn […]

Ryanair Posts 55% Profit Rise In First Quarter

Reading Time: < 1 minute Ryanair has posted a 55% rise in first quarter profit to €397m. This result is distorted by the timing of Easter in the first quarter, with no holiday period in the prior year comparative. Traffic grew 12% to 35m as Ryanair’s lower fares and “Always Getting Better” (AGB) programme delivered a record 96% load factor. […]