Ryanair condemns €9 billion state aid to Lufthansa
Ryanair today (Tues 26 May) condemned the German Government’s decision to award €9bn of State Aid to Lufthansa on top of the extensive payroll...
Ryanair threatens to dismiss 25% of its Belgium-based pilots
Low-cost airline Ryanair threatens to dismiss 25% of its Belgium-based pilots. In a press statement, the Belgian Cockpit Association (BeCA), the professional organisation representing...
Ryanair eliminates 30 cabin crew jobs in Belgium
The Christian trade union CNE/ACV announced on Monday that Ryanair wants to eliminate 30 cabin crew jobs in Belgium following the coronavirus crisis. These departures...
Ryanair subsidiary Laudamotion closes Vienna base; 300 jobs lost
Laudamotion (Lauda) this morning announced the closure of its home base at Vienna, Austria, after failing to find an agreement with employees on lower...
Ryanair welcomes EU guidelines for return to healthy flying, but calls for end of quarantine measures
Ryanair today (Thurs 21th May) welcomed new EU guidelines to ensure that Europe’s citizens can return to flying within the European Union in the...
BALPA comments on Ryanair’s decision to dismiss 336 U.K. based pilots
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair, which recently accepted £600 million (€673 million) in funding from the Bank of England, today confirmed...
Ryanair’s profits for FY2020 rise to €1 billion but group warns for a difficult FY2021
Ryanair Holdings plc today published its full-year 2019-2020 results: the Irish low-cost airline reported a full-year profit of €1,002 million (excl. hedge ineffectiveness), compared...
Ryanair axes over 250 jobs at its Dublin, Stansted, Madrid and Wroclaw offices due to the COVID-19 groundings
Ryanair today (Fri 15th May) confirmed it has reduced its office headcount in Dublin, Stansted, Madrid and Wroclaw by over 250 through a combination...
Ryanair plans all Boeing 737 fleet in subsidiaries – Laudamotion’s future uncertain
Ryanair Holdings CEO Michael O'Leary told Reuters about his plans for the near future: cancelling leasing contracts of 30 Laudamotion Airbus A320s to replace...
Ryanair to restore 40% of scheduled flights from 1 July – Passengers and crew to wear face masks and have temperature checked
Ryanair today (Tues 12th May) announced plans to return to 40% of normal flight schedules from Wed 1 July 2020, subject to Government restrictions...
Ryanair April traffic falls 99.6% to 0.04 million passengers
Covid-19 airspace closures impact April traffic Ryanair Holdings plc on 5 May released April traffic statistics as follows: 2019 2020 Growth Ryanair Group 13.5m 0.04m -99.6% Ryanair 13.0m 0.04m -99.6% Lauda 0.5m 0.0m -100% Rolling Annual 144.3m 135.1m (96%) -6% Ryanair operated 600 scheduled flights...
Ryanair bitterly complains about unlawful state aid to flag carriers, which is distorting competition
RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC – COVID-19 MARKET UPDATE Ryanair Holdings Plc today Fri. 1 May updated the market on its traffic projections for Q1, its plans...
Ryanair cuts up to 3,000 jobs as coronavirus pandemic grounds Boeing 737 fleet
Ryanair is planning to cut up to 3,000 jobs - mainly pilots and cabin crew - while remaining staff face unpaid leave and a...
Ryanair asking French airports to cancel taxes for maintaining services
Ryanair is asking French airports to remove or reduce taxes from now until October 2021 if they want Ryanair to maintain services, reports Pagtour. Niall...
Michael O’Leary says that Ryanair will not fly with ‘idiotic’ social distancing rules
Ryanair planes won’t return to the skies if the airline is forced to leave the middle seat empty to comply with “idiotic” in-flight social...
[Coronavirus] COVID-19 pandemic impacts Ryanair’s March traffic figures: -48%
The closure of the European airspace heavily impacted Ryanair's March traffic figures, the Irish low-cost airline operated over 33,000 scheduled flights (64,000 budgeted) including...
Ryanair to operate limited schedule for the coming days to keep skies open
All of the team at Ryanair are working hard to provide repatriation and rescue flights for many EU Governments. Ryanair is also offering aircraft...
[Coronavirus] Ryanair cuts flight schedule (this week by over 80% – about every flight cancelled as of next week)
From 18 March until 24 March Ryanair Group Airlines will cut its flight schedule by over 80%. As from 25 March, the airline expects...
[Coronavirus] Travel restrictions and coronavirus grounds Lauda fleet until 9 April
Due to the rapid spread of the COVID-19 virus and further governmental travel restrictions, all Lauda flights will be suspended from today 16 March...