Customer involuntarily discovers a new Ryanair fee
On 15 April, Belgian consumers association Test Achats / Test Aankoop discovered via one of its members that Ryanair had added a new fee...
European Commission group recommends reform of European Air Traffic Control – Ryanair approves
European Commission wise persons group recommendations on European ATC reform A NETWORK-CENTRIC APPROACH Recommendation 1: Confirm and strengthen EUROCONTROL’s Network Manager (NM) role by providing it...
Brussels South Charleroi Airport introduces a transit service: 27 connections via Brussels-Charleroi offered by Ryanair
Brussels South Charleroi Airport becomes a transit hub for passengers. From today, Ryanair is launching a connection service via Brussels Charleroi from 15 cities...
Ryanair’s first flight from Cardiff to Malta takes off
Ryanair celebrated the first flight on its new twice-weekly Cardiff service to Malta on 3 April. Ryanair’s Cardiff summer schedule includes 5 routes in...
Ryanair opens new base at London Southend, with 3 aircraft and 14 routes
Ryanair officially opened its new base at London Southend on 2 April, with 3 aircraft (an investment of $300m) and kicked off its summer...
Ryanair goes the extra mile in Berlin: Four new destinations from Schönefeld and Tegel each
To begin the summer flight schedule, the Irish low-cost airline continues to expand its route network from Berlin. The airline is launching four new...
Ryanair opens new base in Bordeaux with 2 aircraft and 20 new routes in a total of 29
Ryanair today (3 Apr) celebrated the opening of its new Bordeaux base (its 2nd base in France) and the launch of 29 routes, including...
How Ryanair’s attempt to mock British Airways backfired on social media
After a British Airways flight to Dusseldorf mistakenly landed in Scotland, Ryanair decided to taunt its competitor online. Instead, users reminded the budget airline...
Launch of a new route from Brussels South Charleroi to Béziers: the first passengers have jetted off to the south
Tuesday 2 April 2019 marks the launch of a new route to the South of France. Today, the first plane to Béziers Cap D’Agde...
Ryanair traffic grows 5% in March (9% with Laudamotion)
YANAIR MARCH TRAFFIC GROWS 9% TO 10.9m CUSTOMERS Ryanair Holdings PLC today (2 April) released March traffic statistics as follows: 2018 2019 (LF) Growth March Total 10.0m 10.9m ...
Budapest Airport winter timetable totting up with Ryanair
As Budapest Airport’s blistering summer schedule is launched this weekend, the Hungarian gateway continues its route network expansion into the winter timetable with Ryanair....
Ryanair welcomes German and Italian court rulings confirming no EU261 compensation is due for internal strikes
Ryanair today (21 March) welcomed the rulings by the Cologne District Court in Germany and the Judge of Peace of Catania in Italy, confirming...
Ryanair subsidiary Laudamotion to launch direct flights between Vienna and Brussels South Charleroi
Laudamotion, an Austrian airline and fully owned by Ryanair, will be launching a direct new route between Brussels South Charleroi and Vienna. As of 27...
Judge disallows Ryanair to fire Eindhoven-based pilots and cabin crew
Ryanair can't simply dismiss 16 pilots and 15 cabin crew members that were previously based at Eindhoven Airport, Dutch UWV social security agency (Uitkeringsinstantie...
Bloody fight between two passengers on board a Ryanair flight between Glasgow and Tenerife South
Last Saturday (16 March), two male passengers started fighting after landing, during deboarding of their Ryanair flight FR653 between Glasgow Prestwick and Tenerife South....
Ryanair’s Polish leisure unit Ryanair Sun becomes “Buzz” in autumn 2019
Ryanair Sun today (14 Mar) announced that it will rebrand as Buzz in autumn 2019, operating on a Polish Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC). Ryanair Sun,...
Ryanair launches 7 new routes from Belgium in Winter 2019-2020
86 routes in total & 8.8 million passengers per year Ryanair today (12 March) launched its Belgium Winter 2019 schedule, with 7 new routes including...
Multiple birdstrike on Ryanair Boeing 737-800 at Barcelona Airport
On 5 May 2018, a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 was about to touch down on runway 25R at Barcelona Airport. Suddenly, a flock of seagulls...
Ryanair launches environmental partnerships for 2019
Ryanair today (7 Mar) launched its international environmental partnerships for 2019, supporting First Climate, Renature Monchique, the Irish Whale & Dolphin Group and Native...
Ryanair violated Italian labour legislation in 2014: fined €9.2 million
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has violated Italian labour legislation by circumventing social security contributions and bonuses paid to airport staff, the Italian labour inspection...