French strike forces Ryanair to cancel more than 300 flights across Europe
Ryanair urges European Commission to protect overflights and keep EU skies open
December 2023
Nils Pratley on finance
Resist the corporate lobbyists: FTSE 100 bosses do not need US-style bonuses
Nils Pratley
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary heads for €100m bonus
September 2023
Brief letters
Nuclear war is a fear that can’t be faced
Brief letters: US nuclear weapons | Theresa May’s portrait | Hidden holiday fees | The wrong tern | Liz Truss’s tome
'It's delicious': Ryanair boss hit with cream cake in climate protest – video
The Ryanair CEO, Michael O’Leary, was hit in the face with what appeared to be a cream cake in Brussels by protesters demonstrating against aviation pollution
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary hit with cream pies by climate protesters
CEO hit in face with two pies while holding one-man protest in Brussels against air traffic controller strikes
May 2023
Ryanair records third busiest month in April as demand for flights soars
Passenger numbers rose to 16 million last month amid pent-up demand for air travel
April 2023
UK will sign deal paying in to EU budget within 15 years, says Ryanair boss
Michael O’Leary says Brexit is ‘unbelievably messy’ and a ‘net negative’ on the British economy
January 2023
Ryanair enjoys record January with 2m sales in a weekend for the first time
Airline to continue aggressive post-Covid expansion, offering 10% more seats in the UK this summer compared with 2022
September 2022
Ryanair investors urged to vote down ‘excessive’ bonus payouts
Shareholders also called on to block eight senior bosses of airline from re-election
August 2022
Ryanair adds 500 flights at Stansted to cover October half-term
Michael O’Leary says move will mean capacity for 100,000 more passengers and takes swipe at ‘hopeless’ Heathrow
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Ryanair boss is the teller of Brexit truths
Brief letters: Michael O’Leary | Joined-up thinking | Mythic rail journeys | A rejection from Raymond Briggs | What to call an egg pricker
Ryanair boss blames Brexit for airport chaos and says era of €10 airfares over
Michael O’Leary warns of rising cost of fuel and says policymakers need to get inflation back to about 2%
July 2022
Ryanair boss says travellers face years of flight chaos
Michael O’Leary warned airfares would rise for the next five years because flying has become ‘too cheap’
June 2022
Airport slot ‘amnesty’ announced as easyJet cuts flights and strikes threatened
Ryanair boss suggests bringing in army to end airport travel chaos
March 2022
Ryanair rejects claims it hiked fares as demand soared from Ukrainian refugees
Minister to talk to airline after accusations made by Ukrainian ambassador to Ireland
January 2022
Ryanair prepares price cuts as it warns of ‘hugely uncertain’ financial outlook
Irish airline made loss of €96m in last three months of 2021 but plans more flights than before pandemic
December 2021
Ryanair boss says UK response to Omicron shaped by ‘idiots’
Michael O’Leary blames Covid rules for 1 million fewer passengers flying with airline this month
November 2021
Ryanair boss says fears of new European lockdowns are deterring bookings
Covid surge in Europe before Christmas also delaying passengers’ early summer 2022 plans, says Michael O’Leary
