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Gadling (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Europe , Germany For once, Ryanair is in the news because of something unrelated to oddball fees or something silly their CEO said. Residents of the German village of Groß Grönau have pulled together to sue for Irish airline because they put an 82 year old woman in the hospital. Apparently, a Ryanair jet flew so low over her house, that it actually blew roofing tiles off the...
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James Wallace on Aerospace (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Ryanair will end its relationship with Boeing if it can't get a preliminary deal by early December, Chief Executive Michael O'Leary told Reuters Thursday.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
The latest news and best bets from all the day's races around the country Ruby Walsh can engineer a third Betfair Chase victory for the brilliant Kauto Star (2.55) at Haydock Park this afternoon. The dual Gold Cup winner is a dependable performer, having won two-thirds of the 21 races he has contested (14 of which have been Grade Ones) since joining Paul Nicholls in 2004. If the heavens have opened...
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asap news (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Aer Lingus, Ireland’s widely popular budget airline, just announced Wednesday to their employees that it will be forced to implement cost cutting measures if agreements are not made regarding current proposals at the end of the month. So far this year, Aer Lingus has managed to fend off hostile takeovers from Ryanair, their home-country rival. In [...]
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Adam Smith Institute Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Amidst considerable brouhaha, the market reacted positively to BA’s long-delayed merger with Spain’s Iberia, on an effective 56%/44% basis. Not surprisingly, opposition to the merger has arisen, both from Virgin, who still recall BA’s role in the grounding of Laker Airways, and from the loquacious Michael O’Leary of Ryanair. BA itself has many other challenges on its plate,...
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AirTransportNews.aero (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Ryanair today (19th Nov) called for the Irish Aviation Regulator's Office to be closed, because it now serves no useful purpose, having had its statutory independence removed twice over the last ...
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A GERMAN pensioner has been taken to hospital after a Ryanair aircraft allegedly flew so low that it knocked tiles off her roof.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
NOEL DEMPSEY’S ears must have been burning yesterday as Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary gave the Department of Transport a lashing at a press conference in relation to passenger charges at Dublin Airport.
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The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
RYANAIR IS planning to seek a judicial review of Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey’s direction last month to the aviation regulator on airport passenger charges at Dublin Airport.
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
RYANAIR will wait until the end of the month or very early in December to reach a deal with Boeing on a fresh batch of aircraft orders, Ryanair chief executive Michael O'L
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Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk - Liverpool News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
RYANAIR is taking the fight for supremacy at Liverpool John Lennon airport to rival Easyjet with three new routes and extra frequency on existing links.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
• Trainer Nicky Henderson says horse not ideally suited to track • Kauto Star among nine declared for Betfair Chase at Haydock Dave's Dream, the winner of the Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle at Sandown in March, got a 33-1 quote for the Arkle Trophy at the Cheltenham Festival following a comfortable chasing debut success at Huntingdon yesterday. Sent off at 8-15 for the Kier Eastern Novice...
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AirTransportNews.aero (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Ryanair announced today (19th Nov) that it will invest an additional $210m in UK tourism as it bases new aircraft in Bristol (up one to five) and Liverpool (up two to eight), from 28th March,...
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The Puget Sound Business Journal (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Ireland-based low-cost European airline Ryanair is reported to be asking for bigger price concessions from Boeing for future 737 airplane purchases. (BA)
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Boriswatch (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Boris’ campaign to bring tourists to London was hailed a marvellous success this week (by Boris, admittedly, so here’s a pinch of salt for you to take with this news). The £2million ‘Only in London’ campaign, which involved helping to pay for Easyjet and Ryanair adverts in foreign cities has generated £50million in additional revenue for [...]
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ifp | 17/09/2009
The low-cost airline Easyjet is accused of employing labour illegally in France. The case is being brought by the French social security authorities, who are claiming over €10 million in unpaid social security contributions. They claim that during the three year period between 2003 and 2006 Easyjet employed 170 staff at its base at Orly airport, which it did not declare to the authorities. Easyjet
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ifp | 17/06/2009
Whether Ryanair can be described as a ‘low-cost airline’ is open to question after it announced it would charge passengers to check-in online. The fee was brought in late last month and is compulsory as the airline will scrap all its airport check-in desks and only offer a baggage drop off facility at airports. Passengers will face a charge of £5/€5 per person, per flight, on bookings, although promotional
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