Following a $175m agreement with Aviation Partners Boeing (APB), Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, installed Split Scimitar Winglets to the first of over 400 of its Boeing 737-800 Next Generation aircraft. This modification will improve aircraft fuel efficiency by up to 1.5%, reducing Ryanair’s annual fuel consumption by 65 million litres and carbon emissions by 165,000 […]
Ryanair continues to invest in the Swedish market by adding more destinations to Stockholm Arlanda. A new route to Barcelona premiere in conjunction with the opening of the new base and close to twenty-five new routes at Stockholm Arlanda Airport later this autumn. Ryanair will start flying to Stockholm Arlanda Airport during the winter […]
Ryanair have announced a recruitment drive for 2,000 new pilots to crew aircraft deliveries over the next 3 years as Ryanair recovers and rebuilds from the Covid-19 pandemic. Ryanair has now taken delivery of its first Boeing 737-8200 Gamechanger aircraft, which help Ryanair lower costs, cut fuel consumption and lower noise and CO2 emissions. This […]
Ryanair has opened its 16th Italian base at Turin with two based aircraft – an investment of $200m – and 32 routes connecting Turin, both domestically & internationally, to 13 countries across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Ryanair’s new Turin base will deliver: Two based aircraft ($200m investment), 60 direct jobs 18 new […]
Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, today (Wed 16th June) criticized Boris Johnson’s mismanagement of the Covid pandemic, and the reopening of the UK economy following the UK’s successful vaccine rollout programme – especially when these vaccines are effective against the Delta variant. In the last month, the UK Government promised a Travel Green List (with Portugal […]
The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating whether British Airways and Ryanair have broken consumer law by failing to offer refunds for flights customers could not legally take due to lockdown laws in the UK. The body has opened enforcement cases into both airlines and written to them detailing its concerns. It is now […]
Ryanair has called on minister for transport, Grant Shapps, to open up international travel from all EU countries. The low-cost carrier said the move could come as soon as the next revision of the green list of safe countries expected later this week. Ryanair also urged Shapps to abolish travel restrictions for everyone that has […]
Ryanair has reported a full-year loss of €815 million for financial 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic took a huge toll on the airline industry. The figure compares to a profit of €1 billion in the previous year, and is the largest annual loss ever reported by the low-cost carrier. The Irish airline carried just 27.5 […]
Ryanair has been ordered to pay compensation to passengers who saw flights cancelled as the result of industrial action in 2018. The High Court said the thousands of people affected by cancellations or delays during strike action by pilots and cabin crew in 2018 should be compensated. The low-cost carrier claimed that “extraordinary circumstances” applied, […]
Eurowings has said it will replace about 95 per cent of the program offered by the departing Ryanair at Düsseldorf Airport. The Irish carrier will withdraw a number of services from the North Rhine-Westphalia airport on October 24th. In response, the German airline said it would pick up the slack. Specifically, Eurowings has decided to […]
