Emmet Oliver on business: Respectable Ryanair and Glanbia's tariff troubles
Ryanair has slowly become middle-aged and respectable, and that’s not a good sign
Is Ryanair becoming a little middle-aged, a little paunchy and, whisper it, even a little corporate?
Where it once had share capital of just £1 and a solitary 15-seater aircraft flying out of Waterford, Ryanair Holdings is now an aviation behemoth, with a market value of over €11 billion, more than 19,000 staff, 475 aircraft, three subsidiaries and 152 million passengers.
But with size comes extra weight. Has the company gone from a ...
