Ryanair's growth mirrored EU's expansion but could it now halt?
If isolationism rather than integration takes hold after Brexit, it would be bad news for Ryanair, writes Fearghal O'Connor
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has never been shy about much, least of all hisdisdain for European bureaucrats.
Yet the phenomenal growth of his airline - more than virtually any other company on the continent - closely mirrored the accelerating integration and expansion of the European project since the mid 1980s.
The march of the EU super state has been brought to a shuddering halt by Brexit. O’Leary will hope that his airline continues its ascent anddoes not fly into the turbulence that now shakes the European dream to its core. Forthe day that’s in it, here’s a potted history of the airline as it stood on key European milestones:
