The Last Post Matt Cooper: Ryanair fills seats as competitors’ Covid cost-cutting fails to pay offAirline operators are cancelling hundreds of flights and disappointing thousands of travellers as airports such as Gatwick struggle to keep check-in and baggage-handling services running. But it didn’t have to be like this
Aviation Staff rostering system restored months before Dublin Airport chaos beganWhile processes were undermined by cyberattack in December, IT firm says its customers had safe and secure access by January
Ryanair Ryanair courts Airbus after O’Leary’s rant at Boeing’s ‘headless chickens’After public spat with its usual partner Boeing, the airline is looking further afield to expand its fleet to carry projected 165 million passengers this year
The Last Post Matt Cooper: Businesses will survive by persuading people to part with their Covid savingsMarketing budgets have been slashed in previous budgets, but this time that might well be unwise because many people have pandemic cash which they are willing to spend
Aviation Ryanair reports €355m annual loss and plans to hike prices Airline anticipates summer fares will peak above pre-pandemic levels but current bookings are depressed due to impact of Covid-19 and Russian invasion
Editorial: DAA can’t keep us waiting for better customer serviceThe Dublin Airport Authority blames the long queues of the last few weeks on staff shortages, but it has only itself to blame for failing to prepare for the inevitable increase in passengers after the pandemic
Matt Cooper: How can Britain be the guarantor for a Ukrainian peace deal when it has shown such bad faith on Brexit?
No electric aircraft plans for Irish airlines Rivals such as easyJet and United Airlines are investing in the technology
Former Ryanair chief financial officer invests €550,000 in airlineHoward Millar has remained on the board since his departure as a non-executive director
UN report shows Belarus organised Ryanair hijack, transport minister saysEamon Ryan notes review’s ‘long list of incriminating facts and evidence’ and says ongoing flight restrictions imposed by EU are justified
Belarus was behind Ryanair flight hijacking, Byrne says Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the exiled opposition leader, wants Ireland to urge the UN to discuss last year’s ‘act of aircraft piracy’ following completion of ICAO report
Matt Cooper: Whatever trouble may be ahead, let’s face the music and dance Fingers crossed that we’ve not acted too quickly in lifting restrictions, but with our society and economy on the brink, it’s a chance worth taking
Ryanair chief: airline will grow at expense of weakened rivals Eddie Wilson credits the Traffic Recovery Scheme, which offers airlines a rebate for restoring traffic, with Ryanair’s decision to invest heavily in Dublin
UN report finds bomb threat that grounded Ryanair flight in Belarus was ‘deliberately false’New report details inconsistent evidence presented by Belarusian authorities, while the air traffic controller who downed Ryanair flight 4978 cannot be contacted
Government supports gave Ryanair ‘confidence’ to launch largest ever summer schedule from Dublin Airport Airline says schedule will include 120 destinations and more than 900 weekly flights
Out of Office: Ryanair doubles loss forecast; EU tax reforms to hit big Irish firmsYour essential round-up of the latest business news
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Ryanair drops €14 million damages claim in settlement with trade union Forsa A judge had ruled that Michael O’Leary’s phone records, texts and Whatsapp messages be searched as part of the lawsuit
Michael O’Leary’s phone records, texts and Whatsapp messages to be searched as part of lawsuit Ryanair is taking A High Court judge made the decision after the court heard airline’s chief executive ‘doesn’t do email’
Company Watch: Up, up and away again as Ryanair’s revenues soar by 83% The airline is recovering quickly from the pandemic slump with more passengers, more routes and Michael O’Leary back in combative mood