Ryanair order book gets a bit more crowded March 4, 2015 DISCOUNT airline Ryanair is expanding its fleet, with three additional Boeing 737-800 planes ordered, it said yesterday. It also has 200 Boeing 737 Max-200 aircraft on order. The 737-800s have a list price of $280m (£183m), and will allow 160m passengers to be flown a year by 2025.
Ryanair charm offensive continues with launch of eight-point “customer charter” March 3, 2015 Ryanair – the airline that once considered charging extra for people to use the toilet – has issued an eight-point “customer charter”. Among the points are the promise of “the lowest fares”, to make sure travelling is “an enjoyable experience”, to be “Europe's most reliable airline” and alarmingly for an airline “to make your travel [...]
Ryanair claims breach of human rights as it appeals to top court February 12, 2015 RYANAIR is taking its legal challenge over Aer Lingus to the UK Supreme Court, yesterday claiming it is a human rights issue. The budget airline had previously been told by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to sell off its 29 per cent stake in Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus, reducing its stake to no [...]
Ryanair shares down despite growing passenger numbers February 2, 2015 DISCOUNT carrier Ryanair revealed a boosted earnings outlook yet again yesterday, with profits expected to reach €840m-€850m (£630m-£638m) during the 12 months to 31 March 2015. This is up from the €810m-€830m forecast issued less than two months ago on 4 December. The company also posted a €49m net profit for the three months to 31 [...]
Ryanair’s charm offensive pays off as traffic soars 20 per cent in December January 5, 2015 It looks like Ryanair's new PR strategy – stop trying to extract money at any available opportunity, stop actually swearing at customers – has worked a treat. The airline's traffic grew to just over six million passengers in December, a 20 per cent increase from the same period last year. According to figures released this [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016: Davy Russell gunning for more glory March 13, 2016 As tension builds on the eve of the Cheltenham Festival, one man who is remaining ice cool is former Irish champion jockey Davy Russell. “There’s no point going into the Festival with your hopes too high – if you do, you’re in for a rude awakening. “If you fancy one horse too much, you’ll end up [...]
Cheltenham Festival 2016: Experts share their tips with racing-mad City audience March 13, 2016 Ruby Walsh plans to leave the decision on which horse he rides in Friday’s Cheltenham Gold Cup until Wednesday morning, but John Francome, who won chasing’s most coveted crown on Midnight Court in 1978, has no doubt that he will side with Djakadam. Having been entertained by the legendary champion jockey amongst other sporting luminaries [...]
Rejuvenated Cue Card ready to tackle King George and hunt £1m bonus December 9, 2015 Some National Hunt horses truly capture the hearts of the public and Cue Card is one of them. Colin Tizzard’s nine-year-old appears to have been around forever. A winner of the Champion Bumper at 40/1 on just his second start in 2010, his last trip to Cheltenham was in March 2013 when he demolished his Ryanair [...]
Rising customer numbers boost Ryanair shares January 5, 2015 BUDGET airline Ryanair saw its shares hit an all-time high yesterday as it announced it had increased customer numbers to more than six million in December, up 20 per cent compared with the same month in 2013. The firm’s load factor, a measure of how much of an airline’s passenger carrying capacity is used, also [...]
Ryanair takes Aer Lingus challenge to UK Supreme Court as a human rights issue February 12, 2015 Ryanair is taking its legal challenge over Aer Lingus to the UK Supreme Court, claiming it is a human rights issue. The budget airline had previously been told by the Competition and Markets Authority to sell most of its 29 per cent stake in Aer Lingus, reducing its holding to no more than five [...]