Wizz Air passenger numbers triple in a year as the industry eyes recovery July 2, 2021 Wizz Air carried around 1.5m passengers this month, a welcomed change from the some 500,000 it ferried in June last year. The Hungarian airline is set to open a sixth Italian base in Naples, which offers passengers 18 new international and domestic routes, as the industry eyes recovery. Wizz Air has also confirmed two new [...]
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary threatens to sue government over ‘billionaire-owned’ Flybe rescue January 16, 2020 Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has threatened to sue the government over its bailout of “billionaire-owned” regional airline Flybe. O’Leary wrote to chancellor Sajid Javid today demanding that the government extend an air passenger duty “holiday” handed to the struggling carrier to all other airlines. If it does not do this, he said, it would be [...]
Wizz Air dives to €590m loss as wait for recovery goes on April 15, 2021 Wizz Air came back down to earth with a bump this morning as the firm braced itself for a net loss of up to €590m for the full financial year. The Hungarian flier warned that it did not expect traffic to pick up until late in the summer due to continued restrictions across its core [...]
Exclusive: Belarusian President Lukashenko sued for hijacking a plane with criminal intent May 28, 2021 Following the diversion of a Ryanair flight carrying 126 passengers last weekend, including Belarusian journalist Raman Pratasevich who was subsequently detained, Reporters Without Borders is suing the country’s president in a Lithuanian court. The media advocacy group filed a suit in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius, urging the country’s prosecutors to investigate Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko for [...]
Revealed: Ryanair named as dirtiest airline in UK by passengers, says Which November 9, 2019 Ryanair has been named as the filthiest flight operator in the UK by passengers, according to a Which survey. Having surveyed 7,901 people who had taken 12,459 flights between them, more than half rated the level of hygiene in Ryanair plane cabins negatively. Read more: Jet2 buys Thomas Cook’s slots at Stansted, Manchester and Birmingham [...]
Ryanair has grounded three Boeing 737 planes due to cracks November 6, 2019 Ryanair has grounded three planes due to cracks between the wing and fuselage, but has not disclosed it to the public. Three of the airline’s Boeing 737s have been affected by so-called “pickle fork” cracks, which have led to 50 planes being grounded since 3 October across the aviation industry. Read more: Ryanair will ask [...]
British Airways ditches Gatwick after union scuppers plans for cut-price subsidiary September 23, 2021 British Airways has canned plans to launch a budget subsidiary based out of Gatwick airport and will instead pull out of the airport permanently. BA pulled operations out of Gatwick at the beginning of the Covid pandemic and had planned to relaunch there, but with a budget unit. However, the launch a short-haul subsidiary at [...]
BA in ‘advanced’ talks over new Gatwick carrier September 7, 2021 The chief executive of British Airways has said that the airline is in “advanced” talks with its unions over the launch of a new low-cost carrier at Gatwick Airport. Speaking at an event at Heathrow, Sean Doyle said that BA wanted to set up a unit with a “competitive cost platform”. However, he warned that [...]
BA pilots at Gatwick to be paid less than Easyjet’s September 6, 2021 British Airways pilots working for the carrier’s newly-announced subsidiary at Gatwick will reportedly be paid less than pilots at low-cost rival Easyjet. The Telegraph reported that junior captains will be paid between £97,000 and £114,000, while Easyjet captains earn from £108,000 to £148,000. The new pay structure is part of plans by the carrier to [...]
Ryanair will ask for IAG divestments in €1bn Air Europa deal November 4, 2019 Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary is ready to ask competition regulators to intervene in British Airways owner IAG’s purchase of Air Europa, he said today. IAG is primed to buy the Spanish airline for €1bn (£860m) but O’Leary said he will ask the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to force the firm to make divestments to [...]