Articles tagged “ryanair”

The June quarter was highlighted by a surge in air travel and marred by high oil prices, but some airlines had a secret weapon.

Airline operations are in shambles this summer. What happened?

A few days after Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary called on the UK government to temporarily send the army to staff excessively long airport security lanes, UK Transport Minister Grant Shapps…

Staffing woes in the UK, which Ryanair Group CEO Michael O'Leary blames on Brexit, are just one of the issues that face the airline this summer.

European low-cost carriers are moving in to claim market share as their larger rivals struggle to return to their pre-pandemic size. The discounters are facing off this summer in Southern European leisure destinations.

European airlines remain bullish on summer travel even with a war on the continent. But that's not to say risks don't exist, particularly the closer to the conflict that an airline flies.

The Omicron variant has spooked Ryanair's usually brash CEO Michael O'Leary. After a disappointing December, he is now uncharacteristically cautious about the summer, which previous forecasts had held would be a blockbuster for the European low-cost carrier.

Wizz Air CEO József Váradi is taking a different tack from his peers. Instead of seeing a potential bonanza next summer in Europe, he thinks the region's airlines may be too bullish about demand and add too many flights. The upshot? Everyone has an opinion about the recovery, but no one really knows how it will unfold.

Unlike for its U.S. peers, Irish discounter Ryanair's summer was strong from start to finish, thanks to Europe's higher vaccination rates. The airline is planning an aggressive expansion in Europe to capitalize on almost-insatiable demand for leisure travel and while its larger competitors scale back their networks.

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