Ryanair is in talks with U.S., Chinese and Russian aircraft manufacturers about the possibility of buying 200 to 300 planes between 2015 and 2021, the Financial Times has reported... more
Ryanair plans to sue airports operator BAA for "tens of millions" of pounds over what it called excess charges at Stansted, the budget airline has said... more
Snow and air traffic control strikes forced Ryanair to cancel 3000 flights in the last three months of 2010 - more than double the number that didn't take off in the whole of the previous year... more
A Ryanair pilot who said his boss Michael O’Leary should be replaced with a flight attendant to save money has quit after being moved to Lithuania... more
The average Ryanair passenger paid 12% more for a ticket over the last six months, which helped the budget airline to raise its annual profit forecast... more
Budget airline Ryanair cancels nine routes from Frankfurt next year, which means the airport's annual passenger numbers will fall by one million... more
Interesting insight into Sir Alan Budd’s departure as head of the supposedly independent Office for Budget Responsibility after just three months... more
New research shows that divorce is a virus you can catch, and that news of a friend’s divorce increases the likelihood of your own marriage breaking up by 75 per cent... more
Half term is coming and Michael O'Leary's planes will be filled with small children - but there's no toddler-height barrier on his aeroplane steps... more
As BA’s latest figures show a catastrophic loss of £531m, we talk to an airlines expert about the latest suicide strike and why its pampered staff could do well to learn from the downfall of PanAm... more
Calls among Goldmanites for Hank Paulson to return as non-executive chairman have been growing — the idea being that current embattled leader Lloyd Blankfein concentrates on being chief executive... more
The value of Europe's leading airlines has plunged by millions of pounds in the City over fears that the impact of the volcanic cloud could last for several more days... more
Low-cost airline easyJet 'denigrated' rival Ryanair by suggesting the Irish carrier did not fly passengers to the destinations they had booked, the advertising watchdog rules... more
Holidaymakers from Britain were left stranded on the wrong Canary Island after Ryanair had to divert in a thunderstorm and then allegedly abandoned them... more
Ryanair could shift many of its flights from Stansted to Gatwick if the Sussex airport’s new owner lives up to promises to improve its services and keep charges down... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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