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# ryanair - Tuesday 22 May, 2012

Tensions

Ryanair’s shareholding in Aer Lingus on course to be investigated

Tue, 1:03 PM 3,163 Views 23 Comments

Ryanair has already said it plans to appeal the ruling at the Supreme Court.

# ryanair - Monday 21 May, 2012

9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Monday

Mon, 8:34 AM 3,030 Views 8 Comments

Nine things you should know this morning.

From Business ETC Results

Ryanair makes record profits of over €500 million

Mon, 8:16 AM 4,035 Views 50 Comments

Average fares rose by 16 per cent and traffic increased by 5 per cent at the no-frills airline.

# ryanair - Saturday 19 May, 2012

Monumental

Ryanair put in bid for sponsorship rights of… the Colosseum

Sat, 8:15 AM 4,632 Views 16 Comments

Could the Roman monument have become known as the O’Leary Bowl or the Ryanair Rodeo? Not now, it won’t.

# ryanair - Friday 18 May, 2012

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The Daily Fix: Friday

Fri, 7:55 PM 2,534 Views 3 Comments

All the day’s main news as well as the bits and pieces that you may have missed…

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Ryanair say: Usual fees WILL apply this weekend.

Fri, 5:54 PM 9,391 Views 69 Comments

Mixed messages from Ryanair: Their spokesperson said this week no exceptions would be made; email to customers said airport check-in fee would be waived.

Take 5

The 5 at 5: Friday

Fri, 4:41 PM 3,086 Views 6 Comments

5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.

Ryanair

Flying with Ryanair this weekend? You should read this…

Fri, 1:35 PM 8,404 Views 63 Comments

The airline’s website will be inaccessible for an extended period of time over the weekend – meaning passengers may have to check-in online earlier than planned.

# ryanair - Monday 14 May, 2012

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The Daily Fix: Monday

14/05/12 4,667 Views No Comments

Your essential roundup of the day’s big stories – plus any other bits and pieces you may have missed…

From Business ETC Alert

Flying with Ryanair this weekend? Check in online before the site goes down

14/05/12 15,163 Views 64 Comments

Ryanair charges €60 per passenger if they haven’t checked in already – but the website will be offline for some time this weekend.

# ryanair - Monday 7 May, 2012

From The Daily Edge Tax Us This post contains videos

6 super-rich people who say ‘tax me more’

07/05/12 6,711 Views 46 Comments

Higher taxes for higher earners – what a silly thought, right? But some of the world’s richest are in agreement.

# ryanair - Tuesday 17 April, 2012

Michael O'Leary

O’Leary: The faster and deeper the hardship, the shorter the recovery

17/04/12 15,110 Views 226 Comments

CEO of Ryanair says that “a serious right wing dictatorship for five years” would sort out Ireland’s economic problems.

# ryanair - Monday 9 April, 2012

From The Score No Fare

Number crunch: Leinster fans face flight fares of €550 for semi-final clash

09/04/12 6,137 Views 22 Comments

While the four remaining clubs in the Heineken Cup will reap cash bonuses, fans may have to break some piggy-banks.

# ryanair - Thursday 5 April, 2012

From Business ETC Aer Lingus

Aer Lingus passenger numbers up by 8.2 per cent

05/04/12 1,708 Views 22 Comments

The airline has reported increased traffic on both long and short-haul flights.

# ryanair - Wednesday 4 April, 2012

From Business ETC Air Travel

Ryanair passenger numbers record drop for fourth month in a row

04/04/12 5,551 Views 29 Comments

Passenger figures at the airline dropped by 4 per cent in March compared to 2011.

# ryanair - Friday 30 March, 2012

Air Travel

Commission insists there’s no ban on low-cost air travel after Ryanair claims

30/03/12 4,045 Views 21 Comments

Ryanair clamed that the European Commission had a ban on use of low-cost airlines but the EC has strongly denied this. In response Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary accused the Commission of “lying”.

# ryanair - Thursday 29 March, 2012

Spain

General strike taking place in Spain over labour reforms

29/03/12 1,285 Views 16 Comments

Airlines are warning passengers who are due to fly to or from Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canaries today to expect disruptions as demonstrations over austerity measures fill the streets.

# ryanair - Wednesday 28 March, 2012

From Business ETC Spain

Flight disruption amid Spain’s anti-austerity protests

28/03/12 2,162 Views 6 Comments

Two of the country’s biggest unions have called a general strike for tomorrow over government spending cuts and labour reforms.

# ryanair - Friday 23 March, 2012

Ash Cloud

Blow for Ryanair as ECJ set to uphold ash cloud challenge

23/03/12 1,545 Views 7 Comments

The ECJ’s advocate-general is likely to uphold a complaint from a Dubliner whose flight was cancelled during the 2010 disruption.

9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Friday

23/03/12 4,642 Views 9 Comments

Nine things to know this morning…

# ryanair - Monday 12 March, 2012

Air Travel

€1.8m regulator’s office ‘investigated one complaint per day’ – Ryanair

12/03/12 4,573 Views 50 Comments

Michael O’Leary demands that the Commission for Aviation Regulation explain why its staff are paid such a high average salary.

# ryanair - Tuesday 6 March, 2012

From Business ETC Come Fly With Us

Aer Lingus passenger numbers increase by almost 9 per cent

06/03/12 1,271 Views 20 Comments

A total of 599,000 passengers flew with Aer Lingus in February, the airline has announced today.

# ryanair - Tuesday 21 February, 2012

From Business ETC Ryanair

Ryanair to sue Budget Travel over ‘unauthorised selling’ of tickets

21/02/12 5,402 Views 21 Comments

The airline claims that Budget Travel mis-sells Ryanair flights by screenscraping ticket information from the airline’s website and selling seats at inflated prices to consumers.

# ryanair - Sunday 19 February, 2012

From Business ETC Banned This post contains images

Too sexy, too violent or plain offensive: 20 ads banned in the UK

19/02/12 19,202 Views 17 Comments

Are you offended?

# ryanair - Wednesday 15 February, 2012

From Business ETC Badvertising

Ryanair rapped over ‘sexist’ newspaper ads for cabin crew calendar

15/02/12 6,176 Views 58 Comments

The Advertising Standards Agency upholds complaints over newspaper ads selling the airline’s underwear-themed calendar.

9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Wednesday

15/02/12 5,902 Views 10 Comments

Nine things you need to know by 9am, including: Enda heads Stateside (again), penalties for jobseekers turning down work, and good news on the jobs front for Dublin.

# ryanair - Sunday 5 February, 2012

Snow This post contains images

In pictures: Snow forces hundreds of UK flight cancellations

05/02/12 8,696 Views 29 Comments

Aer Lingus and Ryanair flights are among those affected by heavy snowfall in the UK and on the continent.

9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Sunday

05/02/12 6,037 Views 21 Comments

Every morning, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine stories you need to know before your morning coffee.

# ryanair - Friday 3 February, 2012

From Business ETC First Mover

Less than seven hours after Malev collapse, Ryanair announces new Budapest base

03/02/12 9,720 Views 95 Comments

The Irish airline is to base four new aircraft in Budapest within a fortnight, and will open 31 routes to replace Malev’s loss.

# ryanair - Monday 30 January, 2012

From Business ETC Ryanair

Passenger numbers fall but profits up at Ryanair in last quarter of 2011

30/01/12 1,568 Views 23 Comments

Ryanair has raised its profit forecast following better than expected figures for the last quarter.

# ryanair - Sunday 29 January, 2012

From Business ETC Spanair

Thousands left stranded after Spanish airline collapses

29/01/12 4,921 Views 13 Comments

An estimated 22,000 passengers were left in the lurch when Spanair announced a sudden shutdown on Friday.

# ryanair - Monday 16 January, 2012

Knock Airport

2011 is Knock Airport’s busiest year to date

16/01/12 1,199 Views 5 Comments

Passenger levels rose 11 per cent last year, but the airport says 2012 is expected to be ‘challenging’.

# ryanair - Saturday 14 January, 2012

In Numbers

Prime numbers: the week in stats

14/01/12 4,047 Views 21 Comments

How many Irish towns are ‘clean’? How much for an e-voting machine? And just how hard can a Sudoku be?

# ryanair - Thursday 12 January, 2012

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The Daily Fix: Thursday

12/01/12 3,118 Views No Comments

In tonight’s fix: A bad day for jobs, a good day for the government – and for some primary teachers, and which important group want help from JobBridge interns?

Ryanair

Ryanair announces (another) new charge on passengers

12/01/12 8,209 Views 72 Comments

The airline says it needs to cover its bill for a new EU law which aims to combat climate change – but a Fine Gael MEP has said that the charge is “a complete joke”.

# ryanair - Monday 9 January, 2012

From Business ETC Ryanair

Ryanair passenger figures up 5 per cent in 2011

09/01/12 1,178 Views 11 Comments

The airline had recently announced that traffic fell in November and December.

# ryanair - Thursday 5 January, 2012

Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Thursday

05/01/12 5,304 Views 1 Comment

In tonight’s fix: Warnings over mortgage interest relief, Phil Hogan’s website woes, Vita Cortex owner “can’t move money” – and a solution to modern dinner part complaints?

From Business ETC Airlines

Ryanair blames fuel prices as December traffic falls

05/01/12 3,754 Views 34 Comments

Ryanair’s passenger numbers for December fell by 5 per cent, with the airline saying it grounded some planes.

# ryanair - Sunday 18 December, 2011

Ryanair

Ryanair customers support controversial charity calendar, says airline

18/12/11 10,775 Views 38 Comments

The calendar was slammed as demeaning to women by a flight attendant who gained more than 10,000 signatures on a petition against the initiative.

# ryanair - Wednesday 14 December, 2011

From Business ETC Ouch

Ryanair named second-worst short-haul airline by consumer watchdog

14/12/11 7,703 Views 56 Comments

Aer Lingus came second-best in the study by Which? consumer watchdog.

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