Oct 8, 2026, 09:45 UTC
RYANAIR HOLDINGS PLC plans to reduce its Vienna-based fleet to 12 aircraft, citing Austrian aviation taxes and operating costs.
Source:Oct 2, 2026, 10:30 UTC
Ryanair reported operating over 111,700 flights and carrying 20.1 million passengers in September, up 4% year on year, with a steady 94% load factor.
Source:Oct 2, 2026, 07:45 UTC
Ryanair carried 20.1 million passengers across more than 111,700 flights in September 2026, up 4 per cent year on year.
Source:Oct 2, 2026, 07:45 UTC
Ryanair cancelled more than 1,000 flights in September 2026 after repeated UK air traffic control failures, Belgian controller strikes and Mount Etna volcanic ash disruption.
Source:Oct 2, 2026, 06:02 UTC
Ryanair reported a load factor of 94% for September, unchanged from a year earlier.
Source:Sep 29, 2026, 09:15 UTC
Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr said at a press event in Frankfurt that the airline's additional jet fuel bill for 2026 will exceed the €1.5 billion flagged in August due to the Iran war and spiking oil prices.
Source:Sep 25, 2026, 23:59 UTC
The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch published a report on 24 September 2026 on a 3 October 2025 Ryanair Boeing 737 fuel-emergency incident in which the Pisa–Glasgow Prestwick flight made three aborted landings and landed at Manchester with 363 kg of fuel against a 1,101 kg final reserve.
Source:Sep 25, 2026, 09:00 UTC
Ryanair reported carrying 208 million passengers in 2025, overtaking Delta Air Lines (206 million) and United Airlines (188 million) to become the world's second-largest airline by passenger volume, behind American Airlines (253 million).
Source:Sep 24, 2026, 11:56 UTC
A Ryanair flight FR7073 bound for Dublin returned to Porto shortly after takeoff on Tuesday night after the pilot transmitted a squawk code signalling a possible hijacking or cockpit intrusion, which the airline described as a false security report.
Source:Sep 24, 2026, 09:51 UTC
Ryanair said its newly added aircraft will support more than 7,500 local jobs.
Source:Sep 23, 2026, 15:45 UTC
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary called for the dismissal of Martin Rolfe, chief executive of UK air traffic body Nats, over repeated system failures.
Source:Sep 23, 2026, 15:45 UTC
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary warned that air fares across the industry could rise dramatically, by as much as a fifth, next summer if oil prices stay high due to the Iran war.
Source:Sep 23, 2026, 11:20 UTC
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary called on Prime Minister Burnham to abolish the new tourist tax introduced by the Labour Party.
Sep 21, 2026, 16:00 UTC
Ryanair and Vodafone Ireland renewed their long-standing partnership with a new nine-year contract covering connectivity, cloud, security and managed services across Ryanair's European operations.
Source:Sep 18, 2026, 20:00 UTC
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary publicly apologized for calling rival airlines 'rapists' over their high fares, reversing his earlier refusal to apologize.
Sep 17, 2026, 09:39 UTC
Ryanair announced a $1.6 billion investment plan for the Baltic region.
Sep 16, 2026, 16:30 UTC
Ryanair urged the EU to extend the derogation for the Entry/Exit System (EES) amid border delays of up to 2-3 hours threatening passengers and peak-period operations.
Source:Sep 16, 2026, 05:15 UTC
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary declined the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre's offer of sensitivity training after likening rival airlines to "high-fare rapists".
Source:Sep 15, 2026, 21:57 UTC
A severe thunderstorm with heavy rain and intense lightning disrupted air traffic around Corfu Airport on Tuesday, September 15, forcing three international flights to divert to alternative airports.
Source:Sep 11, 2026, 11:58 UTC
UK Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander summoned National Air Traffic Services CEO Martin Rolfe for a "full and frank" discussion and demanded a full report within seven days after a technical fault disrupted thousands of flights and affected some 330,000 passengers.
Source:Sep 11, 2026, 10:30 UTC
UK Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said women who have been raped are unlikely to book Ryanair flights after CEO Michael O'Leary compared competitor airlines to "rapists".
Source:Sep 10, 2026, 11:54 UTC
Ryanair indicated it will contest passenger Ljubisa Karovic's claim that he was partially sucked out of a broken window during a July 10 flight from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Memmingen, Germany.
Source:Sep 10, 2026, 08:34 UTC
Ryanair CEO said that establishing a partnership with Airbus aligns with the airline's strategic interests.
Source:Sep 10, 2026, 08:33 UTC
Ryanair CEO said the airline wants to expand Laudamotion's fleet with new Airbus aircraft, but Airbus's order book is currently full.
Sep 8, 2026, 13:00 UTC
The EU General Court dismissed Ryanair's injunction request against the European Commission regarding Deutsche Lufthansa's Covid-19 bailout, declaring the application manifestly inadmissible.
Source:Aug 25, 2026, 13:00 UTC
Emirates led global international capacity in August 2026 with over 31 billion available seat kilometres, according to OAG data, ahead of Ryanair's 25.7 billion.
Source:Aug 24, 2026, 18:15 UTC
EasyJet postponed its return to Israel, stating it will not resume flights until the security situation stabilizes, without committing to a new date.
Source:Aug 20, 2026, 10:55 UTC
Ryanair launched a £29.99 rescue fare for flights from Leeds Bradford Airport after easyJet suspended all its flights from that airport.
Aug 14, 2026, 05:45 UTC
The US National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report on 13 August 2026 about a fan blade failure on a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 that occurred on 10 July 2026, causing injury to a passenger.
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