Lawyers for low-cost behemoth Ryanair have argued in Ireland’s High Court that its chief operations officer should not be allowed to defect to arch-rival easyJet because he holds information of “immense value” that would greatly benefit its competitor to the…

Spanish media sources claim budget carrier Ryanair plans to close even more crew bases across Europe as the airline grapples with the worldwide Boeing 737MAX grounding.  Earlier this year, Ryanair said it would slash planned growth by four per cent…

Ryanair’s low-cost Austrian subsidiary has hit back at serious allegations made by a pilots association that claimed flight crew and flight attendants were scared of reporting sick for fear that they might face disciplinary action, including being sacked.  A spokesperson…

An “aggressive” new sickness policy recently introduced at Ryanair’s Austrian subsidiary Laudamotion has been blasted by a pilots union who claim the rules are forcing unwell cabin crew and pilots to report for work when they are not fit to…

An East London employment tribunal has ruled that the low-cost airline Ryanair discriminated against a senior member of cabin crew who was diagnosed with suffering a benign neoplasm of the brain.  Ryanair failed to make any reasonable adjustment for the…

A Dutch court has ruled that the low-cost airline Ryanair was in its rights to close a cabin crew and pilot base in the city of Eindhoven after an independent report noted that the airport was the second poorest performing…

Yesterday, Ryanair’s directly employed UK-based pilots downed tools in a third wave of strike action – this time, the pilots who are represented by the BALPA union (who are also running a separate dispute against British Airways), could walk out…

Ryanair’s cabin crew in Spain are currently in dispute with the low-cost airline over its plans to close bases in the Canary Islands and Girona.  Unions who represent cabin crew and pilots estimate that a total of 512 inflight crew…

Ryanair’s Spanish-based pilots and cabin crew plan a series of walkouts throughout September after the budget carrier confirmed it plans to close its bases in Lanzarote, Tenerife, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and possibly Girona.  If the closures go ahead,…

Ryanair is allegedly seeking a High Court injunction in a last-ditch bid to block a planned walkout next week by its pilots based in the UK.  Last week, pilots backed by the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) voted in favour…

A pilots union that represents Ryanair’s directly-employed flight crew in Ireland announced yesterday its intention to stage a 48-hour strike in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions.  The walkout, which is due to start on 22nd August, has been…

Ryanair has criticised an Irish pilots union, saying it was “disappointed” that FÓRSA had given notice of industrial action, including a possible strike, and claimed less than 25% of its pilots based in Ireland actually backed a walkout.  On Friday,…

UK-based pilots for budget airline Ryanair have voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over pay and conditions.  The BALPA pilots union, which is also threatening strike action at British Airways, has announced two sets of strikes –…

Aviation unions have called “foul play” over a threat from Ryanair to make around 900 pilots and cabin crew redundant, claiming the move is more about intimidating its workforce than a need to slash a surplus of frontline employees.  In…

Michael O’Leary, the Chief Executive of Ryanair has warned staff that job losses for both pilots and cabin crew are highly likely after the airline yesterday reported a combined drop in first qaurter profits of 41% over the last two…

Ryanair has today reported a 21% drop in profits in the first quarter.  Europe’s largest low-cost airline blamed rising costs, as well as lower fares for the dip which it said was in line with a previously announced forecast. A…

Police have today charged four teenage boys – one as young as just 15-years old – with the homophobic assault of a member of Ryanair cabin crew and her girlfriend on a London night bus.  The shocking incident, that occurred…

Europe’s largest low-cost airline is now facing the prospect of damaging pilot and cabin crew strikes in three major markets after Portuguese cabin crew announced their intention of staging a five-day walkout.  The news comes as pilots in Ireland and…

In a new development, the largest pilots union in the United Kingdom says it will start balloting its members working for Ryanair on whether they want to stage industrial action against the low-cost airline – possibly including strike action.  Announcing…

In a new update, Ryanair says it doesn’t expect the grounded Boeing 737MAX aircraft to return to service until “possibly as late as December” and is planning for a high-density version of the same aircraft to be delayed until January…

Five men aged between 15-18 who were arrested on suspicion of robbery and assault after a Ryanair flight attendant and her girlfriend were attacked on a London night bus have been bailed by police.  Melania Geymonat, 28, who is originally…

Last September, Ryanair signed its very first local collective labour agreement for cabin crew in Italy.  The deal marked a major shift in the low-cost airline’s previous policy of forcing cabin crew to sign Irish employment contracts – no matter…

It’s happened again… This time, a passenger onboard a Ryanair flight from Manchester in the North of England to the popular Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria went berserk during the roughly five-hour flight and threatened to hit a member…

A Dutch court has ordered Ryanair to pay eight pilots a total of nearly €4 million in compensation after creating an “unworkable situation” when the low-cost airline decided to close a crew base in Eindhoven.  In March, the Dutch labour…

It’s been a year since Europe’s largest low-cost airline Ryanair faced its very first cabin crew strikes.  The airline has come along way since first trying to face down workers who were fighting for better pay and working conditions but…

The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has been told by the Dutch labour authority (UWV) that it did not have the right to fire pilots and cabin crew who were based Eindhoven, Netherlands when it decided to close the base last…

Has Ryanair’s new airline got a sting in its tail?  The Dublin-based low-cost carrier has decided to rebrand its wholly-owned Polish subsidiary as ‘Buzz’ featuring a honey bee design.  The airline was previously known as Ryanair Sun and it offers…

Ryanair has applauded a decision by London’s Court of Appeal which ruled in the airline’s favour over the way in which it communicates with customers about so-called ‘denied boarding’ compensation.  The case was brought against Ryanair by a firm of…

Ryanair has today reported a €20 million loss in Q3, excluding expected full-year startup costs for Laudamotion which are currently estimated to hit as much as €140 million.  The Dublin-based airline laid the blame for the loss mainly at a6%…

Ryanair has been forced to issue a rare profits warning which has seen €100 million wiped from its expected full-year guidance.  The airline says it now expects to turn a profit of between €1 billion to €1.1 billion which is…

Dutch authorities have stepped in to prevent Ryanair from firing a group of pilots and cabin crew who refused to move to another work location outside of the Netherlands following the airline’s decision to close its Eindhoven base.  Ryanair said…

The combative chief executive of Ryanair, 57-year old Michael O’Leary has once again angered unions with inflammatory comments that were reported in Saturday’s edition of London’s The Times newspaper.  The article in question was examining Ryanair’s responsibility to pay out…

There’s a big difference between agreeing to recognise trade unions and actually striking deals that improve the working lives of your employees.  In a new report, the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) claims there’s a still long way to go…

The chief executive of Ryanair, the often outspoken Michael O’Leary has been named in a new poll as the World’s Worst Boss.  Other contenders for the gong included the Jeff Bezos, the founder of retail giant Amazon, as well as…

According to a new Reuters report, the Dublin-based low-cost airline Ryanair plans to grow its wholly-owned Polish subsidiary which uses self-employed cabin crew on lower wages than counterparts in other countries.  At present, the subsidiary which is known as Ryanair…

Ryanair could actually be about to resolve a lengthy near year-long industrial dispute which has seen pilots and cabin crew hold strike action in several countries across Europe.  In a new development, the Dublin-based low-cost airline has managed to negotiate…

A couple of weeks ago, Ryanair faced critism (no surprise there you might say) for an incident in which the airline was accused of mistreating its cabin crew (again, probably not too much of a surprise).  The allegations came about…

Just a day after a major Ryanair shareholder announced new plans to oust the airline’s longterm Chairman, unions have now claimed David Bonderman didn’t even receive the level of support at this year’s annual general meeting as originally reported.  Trade…

Last Friday, a truly terrible incident occurred on a Ryanair plane while it was parked at the stand in Barcelona, Spain.  Of course, Ryanair wasn’t remotely responsible for what was said between two passengers on that flight but Europe’s largest…

There’s no shortage of stories of passengers behaving badly but this latest incident has probably got to be one of the worst we’ve heard about in a long time.  On Friday morning, a male passenger onboard Ryanair flight FR15 from…

A couple of days ago, a photo leaked of a group of Ryanair cabin crew allegedly being forced to sleep on the floor of a crew room at the airline’s base in Malaga, Spain.  A number of Ryanair flights had…

A photo has emerged of a group of Ryanair cabin crew allegdly being forced to sleep on the floor of the airline’s crew report room in Malaga, Spain after an Autumn storm temporarily grounded flights.  The six members of cabin…

The embattled boss of Ryanair, Michael O’Leary has reportedly said he is “hopeful and optimistic” the airline is making progress in negotiations with cabin crew and pilot unions across Europe over a bitter pay dispute.  Crew in six countries –…

Tomorrow, Ryanair cabin crew in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain will hold a 24-hour stoppage in what is expected to be the most widespread strike the airline has ever seen.  Pilots in Germany will also join the…

Low-cost carrier, Ryanair’s website has crashed with just days to go before an all-important Annual General Meeting which has been enveloped with controversy.  In a statement posted on Ryanair’s official Twitter feed, the airline said the outage was being caused…

Only yesterday, we reported on the fairly extraordinary news that Ryanair had managed to strike a major deal on a collective labour agreement with four cabin crew unions in Italy.  Crucially, the airline had agreed to offer local Italian employment…

In a major concession for Italian-based Ryanair cabin crew, airline executives have agreed to offer local employment contracts governed under Italian law.  At present, Ryanair employs staff at bases across Europe but they are all employed under Irish contracts where…