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…

Over the last few months, Ryanair has faced significant difficulties in the relationship it holds with many of its in-flight crew including pilots and cabin crew.  Many of those problems are arguably of the airline’s very own making – allegations…

Seven trade unions representing Ryanair cabin crew in five countries have today announced plans for a possible strike in late September.  The news was announced following a meeting between the unions in Rome as they discussed an ongoing dispute over…

If you’ve heard of Ryanair (and let’s face it, who hasn’t?) then you’ve no doubt heard of the airline’s brash, loudmouthed chief executive Michael O’Leary.  Largely credited with turning what was once a small regional Irish airline into the largest…

For years, Ryanair had an incredibly limited and uncompromising baggage policy.  Passengers could only bring one piece of hand luggage with them onboard the aircraft and the policy was strictly enforced.  Gate agents would make everyone demonstrate that their bag…

Representatives from the German United Services Union (Ver.di) who represent directly employed Ryanair cabin crew in the country will today meet with Ryanair management at the airline’s head office in Dublin.  The discussions will be the first known negotiations between…

Giving Ryanair management just two days notice, the German Vereinigung Cockpit pilots union has announced plans to hold a 24-hour strike in protest at working conditions and pay at the low-cost carrier.  The strike action is set to begin at…

Over 100 pilots and 200 cabin crew could be made redundant Ryanair to shift at least six aircraft from Dublin to Poland Irish pilots announce August bank holiday strike Threat of other base closures if strikes continue Airline’s chief executive…

With just two days to go before thousands of Ryanair cabin crew in Spain, Portugal and Belgium are set to stage a 48-hour strike in protest at working conditions at the budget carrier, Ryanair has gone on a PR offensive…

Two unions which represent Ryanair cabin crew in Spain have accused airline executives of threatening to pull out of the country unless workers accept Irish employment contracts.  The accusations were made by Ernesto Iglesias of the USO union and Antonio…

Pitting passengers against its very own cabin crew, Ryanair has today revealed plans to pro-actively cancel around 600 flights during a two-day strike which will be held by Ryanair cabin crew in Spain, Portugal and Belgium on 25th and 26th…

Ryanair cabin crew in four countries across Europe have announced plans to take strike action against the low-cost Dublin-based airline on 25th and 26th July 2018.  The walkouts could spell disaster for families with long-awaited holiday plans, with the prospect…

Europe’s largest low-cost airline, Ryanair is coming under mounting pressure to improve cabin crew working conditions after a coalition of unions led by the International Transport Workers Federations (ITF) published a list of 34 demands it wants Ryanair to meet. …

A couple of days ago, we reported on the news that Ryanair had managed to strike its first-ever union recognition deal for cabin crew with two Italian unions.  The agreement will allow the ANPAC and ANPAV unions to negotiate on…

Ryanair has just announced its first success in striking a deal with a cabin crew union for the first time in its history.  The Dublin-based low-cost airline first announced its intention to recognise unions in December 2017 but had initially…

The chances of Ryanair cabin crew across Europe taking part in strike action this summer have just nudged a little higher, with some saying industrial action could take place as early as the end of June.  The news comes on…

Ryanair might be one of Europe’s largest airlines but the low-cost carrier doesn’t have the most stellar reputation for the way it treats its staff.  In the past, Ryanair’s outspoken chief executive, Michael O’Leary even appeared to enjoy being seen…