Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary could be flying towards an £85m payout despite pandemic turbulence By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 16:50 EDT, 1 August 2021 | Updated: 16:50 EDT, 1 August 2021 Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary could be flying towards an £85m payout despite pandemic turbulence. The businessman stands to bag the lucrative … Read more
At a crunch summit, the EU also demanded the immediate release of Roman Protasevich, an opposition blogger who has been described as the ‘private enemy’ of Alexander Lukashenko.
Belarus opposition blogger Roman Protasevich, 26, was detained after his Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was diverted to Minsk by a Soviet-era warplane on the pretext of a bomb threat.
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary called the grounding of his jet a ‘state-sponsored hijacking,’ adding that ‘we believe there were some KGB agents offloaded at the airport as well.’
A Ryanair tourist plane made an emergency landing in Minsk after a Belarus MiG-29 fighter threatened to open fire, according to the country’s opposition and aviation experts.
O’Leary said Ryanair is forecasting that passenger numbers will increase from 15 per cent of pre-Covid levels this month to 90 per cent by September. He also plans to buy hundreds of new planes.
Roman Protasevich, 26, an opposition Belarusian blogger, was taken off the Ryanair flight – which has been travelling from Greece to Lithuania – after it was forced to land in Minsk today.
Roman Protasevich, 26, an opposition Belarusian blogger, was taken off the Ryanair flight – which has been travelling from Greece to Lithuania – after it was forced to land in Minsk today.
Ryanair sinks to worst loss in its 35 year history: Covid travel restrictions send passenger numbers plunging By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:59 BST, 17 May 2021 | Updated: 21:59 BST, 17 May 2021 Ryanair has posted the biggest annual loss in its 35-year history after being battered by travel restrictions. After … Read more
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has predicted a removal of all restrictions on flights to Spain, Portugal and Greece, declaring ‘the vaccines are coming, people are going on holiday’. O’Leary said that whilst it is ‘certainly foolhardy’ to book a getaway in April or May, he believes ‘Europe will catch up’ in June, July and August … Read more