Ryanair is an Irish ultra-low-cost carrier founded in 1984.
It is headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and has its primary operational bases at Dublin and London Stansted airports.
It forms the largest part of the Ryanair Holdings family of airlines and has Ryanair UK, Buzz, Lauda Europe, and Malta Air as sister airlines.
Ryanair has grown from strength to strength and now operates in over 30 countries in Europe and Northern Africa as well as flying in and out of 180 airports.
Ryanair has changed its family seating policy so that parents can sit with young children without paying a seat reservation fee, following a UK investigation into the practice. Adults travelling with children who do not […]
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Ryanair is under investigation by the UK’s competition watchdog over charges imposed on parents who want to sit next to their children during flights. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) confirmed on 11 June 2026
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Ryanair has repaid its last €1.2 billion bond, making the Irish low-cost carrier effectively debt-free for the first time since it floated on the stock market in 1997. The repayment was completed on 25 May
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Ryanair has announced the winner of its 2026 annual “Win A Million” charity scratch card draw, with Helen Swindells from Liverpool walking away with a life-changing cash prize of €500,000 — the largest payout in
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Ryanair is negotiating with Michael O’Leary to extend his contract beyond 2028, keeping the chief executive in charge until April 2032. If approved, he would remain at the airline until age 71. The Irish low-cost
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Ryanair has launched a 48-hour flash sale with one-way fares starting from 19.99 euro across its European network, with selected Mediterranean routes available from as little as 15 euro. The promotion runs until midnight on
Italy’s highest administrative court has annulled a 4.2 million euro fine imposed on Ryanair over flight cancellations during the Covid pandemic. The ruling said the airline suffered discriminatory treatment when the competition authority rejected its
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A French court has fined two disruptive passengers a combined total exceeding €10,000 after they forced a Ryanair flight from London Stansted to Ibiza to divert to Toulouse last year. The Toulouse Criminal Court also
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Ryanair will close its Berlin base from 24 October 2026 and cut its Berlin winter schedule by 50%, blaming persistently high operating costs and additional fee increases imposed by Berlin Brandenburg Airport. The airline will
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A Ryanair flight to Marrakech departed empty from Vatry Airport in eastern France on 14 April, leaving 192 passengers stranded after they were denied boarding. The 3 hour 30 minute flight took off without travellers
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Passengers travelling to and from Spain are beginning to feel the impact of reduced Ryanair flight availability, with fewer direct routes and altered schedules changing how journeys are planned. The cuts mean that trips which
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Ryanair launches a viral “Great Idiots” seat sale on 20 January following a public social media row with Elon Musk over the airline’s decision not to adopt Starlink satellite Wi-Fi, offering 100,000 one-way seats from
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