"Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Payments) Regulations 2013. On 17 June 2014, Ryanair announced a new campaign to re-invent itself as a more family-friendly airline. Speaking at the company's 2014 AGM, chief executive Michael O'Leary said that the airline needed to ""stop unnecessarily pissing people off"". Ryanair says up to 20% of its 81 million customers are travelling as families and it wants to raise that figure. Kenny Jacobs, Ryanair's chief marketing officer, said: ""Families are a big deal for us. It's a group of customers that we want to get closer to"". As another step, the company launched"
"as chief operations officer, replacing Michael Hickey, who resigned following a rostering mishap. Bellew's decision to return to his old role was described as a form of ""national service"" for ""Ireland's greatest company"" by Bellew, with him being tasked chiefly with resolving the pilot's dispute. It has been speculated in Ireland and internationally that his return to Ryanair makes him the next in line to succeed Michael O'Leary when he retires. Peter Bellew Peter Brendan Bellew is an Irish businessman who joined low-cost carrier Ryanair as chief operating officer (COO) since 2017. He is a veteran in the tourism and"
"airline. On 1 July 2016, Bellew officially took over as chief executive officer from Mueller, who resigned from the company less than a year into his contract, citing changing personal circumstances. While it is said that Bellew's appointment ensured continuity to Mueller's unfinished work, it stirred further controversy within Malaysia, as some parties were uncomfortable with the appointment of another foreigner to head the national flag carrier. He was the third CEO of the airline in two years, and only the second ever foreign CEO after Mueller. On 17 October 2017, it was announced that Bellew would return to Ryanair"
"Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline founded in 1984, headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland, with its primary operational bases at Dublin and London Stansted airports. In 2016, Ryanair was the largest European airline by scheduled passengers flown, and carried more international passengers than any other airline. Ryanair operates more than 400 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with a single 737-700 used primarily as a charter aircraft, but also as a backup and for pilot training. The airline has been characterised by its rapid expansion, a result of the deregulation of the aviation industry in Europe in 1997 and the success of"
"public in 1997, the money raised was used to expand the airline into a pan-European carrier. Revenues have risen from €231 million in 1998 to €1,843 million in 2003 and to €3,013 million in 2010. Similarly, net profits have increased from €48 million to €339 million over the same period. Ryanair was founded in 1984 as ""Danren Enterprises"" by Christopher Ryan, Liam Lonergan (owner of Irish travel agent Club Travel), and Irish businessman Tony Ryan, founder of Guinness Peat Aviation. The airline was shortly thereafter renamed ""Ryanair""(after Tony Ryan). It began operations in 1985 flying a 15-seat Embraer Bandeirante turboprop"
"Ryanair said it was making these changes due to customer feedback. On 27 January 2014, Ryanair moved into their new €20m, 100,000 sq ft Dublin Head Office in Airside Business Park, having outgrown their previous office based within Dublin Airport. The building was officially opened on Thursday 3 April 2014 by Taoiseach Enda Kenny, Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and the Lord Mayor of Dublin Oisin Quinn. On 8 September 2014, Ryanair agreed to purchase up to 200 Boeing 737 MAX 8s (100 confirmed and 100 options) for over $22 billion. The airline confirmed plans to open an operating base"
"collapsed, leaving the aircraft stranded on the runway and closing the airport for over 35 hours. As well as damage to the engines and undercarriage, the rear fuselage was also damaged by contact with the runway. The aircraft involved was damaged beyond repair and was scrapped. Ryanair Ryanair is an Irish low-cost airline founded in 1984, headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland, with its primary operational bases at Dublin and London Stansted airports. In 2016, Ryanair was the largest European airline by scheduled passengers flown, and carried more international passengers than any other airline. Ryanair operates more than 400 Boeing 737-800"
"Michael O'Leary (businessman) Michael Kevin O'Leary (born 20 March 1961) is an Irish businessman and the Chief Executive Officer of Ryanair. He is one of Ireland's wealthiest businessmen. Michael O'Leary was born 20 March 1961, the second in a family of six, in Kanturk in County Cork. He was educated at Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare. In 1979, he began a four-year Bachelor in Economic and Social Studies programme at Trinity College, Dublin. He graduated from Trinity in 1983 and then worked as a trainee with Stokes Kennedy Crowley (later known as KPMG), studying the Irish tax system. He left"
"Peter Bellew Peter Brendan Bellew is an Irish businessman who joined low-cost carrier Ryanair as chief operating officer (COO) since 2017. He is a veteran in the tourism and aviation industry with over 30 years of experience in related fields, including his prior stint as group managing director and chief executive officer of Malaysia Airlines. Originally from Bettystown, Ireland, he was schooled at CBS St Marys Drogheda before attending C.B.C. Monkstown in Dublin. Bellew graduated with a Bachelor of Business Studies and MA in Economics from Trinity College Dublin in 1987. While at Trinity, he wrote for The Piranha, the"
"airline's board as a non-executive director to oversee the transition to a new CEO. It was subsequently announced that Peter Bellew has taken over Mueller as the new chief with effect from 1 July 2016, effectively cutting Mueller's tenure by a further two months. In April 2017, Malaysia Airlines announced that the airline's entire fleet will be tracked with the satellite flight tracking system. In October 2017, an unexpected announcement was made that Malaysia Airlines CEO Peter Bellew will return to Ryanair as Chief Operations Officer to help fix pilot problems. Bellew worked as flight operations director at Ryanair until"
"reach 160 million passengers by the early 2020s, up from 120 million passengers today. On 28 September 2018, Pilots, cabin crew and other staff called for a strike due to the transition from workers being employed on Irish contracts and subject to Irish legislation to their own countries’ labor laws, along with the issue in their pay. Due to the lobbying of crew and walk-outs of the pilots the airline had to cancel 250 flights that affected around 40,000 passengers. the head office of Ryanair has been in the Airside Business Park in Swords, County Dublin, Ireland. David Daly, a"
"head of Ryanair, Michael O'Leary, who was campaigning in favour of the treaty. Ganley today lives in Abbeyknockmoy, Galway with his American-born wife, Delia Mary Ganley (née Paterek) and their four children, on a 40-acre Moyne Park Mansion, previously home to Scottish folk singer Donovan. Declan Ganley Declan James Ganley (born 23 July 1968) is an Irish entrepreneur, businessman and political activist. He was the founder and leader of the Irish Libertas Party. Primarily a telecommunications entrepreneur, he has built businesses across Europe, Russia and latterly, the United States. He is currently the Chairman and CEO of Rivada Networks, a"
"executive from 14 February 2007 until 20 October 2014, when he died in a plane crash at Vnukovo Airport in Moscow. During the plane's takeoff roll it collided with a snowplow which had failed to follow the remainder of its convoy. His total annual compensation for this role was €2,746,335, consisting of a €1,250,000 salary and €1,496,335 bonus. The present chairman and CEO of the company is Patrick Pouyanné (2014 to present). On December 16, 2015, Patricia Barbizet was named Lead Independent Director. With effect from 2 April 2015, a Group Performance Management Committee is in place. The mission of"
"Tony Ryan He was a founder of Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA) as well as co-founder of Ryanair with Christopher Ryan and Liam Lonergan. Ryanair was believed to be the main source of his wealth in later life: the company is now one of the biggest airlines in Europe and is valued at over 10 billion US dollars as of 2012. Ryan held honorary doctorates from several universities, including Trinity College, Dublin, the National University of Ireland, Galway and the University of Limerick. Born in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ryan worked for Aer Lingus, before going on to found their aircraft leasing"
"at Milan Malpensa Airport from December 2015, initially with one aircraft. On 9 March 2016, Ryanair launched a corporate jet charter service, offering a Boeing 737-700 for corporate or group hire. In November 2016, Ryanair launched new package holiday service named Ryanair Holidays. The new service will offer flights, accommodation and transfer package deals. The service has been launched in Ireland, United Kingdom and Germany, with other markets to follow next year. Ryanair has partnered with Spain-based tour operator, Logitravel, and accommodation provider, World2Meet, to create Ryanair Holidays. In early February 2017, Ryanair suspended their Ryanair Holidays service, stating that"
"autumn 2006, when he had to undergo heart surgery. At the time, doctors advised him to slow his work pace. He was supposed to retire at the end of 2017 to be replaced by his deputy Kiran Rao. Rao stepped down and Frenchmen Eric Schulz, aerospace engineer and president of Rolls-Royce plc Civil Aerospace, should replace Leahy on 25 January 2018. John Leahy (executive) John Leahy (born August 1950) is an American businessman. He is the current chief operating officer - customers at Airbus after being appointed to the position in July 2005, as well as the company's chief commercial"
"""The Sun"" that he was offered and turned down, for family reasons, the starring role in ""The Apprentice"" reality game show before it was offered to and accepted by Alan Sugar. Michael O'Leary (businessman) Michael Kevin O'Leary (born 20 March 1961) is an Irish businessman and the Chief Executive Officer of Ryanair. He is one of Ireland's wealthiest businessmen. Michael O'Leary was born 20 March 1961, the second in a family of six, in Kanturk in County Cork. He was educated at Clongowes Wood College, County Kildare. In 1979, he began a four-year Bachelor in Economic and Social Studies programme"
"unveiled its new and now defunct low cost airline ""Up"", which commenced operations on 30 March 2014, initially to Berlin, Budapest, Kiev, Larnaca and Prague using five Boeing 737-800s transferred from El Al fleet. Up was founded by its parent El Al to be used on some routes to Europe where it replaced El Al itself. All flights of Up are operated by El Al, using El Al's call sign and codes with a four digit number. For flights over two hours the airline offers a buy on board service. In August 2014, Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary foreshadowed the development"
"on line. This became reality in October 2009. In June 2009, Ryanair reported their first annual loss, with a loss posted of €169 million for the financial year ending 31 March. In November 2009, Ryanair announced that negotiations with Boeing had proceeded poorly and that Ryanair was thinking of stopping the negotiations, then put at 200 aircraft for delivery between 2013 and 2016, and simply returning cash to shareholders. Boeing's competitor Airbus was mentioned again as an alternative vendor for Ryanair, but both Michael O'Leary and Airbus CCO John Leahy dismissed this. In December 2009, Ryanair confirmed that negotiations with"
"attempt by pilot unions from other airlines to unionise Ryanair. Following a comment from the Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary in August 2013 in which he agreed to meet with the RPG if more than 1601 pilots were registered with them, an invitation to talk was sent by the RPG. In response, Ryanair released a short statement, stating that ""We don’t comment on the activity or false claims of KLM or Aer Lingus pilots,” a reference to the five-member interim council of the Ryanair Pilot Group consisting of non-Ryanair pilots. Ryanair Pilot Group The Ryanair Pilot Group (RPG) is an unrecognised"
"photograph of a stewardess sleeping, had been faked by ""Dispatches"". On 5 October 2006, Ryanair launched a €1.48 billion (£1 billion; $1.9 billion) bid to buy fellow Irish carrier Aer Lingus. Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said the move was a ""unique opportunity"" to form an Irish airline. The new airline would carry over 50 million passengers a year. On 2 October 2006, Aer Lingus rejected Ryanair's takeover bid, saying it was contradictory. In August 2006, the company started charging passengers to check in at the airport, therefore reversing its policy of paying for online check-in. It says that by cutting"
"airport check-in, it reduces overhead costs. Ryanair's CEO, Michael O'Leary, stated in April 2007 that Ryanair planned to launch a new long-haul airline around 2009. The new airline would be separate from Ryanair and operate under a different branding. It would offer both low cost with fares starting at €10.00 and a business class service which would be much more expensive, intended to rival airlines like Virgin Atlantic. The new airline would operate from Ryanair's existing bases in Europe, to approximately six new bases in the United States. The new American bases will not be main bases such as New"
"its low-cost business model. Ryanair's route network serves 35 countries in Europe, North Africa (Morocco), and the Middle East (Israel and Jordan). Since its establishment in 1984, Ryanair has grown from a small airline, flying the short journey from Waterford to London Gatwick, into Europe's largest carrier. Ryanair now has over 13,000 people working for the company. Most employees are employed and contracted by multiple agencies to fly on Ryanair aircraft. Or, as is the case for pilots, the vast majority are either agency employed or self-employed, and their services are contracted to Ryanair. After the rapidly growing airline went"
"Group, Inc., GemAlto N.V., Ryanair Holdings, Inc. and Ryanair, Ltd. He has been the chairman of Ryanair Holdings and Ryanair Limited since December 1996. He is on the boards of The Wilderness Society, the Grand Canyon Trust, the World Wildlife Fund, The University of Washington Foundation and the American Himalayan Foundation. He previously served on the boards of Washington Mutual, Inc., American Savings Bank, Denbury Resources, Inc. and Burger King Holdings, Inc. He was a board member of Uber until he resigned from that position in June 2017. On June 13, 2017, Bonderman resigned from the Uber board amidst controversy"
"Ryanair was set to unveil plans for ""RyanAtlantic"" on 3 November 2008, but despite publicity, no official announcement followed. RyanAtlantic RyanAtlantic was the proposed name for a long-haul airline subsidiary of Ryanair. According to Ryanair's CEO, Michael O'Leary, the airline could have been operational by 2009. However, such a timeline was unlikely and did not occur, because there were no aircraft orders present at that time. As of 2014, the project has been cancelled and Ryanair no longer has plans to fly to the US, focusing instead on their European flights. RyanAtlantic would have offered low-cost flights to the US"
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"as well as many other European countries (although the airline has no bases in France). Currently, its biggest country market is Italy, with fourteen bases and nine non-base airports. Ryanair's largest competitor is EasyJet which has a far greater focus on larger or primary airports such as Amsterdam and Paris-Charles de Gaulle, heavily targeting business passengers. Ryanair also serves sun and beach destinations with bases in the Canary Islands, Cyprus, the Greek Islands and Malta amongst others. In August 2014, the airline unveiled ambitious plans to establish a major hub in Israel to service a broad range of European routes."
"built the facility in 1992. Ryanair later purchased Darley and had a 30-year lease of the head office facility from the Department of Transport of Ireland. For twelve years, the company paid no rent even though it was supposed to pay €244,000 per year. After twelve years and prior to 2008, it paid less than half of the €244,000. As of 2016, the key trends for Ryanair since 2010 are shown below (as at year ending 31 March): In the early years, when Ryanair had a total of 450 employees who each had shares in the company, there was an"
"down as CEO of Whitbread by February 2016. He will take over as chairman of Dunelm Group in July 2015. Andy Harrison Andrew Harrison (born 2 May 1957) is a British businessman, former chief executive officer (CEO) of Whitbread, the British multinational hotel, coffee shop and restaurant company. He is the chairman of Dunelm Group. Harrison was CEO of Whitbread from September 2010 to February 2016. Harrison was CEO of easyJet from 2005 to 2010 and CEO of RAC (previously Lex Services plc) from 1996 to 2005. Prior to this, he held the roles of managing director of Courtaulds International"
"Andy Harrison Andrew Harrison (born 2 May 1957) is a British businessman, former chief executive officer (CEO) of Whitbread, the British multinational hotel, coffee shop and restaurant company. He is the chairman of Dunelm Group. Harrison was CEO of Whitbread from September 2010 to February 2016. Harrison was CEO of easyJet from 2005 to 2010 and CEO of RAC (previously Lex Services plc) from 1996 to 2005. Prior to this, he held the roles of managing director of Courtaulds International Fabrics and finance director of Courtaulds Textiles plc. Harrison has also been a non-executive director at EMAP. Harrison will stand"
"Mr Justice Geoghegan stated, that: ""“As a matter of law Ryanair is perfectly entitled not to deal with trade unions nor can a law be passed compelling them to do so. There is an obvious danger however in a non-unionised company that employees may be exploited and may have to submit to what most reasonable people would consider to be grossly unfair terms and conditions of employment."" , Ryanair has not officially recognised the Ryanair Pilot Group. In an August 2013 interview, Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary dismissed the group as a ""joke"" and claimed that the pilots group was an"
"the industry. The CEO, Peter Barrett assumed his position in 2004. He is a former employee of Guinness Peat Aviation (GPA) where he specialised in aircraft cross border tax leasing and securitisations. Other members of the executive team include Barry Flannery, Chief Financial Officer, who has been with the company since its inception, Cathrine Ennis, Chief Legal Officer, David Swan, Chief Operating Officer and Brian Harvey, Chief Marketing Officer, who is based in the United States. The company’s Chairman, Shinichi Hayashida is based in the Dublin office. He has held s a number of international senior positions with SMBC and"
"at the national airline, she was appointed to the position of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Rwandair. Yvonne Makolo is a mother of young children. Yvonne Makolo Yvonne Manzi Makolo is a Rwandan IT specialist and business executive, who serves as the managing director and chief executive officer of Rwandair, the national airline of Rwanda. She was appointed to that position on 6 April 2018. Prior to that, she served as the Deputy CEO responsible for corporate affairs at the same airline, from April 2017 until April 2018. Yvonne was born in Rwanda. In 1993, she voluntarily migrated"