The Ryanair boss urged Martin Rolfe to step down and ‘allow someone competent’ to take over, following further disruption at Gatwick Airport.

Ryanair boss calls for air traffic control CEO to go following disruption

Undated handout photo issued by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) of damage to a vehicle after it had a collision with a Ryanair plane at Stansted Airport on October 4 last year. An AAIB investigation has found the collision may have been caused by the driver being tired and distracted. Issue date: Thursday August 8, 2024.
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A crash between a Ryanair plane and a vehicle at Stansted Airport may have been caused by the truck driver being tired and distracted, investigators found.

Ryanair plane crash with truck blamed on driver fatigue

Matt Greenhalgh and Jamie Fernandes were on their way to Liverpool Airport in a taxi when it was involved in a crash with two lorries 

Tributes to Ryanair pilots killed in motorway crash

Captain Matt Greenhalgh, 28, and Senior First Officer Jamie Fernandes, 24, were travelling to Liverpool Airport in a taxi when the crash occurred on Thursday.

Young Ryanair captain killed in M62 crash pictured for first time

Matt Greenhalgh and Jamie Fernandes were involved a collision involving a car and two lorries on the M62.

RyanAir pilots travelling to airport killed in motorway crash

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The airline is introducing three new routes from a city Airport this summer to Alicante, Faro and Malta.

Budget airline Ryanair starts flying from city Airport 

Michael O’Leary said issues limiting the number of available aircraft mean European airlines will struggle to meet demand for travel during the peak season.

Air fares to rise this summer due to a shortage of planes, says Ryanair boss

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Ryanair said the air traffic control provider was a "shambles" under its current boss, as the Dublin-based airline called on his resignation.

Ryanair said the air traffic control provider was a "shambles" under its current boss, as the Dublin-based airline called for his resignation.

Ryanair demands flight control boss resigns over Gatwick cap 'shambles'

Ryanair posted on X: post stated: 'Instead of buying cream pies, could have bought a flight from Belgium for the same price.'

Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary hit with cream pies by eco activists

Ruth and Peter Jaffe, from Ealing, west London, had mistakenly printed their return boarding passes instead of the ones for their outbound flight.

Ryanair charges elderly couple £110 for printing boarding passes

The airline posted profits after tax of 663 million (£573.6 million) for its first quarter, up from 170 million euros (£147.1 million) a year ago.

Ryanair sees profits take off but cautions over winter demand amid cost crisis

The airline has enjoyed a massive bounce back in travel demand and is charging higher fares amid surging oil prices.

Ryanair records £1.2 billion annual profit as air fares rise

Sam Johns and his partner Danielle Downing were left waiting more than 20 hours for their flight back to Bristol.

'Traumatised' couple slept on airport conveyor belt during Ryanair delays

Spencer Watts, who is paralysed from the waist down, says he was not provided any support from the ground staff to help him board the coach 

Ryanair passenger 'humiliated' after he had to drag himself onto bus

Holidaymakers have been warned to brace themselves for a summer of travel chaos and rising ticket prices due to air traffic control and the war in Ukraine. 

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