Low-cost airline Ryanair has announced that it will reduce the number of aircraft it operates from Stansted Airport this winter from 40 to 33, as it protests higher charges brought in by airport operator BAA. In a statement to announce…

Budget airline Ryanair has announced record profits for the first quarter of the year, as well as an increase in passenger traffic. Profits over the three-month period (to June 30) came in at €139 million, 20 per cent higher than…

Ryanair has announced the launch of 13 new routes from four UK airports and is to offer flights for the first time from Belfast City Airport (as previously reported by Cheapflights). The low cost airline is to begin flights from…

Ryanair is to stop flying to Tenerife North Airport later this year, and instead operate out of the island’s south airport. The Travel Mole website reports that the airline will end flights to the north airport on October 14 with…

Ryanair has cut a number of routes and trimmed back several more in order to make way for a new round of expansion in Europe. The following UK/Ireland routes will close in the autumn: London Stansted to Esjberg (October 28),…

Ryanair has criticised the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for trying to cover up Gordon Brown’s air passenger duty (APD) “tax scam” and preventing it making certain statements in its advertising. The ASA upheld complaints against Ryanair ads that claimed Brown…

Ryanair faces the prospect of moving its service to Rome from Ciampino Airport to a neighbouring one after Italian officials said the airport was handling too many flights. Italy’s transport minister, Alessandro Bianchi, is quoted on business website Forbes as…

Low-cost airline Ryanair recorded an 18 per cent increase in passenger numbers during June, compared to the year before. Illustrating the popularity of budget flights, the airline carried 4.3 million passengers last month, up from 3.7 million in June 2006….

Ryanair has extended its “double the difference” price guarantee until September 30. Introduced several weeks ago, the guarantee means that passengers who find a cheaper return fare on the same route with another airline can receive double the difference between…

Ryanair’s bid to acquire Irish national airline Aer Lingus has been blocked by the European Commission. The EC decided that a merger would create a monopoly of sorts because the two airlines operate from the same home airport (Dublin) and…