Ryanair boosts capacity on select routes ahead of Euro 2024
Ryanair has added over 11,000 extra seats from the UK ahead of Euro 2024 taking place in Germany this June. High passenger traffic levels for the international footballing event is causing Ryanair to add extra capacity on some of its existing key routes, including London Stansted and Manchester. The Irish low cost carrier (LCC) is also launching new routes for the event from Edinburgh, Bristol, and Glasgow on a temporary basis. Head...
Ryanair cuts summer schedule after drop in Boeing 737 MAX deliveries
Ryanair has confirmed that with deliveries of the 737 MAX8200 falling from a planned 57 to 40 airframes from Boeing by the end of June 2024, it is having to reduce its summer schedule. This comes after the carrier cut back winter leave for pilots earlier this year because of rostering issues. The low-cost carrier (LCC) said in a statement: “Ryanair will now have to reduce approximately 10 aircraft lines of flying for the peak summer...
Ryanair considers forced winter leave for pilots
Ryanair is apparently considering one day of forced leave in the first quarter of 2024 for each pilot to ensure full staffing during the busy summer travel period, setting up a potential pushback from pilots resisting the move. The Irish low-cost carrier said it needs to allocate the forced day off after finding insufficient leave assigned on rosters in the January-March period, according to memos sent to pilots across Europe in...
Ryanair loses self-employment tribunal appeal
The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has dismissed Ryanair and employment agency Storm Global Limited’s appeals relating to an employment status decision of one of Ryanair’s former pilots, signifying wider implications for the airline industry in terms of the rights of self-employed pilots and agency workers. Former Ryanair FO Jason Lutz, supported by the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA), brought a test case against Ryanair...
Airlines react to the CAA’s approval of NATS price increase
Already in the doghouse over its system failure back in August which caused over 2,000 flight cancellations, NATS is once again in the firing line following the CAA’s approval for the UK air traffic controller to increase its enroute charges. First proposed in August, the CAA has now approved new price controls that mean that NERL (NATS Enroute) will increase the average unit rate for its regulated activities over 2023 to 2027 by...
