All news on the topic: Ryanair

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Nats chief paid £2.2m in bonuses despite repeated air traffic failures
The head of air traffic control has been paid more than £2million in bonuses over the past three years despite overseeing repeated system failures.
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Hundreds of thousands of Britons may miss compensation after NATS flight chaos
Hundreds of thousands of Britons may not receive compensation if their flights were hit in Tuesday’s and Wednesday’s air travel chaos.
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UK gives NATS one week to explain major air traffic failure
Britain’s NATS air traffic control provider has a ‌week to investigate the systems failure that halted flights and stranded hundreds of thousands of passengers, the government said, as pressure mounts on its chief executive.
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UK air traffic chaos to last for days after Nats system failure cancels 1,300 flights
Tuesday’s flight delays are expected to continue for days after an "issue" plaguing air traffic control cancelled more than 1,000 flights across the UK.
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Heathrow and Gatwick halt departures as UK air traffic control system suffers technical failure
Departures at two major London airports have been halted as other airports across the UK deal with air traffic control issues.
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Brussels South Charleroi Airport to close for nearly three months in 2028 for €50 million runway overhaul
In 2024, Brussels South Charleroi Airport handled over 10 million passengers.
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Video reveals shattered engine after Ryanair passenger was partially sucked out of window
A shoking new video appears to show the shattered engine of the plane where a passenger was sucked out of the window“up to his shoulders“.
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Mid-air scare as Ryanair passenger hurt after cabin window comes loose
A passenger on a Ryanair flight from Greece was reportedly partially ’sucked’ out of a shattered window as his wife cling onto him.
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Iran war chaos grounds 13,000 flights as British families face holiday misery
British families are experiencing half-term holiday misery as 13,000 flights this month were canceled due to the Iran war.
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‘Punished for leaving!’ Ryanair chief claims EU forcing Brits into chaos queues at passport control
Four-hour long passport queues in European airports are Britain’s punishment for leaving the EU, the boss of Ryanair has claimed.
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Ryanair boss warns of jet fuel crisis if Iran war drags into May
Disruptions to jet fuel supplies could begin in early May if the US-Israel war with Iran extends beyond April, Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, said.
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Ryanair warns of up to 600 daily flight cancellations due to French ATC strikes
Ryanair could cancel up to 600 flights a day next week due to French air traffic control (ATC) strikes, the airline has claimed.
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Rowdy stag party clashes with police on Spain-bound flight diverted to Toulouse
Dramatic video captures the moment British stag partygoers were arrested on a Spain-bound Ryanair flight after their disruptive behavior forced the plane to divert to France.
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Ryanair flight makes emergency landing after passenger attempts to open exit mid-air
This is the shocking moment a passenger is dragged off a Ryanair plane after sparking a bloody brawl.
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Airlines demand answers after radar failure grounds UK flights and strands thousands
Airlines are seeking explanations after thousands of passengers traveling to and from UK airports experienced significant delays due to a technical issue affecting radar systems, which resulted in airspace closure on Wednesday.
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Ryanair ordered to refund £124 to passenger over illegal hand luggage fee
Ryanair has been ordered to refund a passenger £124 after a court determined that hand luggage should be classified as ’essential’ regarding air travel.
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False threat: bomb alert on Ryanair flight shuts down runway in Belgium
A bomb threat on board a Ryanair plane has suspended all flights and closed a runway at Brussels Airport.
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Ryanair flight from UK forced to abort landing at last minute over mysterious GPS ‘jamming’ near Nato border with Russia
Thousands of British holiday flights were believed to have been affected by the same technology.
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Ryanair sues ‘unruly’ passenger it says disrupted Dublin to Lanzarote flight
Airline seeking €15,000 in damages over ‘inexcusable’ behaviour it says forced plane to divert to Portugal.
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Ryanair passenger dies during flight as ’chaos’ unfolds before emergency landing at Stansted
Emergency crews met the aircraft after landing at London Stansted and were joined by police, paramedics and an air ambulance - but the man was pronounced dead at the scene
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A Ryanair plane caught fire, forcing nearly 200 passengers to evacuate using emergency slides
The Ryanair plane - flight FR8826 - caught fire as it was about to leave Brindisi Airport in Italy and the inflatable slide was deployed to help the passengers evacuate following the emergency
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Mid-air chaos breaks out on Ryanair Manchester flight as passengers start fighting
Footage showed one man being escorted off the aircraft after several passengers started having a fight on board a flight to the Spanish island of Ibiza after it left Manchester
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The Ryanair pilot, 28, who was killed in an M62 crash, was a newlywed who had married his wife just months earlier
Ryan Captain Matt Greenhalgh, 28, died in a crash on the M62 along with a colleague and his family have now paid tribute to the newlywed who had a ’passion for life’
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British tourist dies at Spanish airport after collapsing while waiting to board Ryanair flight back to UK
The airport has seen a number of other tragic deaths in recent years
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Ryanair profits drop by nearly 50% due to reduced summer fares
Europe’s largest airline says passengers are waiting until later in the season to book tickets