REAFFIRMING RYANAIR’S ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY ON PASSENGER MISCONDUCT

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Thurs, 13 Nov) welcomed the decision by the Dublin District Court to convict an unruly passenger who disrupted flight FR7122 from Dublin to Tenerife on 24 September 2022 by physically assaulting another passenger onboard. This disruptive passenger pleaded guilty and received a 3-month suspended sentence.

Ryanair is committed to ensuring that all passengers and crew travel in a comfortable and stress-free environment free of unnecessary disruption caused by a tiny number of unruly passengers. Ryanair has a strict zero tolerance policy towards passenger misconduct and will continue to take action to combat unruly passenger behaviour on aircraft for the benefit of the vast majority of passengers who do not disrupt flights.

Ryanair’s Director of Communications, Jade Kirwan, said:

“We welcome the Dublin District Court’s conviction of this unruly passenger whose inexcusable behaviour disrupted a flight from Dublin to Tenerife in September 2022. This demonstrates just one of the many consequences (including travel bans and offload fines) that passengers who disrupt flights will face as part of Ryanair’s zero tolerance policy. We hope this conviction will further deter disruptive behaviour on flights so that both passengers and crew can travel in a comfortable and stress-free environment.”

BE A WINNER: BOOK RYANAIR, WIN A FREE CHELT. FESTIVAL ENTRY TICKET

Ryanair, Ireland’s No.1 airline, today (Thurs, 13 Nov) added over 10,000 extra seats for the most exciting dates in the horse racing calendar – Cheltenham 2026! The four-day racing festival runs from 10-13 March, and Ryanair have added extra flights from Cork, Dublin, and Shannon to Birmingham and Bristol between 9-14 March, with prices starting from just €29.99 – perfect for anyone trying to find a winner at the greatest jumps racing festival! For race fans who don’t fancy four days racing, these 10,000 extra seats make 1 or 2 day trips easily affordable!

Now’s your chance to watch Ireland, led by Willie Mullins, Gordon Elliot, Henry de Bromhead, and Gavin Cromwell, among others, smash the English and retain the Prestbury Cup. These 10,000 extra seats will fly faster than a Cheltenham favourite, so book your low-fare flights today at Ryanair.com before they (like all the big priced favourites) are gone, gone, gone!

To celebrate these 10,000 extra seats for Cheltenham 2026, Ryanair has launched a special giveaway competition, in which passengers who book a Ryanair flight to Cheltenham (from Cork, Dublin or Shannon to Birmingham or Bristol between 9-14 March) from now until 30 November will be in with a chance to win a free entrance ticket! Just visit ryanair.com, click on the competition banner, enter your email address, booking reference, and answer a simple question correctly to be in with a chance to win 1 of 200 free festival entrance tickets.

To enter or for competition details visit Ryanair.com. Competition winners will be notified by 5 December.

Ryanair’s CMO, Dara Brady, said:

“Racing fans love the Cheltenham Festival, and with over 10,000 extra seats added from Cork, Dublin, and Shannon to Birmingham and Bristol, Ryanair is gearing up for a record Irish invasion at the 2026 Festival.

These extra Ryanair flights will operate from 9-14 March,giving punters even more chances to book Ryanair’s low fares and soak up the electric atmosphere across the four-day festival. Whether you want to go for the full 4 days or just visit for 1 or 2 days, Ryanair’s low fares and these 10,000 extra seats can get you there and back at the lowest prices. But hurry, these seats will sell out fast, so fans should gallop onto Ryanair.com today and book their racing getaway.

To celebrate these 10,000 extra seats, racegoers who book a Ryanair flight to Cheltenham 2026 from Cork, Dublin, or Shannon for travel between 9-14 March, have the chance enter a draw to win a free racecourse entrance ticket. Just book your Ryanair flights between now and 30 November, visit the competition page at Ryanair.com and enter your details (email address and booking reference) and answer a quick and easy question on, and you’ll be entered into a draw to win 1 of 200 free entrance tickets.” 

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Wed, 12 Nov) updated on the success of day one of its digital boarding pass (DBP) initiative. Up to 13:00hrs, over 700 flights have departed across Europe without any delay or disruption. Over 98% of passengers presented with their DBP and the other 2% – all of whom had checked in online before arriving at the airport – were issued free of charge boarding passes at airport ticket desks. Customer feedback was universally positive as passengers swiped their phones through airport security and boarding gates. No passengers were offloaded, and where one or two passengers had a problem with their phone, they were boarded without difficulty as the boarding gates had their details from their online check-in.

Ryanair CMO, Dara Brady, said:

“So far, day one of Ryanair’s DBP has been a huge success as over 700 flights and more than 100,000 passengers enjoyed the improved service and better experience of paper-free boarding at Ryanair airports. We estimate our DBP initiative will save up to €40M annually, and this will help us to lower ticket prices and make air travel more competitive for Ryanair’s customers.”

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 low fares airline, today (Tues, 11 Nov) released its November OTA Overcharge Survey, showing some OTAs like eDreams, Tix, Fru, and Vola are still overcharging up to 3 times Ryanair’s prices. This month’s survey marks two years of exposing these OTAs who overcharge consumers, yet EU Govts and Consumer Authorities have failed to take any action to address these OTA overcharges.

Ryanair again calls on EU Govts (notably Spain’s useless Consumer Minister Bustinduy) and National Consumer Authorities to take urgent action to protect consumers from these overcharging OTAs and insist on mandatory price transparency from all OTAs, in line with the transparent pricing being delivered by all Ryanair’s “Approved OTA” partners, to protect consumers.

Ryanair’s Dara Brady said:

“Ryanair’s November OTA survey shows that eDreams, Tix, Fru, and Vola continue to overcharge unsuspecting consumers up to 3 times the prices on Ryanair’s website. It’s unacceptable that after two full years of publishing these monthly OTA overcharging surveys, EU Govts and National Consumer Authorities have done nothing to protect consumers from overcharging OTAs.

Ryanair again calls on EU Govt and Consumer Protection Authorities to take urgent action to protect consumers across Europe by bringing price transparency standards in line with the transparency standards applied by Ryanair’s OTA partners.”

4 AIRCRAFT, US$400M INVESTMENT, 15% GROWTH AND 4 NEW ROUTES

Ryanair, Europe and Ireland’s No.1 airline, today (Tues, 11 Nov) announced it will base a fourth aircraft at Shannon for Summer 2026, representing a US$400m investment from Ryanair in Midwest Ireland. This additional aircraft will deliver +180,000 additional seats (+15% growth), 4 exciting new routes to Rome, Madrid, Warsaw, and Poznań, and extra flights on 5 existing popular routes to Alicante, Lanzarote, Manchester, Malta, and Reus. Ryanair’s record Shannon Summer 2026 schedule will deliver 1.4m seats across 30 routes, offering customers in the Midwest even more choice at Europe’s lowest fares.

Ryanair’s Shannon Summer 2026 schedule will deliver:

• A record 30 routes incl. 4 new routes to Rome, Madrid, Warsaw & Poznań
• 4 based aircraft (+1 vs. S25 – US$400m investment in Shannon)
• Increased freq. on 5 routes – Alicante, Lanzarote, Manchester, Malta & Reus
• 1.4m seats incl. 180,000 (+15%) additional seats
• Shannon traffic grows to over 2m seats p.a.

To celebrate Ryanair’s fourth aircraft and 4 new routes at Shannon next Summer, the airline has launched a 2-day seat sale with fares from just €29.99 available only at Ryanair.com.

Ryanair’s CCO, Jason McGuinness, said:

“We are delighted to celebrate the news that Ryanair will base a fourth aircraft in Shannon for Summer 2026 alongside the announcement of 4 new routes to Rome, Madrid, Warsaw, and Poznań, in addition to extra flights to popular sun and city destinations Alicante, Lanzarote, Manchester, Malta, and Reus. Next Summer Ryanair’s US$400m investment in the Midwest will deliver more than 1.4m low-fare seats from Shannon to a record 30 European destinations.

Ryanair’s 4 based aircraft and US$400m investment in Shannon is a clear commitment to growing Ireland’s regional connectivity. This Summer Shannon will benefit from +180,000 (+15%) additional seats and 4 new routes thanks to the hard work of The Shannon Airport Group, who recognise the need for efficient, cost-competitive facilities to attract growth and drive inbound tourism to the region, supporting year-round international connectivity. However, the Irish Govt. needs to support regional airports by expanding the scope of the Regional Airports Programme 2026-30 to at least 3m passenger p.a., which would allow regional airports to grow traffic even more without being penalised for doing so.

To celebrate Ryanair’s biggest ever schedule and 4 new routes at Shannon next Summer, we’ve launched a 2-day seat sale with fares from just €29.99 available only at Ryanair.com.”

Welcoming the announcement, Ray O’Driscoll, Interim CEO of The Shannon Airport Group said:

 “We’re delighted to welcome Ryanair’s continued commitment to Shannon Airport with the addition of a fourth based aircraft, four new Summer ‘26 services to Rome, Warsaw, Poznań, and Madrid, as well as increased frequencies on five key routes. This expansion is a strong vote of confidence in Shannon’s growth trajectory. It reflects our ongoing investment in infrastructure and passenger experience, as well as our strong commitment to working with airline partners to expand our route network and deliver greater choice for customers across the country.

These new services enhance Shannon’s connectivity to key European cities, supporting tourism, trade, and regional development, and will be warmly welcomed by both holiday makers and business travellers alike.”

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (11 Nov) responded to Transport Minister Peter “Hopeless” Hanke’s claims that “he wanted enough time to review Ryanair’s proposal”. Ryanair’s proposal was submitted to Minister Hanke by the Lauda Motion CEO at a meeting on 12 June, almost 5 months ago. Minister Hanke promised to reply by the end of Sept. Surely, even for a “do nothing” Minister like ‘“Hopeless” Hanke, 3.5 months between 12 June and 30 Sept is enough time to “consult with the Finance Ministry”, and make a decision to grow Austrian air traffic, tourism and jobs in the economy generally.

While “Hopeless” Hanke has wasted 5 months doing nothing, neighbouring countries like Slovakia have abolished Enviro Taxes and have reduced ATC and airport fees. The Regions of Italy are also abolishing their Enviro (Municipal) Tax. Even Sweden – the home of Greta Thunberg – has abolished its Enviro Tax, while “Hopeless” Hanke has been asleep at the wheel between June and Nov.

Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary said:

“It appears that “Hopeless” Hanke just can’t make a decision. While he has done nothing over the last 5 months, competitor countries like Slovakia, Italy, Sweden, and Hungary have abolished their Enviro Tax. “Hopeless” Hanke now defends this Tax, despite the fact that it raises less than €160m p.a, and has done untold damage to Austrian air traffic and tourism, as airlines -including Ryanair, Wizz, EasyJet and others – are moving aircraft, routes, traffic and jobs out of Austria to lower-cost economies like Slovakia, Sweden, Italy and Hungary.

If “Hopeless” Hanke hadn’t wasted the last 5 months, he could have easily worked out that with the 70% traffic growth Ryanair has promised, the increased spend from these visitors in the Austrian economy, the Austrian budget would generate far more in visitor taxes, than the €160million it will lose from abolishing this failed, but damaging Aviation Tax.

Now “Hopeless” Hanke surfaces to tell us “how responsible Politics works”. We know from his inaction over the last 5 months, and his failure to accept a $1bn investment by Ryanair to grow Austrian tourism, that “Hopeless” Hanke doesn’t know how responsible Politics “works”. Politics doesn’t work, if Ministers take 5 months to consider a growth proposal, but then fail to meet their own deadline to respond by the end of Sept. There is not much point in meeting with this hopeless Minister, when 5 months after his last meeting he still hasn’t accepted (or rejected) Ryanair’s €1bn growth proposal.

It appears that “Hopeless” Hanke is following the lead of “Sleepy” Stocker. We met with Chancellor Stocker in his office on 17 Sept. He too promised us a reply on this ambitious growth plan by the end of Sept, yet we are now in Nov and still no action from either or “Sleepy” Stocker or “Hopeless” Hanke. While Austrian Politicians do nothing, Politicians in Slovakia, Italy, Sweden and Hungary are abolishing Enviro Taxes, lowering airport fees, and slashing ATC charges to win traffic, tourism and jobs growth – all of which being lost by Austria. This is reversable, but it needs some Politician in Austria to make a decision, without delaying another 5 months and then complaining that this is “how Politics works”. It doesn’t work in Austria, which is why Austria is declining, while neighbouring countries are growing, with the help of Ryanair and other low-cost airlines.”

Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (Mon, 10 Nov) announced 100 new cabin crew jobs for its Dublin base, as part of its continued growth towards carrying 300M passengers by FY34, supported by strong demand for Ryanair’s low fares, extensive route network, and high-quality service.

To help find the perfect candidates for these exciting new cabin crew roles, Ryanair, in cooperation with its recruitment partners, Crewlink, will host a cabin crew recruitment event in Dublin on Friday, 14 November at Airline Flight Academy, Santry, Dublin at 10:30am. Attendees will learn all about Ryanair, its operations, and what it means to be part of Europe’s leading airline.

This exciting recruitment event will also be attended by some of Ryanair’s Recruitment and Inflight Teams, offering attendees the unique opportunity to discuss the role with people who have actually done the job, ask any questions first hand, and hear about their experiences as cabin crew at Europe’s No.1 airline group, and the benefits that come with the role, including excellent remuneration packages and discounted travel, giving crew the opportunity to travel across Ryanair’s industry leading network of over 235 destinations.

Ryanair recently announced its Dublin Winter 2025 schedule of 96 routes, including an exciting new route to Rabat (Morocco’s winter sun capital) and extra frequencies on 28 other routes, like Birmingham, Budapest, Krakow, Milan, and Valencia. Ryanair also announced another B737 “Gamechanger” aircraft ($100m invest) at Dublin for Winter 2025, bringing its total Dublin-based fleet to 35 ($3.5billion invest). This Ryanair Winter 2025 growth at Dublin was only possible due to the High Court’s suspension of Dublin’s (2007) illegal 32m traffic cap – in a case the Irish airlines were forced to take because the Govt failed to scrap the cap themselves. In order for Dublin’s traffic, tourism, and jobs to continue to grow, the Govt must abolish this illegal traffic cap at Dublin Airport “ASAP”, as they promised in their Prog. for Govt and not “next year”, which will be 2 years after they were elected.

Further details and event registration are available at careers.ryanair.com.

Ryanair’s Director of Comms, Jade Kirwan, said:

“We are delighted to announce 100 new cabin crew positions at our Dublin base to support our Summer 2026 operations. We invite those interested in joining Ryanair – Europe’s largest and lowest fare airline – and securing the best cabin crew jobs in aviation where hard work is rewarded with fast-track career opportunities, discounted travel and more, to come along to our recruitment event taking place Friday, 14 November, to meet our recruitment and inflight teams and learn more about these exciting cabin crew roles.

Successful candidates will benefit from an industry-leading roster of five days on followed by three days off, competitive salary packages, discounted travel, and the opportunity to fast-track their career within Europe’s largest airline. Register at careers.ryanair.com for more information and event details.”