Lisboa, 28 de Novembro de 2019. Ryanair, a companhia aérea n.º1 da Europa, lançou hoje (28 de Novembro) uma promoção de Inverno, com um desconto até 20% em todos os voos desde e para França para viajar entre Dezembro e Janeiro.
Esta oferta incrível assinala o quinto dia da “Cyber Week” da Ryanair, oferecendo aos seus clientes 10 dias consecutivos de vendas fantásticas no site Ryanair.com.
A oferta estará disponível até à meia-noite de hoje (23:59 de quinta-feira) e os clientes devem ficar de olho na Ryanair.com para conhecer as ofertas diárias, onde as tarifas mais baixas da Europa estão prestes a descer ainda mais.
Alejandra Ruiz, da Ryanair, comentou:“É o quinto dia da nossa Cyber Week e reduzimos as nossas tarifas para França em 20% para viagens entre Dezembro e Janeiro. Esta oferta termina à meia-noite desta quinta-feira.
Prepáramos 10 dias de promoções incríveis, oferecendo aos clientes as tarifas mais baixas da Europa, com descontos ainda maiores. Os clientes devem aceder hoje ao site da Ryanair.com para conseguir as melhores ofertas na maior e mais verde companhia aérea da Europa, com as menores emissões de CO2″.
Ryanair, a companhia aérea n.º 1 na Europa, fez hoje um donativo de 250 mil euros para a renaturalização da serra de Monchique como parte da sua Iniciativa para Compensar as Emissões de Carbono. Esta verba, obtida através dos donativos dos passageiros, irá financiar a plantação de milhares de árvores destruídas pelos incêndios de 2018.
O CEO da Ryanair, Michael O’Leary, confiou um cheque de 250 mil euros aos parceiros do projeto – Região de Turismo do Algarve, Grupo de Estudos de Ordenamento do Território e Ambiente (GEOTA), Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas e Câmara Municipal de Monchique –, demonstrando o compromisso da Ryanair com a região do Algarve e o meio ambiente.
A Ryanair é a companhia aérea mais ecológica da Europa, operando a frota mais jovem e com as maiores taxas de ocupação e consumo de combustível mais eficiente por passageiro. De igual modo, a Ryanair apresenta emissões de CO2 líderes na indústria por passageiro-km, de apenas 66 gramas, um valor até 50% mais baixo do que as outras quatro grandes companhias aéreas europeias.
Michael O’Leary, CEO da Ryanair, declarou:
“A Ryanair, a nossa equipa e os nossos passageiros estão orgulhosos de colaborar nesta iniciativa de reflorestação na zona de Monchique, no Algarve. Milhares de hectares de floresta foram destruídos pelos incêndios em 2018. Estamos muito felizes de doar esta verba para ajudar a restaurar as florestas da região e a beleza natural única da serra de Monchique.”
Marlene Marques, Presidente da GEOTA, declarou:
“O compromisso do setor privado oferece à sociedade civil a oportunidade de apoiar o restauro de habitats florestais importantes e únicos nas áreas devastadas pelo incêndio de Monchique. Renaturalizar Monchique ajudará a restaurar as paisagens culturais desta área, um importante destino turístico nacional e internacional.
Assim, congratulamo-nos com o apoio da Ryanair e dos seus clientes nesta iniciativa, ao devolvermos os habitats vitais a esta área, não apenas para as espécies que florescem nesses habitats, mas também na recuperação das matas, das florestas e da vegetação que cresce à beira dos rios, que elevam a importância cultural deste local. Ao fazer isso, a Ryanair está também a contribuir para que a autarquia local atinja os seus Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável das Nações Unidas, ao prevenir a maior degradação do solo e ao apoiar os esforços de mitigação das alterações climáticas pela captura de dióxido de carbono através da plantação de árvores.”
João Fernandes, Presidente da Região de Turismo do Algarve, declarou:
“Sendo uma região internacionalmente mais conhecida pela excelência das suas praias e campos de golfe, o compromisso com a Natureza assume a cada ano que passa maior importância na valorização turística do Algarve. Por isso, aplaudimos o compromisso da Ryanair e dos seus passageiros com a renaturalização da Serra de Monchique, cujos habitats florestais foram devastados pelo fogo em 2018. Sem a vontade de todas as partes envolvidas – GEOTA, ICNF, Município de Monchique e Turismo do Algarve, além da Ryanair – não seria possível promover o restauro ecológico da terra e das florestas de Monchique em harmonia com o restante território do Algarve, que no seu todo continua a ser o principal destino de férias em Portugal.”
Rui André, Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Monchique, declarou:
“A floresta, a sua gestão e planeamento bem como a forma como as pessoas se relacionam com o seu território rural e florestal serão, sem dúvida, o grande desafio para o nosso futuro coletivo. As alterações climática que nos fazem olhar para o futuro com grande apreensão exigem alterações profundas no quotidiano de todos, buscando um equilíbrio de carbono, para o qual o papel essencial de nossa floresta será fundamental.
O desafio é global, mas a necessária relação entre legisladores e sociedade civil, aliada à responsabilidade social das empresas, ao conhecimento científico e às populações locais, fazem de projetos como este uma contribuição de valor inestimável para a mudança necessária. O incêndio de 2018 é uma oportunidade desafiadora para desenharmos uma nova paisagem, produtiva e ambiental, mas também para permitir ao homem viver em harmonia e segurança, num ambiente mais resiliente que continua a fazer de Monchique um verdadeiro jardim, mas acima de tudo o pulmão da região do Algarve.”
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (1 Oct) announced a new Terceira route to London Stansted in the UK, with a weekly service commencing in March 2020, as part of Ryanair’s Portuguese Summer 2020 schedule, with the full schedule to be announced soon.
Portugal consumers and visitors can now book their summer holidays to London as far out as October 2020, flying on the lowest fares and with the greenest/cleanest major airline in Europe, with the lowest CO2 emissions per passenger/kilometre.
To celebrate its new Terceira route, Ryanair has launched a seat sale on its European network with fares from just €14.99 for travel from now until the end of November 2019, which must be booked by Thursday (3 Oct), only on the Ryanair.com website.
Ryanair’s Alejandra Ruiz said:
“Ryanair is pleased to announce a new Terceira route to London, commencing in March, which will operate once weekly, as part of our summer 2020 schedule. Customers in Terceira can now book flights to London as far out as October 2020.
To celebrate this new route, we are releasing seats for sale on our European network from just €14.99 for travel from now until the end of November 2019, which must be booked by midnight Thursday (3 Oct). Since these amazing low fares will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”
Ryanair Holdings plc today (29 July) reported a 21% fall in Q1 profits to €243m. A 6% decline in ave. fare was offset by strong ancillary revenues and 11% traffic growth to 42m guests. Costs rose 19% as our fuel bill increased 24% and Lauda costs were fully consolidated (but not in the prior year quarter).
| Q1 (IFRS) |
Jun. 2018 |
Jun. 2019 |
% Change |
| Guests |
37.6m |
41.9m |
+11% |
| Load Factor |
96% |
96% |
– |
| Revenue |
€2.08bn |
€2.31bn |
+11% |
| PAT |
€309m |
€243m |
-21% |
| Basic EPS (euro cent) |
26.62 |
21.47 |
-19% |
Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said:
“As previously guided, Q1 profits fell 21% to €243m due to lower fares, higher fuel and staff costs.
Q1 highlights include:
- Revenue per guest flat at €55 (6% lower fares offset by 14% higher ancillary rev.)
- Traffic up 11% to 42m guests
- 239 new routes & 4 new bases (Bordeaux, Marseille, Southend & Berlin) launched
- Malta Air becomes the 4th Group airline
- Lauda Airbus fleet grows to 20 A320s
- MAX deliveries are further delayed to end of year
- Ryanair becomes first EU airline to publish monthly CO₂ emissions (66g per pax/km)
- €700m share buyback commenced in May
Revenue
Revenues rose 11% to €2.3bn. A 6% decline in average fare to €36 stimulated 11% traffic growth to 42m guests. The two weakest markets were Germany, where Lufthansa was allowed to buy Air Berlin and is selling this excess capacity at below cost prices, and the UK where Brexit concerns weigh negatively on consumer confidence and spending. Ancillaries, driven by strong priority boarding and preferred seats sales, grew 27% to €0.8bn. As a result, revenue per passenger (“RPP”) was broadly flat at €55. Ryanair Labs continues to develop services to improve customer experience and later this year will roll-out a new digital platform with improved, personalised, guest offers.
Cost Leadership
Ryanair has the lowest unit costs of any EU airline. As expected, our Q1 fuel bill increased 24% (up €150m) due to higher prices & volume growth. Unit costs ex. fuel rose by 4%, mainly due to the consolidation of Lauda (not in the prior year Q1 comp.), the handback of expensive leases to Lufthansa, replacing them with 20 lower cost A320 operating leases, and a 21% increase in staff costs. We continue to negotiate attractive growth deals as airports compete to attract Ryanair’s reliable traffic growth. Our FY20 fuel bill is 90% hedged at $709 per tonne and 37% hedged for FY21 at $632.
On-Time Performance (“OTP”)
Our investment in operational efficiency, including more spares, additional engineers and new improved handling contracts in Stansted, Spain & Poland has seen our OTP improve more than 7% points in Q1 to over 90% (excl. ATC). In June 2018 we cancelled over 1,100 flights due to ATC strikes but this was reduced to just 20 cancellations in June 2019, all of which were due to ATC staff shortage delays. Regrettably, ATC staffing delays continue to damage the punctuality of all EU airlines, particularly at weekends. We are working hard to ensure our guests enjoy on-time flights and we continue to campaign with our partners in A4E to encourage the European Commission to take action to minimise the impact of ATC staff shortages and strikes on overflights.
Boeing 737 MAX
The delivery of our first 5 B737-MAX aircraft has been delayed from Q1 to probably January at the earliest (subject to EASA approval). We now expect to receive only 30 MAX deliveries in time for S.20 (previously 58) which will cut Ryanair’s S.20 growth rate from 7% to 3% (162m to approx. 157m guests in FY21). We have great confidence that these “gamechanger” aircraft (which have 4% more seats, but burn 16% less fuel and have 40% lower noise emissions) will transform our costs and our business. Due to these delivery delays, we will not now see these cost savings delivered until FY21.
Balance Sheet
Our balance sheet is one of the strongest in the industry with over 60% of our fleet debt free. In May the Board approved a €700m share buyback programme and in Q1 we returned almost €100m to shareholders. Following the adoption of the new lease accounting standard (IFRS16) future operating lease obligations are now included on our balance sheet for the first time (adding over €220m to debt at June 30). Despite the share buyback and the impact of IFRS16, net debt was broadly flat at quarter end at €419m.
Group Airlines
In June, Malta Air became the 4th airline in the Ryanair Group. This start-up will grow our Maltese operation from 6 to 10 based aircraft over the next 3 years. It will also operate all our French, German and Italian bases. This summer, Lauda is operating 20 lower cost A320s. These aircraft, coupled with other cost efficiencies and improving ancillary revenues will significantly lower Lauda losses in Year 2, despite lower fares due to excess capacity in the German and Austrian markets. Buzz, in Poland, will operate 7 charter and 17 scheduled aircraft this summer and continues to grow profitability in its second year of operations. We expect high fuel prices and overcapacity in European short-haul to lead to further airline failures this winter creating more growth opportunities for Ryanair’s 4 airlines.
EU’s Cleanest, Greenest Airline
In June Ryanair became the first EU airline to report monthly CO₂ emissions. With the highest load factor, and one of the youngest fleets, Ryanair delivers the lowest CO₂ per passenger/km of any major EU airline. Our CO₂ emissions have been cut by 20% over the last decade and we are committed to reducing this by a further 10% to under 60 grams per passenger/km by 2030. In May we launched our environmental partnerships, where we invest in carbon offset projects in Africa, Portugal and Ireland. Ryanair paid over €540m in environmental taxes in FY19 and expects to pay over €630m in FY20 (up 17%).
Board Succession
Following Stan McCarthy’s appointment as Deputy Chairman in April 2019, the Board has nominated Louise Phelan to take over as Senior Independent Director in Summer 2020 following the then retirement of current SID Kyran McLaughlin from the Board.
FY20 Guidance
We continue to guide broadly flat FY20 PAT in a range of €750m to €950m. The current weak fare environment has continued into Q2 and we expect H1 fares to be down approx. 6%. With almost zero H2 visibility, FY20 fare guidance is towards the lower end of our guided -2% to +1% range. However, the strong performance of ancillaries continues to support our RPP growth of +2% to +3% (previously +2% to +4%). We expect traffic to grow by 7% to over 152m, slightly less than the 153m previously guided due to the Boeing MAX delivery delays. Costs will increase as our fuel bill grows by €450m and, as previously guided, we expect ex-fuel unit costs will rise by just 2%. This guidance remains heavily dependent on close-in Q2 fares, H2 prices, the absence of security events, and no negative Brexit developments in H2.”
Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (26 July) announced a new Lisbon route to Zaragoza, with a twice weekly service commencing in October 2019, as part of Ryanair’s extended Lisbon winter 2019 schedule.
Lisbon consumers and visitors can now book their holidays on 31 routes as far out as March 2020, enjoying even lower fares and Ryanair’s customer care improvements, including:
- Lowest Fares – find a cheaper fare within 3 hours, get paid the difference plus €5 MyRyanair credit
- Punctuality – deliver 90% target (excl. ATC) or 5% off following month’s air fares
- Customer Care Charter – EU261 claims processed in 10 days, new 24/7 support, connect in 2 mins
- Care Improvements – 48-hour free of charge grace period for changes to bookings
- Environmental Improvements – carbon offset programme, environmental partnerships & plastic free in 5 years
- New Ryanair Choice – €199 annual fee for free seats, fast-track & priority boarding for freq. guests
- Digital Improvements – new fare finder, sports tickets, bespoke travel guides & faster mobile
To celebrate, Ryanair has launched a seat sale with fares from just €14.99 for travel in September and October, which must be booked by midnight Monday (29 June), only on the Ryanair.com website.
Ryanair’s Alejandra Ruiz said:
“Ryanair is pleased to announce a new Lisbon route to Zaragoza with a twice weekly service commencing in October, as part of our extended Lisbon winter 2019 schedule. Customers in Lisbon can now book flights on 31 routes as far out as March 2020.
To celebrate this new Lisbon route, we are releasing seats on sale from just €14.99 for travel in September and October, which must be booked by midnight Monday (29 July). Since these amazing low fares will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”
“This report by Transport & Environment is based on guesswork and not facts. Claims in this report that regional airports are “likely to be in receipt of state aid” is not research, it’s guesswork. The airports they refer to represent less than 6% of Ryanair’s 152m annual traffic.
Ryanair does not receive subsidies. We negotiate arms-length commercial agreements with our airports, which all fully comply with EU competition rules. Primary beneficiaries of Ryanair’s regional flights are passengers and regional tourism – not shareholders.
Ryanair actively supports regional airports and hundreds of thousands of jobs in regional economies. Without Ryanair’s services many of these airports would close down.
Ryanair is Europe’s greenest/cleanest major airline with the youngest fleet and highest load factors. Our CO2 per passenger/km is 66g, half the rate of other flag carrier European airlines. Ryanair is committed to reducing this by a further 10% to under 60g per pax/km by 2030.
Ryanair paid over €540m in environmental taxes in 2018 and will pay over €630m in 2019 (up 17%). This equates to €4.12 per passenger, which is 11% of Ryanair’s average air fare.
As part of Ryanair’s environmental commitment, we are investing over US$20 billion in a fleet of 210 new Boeing 737 aircraft, which will carry 4% more passengers but reduce fuel burn by 16% and cut noise emissions by 40%.”
Ryanair – No. 1 for traffic while No. 5 for emissions
(Eurocontrol 2019)
14 de Março de 2019. Ryanair Sun anunciou hoje a alteração de marca e imagem para Buzz, a partir do Outono de 2019, operando com um Certificado de Operador Aéreo (AOC) Polaco.
Ryanair Sun, uma unidade de negócio independente do Grupo Ryanair, obteve o seu AOC Polaco no início de 2018 e começou a operar para os principais tour-operadores Polacos no Verão de 2018 com uma frota de 5 aeronaves. A frota da Buzz inclui de momento 17 aeronaves, estando previsto o aumento para 25 aviões no Verão de 2019. A Buzz continuará a providenciar os melhores serviços charter e a operar voos regulares da Ryanair.
Será lançado no Outono um website e aplicação móvel para a Buzz, que permitirá aos clientes Polacos a reserva de todos os voos Ryanair, incluindo os operados pela Buzz.
A Buzz é uma das 4 companhias aéreas pertencentes ao Grupo Ryanair Holdings, juntamente com a Ryanair DAC, Laudamotion e a Ryanair UK.
Em Varsóvia, Juliusz Komorek, Chairman do Conselho de Supervisão da Buzz, declara:
“É com bastante entusiasmo que lançamos hoje a Buzz e vemos surgir nos céus Polacos já a partir do Outono os seus novos aviões. Ao longo dos últimos 15 anos, a Ryanair tornou-se na maior companhia aérea Polaca graças à combinação imbatível de preços baixos, o melhor serviço ao cliente e a maior rede de rotas – e esperamos que a Buzz lhe siga os passos e se converta na companhia aérea líder na Polónia.”
Michal Kaczmarzyk, CEO da Ryaanir Sun, comenta:
“No seguimento de um ano de crescimento cheio de sucesso da Ryanair Sun, é com muitro gosto que lançamos o novo e único visual dos nossos aviões, sob a marca Buzz. O nosso objectivo é oferecer serviço ao mais alto nível para passageiros e tour-operadores. A Buzz continuará a operar voos regulares e charter, com a nossa frota a aumentar para as 25 aeronaves até ao Verão deste ano.”