As Ryanair’s statement of Fri 15 Dec made clear, Ryanair is moving to recognise unions, starting this week with meetings with Irish, German and Portuguese pilot unions. It will lead on in the New Year to meetings with other EU pilot unions and cabin crew unions in due course as well.

Ryanair today (Fri 15 Dec) announced that it has written to the pilot unions in Ireland, the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and Portugal inviting each of them to talks to recognise these unions as the representative body for pilots in Ryanair in each of these countries, as long as they establish Committees of Ryanair pilots to deal with Ryanair issues, as Ryanair will not engage with pilots who fly for competitor airlines in Ireland or elsewhere.

Ryanair will now change its long standing policy of not recognising unions in order to avoid any threat of disruption to its customers and its flights from pilot unions during Christmas week. Ryanair now calls on these pilot unions to call off the threatened industrial action on Wed 20 Dec next so that our customers can look forward to travelling home for Christmas without the threat or worry of pilot strikes hanging over them.

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said:

“Christmas flights are very important to our customers and we wish to remove any worry or concern that they may be disrupted by pilot industrial action next week.

If the best way to achieve this is to talk to our pilots through a recognised union process, then we are prepared to do so, and we have written today to these unions inviting them to talks to recognise them and calling on them to cancel the threatened industrial action planned for Christmas week.

Recognising unions will be a significant change for Ryanair, but we have delivered radical change before, most recently when we launched Ryanair Labs and our highly successful Always Getting Better customer improvement programme in 2013.

Putting the needs of our customers first, and avoiding disruption to their Christmas flights, is the reason why we will now deal with our pilots through recognised national union structures and we hope and expect that these structures can and will be agreed with our pilots early in the New Year.”

Ryanair has this afternoon received the attached notice from the Aer Lingus pilots union IALPA of a 24 hour strike “by pilots directly employed by Ryanair” on Wed 20 Dec 2017.

Ryanair welcomes this notice which conclusively proves that it is about union recognition for the Aer Lingus pilots union IALPA and not about pay and conditions for Ryanair pilots who in Dublin can earn between €150,000 to €190,000 p.a. for working a 5on/4off roster (a double bank holiday weekend every week), and have been offered a 20% pay increase (at a time when IALPA are recommending a 3% increase to Aer Lingus pilots).

Ryanair will deal with any such disruptions if, or when they arise, and we apologise sincerely to customers for any upset or worry this threatened action by less than 28% of our Dublin pilots may cause them over the coming days.

Ryanair is surprised that IALPA has threatened to disrupt Christmas week travel when IALPA’s own numbers confirm that it has the support of less than 28% of Ryanair’s over 300 Dublin pilots and when Ryanair’s Belfast, Cork and Shannon bases have already agreed these 20% pay deals. While some disruption may occur, Ryanair believes this will largely be confined to a small group of pilots who are working their notice and will shortly leave Ryanair, so they don’t care how much upset they cause colleagues or customers.

Ryanair has already confirmed that any Dublin pilots who participate in this industrial action will be in breach of the Dublin pilots base agreement and they will lose those agreed benefits which arise from dealing directly with Ryanair, including the 5on/4off rosters, certain pay benefits and promotion opportunities until such time as they chose to return to the 25 year established practice of dealing directly with Ryanair.

Like any group of workers, Ryanair’s very well paid pilots are free to join unions, but like every other multinational, Ryanair is also free – under both Irish & EU law – to decline to engage with (competitor pilot) unions. Ryanair will not recognise an Aer Lingus pilot union, no matter how often or how long this tiny minority (earning between €150,000 to €190,000 p.a.) try to disrupt our flights or our customers plans during Christmas week.

Last Minute €9.99 December Getaway Sale Launched

Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (29 Nov) announced record website visits and bookings during its ‘Black Friday’ week-long sale, which offered customers 7 consecutive days of fantastic offers on the Ryanair.com website.

Tuesday, 21^st November saw the biggest ever day of bookings – beating the previous record of 9^th January this year – with over 5 million visits to the Ryanair.com website. Some of the most popular destinations for customers included city breaks to Madrid, Milan and Porto and last-minute sun holidays to Alicante and Malaga.

Ryanair customers can enjoy more low fares, an even better customer experience and the latest “Always Getting Better” improvements including:

• a personalised Ryanair.com website
• a new Ryanair Rooms website
• Ryanair Tickets (concerts and theatre)
• Apple Pay integration
• long haul Air Europa flights on sale on Ryanair.com
• a new partnership with the Erasmus Student Network.

Ryanair celebrated its record bookings by launching a December sale, offering last-minute getaways at prices starting from just €9.99 for travel in December, with more than 100,000 seats on over 550 routes, available for booking until midnight Wednesday (29 Nov).

Ryanair’s Kenny Jacobs said:

“We are pleased to announce record visits and bookings during our week-long ‘Black Friday’ sale. Last Tuesday was our busiest ever day for bookings, with over 5 million visits to the Ryanair.com website, reflecting the continued demand for our low fares and even greater choice of destinations on offer.

It’s not too late to book a last-minute winter break and to celebrate our record bookings, we are releasing 100,000 seats for sale from just €9.99 for travel in December, which are available for booking until midnight Wednesday (29 Nov). Since these amazing low prices will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Fri, 24 Nov) launched a 3 day ‘Black Friday’ promotion, offering customers fantastic sales on the Ryanair.com website.

Customers can avail of up to 20% off 5 million seats for travel from December to April, which must be booked by midnight Sunday (24:00hrs). Customers should log on to Ryanair.com before the weekend is out for the last chance to bag a ‘Black Friday’ offer.

Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:

“We have up to 20% off 5 million seats for travel from December to April, which are only available until midnight Sunday. Customers should log on to Ryanair.com to bag a bargain today or this weekend to avoid missing out!

As part of our ‘Black Friday’ promotion, we’ll also run a 20% discount on all bags booked before midnight Sunday, ensuring even more savings for our customers.”

 

7 Days Of Massive Sales On Ryanair.Com

 

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Thu, 23 Nov) launched day 4 of its week-long ‘Black Friday’ promotion, offering customers 7 consecutive days of fantastic sales on the Ryanair.com website.

Customers can now book 500,000 seats from just €9.99 for travel from December to April, which must be booked by midnight tonight (24:00hrs Thursday). Customers should keep an eye on Ryanair.com for the latest daily offers – where the lowest fares in Europe are about to get even lower.

Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:

“Today we have 500,000 seats from just €9.99 for travel from December to April, which are only available until midnight tonight. Customers should log on to Ryanair.com to bag a bargain today – and look out for even more massive savings every day this week.

We have 7 days of amazing deals on the Ryanair.com website, offering customers the lowest fares in Europe, with even bigger savings.

As part of our ‘Black Friday’ promotion, we’ll also run a 20% discount on all bags booked this week, ensuring even more savings for our customers.”

7 Days Of Massive Sales On Ryanair.Com

 

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (Weds, 22 Nov) launched day 3 of its week-long ‘Black Friday’ promotion, offering customers 7 consecutive days of fantastic sales on the Ryanair.com website.

Customers can now enjoy up to 10% off 1 million seats for travel from April to June, which must be booked by midnight tonight (24:00hrs Wednesday). Customers should keep an eye on Ryanair.com for the latest daily offers – where the lowest fares in Europe are about to get even lower.

Ryanair’s Robin Kiely said:

“It’s day 3 of our week-long ‘Black Friday’ seat sale. We have 7 days of amazing deals on the Ryanair.com website, offering customers the lowest fares in Europe, with even bigger savings.

Today we have up to 10% off 1 million seats for travel from April to June, which are only available until midnight tonight. Customers should log on to Ryanair.com to bag a bargain today – and look out for even more massive savings every day this week.

As part of our ‘Black Friday’ promotion, we’ll also run a 20% discount on all bags booked this week, ensuring even more savings for our customers.”