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Ryanair

Not to be confused with Ryan Air Services or Rayani Air. For other similarly named air carriers, see Ryan Airlines (disambiguation).

Ryanair Holdings plc
Operating bases
List of bases
Subsidiaries
Fleet size607[citation needed]
Destinations235[10]
Traded as
HeadquartersSwords, Dublin, Ireland
Key people
RevenueIncrease €13.44 billion (2024)[10]
Operating incomeIncrease €2.061 billion (2024)[10]
Net incomeIncrease €1.917 billion (2024)[10]
Total assetsIncrease €17.18 billion (2024)[10]
Total equityIncrease €7.614 billion (2024)[10]
Employees27,076 (2024)[10]
Websiteryanair.com
Ryanair DAC
IATA ICAO Call sign
FR RYR RYANAIR
Founded28 November 1984 (1984-11-28)[11]
Commenced operations8 July 1985 (1985-07-08)
Parent companyRyanair Holdings PLC
HeadquartersSwords, Dublin, Ireland
Key peopleEddie Wilson (Ryanair DAC CEO)
FoundersChristopher Ryan | Tony Ryan | Liam Lonergan

Ryanair is an Irish ultra low-cost carrier group headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland.[12] The parent company Ryanair Holdings plc includes subsidiaries Ryanair DACTooltip Designated activity company,[13] Malta Air, Buzz, Lauda Europe and Ryanair UK. Ryanair DAC, the oldest airline of the group, was founded in 1984.[11] Ryanair Holdings was established in 1996 as a holding company for Ryanair with the two companies having the same board of directors and executive officers.[14] In 2019 the transition began from the airline Ryanair and its subsidiaries into separate sister airlines under the holding company.[15] Later in 2019 Malta Air joined Ryanair Holdings.[16]

Ryanair has been characterised by its rapid expansion, a result of the deregulation of the aviation industry in Europe in 1997 and the success of its low-cost business model. The group operates more than 500 planes.[17] Its route network serves over 40 countries in Europe, North Africa (Morocco, Madeira, Canary Islands) and the Middle East (Israel, Jordan and Turkey).[18] The primary operational bases are at Dublin, London Stansted and Milan Bergamo airports.[19] Ryanair is Ireland's biggest airline[20] and in 2016 became the world's largest airline by scheduled international passengers.[21] Almost all the group's fleet are Boeing 737s.

The company has at times been criticised for its refusal to issue invoices for the VAT-exempt services it provides (airfares),[22] poor working conditions,[23][24][25] heavy use of extra charges,[26][27][28] poor customer service,[29][30] and tendency to intentionally generate controversy in order to gain publicity.[31][32][33]

  1. ^ "Ryanair to relaunch at Billund Airport with 26 destinations". The Local. 5 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Ryanair Opens Three New Bases In Greece For Summer '21 | Ryanair's Corporate Website". corporate.ryanair.com. 24 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Ryanair Closes Frankfurt Am Main Base". ryanair.com. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Ryanair announces new base in Riga for Winter '21 with two based aircraft and 16 new routes". 28 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Ryanair to start flying from Arlanda this autumn". The Local. 6 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Ryanair Announces New Base At Venice Treviso". ryanair.com. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  7. ^ "New Ryanair Base At Venice Marco Polo Airport". ryanair.com. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Ryanair Opens A New Zadar Base For Summer '21 | Ryanair's Corporate Website". corporate.ryanair.com. 30 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Ryanair Announces New Base In Zagreb | Ryanair's Corporate Website". corporate.ryanair.com. 30 March 2021.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g "FY 2024 Annual Report (Form 20-F)". US Securities and Exchange Commission. 27 June 2024.
  11. ^ a b Aldous, Richard (2013). Tony Ryan: Ireland's Aviator. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7171-5781-5.
  12. ^ "Ryanair Holdings Public Limited Company". lei-ireland.ie. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Registered address and VAT number". ryanair.com. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
  14. ^ "FORM 20-F" (PDF). Ryanair. p. 61. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  15. ^ "Ryanair to transition to group structure in 2019". ch-aviation. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  16. ^ "Malta Air – Ryanair's new Malta-based airline officially established in Malta". gov.mt. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  17. ^ "Latest Register and Monthly Changes". www.iaa.ie. Irish Aviation Authority. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  18. ^ "About us". Ryanair.com. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  19. ^ Efthymiou, Marina; Christidis, Panayotis (1 July 2023). "Low-Cost Carriers route network development". Annals of Tourism Research. 101: 103608. doi:10.1016/j.annals.2023.103608. ISSN 0160-7383.
  20. ^ "Largest airports and airlines in Ireland". Worlddata.info. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  21. ^ O'Halloran, Barry (25 August 2016). "Ryanair carries more international passengers than any other airline". Irish Times. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
  22. ^ [1] Portugal's Fiscal Authority unable to make Ryanair provide invoices, Jormal de Notícias, in Portuguese, Retrieved 06.10.2022.
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  30. ^ Topham, Gwyn (5 January 2019). "Ryanair ranked 'worst airline' for sixth year in a row". The Guardian.
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  33. ^ Davies, Rob (24 September 2017). "Michael O'Leary: a gift for controversy and an eye on the bottom line". The Observer. Retrieved 19 September 2019.

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