Posted on July 16, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Michael O’ Leary was yesterday forced to utter an apology to Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the founder of easyJet for accusing him of being a liar in a series of print advertisements for Ryanair. You can’t blame Stelios for being annoyed – you would be too if you were portrayed with an elongated nose [...]

Posted on July 02, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

With quips like: “Our strategy is like Wal-Mart: We pile it high and sell it cheap” and “If drink sales are falling off we get the pilots to engineer a bit of turbulence. That usually spikes up the drink sales”, it was only a matter of time before Michael O’ Leary got into stand-up. That’s [...]

Posted on June 01, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by Mikelo via Flickr Michael O’ Leary and Ryanair are rubbing their hands together today, all set to challenge “ludicrous” claims for refunds from passengers stranded by the ash delays. Never one to pull his punches, O’ Leary came out with some real gems this morning. I especially love this one: “There was no volcanic [...]

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Yesssss. FINALLY. He got his comeuppance. Well, it had to happen sooner or later. It just so happens that Michael O’ Leary ended up with egg on his face during the one of the worst weeks in history for the European aviation industry. On a landmark day for fed up Ryanair passengers everywhere, the Ryanair [...]

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image by aromano via Flickr It doesn’t get much lower, not even by Ryanair’s standards. Get this – on Monday evening (Christmas week), thirsty passengers stranded on a crowded Ryanair flight from Stansted to Dinard were forced to lick ice cubes for water, when cabin crew refused to serve them refreshments because “rules” prohibited it [...]

Posted on December 09, 2009 by Fiona Hilliard

Image via Wikipedia Job cuts, closures, doom and gloom: bring it on – Michael O’Leary loves it.  Recently in Brussels, he was asked  by the Wall Street Journal how the recession was affecting Ryanair and the no frills boss had this to say: “We love recessions. We’ve lowered fares, lowered costs and grown the business by another [...]