Fining budget airlines will make flying more expensive, says easyJet boss

Spainโ€™s penalty to carriers for charging passengers for hand luggage and seat reservations called โ€˜anti-consumerโ€™The boss of easyJet has denounced fines handed out to the airline and other budget carriers for charging passengers for hand luggage and se…

Brace for chaos at Brussels airports

Disruptions are expected at both Brussels and Charleroi airports due to a strike.

Poland wants 3 Belarusians behind bars for Ryanair diversion

The Ryanair flight was forced to to land in Minsk, where opposition blogger Raman Pratasevich and his partner were arrested.

A new axis of evil spoils birthday celebrations

Honoring 5 years of name-calling and abuse.

Where the EUโ€™s political tribes should go on holiday

Where to go this summer, depending on your political persuasion.

EasyJet forecasts record-breaking summer as profits jump

Strong results follow drop in European airline stocks this week after Ryanair reported profit plungeBusiness live โ€“ latest updatesThe budget airline easyJet is predicting a record-breaking summer of travel after profits jumped 16% in its most recent qu…

Global tech outage affects banks, media, airports

The disruptions have been described as a “global technology issue.”

Spain fines budget airlines โ‚ฌ150m over โ€˜abusiveโ€™ cabin bag and seat charges

Carriers including easyJet and Ryanair face being banned from charging for carry-on luggageBudget airlines including easyJet and Ryanair have been hit with fines totalling โ‚ฌ150m (ยฃ128m) by the Spanish government for policies that include charging passe…

Details revealed of EU Parliament data breach, new European Tech Deal proposed

Welcome to Euractivโ€™s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU.

Online travel agencies file complaint against Ryanair alleging breach of GDPR

A European travel tech industry group filed two separate complaints to French and Belgian data protection authorities over Ryanair’s use of biometric data, according to a press release shared with Euractiv.

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Ryanair โ€˜happyโ€™ to help governments deport migrants, CEO Oโ€™Leary says

Carrier’s CEO sees no reputational risk in aiding legal deportations of illegal arrivals.

Ryanairโ€™s Oโ€™Leary backs Lufthansaโ€™s Italian deal as long as he gets concessions

Ryanair rivals Lufthansa as Europe’s biggest airline but its CEO says he can back its Italian deal to avoid ITA going bankrupt.

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French strike forces Ryanair to cancel more than 300 flights across Europe

Ryanair urges European Commission to protect overflights and keep EU skies openRyanair has demanded that the EU reform its skies after the airline was forced to cancel more than 300 flights across Europe scheduled for Thursday because of a strike by Fr…

Thousands of flights to and from Europe affected by suspected Russian jamming

About 46,000 aircraft have logged GPS problems over Baltic Sea since August, says reportFlights in and out of Britain are among thousands that have been affected by suspected Russian jamming of GPS systems.More than 2,300 Ryanair flights have reported …

The trials and tribulations of the Brazilian butt lift industry

Turkey’s cosmetic clinics are getting into trouble for their advertising practices.

MP calls Royal Mail delivery cuts a โ€˜slap in the face for familiesโ€™ โ€“ business live

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as UK postal service says it wants to cut 1,000 jobs and cut delivery daysThe question on economistsโ€™ lips after the surprise easing of eurozone inflation is: will the European Central…

Ryanair ticket sales hit after travel agent websites delist airline

Carrier says such sites only account for โ€˜small fractionโ€™ of its bookings but move has affected load factorRyanair has said that it has seen a drop in the number of tickets it has been able to sell after a number of major online booking websites stripp…

Ryanair boss Michael Oโ€™Leary heads for โ‚ฌ100m bonus

No-frills airlineโ€™s shares hit record high, taking chief executive closer to massive payoutBusiness live โ€“ latest updatesThe boss of Ryanair, Michael Oโ€™Leary, is inching towards a potential โ‚ฌ100m (ยฃ86m) bonus that would be among the largest in European…

EU closing eyes to Belarus sanctions loopholes, opposition leader says

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says trade penalties on Minsk ‘have such huge loopholes that they donโ€™t work effectively.’

A fake Ryanair hijack โ€“ and the fear that has stalked Belarusโ€™s people ever since

When a passenger plane was forced to land in Minsk in 2021, one man screamed: โ€˜Theyโ€™ll kill meโ€™. Many of his countrymen and women now realise they are also not safe, even in exileFor a few days in May 2021, the perilous reality of being a dissenting vo…

โ€˜Fucking zeroโ€™: Ryanair boss says flight bans have no chance of happening

‘Weโ€™ve had all this bullshit here in Brussels for the last 10 years,’ says Michael O’Leary.

Last call from Israel festival attack: โ€˜I heard only gunshots, screams and Arabicโ€™

POLITICO is on the ground as Israeli parents search for missing children amid ongoing threat of terrorist infiltration and rocket attacks from Hamas.

A plan with a lot of baggage! MEPs push for airlines to stop charging for carry-on bags

Lawmakers argue it’s unfair for airlines to charge travelers for carry-on luggage when it’s an expected part of travel.

โ€˜Be very afraidโ€™: what I learned from a 26-hour Ryanair delay

The Guardianโ€™s former money editor endured two days of misery after he and others were bumped off an overbooked flightOur summer holiday, in Spanish Galicia and northern Portugal, was glorious. But our return, on Ryanair, turned into disaster after the…

‘It’s delicious’: Ryanair boss hit with cream cake in climate protest โ€“ video

The Ryanair CEO, Michael Oโ€™Leary, was hit in the face with what appeared to be a cream cake in Brussels by protesters demonstrating against aviation pollution. The manager of the low-cost airline came to Belgium to hold a press conference about aviatio…

โ€˜A near-death experienceโ€™: UK tourists describe escape from Rhodes wildfires

Travellers say they faced โ€˜absolute chaosโ€™ as they were forced to flee with luggage still at hotelsTui cancels flights to Rhodes as Ryanair continuesDean Mason, 56, from Rothley in Leicestershire, described getting caught up in the Rhodes wildfires as …

Tui cancels flights to Rhodes as Ryanair continues despite wildfires

Holiday firm offers refunds as Irish airline reports quarterly profits nearly quadrupled to โ‚ฌ663mTui has cancelled all outbound flights to Rhodes up to and including Friday 28 July, while Ryanair said it was business as usual despite the wildfires that…