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Family seating under review by DOT

9/14/2021

The Transportation Department is investigating airline policies that affect the seating together of families. US airlines require families to upgrade to more expensive seats, while Ryanair and Singapore Airlines automatically arrange for families to sit together.

Ryanair, Boeing make progress toward Max order

9/1/2021

Ryanair group CEO Michael O'Leary says the company is in ongoing negotiations with Boeing for up to 200 737 Max-10 aircraft, with a final agreement expected next year. Ryanair has firm orders for 210 737 Max 8-200 planes.

Sean McMahon

8/4/2021

That story about small town airports reminds me of all the small towns I've passed through while flying Ryanair. I hope the economy in places like Beauvais, France, and Alghero, Italy, are doing OK.

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Airline diversion, journalist's arrest draw alarm at UN

5/26/2021

Members of the United Nations Security Council are holding a closed-door meeting today to discuss the diversion of a Ryanair plane in Belarus and subsequent arrest of Roman Protasevich, a journalist known to oppose Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. The International Civil Aviation Organization also plans to hold an urgent meeting on this incident, which the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights says is "an extremely worrying escalation in the crackdown on dissenting voices."

Ryanair approaches Boeing regarding 100-plus Max order

5/25/2021

Ryanair is in discussions with Boeing to buy more than 100 737 Max 10 jets, with potential for deliveries to commence in 2026. "We will grow stronger in the next four or five years because of the pandemic. Partly because other airlines have gone bust, but also because we have been able to increase the size of our aircraft order with Boeing," said Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary.

Blogger's arrest in Belarus sparks calls for sanctions

5/25/2021

Belarusian officials' decision to intercept a Ryanair jet crossing the country's airspace and arrest a blogger who was on board has prompted calls for sanctions, which President Joe Biden says he supports. The incident, in which dissident Roman Protasevich was arrested, prompted European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to allege that Belarus carried out "a state hijacking."

Belarus' forced landing of plane draws ICAO alarm

5/24/2021

The International Civil Aviation Organization has voiced alarm over the forced landing of a Ryanair jet in its capital, warning the incident may have violated a 1944 Treaty that underpins the civil aviation industry. Authorities in Belarus reportedly alerted the plane's crew of a potential security threat and directed it to land in Minsk, where opposition activist Raman Pratasevich, a passenger on the plane, was arrested.

Sales of 737 Max take off with more deliveries, orders

12/9/2020

Boeing has completed delivery of a 737 Max aircraft to customer United Airlines, the carrier's 15th, with another 15 arriving over the next year. Ryanair, meanwhile, has ordered 75 more 737 Max-8 planes, bringing Ryanair's total orders to 210 aircraft -- at a worth of more than $22 billion.