Articles tagged “ryanair”

Is the rise of Gulf carriers like an Internet bubble that will burst and reshape the trajectory of alliances, codeshares and aircraft purchasing economics? Ryanair's O'Leary is suggesting it may be, or at least that's his hope.

Is Google on the cusp of destroying Skyscanner, Kayak and Expedia in one fell swoop? We've heard that kind of hyperbole before, and few obituaries have been written. That being said, it would seem premature for Google to swap out Google Flight Search for something new when the product is so young.

Spirit's Ben Baldanza appears to be a kinder, gentler Michael O'Leary. Baldanza takes inspiration from Ryanair's market share as Spirit is slated to add about 90 additional planes by 2021 to help take a much bigger piece of the pie.

The rankings are a pleasant reminder that price doesn't buy favor, but price can definitely put you on the bottom. Just ask Ryanair.

Well, at least O'Leary didn't have a problem maintaining his "voice" on Twitter. He probably didn't do much to appease Ryanair's detractors, but at least he was out there on social media getting involved a bit.

We hope that Ryanair will use its Twitter account to broadcast the most audacious quotes from CEO O'Leary rather than deal with customer service complaints, a flood of which will likely return us to the days of the Twitter fail whale.

Stag parties create a huge tourism industry, but its one that many cities would rather do without.

Ryanair currently has bare-bones advertising on its own website, but it sees an opportunity to monetize customers and noncustomers visits to Ryanair.com by selling the data to advertisers. If you visit Ryanair.com, you have a marketing target on your back, but the airline's actions aren't much different from other carriers and hotels.

It’s looking like Ryanair’s outspoken boss might have the last laugh as similar budget carriers succumb to economic troubles in Europe, fueling Ryanair’s success as it picks up the open the slots.