Once we deliver on those commitments, I would say that people will see, exactly as they've seen over the years, even in a pre-union environment that we are straight up in how we do our business and the vast majority of our people recognise that. The world will return and at least you've done that, because if you weren't to put in the capacity and just leave it up to governments to do things, and wait for them to put on the green light, we'd never go anywhere, it wouldn't get going. It doesn't work. So that market, when you looked at it like the Italian market, which would have been a good outbound market, a lot of people decided to stay at home. Carol is responsible for maintaining our industry-leading safety record and is the reason we all get to sit back, relax and enjoy the flight! Our legal laureate dispenses considered legal advice (as he lightly clears his throat) in the manner of a chess grandmaster. "Now you have, notwithstanding the effects of COVID, but the bureaucracy that has come up on this, I don't know how many queries I get a day from people who should be well capable of finding out what the requirements are from each country because it changes all the time, that people are reluctant: Do I need an antigen test? We've made a commitment to have 12-and-a-half percent of staff sustainable aviation fuel blenders by 2030. I think that all adds together, in particular Morocco, it's not just a beach destination, it's a massive expansive country and it has a great tourist and growing product, not just at the beaches, but in the deserts and the cities that they have there, Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat, places like that. You're obviously confident that you could get to 75 to 80% of pre-COVID capacity this summer. Invalid captcha response. When hes not cheering for Liverpool FC, he leads our Labs team of software developers so, you could say hes the Sheldon Cooper of our entire Group. What do we take for granted in travel? How do I get it fixed? Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Fine, if you need to. Who you gonna call? Clearly that's very strong compared to much of the industry, but it's a long way below your pre-COVID levels of mid 90%. This idea that we can't use it anymore because we've been efficient business model, but we don't want anyone else to have it.
CEO email addresses - E-mails address database lists to find contact That's fine, but this isn't the time for it. We explore the impact on the airline as it enters the peak summer period. If that means that you're going to discount on fares, so be it. Just one final question. Or bringing people, or meeting kids or whatever, or going to university. "We opened a base in Venice Treviso, we had just announced the base in Turin. Kansas City, Missouri Area. Informa Markets, a trading division of Informa PLC. "But I think when everyone puts their minds to it, the industry has to react, and not only customers are going to have to really buy into this. "So I think it's gradually making its way back and I think that August will really show the level of the snapback, but too early to say on that. I think you'll see that in Europe initially, when this works, that people will be able to move around Europe, which coincidentally suits us as an airline. So I'm comfortable going to get there, but it's going to take some time to do.".
Ryanair's Eddie Wilson: " You've got to give people confidence" We're going to open a base in Riga, but we've got connections and we're well-known in Vilnius, Tallinn, and now in Helsinki, in Tampere, in Billund, we're going to have a base there at winter '21. It's such an easy target, but such an essential part of the infrastructure that we're in, and there is a view that is all flying is discretionary. Eddie Wilson, CEO of Ryanair DAC, says airline needs a definite date. "So those that had higher frequencies, we pared back. I think there's going to be a bubble in the United States, I think as well, and I think transatlantic will be the big corridor that will open. The Hard S It's expected some 22,000 passengers will fly through Dublin Airport today as the restrictions on non-essential travel have been lifted. We're going to do about five million passengers there this year, which is not insubstantial in that country alone. Michael was appointed CEO of Ryanair in 1994 and Group CEO in April 2019, having previously served as CFO since 1988. Laurence Frost and Conor Humphries. We have no difficulty throughout this COVID crisis with governments having some form of bail out in all sorts of industries where we've had payroll supports or special things put in for the hospitality industry, etc. Buzz has 25 of the groups craft, Lauda has 16 while Ryanair intends moving 60 planes to Malta Airs airline licence. It's not necessarily that we are switching capacity, and I know you'll get onto this, but we have 210 aircraft on order. Look what we're doing. Of course, you're going to have some discounting on fares, but I can't obviously put any colour on that.". How to win your consumer dispute using the Elliott Method. Listen now (18 min) | In this episode: Walking up to the caldera and through Christchurch's parks. "There has been a substantial reduction in domestic traffic and prices have gone through the roof," Eddie Wilson said. Would that be fair to say? Ryanair has announced that its chief people officer, Eddie Wilson, will succeed Michael O'Leary as chief executive of the airline from September . Ryanair - Europe's Favourite Airline. We still don't have indoor dining in Ireland, and it's the one country where you need indoor dining in July! Last updated: 1 April 2023 at 11:00am EST. Yeah. We've just concluded a deal with Manchester Airport Group that takes us out on till 2028. There's an element of getting ahead of it, I think for us. About Us. Eddie Wilson is Chief Executive Officer at Ryanair Ltd. See Eddie Wilson's compensation, career history, education, & memberships. If you have a consumer problem,please contact our team at Elliott Advocacy through this form. Can you just talk about that; obviously the UK has been a little bit detached, shall we say, from the rest of Europe in more ways than one, but with Brexit, but also with different COVID-related travel restrictions, is Stansted going to continue to be one of the most important bases for Ireland, for Ryanair, in the future? The airline's CEO Eddie Wilson praised Shannon Airport's management . So how would you characterise the state of industrial relations now in Ryanair? Very simple message we'll preserve the jobs and you will get pay restored over the next three to four years, and the promotions and everything will continue, and the new aircraft are coming. Industrial relations, because we've got 89 separate locations, it's not like one big location, and most people figure it out pretty quickly that when you're up against a crisis like this, that Ryanair is going to continue to grow. Click to reveal So it's a very significant airline in its own right. We don't have a base there, and we would have been flying say for example, between there and Torp, which would be a secondary airport for Oslo. Were always here to help. Oh, it's going to be fantastic. Ryanair DAC is an Irish ultra low-cost carrier founded in 1984. We're going to do about five million passengers there this year, which is not insubstantial in that country alone. As I say, there's over 60 of them arriving for summer '22 and we're just working through where they're going to go at the moment. JW: So you did mention briefly fares, average fares, and the question I was going to ask you was to what extent does discounting ticket prices make any difference in this kind of environment? You only have to look at our route network of 240 destinations, it's not necessarily about that. The oldest executive at Ryanair Holdings Plc is MikeO'Brien, 76, who is the Non-Executive Independent Director. JW: Do you ever think there's still an ongoing concern or danger that the progress with vaccinations is almost the same reason why international travel is still going to be held back, because people have this domestic bubble that's going well, but they don't want to let anybody else in and spoil it? About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . What we take for granted, particularly in Europe, is we're going to be able to get onto an aircraft, we're going to get off the other end, we're not going to have any hassle, we're going to have to show our passport. JW: Another subject: industrial relations. Known for his poor dress sense and regularly jumping the canteen queue. Thank you so much for your time, and thanks to everybody for watching. Group chief executive Michael O'Leary last week said he would trim some high-frequency routes in July.
Ryanair - Elliott Report But this idea that you're going to constrain demand by pricing just cuts people out of it. So you have some countries that were late to the party. They can do that for airlines, but they have to do it on a non-discriminatory basis, and they should have done that on the basis of restoring traffic, rather than just giving it to airlines that are never, ever going to pay it back. Prior to this he served as Head of Personnel since December 1997. It's transformed people's lives. Ryanair Group has appointed its long-time HR chief Eddie Wilson as chief executive of Ryanair, beginning on September 1. It's just driven by the government policy here that the one country in Europe that actually needs connectivity with the rest of Europe, in particularly post-Brexit, there's only four-and-a-half million of us here, but we're now the largest English-speaking nation in the European Union. 2022 Ryanair DAC. Yeah. So the priority then is you're trying to maintain as much of the network as possible and not worry too much about filling the aircraft? 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The world will return, and at least you've done that, because if you weren't to put in the capacity and just leave it up to governments to do things, and wait for them to put on the green light we'd never go anywhere, it wouldn't get going. The individual Ryanair group airlines will compete with each other for cash and craft allocated by the parent. You can contact Eddie Wilson at (01) 812 1212. Should airlines pay for what they've done to us? Mr O'Leary will remain the chief executive of the wider Ryanair gorup which was restructured as a holding company earlier this year. Those countries and those airports and those regions that are willing to step up to the plate and say, "Look, there's going to be less capacity in Europe for short-haul over the next number of years," and that means some airports it's not going to return to. 2023 Ryanair Group. Eddie Wilson: Yeah. Did we mention it's free? We're making, I think, big, big steps here, but the nature of the industry is you can do it in car technology and places like that, and the worst thing that can happen is the car stops on the side of the road. Facebook. "There's also the issue of you've got to issue a political stability in places like Morocco that you don't necessarily have in some other countries in that region. Eversource Gas says I have a leak. "From an environment perspective, we've got to do that in the best way that we can, and the industry is stepping up to that. They've got 16% less fuel, burn 40% less emissions, and eight more seats, and it really is, as we say, going to be a game changer for this airline, particularly on its cost and environmental footprint as well, and that will gradually become a larger part of the fleet over the next number of years. Michael O'Leary described the delays by Boeing as "very disappointing", but Wilson said talks with the US firm about a possible large new order would not be impacted. They can do that for airlines, but they have to do it on a non-discriminatory basis, and they should have done that on the basis of restoring traffic, rather than just giving it to airlines that are never, ever going to pay it back. Eddie Wilson: at event in the Spanish embassy in Dublin to mark Ryanair's twenty years in Spain, with press conference introduction from Ildefonso Castro Spa. You'll have seen some of the announcements that we made initially. Some of the key highlights can be found below. From September 1, he will report to chief executive Michael O'Leary alongside the heads of the group's. | March 15, 2023 Eddie, the time has gone so fast. Yeah, I think so. Mr OLeary said on Friday that since he joined Ryanair, Mr Wilson had contributed hugely to the airlines growth from three million passengers a year to more than 150 million. So what are the plans for the group going through the summer and to the end of the year in terms of capacity? There's an element of getting ahead of it, I think for us.". There's been argument around the use-it-or-lose-it slot rules, or the suspension of those rules as protected incumbents. Can you just talk about, obviously the UK has been a little bit detached, shall we say, from the rest of Europe in more ways than one, but with Brexit, but also with different COVID-related travel restrictions, but is Stansted going to continue to be one of the most important basis for Ireland, for Ryanair in the future? We might even get into the Eurovision Song Contest next year, I don't know. He was appointed Ryanair CEO in September 2019, having previously served as Ryanairs CPO since December 2002.
Yeah. So there has been a reluctance politically to take any sort of risk, I suppose, in opening up, and Ireland unfortunately has got a little bit more detached from Europe over the last number of months and don't realise, I suppose, that when the economies return to normal, we will still largely be exposed here because next winter is going to be particularly bleak in the Irish market, I would say. We might even get into the Eurovision Song Contest next year, I don't know. I think the EU passport, the digital COVID certificate, has given people the confidence to book, and with the UK and Ireland lagging, but I think the UK have with the announcement recently by the prime minister that they're getting back to normal, we expect that will make its way into travel and we will see the return to travel without restrictions for member countries. If you need to nudge that along particularly if the booking curves are all over the place at the moment, because particularly people travelling with children or whatever are nervous, I suppose, that if they've got to go somewhere where there's the requirement to have a PCR test, they may fail that test or whatever, or get a positive result, which will throw all their travel plans into chaos, and people were generally booking closer in. You may as well ban Volkswagen Polos or something, and just allow people to go around in Bentleys because it's better, and there'd be less cars on the road, but it's not very productive.". So how would you characterise the state of industrial relations now in Ryanair? {{item['V2 Header']}}, We would love to keep you posted on the latest promotion. Ryanair will likely trim some flights in August due to delivery delays from Boeing but . Ryanair has . So I think it's gradually making its way back and I think that August will really show the level of the snapback, but too early to say on that. You only have to look at our route network of 240 destinations, it's not necessarily about that. RYANAIR Group has appointed its long-time HR chief Eddie Wilson as chief executive of Ryanair. Well, it's in a closed period, but it's no secret that our public comment has been that, of course when you're trying to fill fares you're not getting back up to the load factors that you would expect because of travel restrictions. Very simply message, we'll preserve the jobs and you will get pay restored over the next three to four years, and the promotions and everything will continue, and the new aircraft are coming. Mr Wilson joined the airline as head of personnel in 1997 from computer manufacturer, Gateway 2000, where he was human resources manager. State aid has slowed that, but I think it's inevitable.". "Whereas in a European context, you're always going to be able to get home, and there is a bubble. Once we deliver on those commitments, I would say that people will see, exactly as they've seen over the years, even in a pre-union environment that we are straight up in how we do our business and the vast majority of our people recognise that. What we did was we caught a lot of frequencies in some markets, but we have tried to keep as many routes open as possible because, because the booking curve had shortened, it was very difficult to make calls on closing particular routes. How do I get it fixed? Just moving on a little bit, recently, I saw you did a slot swap with EasyJet at Stansted, so you gained some extra slots. I think it's been a relatively strong build driven by much lower fares coming back from around a million passengers in April to the five million as we made our way up into June. Eddie was appointed Ryanair CEO in September 2019 having previously served as Ryanair's CPO since December 2002. So whatever is thrown at us, being a well-capitalised airline really helped us this time. I think something in the order of TAP in Portugal are going to reduce their fleet by somewhere in the region of 30 or 40%, but they're hanging on to all the slots. I think the June traffic figures for the group suggested that you're at around about 50% of 2019 seat capacity, so pre-COVID levels.
Ryanair appoints Eddie Wilson as CEO of airline - The Irish Times So we put an awful lot more capacity in there. Prior to that David was Ryanairs Director of Flight and Ground Operations from December 2002. But you would like to think that when you have a growing market like that, that you'll be able to add onto those destinations, but I'm in no hurry to go to another country. CAPA Membership provides access to all news and analysis on the site, along with access to many areas of our comprehensive databases and toolsets. Mr Wilson will take over as chief executive of Ryanair DAC, the biggest carrier within the group, succeeding Mr O'Leary, who will run the parent, Ryanair Holdings. "I've been here for almost 25 years, and almost every year we talked to Arlanda and never got anywhere, but there's an airport that realises that the incumbent airlines like SAS are not going to grow, and they're hopelessly saddled with state aid that's never going to be paid back, Norwegian capacity has gone, so Arlanda has got to look around and who's going to get the volume? Longterm, it's alternative propulsion technology, isn't it, that's really going to do it? Plus, we have insightful letters, insider tips, and more. JW: Right. We already have five and Marrakesh, three in Fez. Again, there's always something, in my experience, that happens every five or seven years here, whether that's volcanic ash or previous issues that we've had, whether it was foot and mouth disease or whatever happened, and we've always come out of these, even through the last financial crisis, we've come out stronger. But I think you are going to see consolidation.
Ryanair | Executive Officers I don't know why airlines have this hold over governments when we've got over that in countries like the UK and Ireland, where national airlines no longer exist anymore. At the moment, to the extent that you can reveal any data, are average fares for Ryanair going down at the moment, or are they actually holding up? I don't know when that will open in any sort of significant basis, but I think long-haul tourist travel will take longer to recover, and hopefully that will spill over into more short-haul European routes, especially on our 240 destinations throughout Europe.". Edward Wilson is 56, he's been the Chief Executive Officer of Ryanair Plc since 2019. All rights reserved. Were always here to help. So that market, when you looked at it like the Italian market, which would have been a good outbound market, a lot of people decided to stay at home. You can't do it, and all it does is that it constrains supply, and it's based on this notion from those from the higher-fare airlines, that there is some sort of privilege to flying, or that it is discretionary for other classes or whatever, when people travel for lots of reasons. All rights reserved. So you have some countries that were late to the party. Eddie Wilson asks customers who have booked through intermediaries to contact Ryanair if they have not been refunded In its own right. FILE PHOTO: Ryanair aircraft Boeing 737-8AS takes off from Riga International Airport, Latvia July 21, 2022. Mein Nisinta Seirbhse Poibl na hireann. It's like my passport and I can travel," and the hope is that at border control throughout Europe, where it exists, and of course, there is no border control for most Europeans, but that people would just be able to show this as they go through because the last thing you'll want it delays at airports. So I think that's ultimately going to see capacity contract in Europe, particularly on short-haul.
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