Ryanair comes to London

RYANAIR held a press conference in London last week hosted by the ubiquitous Michael O’Leary.  In spite of being late (see HAPPY TALK below) the man from Dublin was in high spirits and not a single four-letter word was spoken.  Perhaps he has finally grown up or maybe as a family man he does not want his children to see the uncouth specimen sometimes portrayed.  Michael was actually sympathetic towards the BA management regarding their spat with the unions, but as usual was full of untruths,  nothing like truth, and occasional facts.  He was scathing in one respect. “The problem for [chief executive] Willie Walsh is that the board of BA has no spine, no balls and no vision.”  The media for the most part has given up trying to dispute anything, O’Leary being an ace bully before that word was re-invented.  The only real facts to emerge was that Ryanair would never consider Heathrow – the turnaround times would just not work for the airline – that Stansted is becoming less important, the UK still representing nearly 40% of the airline’s business.  New Boeings were not part of the current vision. www.ryanair.com

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