Ryanair is calling on European authorities to limit the sale of alcoholic beverages at airports across the continent, as the Irish airline continues legal action against a passenger who it says caused a costly flight diversion last year.

Boeing says it will be several weeks before it fully resumes building passenger planes, as factory workers return following a strike that lasted nearly two months.

Low-cost airlines Ryanair and Malta Air have won a court case against the European Union’s decision to approve billions of euros in state aid by the French government to holding company Air France-KLM during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hundreds of flights across Italy have been canceled after air transport unions went ahead with a planned work stoppage.

A top European Union court has ruled that the European Commission was wrong to approve millions of euros (dollars) in aid to help Italian airlines cope with the impact of COVID-19 restrictions.

Irish airline Ryanair is making a big order for Boeing 737 Max jets.

Hungary has accused Ryanair of consumer protection violations after it raised ticket prices to cope with a tax on what the government calls “extra profits.”.

Budget airline Ryanair says it has scrapped its controversial Afrikaans language test for South African travelers aimed at weeding out people with phony passports.

Budget airline Ryanair says it’s forcing South African travelers to the U.K. to do a test in the Afrikaans language to prove their nationality in an apparent effort to weed out those with phony passports.

U.S. prosecutors have charged four Belarusian government officials with aircraft piracy for diverting a Ryanair flight last year to arrest an opposition journalist.

Budget airline Ryanair says it will stop serving Germany’s busiest airport at the end of March and close its base there.

Irish airline Ryanair is planning to create 5,000 jobs over the next five years as part of its recovery from the shock of the coronavirus pandemic.

The chief of budget airline Ryanair says the pilot of a flight that was diverted to Belarus last month had no alternative but to land the plane in Minsk.

A top European Union court has annulled the EU’s approval of 550 million euros ($670 million) in state aid for German airline Condor.

The diversion of a Ryanair flight to Lithuania by Belarus, leading to the arrest of an opposition journalist who was a passenger, has drawn international outrage and sanctions by the European Union.

European Union leaders have agreed on a set of sanctions against Belarus, including banning its airlines from using the airspace and airports of the 27-nation bloc.

A top European Union court has annulled the EU’s approval of 3.4 billion euros ($4.1 billion) in state aid for the Dutch carrier KLM.

A top European Union court dealt another blow to Ryanair on Wednesday and rejected the low-cost carrier’s arguments that the aid Sweden, Denmark and Finland gave two other airlines to get through the COVID-19 crisis was illegal.

Ryanair says earnings for the current fiscal year are likely to be “close to breakeven” as continued travel restrictions delay its recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Irish budget airline Ryanair said Thursday it is ordering 75 more Boeing 737 Max jets, a boost for Boeing just before its most important plane returns to flying after two deadly crashes. Before Ryanair’s order, the company had reported only five Max orders in 2020. Boeing CEO David Calhoun said he is confident that the Ryanair move is the beginning of the company's bid to rebuild its Max order book. CEO Michael O’Leary said that with the additional 75 planes, Max jets will make up one-third of Ryanair’s fleet in five years, up from 6% now. Boeing expects the pandemic to cast a pall over demand for airline jets for several years.

LONDON – Ryanair became the latest European airline to announce big reductions in its winter schedule after coronavirus-related travel restrictions were reimposed across the continent. Casting the blame on European governments for “mishandling” air travel during the pandemic, the Ireland-based budget airline said Thursday that it will cut around a third of its flight routes this winter. O'Leary said the cutbacks have been “forced upon us by government mismanagement" of European air travel. “We continue to actively manage our cost base to be prepared for the inevitable rebound and recovery of short-haul air travel in Europe once an effective COVID-19 vaccine is developed,” O'Leary said. Others airlines saw their stocks fall too, including British Airways' parent company, International Airlines Group, which was down 2.8%.

LONDON European budget airline Ryanair said Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on its earnings, with lockdown restrictions leading to a 99% drop in passengers in the first quarter, and warned travel is likely to remain subdued for years. The low-cost carrier expects air travel to be depressed in Europe for the next two to three years. Ryanair shares fell 4% on Monday. The stock price of other European travel and tourism companies also got slammed on concerns about new travel restrictions in Europe to deal with a flare-up in contagions in some parts of the region, particularly Spain. Shares were down some 13% in tour operator TUI, by over 8% in British Airways parent company IAG and 10% in budget airline easyJet.

COPENHAGEN European airlines are planning for a return to the skies this summer after being grounded almost completely for weeks over the coronavirus pandemic. The outlook, however, remains uncertain, with companies forecasting a slow recovery even next year due to public health restrictions and concerns. Finland's national airline, a major carrier between Europe and China, said Monday it will add more flights and routes beginning in July if governments ease their lockdowns enough for travel to resume. "Our intention is to operate approximately 30% of our normal amount of flights in July, and we will also start long-haul flights to our key Asian destinations. It offered free rebooking up until 14 days before departure, including changing destination on flights within Europe.

(CNN) - Ryanair is the latest major Boeing customer to find cracks in some of its 737s. The US Federal Aviation Administration ordered inspections of Boeing 737 NG, or Next Generation, aircraft in September after the company said structural cracks had been found on heavily used planes. Europe's biggest low-cost carrier operates a fleet of 455 Boeing 737 aircraft. Boeing said Wednesday that more than 1,100 of them have been inspected, and less than 5% have cracks. Last week, Australian airline Qantas pulled three 737 NG planes from service after they were found to have cracking.

Dan Kitwood/Getty Images(CNN) - Ryanair pilots in the United Kingdom have voted to strike over pay and working conditions, putting summer travel plans at risk for customers of the low-cost airline. The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) announced late Wednesday that 80% of its members who took part in a ballot had supported the industrial action after negotiations with Ryanair reached an impasse. The pilots are scheduled to strike for two days starting August 22, and again from Sept. 2 to Sept. 4. Ryanair had planned its flight schedule based on the delivery of 58 of the 737 Max aircraft by summer 2020. British Airways pilots voted last month to strike for the first time since the 1970s.

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