He wants to halve number of passengers checking in bags and says making passengers pay for cabin baggage is also a possibility

Outlook: Accountancy’s Big Four have the financial clout and the wherewithal to fight their regulator

Swatch clocks up rise in profits

In profit...

Low-fare airline Ryanair confirmed today it would be buying around £10 billion-worth of new planes in a move that will create more than 3,000 jobs.

From cities at twilight to the Grachtenfestival

With thousands of British travellers still stranded after this week’s French airspace shut-down, and further airport strikes causing disruption today, Europe’s biggest airline has warned that passengers face a summer of discontent.

Ryanair is facing a campaign of Soviet dissident-style resistance from a group of its pilots in protest at the budget airline’s “draconian” management style.

In profit...

Ryanair could be forced to sell its entire stake in Aer Lingus after regulators today said the holding could damage competition on fares and routes.

Michael O'Leary, the outspoken Ryanair boss who has harboured dreams of owning Aer Lingus, will be told this week to sell around half of the budget airline's stake in Ireland's national flag carrier.

Ryanair wants to more than double its share of the European short-haul market to 20 per cent in the next five years

Staff memo warns that signing letter airing safety fears would be ‘gross misconduct’

Glamorous myth of the flight attendant lifestyle undermined by angry employee's claims of 'exploitation'