Global InformationRyanair information
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| Operating bases | List of bases
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| Fleet size | 575 |
| Destinations | 235[10] |
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| Headquarters | Swords, Dublin, Ireland |
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| Revenue |  €10.775 billion (2023) |
| Net income | €1.314 billion (2023) |
| Total assets | €16.406 billion (2023) |
| Total equity | €5.643 billion (2023) |
| Employees | 19,000 (2022)[11] |
| Website | ryanair |
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| Founded | 28 November 1984[12] | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 8 July 1985 | ||||||
| Parent company | Ryanair Holdings PLC | ||||||
| Headquarters | Swords, Dublin, Ireland | ||||||
| Founders | Christopher Ryan | Tony Ryan | Liam Lonergan | ||||||
Ryanair Holdings PLC is an Irish ultra low-cost carrier group headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland.[13] The company includes the subsidiaries Ryanair DAC,[14] Malta Air, Buzz, Lauda Europe and Ryanair UK. Ryanair DAC, the oldest airline of the group, was founded in 1984.[12] Ryanair Holdings was established in 1996 as a holding company for Ryanair with the two companies having the same board of directors and executive officers.[15] In 2019 the transition began from the airline Ryanair and its subsidiaries into separate sister airlines under the holding company.[16] Later in 2019 Malta Air joined Ryanair Holdings.[17]
Ryanair has been characterised by its rapid expansion, a result of the deregulation of the aviation industry in Europe in 1997 and the success of its low-cost business model. The group operates more than 500 planes.[18] Its route network serves over 40 countries in Europe, North Africa (Morocco), and the Middle East (Israel and Jordan).[19] The primary operational bases are at Dublin, London Stansted and Milan Bergamo airports.[citation needed] Ryanair is Ireland's biggest airline[20] and in 2016 became the world's largest airline by scheduled international passengers.[21]
The company has at times been criticised for its refusal to issue invoices for the VAT-exempt services it provides (airfares),[22] poor working conditions,[23][24][25] heavy use of extra charges,[26][27][28] poor customer service,[29][30] and tendency to intentionally generate controversy in order to gain publicity.[31][32][33]
- ^ "Ryanair to relaunch at Billund Airport with 26 destinations". The Local. 5 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Ryanair Opens Three New Bases In Greece For Summer '21 | Ryanair's Corporate Website". corporate.ryanair.com. 24 March 2021.
- ^ "Ryanair Closes Frankfurt Am Main Base". ryanair.com. 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ "Ryanair announces new base in Riga for Winter '21 with two based aircraft and 16 new routes". 28 April 2021.
- ^ "Ryanair to start flying from Arlanda this autumn". The Local. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Ryanair Announces New Base At Venice Treviso". ryanair.com. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ^ "New Ryanair Base At Venice Marco Polo Airport". ryanair.com. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
- ^ "Ryanair Opens A New Zadar Base For Summer '21 | Ryanair's Corporate Website". corporate.ryanair.com. 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Ryanair Announces New Base In Zagreb | Ryanair's Corporate Website". corporate.ryanair.com. 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Ryanair Q3 2024 Results" (PDF). Ryanair. 24 January 2024.
- ^ "Ryanair-2022-Annual-Report" (PDF). Ryanair.
- ^ a b Aldous, Richard (2013). Tony Ryan: Ireland's Aviator. Gill & Macmillan Ltd. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7171-5781-5.
- ^ "Ryanair Holdings Public Limited Company". lei-ireland.ie. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Registered address and VAT number". ryanair.com. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- ^ "FORM 20-F" (PDF). Ryanair. p. 61. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Ryanair to transition to group structure in 2019". ch-aviation. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ "Malta Air – Ryanair's new Malta-based airline officially established in Malta". gov.mt. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ^ "Latest Register and Monthly Changes". www.iaa.ie. Irish Aviation Authority. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "About us". Ryanair.com. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Largest airports and airlines in Ireland". Worlddata.info. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
- ^ O'Halloran, Barry (25 August 2016). "Ryanair carries more international passengers than any other airline". Irish Times. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ [1] Portugal's Fiscal Authority unable to make Ryanair provide invoices, Jormal de Notícias, in Portuguese, Retrieved 06.10.2022.
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