$('#spanCopyright').text(theDate.getFullYear()) What you have seen is that you have seen Norwegian, you have seen other airlines cancelling orders, and you have airlines that are saddled with government debt, and there's no way that governments are going to countenance so-called national carriers not paying back money and then wanting to have big capital expenditure programmes. 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. Lets ban babies in first class once and for all. Looking at the network, obviously most of your markets are in the EU. They should actually be freeing up those slots and allowing access in there. John was appointed in 2014. JW: Long term, it's alternative propulsion technology, isn't it, that's really going to do it? Did we mention it's free? But I would say somewhere in the region of 75%.". And you will see that governments, where they've got board members (on airlines), will have influence maybe on connections to China or wherever they think is best economically, rather than running up and down to Majorca or up and down to the Balearic Islands. But I think with the general opening open in the UK for example, they've done a fantastic job in the UK with vaccinations, and I think they've reached a period quite recently, where they've said, "Look, now is the right time to do this," and whatever certificate that they bring in, I don't know whether it's the NHS certificate, that'll be acceptable. Yeah, I think so. I think in fact, it's the biggest airline fleet in Western Europe. For the rest of Europe, you don't even have to show a passport and nobody challenges, and you move on your way, which is just a fantastic way transport is being deregulated. We're going to do about five million passengers there this year, which is not insubstantial in that country alone. So we'll wait and see, but there are strong pockets of markets that never really went backwards. Prior to this, he was Ryanairs Finance Director from June 2006 and Treasurer from January 2003. Ryanair Group has appointed its long-time HR chief Eddie Wilson as chief executive of Ryanair, beginning on September 1. "It won't be material, it won't affect people, because all the bookings aren't in for August," said Wilson, the head of Ryanair DAC, the largest airline in the group. 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. "So whatever is thrown at us, being a well-capitalised airline really helped us this time. "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? Our reproduction policy is as follows: you may quote up to 400 words of any transcript on the condition that you attribute the transcript to CAPA - Centre for Aviation and link to the original video page. 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 majority of this website will not function as intended without JavaScript enabled. No, quite. "It won't be material, it won't affect people, because all the bookings aren't in for August," he added. 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. We've got the costs coming through on airports, staff to a lesser extent because that's going to be restored over the next number of years, but at least everybody is taking their part in it as well. JW: Yes. Whereas in a European context, you're always going to be able to get home, and there is a bubble. The aircraft burnt 16% less fuel, we've got 40% lower noise emissions. Edward Wilson biography. "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. So is that triggered partly by that system or [crosstalk 00:15:23] over? 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. JW: Yeah. That's a long, long time ago. Gotcha! {{item['V2 Header']}}, We would love to keep you posted on the latest promotion. I think we have the scale this time for the connectivity or the length of sectors up there for us to be able to tag on short sectors onto longer leisure sectors. Andreas remained as CEO of Laudamotion following its acquisition by the Ryanair Group. You look at places like Morocco and what Ryanair uniquely has to deliver is that you open a base in Agadir where we might've had, I think eight or 10 routes going into that from other bases beforehand, you put two aircraft in there and now you can join up potentially 240 airports in the Ryanair network, and you've got a huge digital database of being able to promote that as well. How do I get it fixed? Irish-based Ryanair DAC is the biggest airline within the group, responsible for most of its 470 craft, 2,400 daily flights and the 150 million-plus passengers its expects to fly in the 12 months ended March 31st, 2020. Images Courtesy of Getty Images. That's fine, but this isn't the time for it. Prior to joining Buzz, Michal served as the General Director of the Polish Airports State Company and CEO of Warsaw Chopin Airport. "There are no real airlines to go in there to fill the type of gap that Ryanair can do with the type of And we're the only airline taking delivery at that sort of capacity over the next number of years. So are you concerned that there is a growing level of protectionism in Europe, and where is that going to go? 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? If people are anxious about travelling, or if they're not even allowed to travel because of international restrictions, what is the role of discounting? So I'm confident that we're not going to have any difficulties with that. "I think that's why it's going to take some time for international travel, particularly from a leisure point of view for that to recover, because it will be driven by vaccination levels, whether that's in the Far East or South America or Africa. 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. Were always here to help. But it's been driven, as I say, load factors by much, much lower fares. 2023 Ryanair Group. Mr OLeary predicted that this approach would save money and allow the organisation make further acquisitions. Images Courtesy of Getty Images. Here's what's shakin' on South Island. So is that triggered partly by that system? I just wanted to touch on also environmental commitments. Hello and welcome to another CAPA Live, and I'm delighted to give a very warm welcome to Eddie Wilson, chief executive of Ryanair DAC, the main operating company of the Ryanair group, which is responsible, I think Eddie, if I'm right, for 250-odd aircraft, which I think is 60% of the group total or thereabouts. Eddie told us the secrets to running a successful airline, what it's like working with Ryanair Group CEO Michael O Leary and what incentives the airline industry needs to stimulate growth. Heres what to do. If you need help with any problem,please contact us through this form. In 2013, Ryanair was both the largest European airline by scheduled passengers carried, and the busiest international airline by passenger numbers. All rights reserved. In its own right. Thank you so much for all or your candour. Tracey was appointed Ryanair CFO in January 2020 having previously served as Ryanairs Director of Finance. Eddie Wilson takes charge as the chief executive of Ryanair's (RYAAY) main airline while Michael O'Leary now becomes the chief executive officer of Ryanair Group. 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. Longterm, it's alternative propulsion technology, isn't it, that's really going to do it? JW: Looking at the network, obviously most of your markets are in the EU. Before joining Ryanair, Eddie was the Human Resources Manager for Gateway 2000 and held a number of other human resources-related positions in the Irish financial services sector. Well, good to leave it on a positive note. 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. So are you concerned that there is a growing level of protectionism in Europe, and where is that going to go? Just going back to also, you mentioned the Nordic regions, specifically you mentioned Finland, but also you mentioned Scandinavia. Ryanair - Europe's Favourite Airline. Okay. We have 60-odd of those arriving this year, and they've got to go somewhere, and they're going to go somewhere where we have call certainty, and for those airports, at least they can plan for their ancillary revenues, whether that's airport shopping, car parking, et cetera. Do I have to get it 72 hours, 48 hours?. 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. If that means that you're going to discount on fares, so be it. 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. Oh, it's going to be fantastic. Register hereto be part of our growing community. "Last year, or in the last fiscal year of 2019, we paid, I think almost EUR630 million in environmental taxes. Here's what can you do to speed things up, The memberships are costly and have no value. Do I have to pay this service bill? So I think there's going to be opportunity for those that are strong and growing, and I think over time most of those airlines are going to find it hard to get back to pre-COVID levels. 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? Youll also connect with other readers who want to make the world a better place. But if it was all price-led, we'd be back over at 95 or 96%, and clearly we're not there. Loves pedigree Irish beef and is never late for work thanks to Dublins most efficient bus lanes. We did those agreements really, really quick, and that's a function of our people and what they believe needed to be done, we just have to deliver on those agreements. JW: Hello and welcome to another CAPA Live, and I'm delighted to give a very warm welcome to Eddie Wilson, chief executive of Ryanair DAC, the main operating company of the Ryanair group, which is responsible, I think Eddie, if I'm right, for 250-odd aircraft, which I think is 60% of the group total, or thereabouts. That's without any domestics or anything there. Your IP: Yes. It doesn't work. Primary Contact Eddie Wilson CEO Corporate Head Office , Swords Business Park, Swords D Co. Dublin, Ireland [email protected] Chief Executive Michael (Mick) O'Leary Chief Executive Officer Ryanair Holdings Corporate Head Office , Swords Business Park, Swords D Co. Dublin, Ireland [email protected] Right. JW: Another subject: industrial relations. So you have some countries that were late to the party. It's not; it's how we live.". But I think you've got to give people the confidence that something is happening out there, so that when they do decide to travel, that it's available. Who else has taken delivery of 60 aircraft this year? You can sell anything if the price is right, but what we have here is that you've got a period where you're trying to get back to some level of normality and it's important that you get as many people travelling as possible. His succession begins as the group faces fallout from Brexit and prepares to cut up to 900 pilots and cabin crew from a total of 15,100 as a result of delays in the delivery of Boeings 737 Max. But I think that will gradually make its way through Europe. Yeah, I think it's important. "So that's the real key for airports, that they can add destinations, and given that span of destinations, it's really attractive for airports. When you think about it, it's the only London airport that can still grow, and it's been a very successful base for us. But I think it just gives that certainty to people. 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! We've had a real focus on this. June 04 2021 02:30 AM Facebook; Twitter; Email; "So it's a long-term deal there that gives us a certainty to grow, and that's what we've been doing throughout Europe. The names Bond 7-year bond. Neil is the black belt of finance, chopping budgets, kicking down costs and making sure the Group continues to grow and bring in the dough. to get you out of trouble that is. We put three extra aircraft into Rome Fiumicino, we put extra aircraft into Naples, Bologna, various other places around Italy. Contact Uploading & Non-Users; Settings; Activity log; Group chief executive Michael O'Leary last week said he would trim some high-frequency routes in July. But I think now what we have is we've got the scale, like we've had a Gothenburg base for some years, we had Skavsta, now it's in Arlanda. Mr Wilson, who joined Ryanair in 1997, will run the day to day operations of the airline and will report directly to the group CEO.