Our EU enviro taxes are also expected to rise by a further $300 million this year to $1.4 billion, which makes EU air travel even less competitive than it was before.

May 18, 2026 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Michael O'Leary, CEO | earnings call 2026-05-18 | transcript fb478495-b35a-4865-a201-cb82178bdd70 | chars 5713-5879 | segment 5

This winter we've allocated Ryanair's scarce capacity to those regions, countries and airports who are cutting aviation taxes and incentivising traffic routes such as Albania, regional Italy, Morocco, Slovakia and Sweden. And we're switching flights and routes away from high-cost, uncompetitive markets where they have unjustified aviation taxes like Austria, Belgium, Germany and in regional Spain.

Jan 25, 2026 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Michael O'Leary, CEO | earnings call 2026-01-25 | transcript 34102d81-977f-4ffd-b995-6b0f70641879 | chars 3216-3616 | segment 3

Boeing have advised they expect the MAX 10 certification to take place, 7 and 10 certification to take place in late 2025. Might slip into... Q1 of 26, but well ahead of our first deliveries, which are due, first 15 MAX 10s are due in the spring of 2027. And I'm pleased to say that Boeing have now confirmed in writing their confidence that they will deliver those first 15 MAX 10s to us in the spring of 2027, in time for the summer 2027 peak travel.

Jul 21, 2025 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Michael O'Leary, CEO | earnings call 2025-07-21 | transcript a76624c7-e9ae-4869-8545-f1cbd49c43b1 | chars 9737-10189 | segment 9

Stop taxing air travel. We're critical to European integration. We're critical to the competitiveness of the European economy. Mario Monti had the air transport front and centre of his report. Reform the abject ATC services we suffer here in Europe. Abolish aviation taxes and let the airlines get on with it.

Jan 27, 2025 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Michael O'Leary, CEO | earnings call 2025-01-27 | transcript 6ec41c5d-7168-4d33-bdcd-44ade0d4393b | chars 64448-64757 | segment 65

We are continuing to sign up multiple approved OTA partnerships, which will protect consumers and ensure that consumers get the lowest, Ryanair's lowest airfares, while we get the consumers' correct email and payment details.

Jul 22, 2024 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Michael O'Leary, CEO | earnings call 2024-07-22 | transcript 368fb3bb-54fb-438a-af87-0d5b98dfdf07 | chars 1271-1496 | segment 1

While Q2 demand is strong, pricing remains softer than we expected, particularly the closed-in airfares. It is not pricing up the way it has for the last number of summers. And we are repeatedly seeing price resistance as we try to close off cheaper seats.

Jul 22, 2024 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Michael O'Leary, CEO | earnings call 2024-07-22 | transcript 368fb3bb-54fb-438a-af87-0d5b98dfdf07 | chars 6794-7050 | segment 6

Travel demand across Europe in summer 24 is strong. Despite Boeing delivery delays, we will still operate our largest ever summer schedule, as I said, with over 200 new routes, five new bases.

May 20, 2024 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Michael O'Leary, CEO | earnings call 2024-05-20 | transcript 2e79c658-5fbd-4bd8-ab02-e0f7443c67bd | chars 3133-3325 | segment 3

And I think if you look at the pricing of air travel across North America compared to where it is in Europe at the moment, it's clear that pricing in Europe is has some considerable way to go to catch up with North America. Will it get all the way to North America? I don't know. Nobody really knows. But certainly, if you are at the lower end of the pricing model, as Ryanair is, I think we have more headroom for price increases over the coming years to cover higher costs, although we'll be using our low-cost aircraft and improved fuel consumption to keep airfares down.

Jan 29, 2024 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Michael O'Leary, CEO | earnings call 2024-01-29 | transcript 8bf42473-5585-40d4-903e-2dbfb05c55fe | chars 54332-54906 | segment 56

We've certainly seen that amongst the legacy airlines in Europe, the Franza, Air France, KLM and IAG, materially increasing airfares. They're already high airfares, and that puts quite a high ceiling over which Ryanair is seeing passengers trade down towards Ryanair but at higher fares.

Nov 6, 2023 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Michael O'Leary, CEO | earnings call 2023-11-06 | transcript 9da32c66-b5d1-4d7e-8e7a-7df057284e5c | chars 6111-6398 | segment 6

We've seen a huge surge in business travel over the last year. Post-COVID, there seems to be not just a desire for people to go back to the beaches, but businesses going back to work. Again, people are locked up working from home for a two-year period. We see a lot of demand into countries, into Eastern Europe, Poland, Morocco, a lot of focus on businesses, smaller businesses, fixing supply chains, switching supply chains away from Asia, China, which are now unreliable, and repairing their supply chains or relocating their supply chains closer to Europe and close to home.

May 22, 2023 / CEO / receipt, needs a key / Michael O'Leary, CEO | earnings call 2023-05-22 | transcript b5b7fd66-2344-44e8-9c26-9c8d4f739c31 | chars 24037-24615 | segment 24