Clearly that's very strong compared to much of the industry, but it's a long way below your pre-COVID levels of mid 90%. Yeah. So those markets have done well, and we have been picking up an awful lot more capacity into places like the Greek islands and that, where there were more slots available this summer, in anticipation, I suppose that we're going to have a longer summer here one way or the other, whether that's going to stretch into October and potentially beyond that. You only have to look at our route network of 240 destinations, it's not necessarily about that. So are you concerned that there is a growing level of protectionism in Europe, and where is that going to go? If you need help with any problem,please contact us through this form. And you will see that governments, where they've got board members, 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. There's an element of getting ahead of it, I think for us. JW: The load factor that run has been achieving is in the low 70s in percentage terms. Fine, if you need to. I was going to ask you if there is growing talk of price floors, there's also been quite a lot of state aid in the past year. If you have a consumer problem,please contact our team at Elliott Advocacy through this form. Prior to this he served as Head of Personnel since December 1997. (Reporting by Klaus Lauer; Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Kirsten Donovan), Copyright 1995- 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. Mar 2016 - Present7 years 2 months. Lets ban babies in first class once and for all. But that seems to be more important than restoring connectivity, but the government or whatever seemed to be caught in the headlights of the medics more so than any other country in Europe. Ryanair has announced that its chief people officer, Eddie Wilson, will succeed Michael O'Leary as chief executive of the airline from September . We already have five and Marrakesh, three in Fez. It's great fun for the starter, but for the main course, it's usually a hail storm. I really can't see the European Commission standing over price floors for anything. BERLIN (Reuters) - Ryanair may be forced to trim some flights in August due to delivery delays from Boeing but there will be no material impact on customers, senior executive Eddie Wilson said in an interview on Tuesday. "So those that had higher frequencies, we pared back. Most people in this world want to work less and be paid more. Once you're straight up with people and sit down with them, we were the first to be able to put in pay cuts, but we did things really quickly. 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. Ryanair adds 3 'gamechanger' aircraft at Luton airport 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. "So I think it's gradually making its way back and I think that August will really show the level of the snapback, but too early to say on that. Oh, it's going to be fantastic. So you did mention briefly fares, average fares, and the question I was going to ask you was to what extent does discounting ticket prices make any difference in this kind of environment? The biggest non-EU market obviously is the UK, but Morocco clearly is a non-EU market. Thank you so much for your time, and thanks to everybody for watching. We've made a commitment to have 12.5% of SAF, sustainable aviation fuel, blenders by 2030. Ryanair's Eddie Wilson: " You've got to give people confidence" I guess a cynic would say that you've been trying for many, many years and never quite managed to establish Ryanair in that region as well as you have done in other regions. Okay. Ryanair to trim flights in summer but targets on track Eddie Wilson: Yeah. Eddie Wilson: at event in the Spanish embassy in Dublin to mark Ryanair's twenty years in Spain, with press conference introduction from Ildefonso Castro Spa. Ryanair's Eddie Wilson said today he did not expect a repeat of travel chaos seen in Europe last summer. You're obviously confident that you could get to 75 to 80% of pre-COVID capacity this summer. Check out Elliott Advocacy Today, our free, daily newsletter with links to your favorite commentary, tips and news about consumer advocacy. "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. 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. The hold-up has slowed Ryanairs growth plans. It's transformed people's lives. Eddie Wilson named new Ryanair CEO TheJournal.ie When hes not practicing his wheelies this former military man is running the show at Malta Air having previously served as Ryanairs CCO since January 2014. }) Jonathan: Okay. New Ryanair deal a huge step on road to recovery Eddie Wilson - Chief Executive Officer - Ryanair - Europe's Favourite Contact the BBC; Make an editorial complaint; BBC emails for you; Oh, it's going to be fantastic. Eddie Wilson said today that the same would happen in August but that Ryanair would "absolutely" hit its annual target of 185 million passengers. Eddie Wilson, Ryanair's chief - BBC Radio Newcastle | Facebook We kept our balance sheets strong, and we always thought it was going to be an interruption at sometime but never of this magnitude. I take what you say in there, but it does have some basis in incremental travel. Well, good to leave it on a positive note. Eddie Wlson Ryanair Trade Union Negotiations - YouTube "Most people in this world want to work less and be paid more. Now you have, not withstanding 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? It's an extra thing on my phone, along with my passport and my boarding card," and I think that's going to transform people booking with certainty. But you would like to think that when you have a growing market like that, that you'll be able to add onto those destinations, but I'm in no hurry to go to another country. Do I need a PCR test? Our help is free. 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. JW: Just going back to also, you mentioned the Nordic regions, specifically you mentioned Finland, but also you mentioned Scandinavia. The majority of this website will not function as intended without JavaScript enabled. No one would have wished this crisis, but it seems like there's maybe been more opportunity than the negative outcome for Ryanair. Waited too long to get a passport? Copyright policy: All transcripts on this site are the copyright of CAPA - Centre for Aviation. What we did was we caught a lot of frequencies in some markets, but we have tried to keep as many routes open as possible because, because the booking curve had shortened, it was very difficult to make calls on closing particular routes. 2023 Ryanair Group. So those type of deals are being struck around Europe as to where capacity is going to go. You only have to look at our route network of 240 destinations, it's not necessarily about that. 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Well, the industry, we do get bad press, and I would say when you look compared to what goes on in shipping or what goes on in agriculture, or what goes on with car use, you don't get Volkswagen getting the same level of negative publicity on the number of cars they produce. Informa Markets, a trading division of Informa PLC. That's a long, long time ago. JW: Right. They can do that for airlines, but they have to do it on a non-discriminatory basis, and they should have done that on the basis of restoring traffic, rather than just giving it to airlines that are never, ever going to pay it back. 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. Known for his poor dress sense and regularly jumping the canteen queue. In an internal memo to staff, Mr O'Leary said, "Eddie has made a huge contribution to that successful growth, without ever losing his Southside accent, his boyish charm of his Northside address!!! Yeah. 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. Ryanair named him chief people officer in December 2002. He was in the news most recently when Ryanair succeeded in getting a High Court order halting a strike by Irish-based pilots. "There are some markets where we've done particularly strongly in and even throughout this, like the Italian domestic market, and also the Spanish domestic market. So is that triggered partly by that system or [crosstalk 00:15:23] over? Ryanair has turned to Eddie Wilson, a veteran executive of 22 years, as its new chief executive amid a tumult of strikes and stiffening competition and a .