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. Do I need this? What you have seen is that you have seen at 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 I just wanted to ask, it's a few years since you had those pilot rostering problems and that led to the unionisation and some pay increases and all of that. The single market is about the single market, and if we're efficient and better than anyone else well then, that's what consumers want. Mr Wilson said he did not expect a repeat of travel chaos seen in Europe last summer as airports struggled to deal with a return to travel after pandemic lockdowns, but he said "it's not going to be perfect.". Look what we're doing. You'll have seen some of the announcements that we made initially. Fine, if you need to. "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. It doesn't make any sense for a smaller airline at the end of the day, just because of the colour of the flag on the back of it. Once you're over what happened in terms of rostering crisis and unionisation, you're down to, what do we have to do here for this airline to prosper? But its complicated. But it's been driven, as I say, load factors by much, much lower fares. Look what happened in any economy that tried to put it in a price or incomes policy. RT is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. Oh, it's going to be fantastic. EW: Yeah. You seem to have JavaScript disabled in your browser. 2022 Ryanair DAC. I think we're seeing that we originally had said we're going to be north of 60% of capacity and reasonably confident for the summer months that we will get up to around 75 to 80% of capacity for this summer. It's like my passport and I can travel, and the hope is that at border control throughout Europe, where it exists, and of course, there is no border control for most Europeans, but that people would just be able to show this as they go through, because the last thing you'll want is delays at airports. All rights reserved. "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. He was appointed Ryanair CEO in September 2019, having previously served as Ryanairs CPO since December 2002. Invalid captcha response. I think that all adds together, in particular Morocco, it's not just a beach destination, it's a massive expansive country and it has a great tourist and growing product, not just at the beaches, but in the deserts and the cities that they have there, Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat, places like that. Mr O'Leary will remain the chief executive of the wider Ryanair gorup which was restructured as a holding company earlier this year. 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 it's a very significant airline in its own right. Ryanair Press Office email address Ryanair Press Office telephone Ryanair HR email address Jobs website for Ryanair : Ryanair (Ryan Air) Ireland: Ryanair Customer Service Director, Ms T Kennedy - Email address and Phone number (About Ms T Kennedy) LinkedIn page for Ms T Kennedy : Prior to this he served as Head of Personnel since December 1997. Eddie, the time has gone so fast. I think the digital COVID certificate gives people the certainty, "I have this. Oh, it's going to be fantastic. "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. Tracey joined Ryanair in 1991, leaving behind her career as a trainee hairdresser to instead qualify as an accountant and manage all our money! Ryanair Plc executives and other stock owners filed with the SEC include: Track performance, allocation, dividends, and risks, Annotate, download XLSX & look up similar tables, Filter, compare, and track coins & tokens, Stocks and cryptocurrency portfolio tracker. "I have this, I can travel. But it's been driven, as I say, load factors by much, much lower fares.". Whilst announcing the news, Business Leader managed to pop in for a chat with company CEO Eddie Wilson. The aircraft burnt 16% less fuel, we've got 40% lower noise emissions. But this idea that you're going to constrain demand by pricing just cuts people out of it. 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. "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. JW: At the moment, to the extent that you can reveal any data, are average fares for Ryanair going down at the moment, or are they actually holding up? Facebook gives people the power to. We've had the longest lockdowns here. I think you'll see that in Europe initially, when this works, that people will be able to move around Europe, which coincidentally suits us as an airline. 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. The Hard S It's expected some 22,000 passengers will fly through Dublin Airport today as the restrictions on non-essential travel have been lifted. We've made a commitment to have 12-and-a-half percent of staff sustainable aviation fuel blenders by 2030. 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. It doesn't work. Not to be confused with the Austrian screenwriter and director, this Andreas was appointed in 2018 and takes care of our business at Laudamotion. Yeah. "So those that had higher frequencies, we pared back. The single market is about the single market, and if we're efficient and better than anyone else, well then that's what consumers want. Sure. We don't have that tolerance level in aviation, so whatever we move to has got to be safe and secure. We might even get into the Eurovision Song Contest next year, I don't know. Kindly fill the form below. 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. How to get your money back from a Zelle scam or accidental money transfer, This PayPal invoice scam almost got me. "Most people in this world want to work less and be paid more. So I think it's different this time. You ask anyone on the street, who's going to survive this crisis, people say Ryanair, and our employees are no different, and unions are a function of the employees that you have. 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%. We put three extra aircraft into Rome Fiumicino, we put extra aircraft into Naples, Bologna, various other places around Italy. RYANAIR Group has appointed its long-time HR chief Eddie Wilson as chief executive of Ryanair. Thank you so much for your time, and thanks to everybody for watching. EW: I think it is, but you only have to work in this industry to know the level of regulation that you have to put in anything new in terms of a modification on an aircraft and making that leap from new engines, new types of fuel or whatever, is going to take a huge level of investment. I have this, I can travel. We're rapidly running out of time and there's a lot of things I still want to ask you. "Portugal, for example, I think they're going to hand out close to three and a half billion in a country of about 11 million people. My Whirlpool stove is defective again. 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] I think we're seeing that we originally had said we're going to be north of 60% of capacity and reasonably confident for the summer months, that we will get up to around 75[%] to 80% of capacity for this summer. This brings me on to the question of airline consolidation. 60-plus aircraft, actually. 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. I don't know when that will open in any sort of significant basis, but I think long-haul tourist travel will take longer to recover, and hopefully that will spill over into more short-haul European routes, especially on our 240 destinations throughout Europe.". Whereas, the focus quite rightly there is on what are the emissions, electric vehicles, etc.? For an airline that obviously is ultra-low cost and thrives on low fares, are you concerned that there's been some patchy, but probably increasing, talk about introducing fare floors in different countries around Europe? $('#spanCopyright').text(theDate.getFullYear()) 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. So it's a very significant airline in its own right. Our help is free. Just going back to also, you mentioned the Nordic regions, specifically you mentioned Finland, but also you mentioned Scandinavia. It's about small businesses. 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. We always hear this sort of stuff from people or other airlines that can't compete with you. It's about small businesses. Just one final question. 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. So it's a very significant airline in its own right. We put about a million and a half and that to work on sustainable aviation fuel, and there's always this call for taxes. Eversource Gas says I have a leak. 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. No, quite. The majority of this website will not function as intended without JavaScript enabled. I think that all adds together, in particular Morocco, it's not just a beach destination, it's a massive expansive country and it has a great tourist and growing product, not just at the beaches, but in the deserts and the cities that they have there, Marrakesh, Fez, Rabat, places like that. Okay. JW: Another subject: industrial relations. 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. So I'm confident that we're not going to have any difficulties with that. That's fine, but this isn't the time for it. I was in Agadir recently, in Morocco where we are going to base two aircraft there from the winter. It's transformed people's lives. It's such an easy target, but such an essential part of the infrastructure that we're in, and there is a view that is all flying is discretionary. But I think when everyone puts their minds to it, the industry has to react, and not only customers are going to have to really start buying into this. I just wanted to touch on also environmental commitments. Join Facebook to connect with Eddie Wilson and others you may know. Do you ever think there's still an ongoing concern or danger that the progress with vaccinations is almost the same reason why international travel is still going to be held back, because people have this domestic bubble that's going well, but they don't want to let anybody else in and spoil it? Eddie Wilson said today that the same would happen in August but that Ryanair would "absolutely" hit its annual target of 185 million passengers. I really can't see the European Commission standing for price floors for anything. There are some markets where we've done particularly strongly and even throughout this, like the Italian domestic market, and also the Spanish domestic market. Informa Markets, a trading division of Informa PLC. Register hereto be part of our growing community. Southwest just got a one-two punch for its holiday misdeeds. Would that be fair to say? Ryanair named him chief people officer in December 2002. Mr O'Leary announced in February that Ryanair would move to a structure "not dissimilar" to that of International Consolidated Airlines' Group, owner of Aer Lingus, British Airways and Spanish carriers, Iberia and Vueling. You're obviously confident that you could get to 75 to 80% of pre-COVID capacity this summer. 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 airlines taking delivery at that sort of capacity over the next number of years. Mr OLeary said on Friday that since he joined Ryanair, Mr Wilson had contributed hugely to the airlines growth from three million passengers a year to more than 150 million. So what are Ryanair's targets and how you're going to get to them? I think something in the order of TAP in Portugal are going to reduce their fleet by somewhere in the region of 30 or 40%, but they're hanging on to all the slots. It's like my passport and I can travel," and the hope is that at border control throughout Europe, where it exists, and of course, there is no border control for most Europeans, but that people would just be able to show this as they go through because the last thing you'll want it delays at airports. Eddie has made a huge contribution to Ryanair's growth without ever losing his South Dublin accent, boyish charm or North Dublin address. What do we take for granted in travel? You're trying to build the network and from secondary airports into major cities at that time. I think it is, but you only have to work in this industry to know the level of regulation that you have to put in anything new in terms of a modification on an aircraft and making that leap from new engines, new types of fuel or whatever is going to take a huge level of investment. So I think there's a lot more to be done in terms of what the engine manufacturers are going to do, how we're going to get to sustainable aviation fuel over the next number of years for this industry to be credible. So you have some countries that were late to the party. So is that triggered partly by that system? Ryanair - Europe's Favourite Airline. "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. Eddie was appointed Ryanair CEO in September 2019 having previously served as Ryanair's CPO since December 2002. Fri, 30 Aug, 2019 - 20:20. I think the June traffic figures for the group suggested that you're at around about 50% of 2019 seat capacity, so pre-COVID levels. 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. JW: Just going back to also, you mentioned the Nordic regions, specifically you mentioned Finland, but also you mentioned Scandinavia. A graduate of the Irish Military College, David followed a military career with positions in the airport sector and agribusiness in the Middle East, Russia and Asia. A former CEO of LS Airport Services and supervisory board member of Euro LOT Airline, Krakow Airport and Gdansk Airport, Michal also held roles with the Polish Industrial Development Agency, the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection and PwC. 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. Interview with Eddie Wilson, CEO of Ryanair, who explained at #TIS2021 how he sees the future of the airline sector.TIS - Tourism Innovation Summit is the gl. If that means that you're going to discount on fares, so be it. Those countries and those airports and those regions that are willing to step up to the plate and say, Look, there's going to be less capacity in Europe for short-haul over the next number of years, and that means some airports it's not going to return to. 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. Mar 1997 - Sep 201922 years 7 months. Who else has taken delivery of 60-plus aircraft, actually? We have no difficulty throughout this COVID crisis with governments having some form of bail out in all sorts of industries where we've had payroll supports or special things put in for the hospitality industry, et cetera. So it's going to be a period of growth for us, but only for those airports that are willing to be realistic on cuts. Michael was appointed CEO of Ryanair in 1994 and Group CEO in April 2019, having previously served as CFO since 1988. JW: Yeah. Okay. What we take for granted, particularly in Europe is we're going to be able to get onto an aircraft, we're going to get off the other end, we're not going to have any hassle, we're going to have to show our passport. 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. But if it was all price-led, we'd be back over at 95 or 96%, and clearly we're not there. EW: 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 seats you're not getting back up to the load factors that you would expect because of travel restrictions. 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. Ryanair DAC is an Irish ultra low-cost carrier founded in 1984. "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. Before joining Ryanair, Eddie was the Human Resources Manager for Gateway 2000 . Does it concern you that, in spite of the industry going through the biggest crisis ever, there hasn't really been a single significant exit from the market? Cloudflare Ray ID: 7c09ccfbd8622d83 European aviation is more or less committed to net zero by 2050, which puts it slightly ahead of the global industry. Just moving on a little bit, recently, I saw you did a slot swap with EasyJet at Stansted, so you gained some extra slots. Remote, wild and devilishly subversive: Heres why Americans are coming back to Tasmania, Hiking Confidential: Almost live from the hills of Christchurch, New Zealand. Contact Uploading & Non-Users; Settings; Activity log; Mein Nisinta Seirbhse Poibl na hireann. Laurence Frost and Conor Humphries. It's not, it's how we live. We're going to do about five million passengers there this year, which is not insubstantial in that country alone. But I just feel that fares or stimulation of that is out there in the media, it gets people's attention, and of course it has some basis. But I know that the European countries, such as Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, want to welcome at the English with open arms.". 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. Obviously, with the crisis, you had to reverse some of the pay increases, reduce some of the hours, but now it's starting to go back up again. What should I do? Yeah, I think it's important. JW: The load factor that run has been achieving is in the low 70s in percentage terms. "But I think it just gives that certainty to people. But I would say somewhere in the region of 75%.". Here's what's shakin' on South Island. So you will have seen, we're into Helsinki now, we have launched, I think eight or 10 routes up there, we will have a base in Stockholm, Arlanda. So I'm confident that we're not going to have any difficulties with that.". Listen now (14 min) | In this episode: Our second week in New Zealand and already a natural disaster (sort of). Look what happened in any economy that tried to put it in a price or incomes policy. "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. Yeah, I've been on holiday in Ireland in July, and you definitely need indoor dining. It is. The first airline to report monthly on CO2 emissions, the lowest in Europe on a passenger kilometre basis. You have airlines like TAP and Alitalia that are never going to grow again. Photo: Eric Piermont/AFP. For what? A lot of aircraft as well have been wrapped up for a long time, and maybe not so much thought has been put into the fact that they may not be serviceable again or it may be uneconomic. "Whereas in a European context, you're always going to be able to get home, and there is a bubble. We opened a base in Venice Treviso, we had just announced the base in Turin. 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. 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. So has that proved to be a strong demand market in the current environment? But passenger numbers are still a bit below that at 37%. They should actually be freeing up those slots and allowing access in there. The airline has also faced industrial action in Portugal, Spain and the UK this summer. I think in fact, it's the biggest airline fleet in Western Europe. We explore the impact on the airline as it enters the peak summer period. "We'll be able to absorb this in terms of frequency reduction," said Wilson, chief executive of Ryanair DAC, the largest airline in the Ryanair Group. Roberto speaks to Eddie Wilson, CEO of Ryanair, about their new Boeing 737 8200 aircraft. Fri 30 Aug 2019 at 17:12. Photograph: Garrett White. He was previously Production Manager at both Intuition Publishing Ltd and Education Multimedia Group, and has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry. So is there something different this time that's going to change things? Click to reveal We've just concluded a deal with Manchester Airport Group that takes us out on till 2028. Edward Wilson biography. I take what you say in there, but it does have some basis in incremental travel. (Reporting by Klaus Lauer; Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Kirsten Donovan), Copyright 1995- 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? We've had the longest lockdowns here. So you have some countries that were late to the party. That's fine, but this isn't the time for it. We're funding a research facility here in Trinity College in Dublin. JW: I saw you did a slot swap with easyJet at Stansted, so you gained some extra slots. But the fact that we've been able to get out of this, still owning 90% of our aircraft outright and growing the fleet at that time, I think it's going to give us significant opportunities to grow traffic. The biggest non-EU market obviously is the UK, but Morocco clearly is a non-EU market. 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? We've had a real focus on this. So Eddie, I'm just going to kick off, I think, by asking you about the current situation where the group is in terms of capacity and traffic. Then once that works, then you can add more aircraft.". I think you'll see that in Europe initially, whereby when this works, that people will be able to move around Europe, which coincidentally suits us as an airline. Yes. 5.133.192.161 Group chief executive Michael O'Leary last week said he would trim some high-frequency routes in July. I really can't see the European Commission standing over price floors for anything. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . You can't do it, and all it does is that it constrains supply, and it's based on this notion from those from the higher-fare airlines, that there is some sort of privilege to flying, or that it is discretionary for other classes or whatever, when people travel for lots of reasons. Right. We kept our balance sheets strong, and we always thought it was going to be an interruption at sometime but never of this magnitude. Eddie Wilson: Yeah. Ryanair has announced that its chief people officer, Eddie Wilson, will succeed Michael O'Leary as chief executive of the airline from September . We would have opened our Stockholm Skavsta base back in 2003 or 2004, and that is a secondary airport and we're still flying there. The individual Ryanair group airlines will compete with each other for cash and craft allocated by the parent. Wilson said he was hopeful the number of planes affected by manufacturing issues would be in the single digits out of a fleet of over 550, but that Boeing had not yet provided a detailed delivery schedule. We're going to open a base in Riga, but we've got connections and we're well-known in Vilnius, Tallinn, and now in Helsinki, in Tampere, in Billund, we're going to have a base there at winter '21. Eddie Wilson is Chief Executive Officer at Ryanair Ltd. See Eddie Wilson's compensation, career history, education, & memberships. 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. Listen now (18 min) | In this episode: Walking up to the caldera and through Christchurch's parks. What do we take for granted in travel? "But I think when everyone puts their minds to it, the industry has to react, and not only customers are going to have to really buy into this.