Ryanair is flying high financially as customers count the cost

Passengers are paying 14 per cent more than in the comparable quarter pre-Covid, says James Moore

Ryanair has reported a hike in fares and profits amid strong demand for travel (PA Wire)

Ryanair is flying financially.

Say what you like about the group’s pugnacious, often downright obnoxious, chief executive Michael O’Leary. And I have. But he knows how to run an airline and how to make money from the business.

His competitors often struggle with that, if they even manage to stay in business.