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Friday, 21 September 2018

BBC News

• Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary may leave within five yearsMichael O'Leary admits he is reluctant to sign a new long-term contract at the airline.
• Manchester Airport baggage handler filmed lobbing luggageThe employee casually flings cases towards a luggage trolley, sending them tumbling to the ground.
• Nigeria Air relaunch groundedNigeria suspends plans to relaunch its national airline two months after announcing it would be revived.

The Guardian

• Ryanair chair survives shareholder revolt but investors want changeCall for ‘strong, independent and visible board leadership’ after strike disruption of 2018

Times Online

• Ryanair boss still flying off course [Subscription]Personality changes can be tricky to pull off. No one gave Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary much chance when he stood up at the AGM five years ago and pledged to stop “doing things that unnecessarily piss people off”. A tough task, too, as he joked, given his “personal character deformities”.

City AM

• Ryanair boss to lead airline past 2019 but steers clear of five-year dealRyanair's colourful chief executive Michael O'Leary has said he will stay on past 2019 but that he would prefer to sign a 12-month rolling contract instead of a five-year deal.

Other Regional Press

• Talk of flaws in Edinburgh airport flight path noise data dubbed prematureEdinburgh Airport said talk of “fundamental defects” in a noise study into proposed flight path changes was premature.

Aviation Industry

• Ryanair shareholders back resolutions at AGMRyanair shareholders backed all resolutions at its annual shareholders’ meeting, easing some pressure on the Irish LCC, but sending a clear signal of discontent about how management has been handling a labor relations crisis by re-electing its chairman with a much smaller majority than before. read more
• Rolls identifies 787 Trent engine fix; cites air pollution causeAir pollution, especially in large Asian cities, is believed to be one cause of reliability issues that have affected a large portion of the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000-powered Boeing 787 fleet. read more