UPDATE Mar. 20: We hope you didn’t get too excited about those $10
transatlantic flights Ryanair promised, because it turns out they’re not
going to happen anytime soon.
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Despite
confirming the approved existence and prices of the flights to the
Huffington Post via email, the airline company’s board released a
statement on Thursday saying:
“In the light of recent press
coverage, the Board of Ryanair Holdings Plc wishes to clarify that it
has not considered or approved any transatlantic project and does not
intend to do so.”
“We screwed up,” said Michael O’Leary, CEO of Ryanair, to The New York Times. Yup.
Huffington Post has reached out to Ryanair for a comment and will update accordingly.
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Ryanair,
the Irish airliner famous for its ridiculously cheap ticket prices and
lack of luggage space, announced Monday that the company’s board has
approved transatlantic flights.
The airline “would like to offer
low cost flights between 12-14 European cities and 12-14 US cities. The
business plan is there but it’s dependent on attaining viable long haul
aircraft and we estimate that’s 4 to 5 years away,” a Ryanair
spokesperson told HuffPost via email. Ryanair confirmed that the flights
to and from Europe would start at $10.
Michael O’Leary, CEO of
Ryanair, has said for years that the airline would offer cheap
transatlantic flights as soon as they acquired long-haul aircrafts.
Ryanair confirmed via email that they are currently “talking to
manufacturers” but provided no further details.
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