Ryanair hit with Friday compensation deadline by UK aviation regulator

Ryanair has been ordered by the UK's aviation regulator to sort out compensation for hundreds of thousands of travellers hit by mass flight cancellations by 5pm on Friday.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which oversees and regulates all aspects of civil aviation in the UK, instructed the budget airline to tell passengers they are entitled to be re-routed by another carrier and explain how that will work.