Ryanair seeks judicial review

RYANAIR will be applying within weeks to the High Court for a judicial review of what it calls the Department of Transport’s order to the aviation regulator to increase passenger prices at Dublin Airport by 40% next year.

And Michael O’Leary has reiterated his calls for the office of the Aviation Regulator to be closed down on the grounds that “it now serves no useful purpose“.

He added that if the office has no statutory independence anymore, then it has no role to play. Ryanair has called for the regulator to be subsumed into the Department of Transport to bring about annual savings of about €5 million. However, the airline has called also for the winding up of the Department of Transport.