200m Ryanair passengers ‘very realistic’

The outgoing deputy chief executive of Ryanair stated yesterday that the airline “is only scratching the surface” of its potential in Europe, stating that carrying 200m passengers in a single year “is very realistic”.

At a Shannon Chamber of Commerce business breakfast at Dromoland Castle yesterday, Michael Cawley also poured cold water on the airline’s transatlantic plans and admitted that last year the airline “lost families in a big way” on its routes.

On press reports yesterday morning concerning Michael O’Leary talking about possible €10 Ryanair fares to the US, Mr Cawley said that his boss had given him ‘a hospital pass’ talking about the €10 fares to America.