Ryanair Holdings may add technology startups and retail businesses as potential acquisition targets as Europe’s biggest discount airline seeks to develop its online presence and boost ancillary sales.

Ryanair has less than a 50% chance of acquiring Cyprus Airways, Michael O’Leary said yesterday.

Ryanair Holdings Plc will submit a non-binding offer for Cyprus Airways tomorrow as Europe’s No 1 discount carrier seeks to extend its footprint eastward to an island increasingly popular with Russian and Israeli visitors.

Cyprus is seeking non-binding proposals to take over national carrier Cyprus Airways by Friday, the island’s transport minister said yesterday. 

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary is in Cyprus for talks about buying the country's struggling national airline.

Passenger figures at Shannon are up 15% for the first six months of the year according to the latest figures for the airport.

Ryanair will more than likely submit an expression of interest in troubled Cyprus Airways which is up for sale, CEO Michael O’Leary said yesterday. 

“When the Son of Man shall come in his glory and all the holy angels with him, he shall separate one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats”— Matthew

Thousands of people were left stranded as the heaviest snowfall to hit the UK in 18 years swept across the country today, causing travel chaos and closing thousands of schools.

About 2,500 passengers were left stranded in Cyprus today when pilots from the Mediterranean island’s state-owned airline walked out because flight crew had been sacked.

A Moscow-bound airliner was delayed for three hours today because passengers suspected that three Chechen terrorists were on board.