Ryanair shares fell after the airline group’s chief executive said it may only receive its first delivery of the grounded 737-Max aircraft, from Boeing, in October.

Shannon Airport has said a new route to Vienna is "a vote of confidence in the region".

Budapest-based Wizz Air will continue to tap the low-cost airline business in eastern Europe, securing an advantage on western European rivals including Ryanair, Fitch Ratings has said in a review of European airlines’ recent earnings.

Both Ryanair and IAG are facing fresh threats of strike action by their British-based pilots.

Ryanair has been named as a possible significant beneficiary — though an unlikely outright buyer — from an expected sale of British regional airline Flybe.

Ryanair has reported a rise in the number of passengers it carried in September's traffic statistics.

An Italian tourist aboard a flight from Sydney to Vienna caused a security alert when he sent a prank text message to his wife claiming his plane had been hijacked by terrorists.

A plane has made an emergency landing after getting into trouble in mid-air near the midlands. This morning, A Lauda air jet travelling from Canada to Italy was forced to divert to Shannon.