When Carolyn McCall left the media world for the airline industry seven years ago, newspaper publishers were under siege from a shift online that sucked away advertising revenue. Now she’s coming back to run ITV, just as the battleground has moved to television.

Flybe Group, Europe’s biggest regional airline, has appointed Christine Ourmieres-Widener as CEO. She succeeds Saad Hammad, who stood down in October, after struggling to increase earnings.

Davy Stockbrokers has raised its 12-month share price target for Ryanair to €16, adding that there is scope for the stock to rise as high as €25 per share.

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary last year enjoyed a 33% hike in pay to €3.16m — €8,657 a day.

Last week’s deadly attack in Nice and attempted coup in Turkey have created fresh turmoil for European airlines already grappling with the fallout of Brexit — easyJet said it was unable to give an earnings forecast and Lufthansa issued a warning on profit.

Airlines with high exposure to the UK have taken a bashing due to worries by investors about the threat to the airline membership of the single European aviation market following the Brexit vote.

David Cameron's EU renegotiation is approaching its moment of truth as he battles to win over fellow leaders and Cabinet colleagues.

Five of Europe’s biggest airline groups, including Ryanair, have joined forces for the first time to lobby the European Commission to cut taxes and reduce air traffic control strikes as part of the new aviation strategy being drawn up.

EasyJet’s outlook has been knocked by a difficult April – with air traffic control strikes trimming profit and the Germanwings crash in France deterring customers from booking – sending its shares down almost 10%.

Low-cost airline EasyJet has lifted profit expectations for its traditionally weaker first half but warned it could be buffeted by volatile exchange rates and oil prices in coming months.

Easyjet boss Carolyn McCall received pay and bonuses worth £7.7m despite deteriorating levels of customer satisfaction and punctuality, the airline’s annual report revealed today.

British low-cost airline EasyJet yesterday reported a small rise in its winter bookings, shrugging off fears about an increasingly competitive European travel market.

A strike by pilots at Air France last month boosted easyJet sales by £5m and helped lift full-year profit expectations, the low-cost airline said today.

The ranks of female bosses in the FTSE 100 Index are to be boosted after Britain’s biggest DIY chain announced a change in leadership.

Budget airline easyJet was counting the cost of unrest and political tensions affecting Israel, Egypt and Russia after its latest trading update prompted the City to scale back forecasts for annual profits.

Soaring demand for luxury goods in China helped Burberry set record annual revenues and profits, but the fashion chain warned of lower profits next year if the pound remained strong.

Low-cost airline easyJet said that a smaller-than-expected first-half loss, helped by tight cost control and more business passengers, showed it could cope with growing competition and disruption to bookings from June’s soccer World Cup.

Low-cost airline easyJet has secured a new 10-year deal with Luton Airport which could see it double in size at the site from four to nine million passengers a year.

Burberry’s Angela Ahrendts is one of just three women to head FTSE 100 Index companies along with easyJet’s Carolyn McCall and Alison Cooper at Imperial Tobacco.

Low-fare airline easyJet has reached the 60 million mark in annual passenger numbers.

Low-cost airline EasyJet cut its losses in half in the six months to April and is nearing a decision on whether to upgrade its fleet with updated Airbus or Boeing jets.

A surge in Easter bookings as Britons escaped the freezing weather helped budget airline easyJet deliver more strong trading figures today.

The promotion of low-cost airline easyJet to the FTSE 100 Index will be confirmed this week after a record run for its share price.

Ryanair says it is luring more business passengers from established airlines as travellers shun higher fares and benefit from perks such as allocated seating.

Profits at low-cost airline easyJet climbed to a record £317m (€248.2m) today as higher sales offset a further £182m (€142.5m) surge in fuel costs.

Sir Richard Branson has lost out in another key transport battle.

Easyjet, Europe’s second-biggest discount airline, said full-year earnings beat its forecasts following a surge in demand for flights from London after the end of the 2012 Olympic Games.

Low-cost airline easyJet said today that half-year losses would be smaller than expected as its revenues were boosted by higher baggage charges.

Stelios Haji-Ioannou has sparked a fresh row with the EasyJet airline he founded by demanding an increase dividend payments, it was reported today.

Budget airline easyJet reported a near-doubling in losses today as the airline battled higher fuel prices and challenging consumer conditions.

British budget airline easyJet today launched a new holiday brand promising “flexible” breaks.

Low-cost airline easyJet celebrated a near-trebling in profits today by announcing plans for its first-ever dividend payment to shareholders.

Low-cost airline easyJet marked better-than-expected profit figures today by announcing plans to pay a dividend to shareholders for the first time.

Budget airline easyJet lifted its profit expectations today after a rise in the number of passengers travelling from the UK to beach destinations last month boosted sales.

EasyJet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou stepped up his attack on the budget airline today as he threatened to withdraw the rights to the “easy” brand in a row over punctuality.

Budget airline easyJet said today it had been forced to draft in extra aircraft to fill in the gaps in its summer schedule.

Chancellor Alistair Darling’s pre-election Budget did little for the London market today despite slightly better news on the public finances.

The London market edged lower today as investors stayed on the sidelines ahead of Alistair Darling's imminent Budget announcement.

Guardian Media Group chief executive Carolyn McCall is to become the new boss at no-frills airline easyJet, it was confirmed today.

Guardian Media Group boss Carolyn McCall today resigned from her post as non-executive director at Tesco amid a libel row between the supermarket and the Guardian newspaper.

The Financial sector ensured that the ISEQ ended the day in positive territory today, countering Elan's continued slide.