Ryanair has warned pilots it may have to cut more jobs and close bases because the delivery date for its first 10 Boeing 737-Max jets has slipped into the autumn.

A senior Ryanair executive has told the High Court that its outgoing Chief Operations Officer Peter Bellew has information about the Irish based airline that a competitor would "kill to have."

Ryanair says it will have to close two bases due to the ongoing delays in the delivery of new Boeing 737 Max aircraft.

Mr Wilson first joined the airline in late 1997 a few months after Ryanair sold its shares on stockmarkets for the first time. He will now take over from Michael O’Leary as the public face of Ryanair, though he will still report to Mr O’Leary.

He will report directly to Michael O'Leary, Ryanair's Group Chief Executive.

Ryanair expects the vast majority of its flights to go ahead next week, despite a two-day strike.

180 pilots who are part of the Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (Ialpa) will hold a 48-hour strike from midnight on August 22.

Ryanair has signed agreements with cabin crew unions in Italy and Germany over pay increases and benefits.

Ryanair shares failed to take off, yesterday, despite the airline making further progress towards ending employee union troubles across its European network, this time in Spain.

Ryanair has lost an EU court battle in which the airline had sought to continue forcing cabin crew based outside Ireland to take their disputes to Irish courts, in a case with implications across the low-cost airline sector. Shares in the airline fell over 3.5% at one stage.

Ryanair is to recruit 3,500 new staff next year as it plans to take delivery of 50 new aircraft.

Ryanair today announced a new five-year supply agreement for soft drinks onboard the company's daily flights.

FLIGHTS on Ryanair will definitely be going with a phwoar after airline bosses persuaded their stewardesses to strip off for a saucy calendar.

A LANDMARK Supreme Court ruling — which found the Labour Court had acted incorrectly in a row between Ryanair and its pilots — could have major implications for how industrial disputes at companies which do not recognise trade unions are resolved.

Ryanair may have won the battle, but the war remains to be decided.

Ryanair today won an appeal against a judgment that gave the Labour Court the right to investigate a row between the airline and its pilots.

Ryanair has welcomed the Supreme Court's decision that the Labour Relations Commission cannot impose Union Recognition on high-pay multi-nationals.

RYANAIR pilots are to receive windfalls of €50,000 in share options, the company announced yesterday.

RYANAIR’s war of attrition with its Dublin-based pilots continued yesterday when the low cost airline excluded the group from a 3% pay rise awarded to the remainder of its 2,200 employees.

Ryanair has announced a 3% pay increase for staff, backdated to April 1 of this year, following negotiations last month.

A legal battle has broken at Ryanair over a website set up, according to unions, to help “hard-pressed” pilots exchange information about conditions at the airline, it was learned today.

Budget airline Ryanair has said it has not been informed of any decision from a Charleroi tribunal in relation to rights for cross-border workers, but that it would appeal if the judgement went against the airline.

Ryanair today confirmed it had initiated High Court proceedings against the Irish Airline Pilots’ Union (IALPA).

Workers at leading airline Ryanair have complained about low pay, long hours and having to pay for water during flights, a new report claimed today.

RYANAIR have been granted leave to take legal action against SIPTU to try and force the union into an agreement whereby Dublin Airport could never be shut down due to work stoppages or industrial action.

SIPTU have refused to comment on Ryanair's vow to proceed with legal action against the threatened strikes at the country's three main airports.

Ryanair is to take its battle with SIPTU to a full High Court hearing unless the trade union confirms that there will be no more airport closures.