Ryanair has the cash to survive for “maybe even 12 months” with no flights or revenue as the Covid-19 pandemic shuts the air travel industry down, CEO Michael O’Leary has said.

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The coronavirus epidemic could rob passenger airlines of up to $113bn (€100bn) in revenues this year, an industry body warned.

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary said the airline is in talks with Boeing about a follow-on order for the US manufacturer’s grounded Max model.

Ryanair shares slid by a further 5% as the airline said it will cut a large number of flights to Italy over a three-week period starting from March 17, as the coronavirus crisis leads to a “significant drop” in bookings.

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The turmoil surrounding Ryanair’s management structure has continued with the airline set to lose another key executive, chief marketing officer Kenny Jacobs.

Jacobs was the architect of the airline’s ‘Always Getting Better’ drive to improve customer service

Ryanair shares soared by as much as 7% on the back of it posting strong earnings for its latest quarter.

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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.

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Ryanair shares soared by nearly 9% yesterday despite the airline narrowing its forecast for full-year earnings and warning that it may have to wait longer for delivery of its new fleet of Boeing 737-Max jets.

Ryanair has held firm on plans to cut pilot and cabin crew jobs after it revealed further delays following the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max planes.

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Ryanair can wait out price rises sought by aircraft makers since the global grounding of the Boeing 737-Max, the airline’s boss Michael O’Leary has said.