O’Leary grounded but Ryanair deal takes off

RYANAIR chief executive Michael O’Leary could not attend his own press conference in London yesterday to announce the company’s plans to buy €15bn in planes from Boeing because his Ryanair flight was cancelled.

Mr O'Leary was among hundreds of passengers stranded in Dublin airport after his company cancelled flights to and from Stansted airport due to heavy snow in Britain.

Aviation authorities said ice and snow on the runways made it too dangerous for aircraft to land at Stansted. Seven Ryanair flights to and from Britain were cancelled and some Aer Lingus flights to Heathrow were also delayed by up to two hours.