{"id":485775,"date":"2026-05-15T09:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/485775\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T09:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:41:14","slug":"ryanairs-michael-oleary-says-passengers-want-cheap-flights-not-airport-lounges-as-he-warns-daa-over-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/485775\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryanair\u2019s Michael O\u2019Leary says passengers want cheap flights not airport lounges, as he warns DAA over charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">Airport authority seeking to fund \u20ac5.6bn expansion plans\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary. Photo: PA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d73452f2-54f0-486b-b8a3-d8f13d3d1544.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Ryanair chief Michael O&#8217;Leary. Photo: PA<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Ryanair boss Michael O\u2019Leary has said passengers should not be paying for airport lounges and air bridges they \u201cdon\u2019t want\u201d, as he warned weaker airlines could go bust if fuel prices remain elevated amid the Iran crisis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Speaking at a press conference today dominated by his own complaints about the DAA\u2019s \u20ac5.6bn expansion plans for Dublin Airport, Mr O\u2019Leary repeatedly argued Ryanair passengers cared more about cheap fares and fast boarding than upgraded airport facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Airport authority seeking to fund \u20ac5.6bn expansion plans Ryanair chief Michael O&#8217;Leary. Photo: PA Ryanair boss Michael O\u2019Leary&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[73],"tags":[79,38997,26,18,19,17,1843,6561,623],"class_list":["post-485775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-daa","tag-dublin-airport","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-michael-oleary","tag-rory-mcginn","tag-ryanair"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116577939584578008","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}