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Ryanair Holdings PLC
LON:RYA
Ryanair operates a scheduled passenger airline serving routes between Ireland, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Morocco. It claims to be Europe's largest airline and is the parent company of Ryanair DAC, Ryanair UK, Buzz and Lauda airlines
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Exane BNP Paribas switches allegiance as it upgrades easyJet, downgrades Ryanair
Ryanair had been Exane BNP’s preferred pick of the two, but analysts there downgraded it to ‘neutral’ from ‘outperform’ whilst moving rival Easyjet in the opposite direction
WH Smith’s move away from the high street is paying off
The retailer has been pulling investment from its high street stores and putting it into the ‘travel’ side of its business, which is benefitting from an increase in plane and rail passengers
easyJet lifted as Liberum ups to ‘hold’ on supportive short-term trading; rival Ryanair sees May traffic grow
The City broker also raised its target price for the FTSE 100-listed firm to 1,800p from 1,250p, with the stock having closed trading on Monday at 1,778.5p
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IAG's reported plans to buy Norwegian Air Shuttle adds fuel to M&A fire
The consolidation in Europe's airline sector underlines the pressures companies are facing from fierce competition and rising fuel costs
Ryanair on the 'pessimistic side of cautious' as it cuts profit guidance
Higher staff and fuel costs are expected to impact Ryanair's bottom line in fiscal year 2019
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FTSE 100 propelled to new record close as pound weakens and Dow Jones breaches 25,000
FTSE 100 reached a new record close on Monday after achieving it last time on Thursday
Analysts welcome record EasyJet results but are cautious for the long-term
Concerns on margin pressures and upcoming results from competitors will likely lead to a review of the airline's prospects once the high of today's results wears off
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Ryanair fancied ahead of ‘make or break’ summer - UBS analyst
Ryanair and EasyJet are among the Swiss bank's 'buy' stocks in the airline sector, which has overall "performed negatively".
easyJet delivers passenger growth in March despite 'Beast from the East' cancellations
easyJet was forced to cancel more than 1,000 flights due to adverse weather conditions across Europe and a further 200 due to industrial action in France and Italy
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British Airways owner IAG and rival easyJet expected to continue March airline traffic boost
The day ahead includes March traffic from blue chip airlines easyJet PLC and British Airways owner International Airlines Group PLC, plus a trading update from Electrocomponents PLC
Low-cost airlines Wizz Air and Ryanair carry more passengers in March
Wizz Air said it added nine new routes to and from Austria, and one new route to and from Bosnia and Herzegovina
easyJet reports growth in passenger numbers and says Tegel operations on track
Passenger numbers rose 4% to 5.5 million last month
British Airways owner IAG, Ryanair and Wizz Air carry more passengers in February
Ryanair failed to lift its load factor in February for the first time in almost a year while IAG's grew and Wizz Air's declined
Ryanair warns on further staff disruptions, lower fares and Brexit uncertainty
Ryanair reported a 12% increase in third quarter profits despite cancelling thousands of flights due to a rostering cock-up
FTSE 100 succumbs to global profit-taking, closes firmly in red
The UK blue chip index closed down 108.45 points at 7.334, which had been the session low
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Bank of England rate decision eyed, plus numbers from blue chips BP and Glaxo in coming week
After November's hike, another UK rate rise is unlikely this month, although some Bank of England MPC members may vote for a rise after a unanimous vote in December
Ryanair recognises UK pilots union BALPA but criticises slow response in Ireland
The announcement follows a U-turn in policy for the budget airline in December
EasyJet to benefit from collapse of short-haul rivals, says Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley upgraded its rating on easyJet to ‘overweight’ from ‘equal-weight’
Ryanair upgraded but its “still doomed to grow” - analyst
“Looking at our 12 to 18-month price target, we see up and downside better balanced and the stock currently close to fair-value”