Ryanair CEO who argued with Elon Musk over Starlink thinks every airline will have free WiFi within 5 years

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Ryanair Group CEO Michael O'Leary during a press conference at The Mayson Hotel, Dublin, after tech billionaire Elon Musk floated the idea of buying the budget airline to
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary at last Wednesday's press conference.

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Elon Musk has met his match in Ryanair's finely-tuned trolling

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Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary poses in front of a backdrop at a press conference at Ryanair's headquarters on October 8, 2025, in Madrid, Spain.
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary has a long history of making provocative statements to get attention.

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Ryanair is embracing the feud with Elon Musk and says it's hand-delivering a ticket to X's Dublin office

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Ryanair Group CEO Michael O'Leary during a press conference at The Mayson Hotel, Dublin, after tech billionaire Elon Musk floated the idea of buying the budget airline to
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary at Wednesday's press conference.

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Ryanair launches 'Great Idiots' seat sale 'especially for Elon' as feud escalates

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A collage of a Ryanair Boeing 737 Max and Elon Musk pouting in thought and wearing a DOGE cap.
A Ryanair Boeing 737 Max, and Elon Musk.

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'Fire him': Elon Musk and the billionaire CEO of Europe's biggest airline trade insults over Starlink

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Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary said he wasn't interested in Elon Musk's Starlink.

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Passengers on a Ryanair flight to Tenerife were injured when the plane hit turbulence

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A Ryanair flight to Tenerife returned to Birmingham on Sunday after the plane encountered turbulence.

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A 165-mile journey over the Irish Sea turned into a 2.5-hour flight to nowhere when a storm stopped the plane from landing

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Boeing 737-400 Ryanair aircraft identification code. Planes at Leonardo Da Vinci international airport in Fiumicino. Fiumicino (Italy), August 10st, 2025
A Ryanair Boeing 737.

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A Ryanair flight almost ran out of fuel when a major storm led to several aborted landings and a 175-mile diversion

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Boeing 737 Ryanair aircraft identification code EI-DHG at the international airport Leonardo Da Vinci. Fiumicino (Italy), July 08th, 2025
A Ryanair Boeing 737.

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I flew sitting in a windowless window seat, and was surprised to find it might be the best spot on the plane for a power nap

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A collage of the author sat on a plane next to a windowless wall, and a Ryanair Boeing 737 at Dublin Airport during sunset on 23 September 2025
The author sleeping, and the Ryanair Boeing 737 he flew on.

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2 of the world's biggest airlines say they'll reject new planes if Trump's tariffs push up prices

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A Ryanair plane on a runway passing by a control tower.
Ryanair joined Delta in saying it would say no to new planes if tariffs make them more costly.

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