Ryanair says it may not return to Israel
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Ryanair CEO said the airline was being “messed around” by the airport authorities there.
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DUBLIN - Ryanair may not return to Israel when violence related to the Gaza war recedes, group chief executive Michael O’Leary said on Sept 11, saying the airline was being “messed around” by the airport authorities there.
“I think there’s a real possibility that we won’t bother going back to Israel... when the current violence recedes”, Mr O’Leary told journalists in Dublin.
The airline earlier in 2025 said it would not return to Israel until Oct 25 at the earliest.
Mr O’Leary said that Ryanair objects to the fact that Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport charges it the higher rate for use of the main terminal when the cheaper low-cost terminal is closed for security reasons.
“Unless the Israelis kind of get their act together and stop messing us around, frankly, we have far more growth elsewhere in Europe,” he said. REUTERS
