Chief executive Michael O’Leary criticised the air passenger duty rise scheduled in the 2026/27 financial year

Chief executive Michael O’Leary said a planned rise in air passenger duty would make air travel ‘much more expensive’.

Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary described Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves' decision to raise air travel taxes as a "short-sighted tax grab"

Ryanair said on Friday that it could cut up to 10% of its scheduled flights to and from UK airports next year, as it criticised the government’s decision to increase the tax on airline tickets in the Budget.