Ryanair may have bluster more than anyone else in the world, a senior executive for the airline acknowledged Wednesday, but it is serious about bidding for the short-haul operation of struggling Italian airline Alitalia and turning it into a separate division of Ryanair that might operate with a hybrid full-service, low-cost model.
But Dublin-based Ryanair has no interest in taking over Alitalias long-haul routes, despite what Ryanair CEO Michael OLeary suggested to journalists last week in a briefing. Several outlets reported OLeary said Alitalias long-haul fleet was really attractive, and that Ryanair was not opposed to flying longer routes.
We are only interested in the short-haul, Kenny Jacobs, Ryanairs chief marketing officer, t…
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