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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Simon Calder

Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary quits ‘useless’ government Aviation Council over ‘zero action and zero progress’

Simon Calder

Europe’s biggest budget airline, Ryanair, has angrily pulled out of the UK Aviation Council – saying the body had achieved “zero action and zero progress” since beginning to meet in February.

In a letter to Baroness Vere, the aviation minister and co-chair of the council, the airline’s chief executive, Michael O’Leary, called the meetings “a complete waste of our time”.

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