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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Jasper Jolly and Gwyn Topham

Ryanair warns of ‘fragile’ recovery as Ukraine war and Covid push it to loss

Passengers board a Ryanair airplane in Orio al Serio near Bergamo, Italy
Ryanair plans to fly 165 million passengers in the current financial year, up from 97 million in the year to March. Photograph: Adam Berry/Getty Images

Ryanair has warned of a “fragile” recovery in airline passenger numbers after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Omicron coronavirus variant pushed it to a €355m loss for the financial year.

The Irish airline would aim for a “return to reasonable profitability” over the financial year to March 2023, it said on Monday, after it lost €1.4bn (£1.2bn) during the first two pandemic-affected financial years.

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