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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Ryanair will benefit from recessions, says Michael O’Leary

Ryanair plane takes off.
Ryanair has added 21 routes from the UK for winter. Photograph: Ints Kalniņš/Reuters

Ryanair has said it will be the beneficiary of looming economic shocks, as it launched its biggest UK winter schedule while predicting short-haul aviation would not return to pre-Covid levels until 2025.

The chief executive, Michael O’Leary, said his airline was poised to overtake easyJet as the major carrier in the UK after expanding its operations this summer, and would “grow stronger in a recession”.

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