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24 Dec, 2014

Ryanair boss: ‘No company has done more in last 30 years to boost European integration’ – The Independent

Michael O’Leary, the controversial chief executive of Ryanair, claims that his airline now dominates Europe – and has outperformed all other organisations in unifying the Continent.

The Ryanair boss was speaking exclusively to The Independent about the two decades since he took over in 1994. Today the airline carries more passengers than any other European airline, with a quarter-million people flying each day. Ryanair stock has surged by 58 per cent in a year, valuing the airline at three times its nearest “legacy” rival, Lufthansa. And besides making prodigious returns for investors, including himself, Mr O’Leary believes his airline has broken down barriers across Europe.

“No company has done more in the last 20 or 30 years to boost the process of European integration than Ryanair,” he said.

Read the rest: Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary: ‘No company has done more in the last 30 years to boost the process of European integration than us’ – News & Advice – Travel – The Independent.