Now with a total of six planes at the airport, the carrier will and six new routes - to Alicante, Athens, Barcelona, Bologna, Cork and Malaga. Ryanair’s winter 2018 London Luton schedule will now deliver a total of 21 routes which will help deliver 2.2 customers per annum.

Irish trade union Fórsa and Ryanair have reached an agreement to end a pilot strike at the low-cost carrier. Following a mammoth day-long session, the union agreed to ballot members on the proposed deal with a recommendation to accept.

The 24-hour walk-out involves staff in Germany, Sweden, Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands. The action is the largest in a series of strikes over pay and conditions.

International Airlines Group, Ryanair, easyJet and Wizz Air have submitted complaints to the European Commission against France as its air traffic controllers’ strikes restrict the fundamental principle of freedom of movement within the EU.

Ryanair has seen profits fall 20 per cent in the first quarter as higher fuel costs, overcapacity in Europe and the earlier timing of Easter hit results.

Ryanair has welcomed the EU Commission’s decision to approve its proposed acquisition of a 75 per cent interest in Laudamotion. The Irish low-cost carrier currently owns 24.9 per cent of the Austrian airline.