Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary laughs off getting pied in face – and brings spare shirt to AGM

Michael O’Leary has shrugged off issues for his private security after local weather change protesters threw cream pies in his face, and says that the airline trade is being unfairly blamed for local weather change.

The Ryanair CEO was accosted by two girls exterior the European Commission in Brussels final Thursday as he was making ready handy in a petition.

“Stop the pollution of your planes,” they informed Mr O’Leary earlier than putting him with two cream pies.

Speaking to Sky News earlier than the Ryanair AGM in Dublin, the colorful chief government joked about protecting a watch out for flying pies, however denied the incident had made him involved for his personal security as local weather protests proceed.

“No,” he shrugged. “We got 10 times more publicity than I would’ve for a boring old petition anyway, and if the cost of that is the occasional cream cake, then we’re up for it.”

“It’s the first time environmentalists have given me cake,” he quipped.

“I feel aviation will get unfairly blamed for local weather change. Shipping accounts for five% of Europe’s CO2 emissions, airways account for two%. Nobody complains in regards to the ferries. We’re a little bit of a poster boy for the local weather change motion.

“I actually have got a spare shirt today, just in case. Some lunatics might be let loose in the building – there’s lots of them in a Ryanair building.”

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At the AGM, Ryanair shareholders permitted an enormous take care of Boeing, that can see the airline buy 300 new 737-Max-10 plane, permitting Ryanair to almost double passenger capability over the following decade.

Mr O’Leary informed shareholders it could be “transformational”.

The listing worth for the 300 plane is about £32bn, however the CEO stated he had secured “very competitive discounts” from Boeing.

The Max-10 planes will substitute Ryanair’s older 737NGs and might carry round 40 additional passengers per plane, permitting for larger gas effectivity.

Mr O’Leary informed Sky News that there have been no penalty clauses for late supply included within the deal, having beforehand attacked Boeing for failing to ship on time. He had described the Seattle producer’s bosses as performing like “headless chickens”, however struck a extra conciliatory tone right this moment.

“I think we’re back working closely with them, but it’s still challenging,”s he stated. “They continue to visit delays on us. These delays are really costly for us.”

Some elements had been exterior Boeing’s management, he acknowledged, including that manufacturing passenger plane will not be so simple as “making dogfood.”