Amazing Ryanair Airlines (RYANAIR)
Since its establishment in 1984, Ryanair has grown from a small airline, flying the short journey from Waterford to London Gatwick, into Europe's largest carrier. There have been over 19,000 people working for the company, most employed and contracted by agencies to fly on Ryanair aircraft.
Ryanair was founded in 1984 as "Danren Enterprises" by Christopher Ryan, Liam Lonergan (owner of Irish travel agent Club Travel), and Irish businessman Tony Ryan, founder of Guinness Peat Aviation. The airline was shortly renamed "Ryanair". It began operations in 1985 flying a 15-seat Embraer Bandeirante turboprop aircraft between Waterford and Gatwick Airport. The first chief executive was Eugene O'Neill (1956–2018), who had formerly worked as managing director of Ryan's Sunday Tribune newspaper and as Ryan's personal assistant. O'Neill was talented at marketing but did not focus on costs, and the airline lost money in its early years. Ryan vetoed O'Neill's proposal to take Aer Lingus to the European Commission for breach of competition rules, because at the time Aer Lingus was state-owned and Ryanair depended on the Irish government for its route licences. Ryan sacked O'Neill in September 1987, who sued for wrongful dismissal.
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Trans World Airlines fleet
(at time of acquisition)
Airbus A320-200 28 — 180 Lauda Europe
Boeing 737-700 1 148 Buzz Used for holiday charters operated for Polish tour companies. SP-RUM
Boeing 737-800 410 222 189 Ryanair Largest operator. 125 Malta Air
50 Buzz
13 Ryanair UK
Boeing 737 MAX 10 150 228 TBA Order with 150 options.
Deliveries from 2027.
Boeing 737 MAX 200 126 74 84 197 Ryanair Largest operator. Deliveries until 2025.
Aircraft former Inventory Flying boats
ATR 42-300 1989 1991
BAC One-Eleven 500 1986 1994
Convair 580 1988 1988 Operated by Partnair
Boeing 737-200 21 1994 2005 Replaced by 737-800. Ryanair sold its fleet of 20 737-200 aircraft to Autodirect Aviation LLC for $8.1 million in October 2004.
6 Aircraft had already been retired and the remaining 14 were transferred between 2004–2005.
Boeing 737-300 7 2002 2004 Replaced by 737-800.
Boeing 737-400 1 2004 2005 Leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic and AirExplore 2014.
Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante 1985 1989
Hawker Siddeley HS 748 1986 1990
Short S-25 Sunderland5 1989 1989 Sunderland G-BJHS was painted for a proposed sponsorship between Ryanair and the Foynes Flying Boat Museum, but this did not happen, and the aircraft was returned to a white and blue livery.
Ongoing heritage
On December 16, 2013, Doug Parker, CEO of American Airlines Group, announced that TWA heritage aircraft would be added in the future, "We will continue that tradition at American, including introducing a TWA aircraft in the future and keeping a US Airways livery aircraft. That also means we will keep a heritage American livery in the fleet". On November 16, 2015, American painted a 737-823 in the TWA livery (with American titles, as shown to the right). The last of the TWA MD-83s stayed in service until September 2019. This was the last Trans World Airlines, Inc. aircraft in the American Airlines fleet.
British European Airways Corporation, was a British airline from 1946 until 1974.
The Vickers VC10 is a mid-sized, narrow-body long-range British jet airliner.
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Crew: 5 (Pilot, Copilot, Navigator, Flight Engineer, Radio Operator)Capacity: 47-106 PassengersLength: 113 ft 7 in (34.62 m)Wingspan: 123 ft (37 m)Height: 24 ft 9 in (7.54 m)Wing area: 1,650 sq ft (153 m2)
Maximum speed: 330 mph (530 km/h, 290 kn)
Cruise speed: 304 mph (489 km/h, 264 kn)
Range: 5,150 mi (8,290 km, 4,480 nmi)Service ceiling: 25,700 ft (7,800 m)
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