Ryanair

:For the unrelated American charter/cargo airline, see Ryan International Airlines.

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Ryanair is an airline based in Ireland. It is Europe's largest low-cost carrier, operating 209 low-fare routes to 94 destinations across 17 European countries. Over the years it has evolved into the world's most profitable airline http://web.archive.org/web/20040203173244/http%3A//www.ryanair.com/press/2004/jan/gen-en-280104.html, running at remarkable margins by relentlessly driving costs down, for example, Ryanair has banned staff charging their personal mobile phones on company premises - to save electricity costs. Ryanair has been characterised by rapid and continuing expansion, enabled by the deregulation of the air industry in Europe in 1997.

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Ryanair is one of Europe's most controversial companies, praised and criticised in equal measure http://www.rte.ie/comments/ryanair.html. Its supporters praise its commitment to exceptionally low fares, its radical management, its populism, and its willingness to challenge what Ryanair calls the 'establishment' within the airline industry (similar to its American counterpart, Southwest Airlines). Critics, meanwhile, have attacked its trade union policies http://www.eiro.eurofound.eu.int/2003/12/inbrief/eu0312204n.html, and have charged that it practises deceptive advertising http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3088311.stm.

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