u/DeedsF1

Good evening,

I was browsing Youtube and this is now the second interview in which I have seen Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary talk confidently about the airline’s position, fuel costs, and even the possibility of future jet fuel shortages.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7fu7OAxsZA

One point he made really caught my attention: Ryanair seems to focus heavily on buying aircraft rather than buying airlines, which financially makes a lot of sense.

Ryanair structured as a business to generate €2.26 billion in profit after taxes. That’s an incredibly impressive result.

For comparison:

• Air Canada reported a net profit of CAD 644$ million (which seems "low" to me. Jazz and Rouge's financials are included in Air Canada even though they operate separately)
• American Airlines reported only USD $111 million in net profit — an 86.9% drop compared to 2024’s $846 million (Ouch!)

I was surprised to hear about the The Boeing 737 MAX-10 engines supposedly burning 20% less fuel! That is also quite impressive!

My question is: what are the major medium- to long-term risks for Ryanair?

Looking forward to hearing from the pros here — thanks in advance for your insights!

A visual metaphor that a represents the tenacity of the past vs the alternative of the future. These two in theory do the same thing. One is compact, light, agile, easy to repair and will last many many years, the other is the complete opposite.

I had written an elaborate post about this "spot", but this is more of an appreciation post for the C30.

We are in a massive transition window and there is no guaranteed future for any of those two cars, C30 or Escalde IQ1000 e4.

Perhaps, we can use our influence to bring back Volvo to it's senses and demand smaller cars be it sedans, coupe, hatchbacks and wagons!

Nerdy details:

For those who have a trained eye, the Cadillac is on an L plate, which is used for any passenger or commercial vehicule that weights above 4 000 kg or 8800 pounds. There are some excetions to this rule according to equipment and usage.

Said Cadillac retails from 165 000$- 185 000$ Canadian Dollars.

I do not see as many C30's on the road, much less 2.4i, but I always appreciate seeing them zip by!

Disclaimer: The picture was taken by a passenger before I get crucified!