Ryanair half-year 2018 results

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A Ryanair jet lands at Dublin Airport, as the crisis over pilot shortages and warnings that crews are rejecting cash bonuses to commit to the airline will be addressed.

Ryanair posted an 11 percent rise in net profit for the first half of the year, and iterated it’s still on track for solid full-year results despite recent flight cancellations.

Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary said: “These strong H1 results reinforce the robust nature of Ryanair’s low fare, pan-European growth model even during a period which suffered a material failure in our pilot rostering function in early September,”