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Aer Lingus, the flag carrier of Ireland, has rejected a bid worth 524 million euros ($663 million) from Ryanair, another Irish airline, to buy the rest of the stock in the airline, saying that Ryanair’s second offer in two years is too low.

Ryanair, the low-cost airline headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and also Europe’s largest low-fare carrier, has said its pre-tax profits have gone down by 47% at €214.6 million in the first half of 2008, compared with €407.6 million over the same period a year ago, as its fuel costs have more than doubled.

Ryanair, the low-budget airline headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, has earned, in a poll, the dubious distinction of being “the least favourite airline” for the third successive year.

Ryanair accuses fuel supplier Air BP of profiteering, urges UK’s economic regulator to probe increased fuel costs

Ryanair, the low-cost airline headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, has been reprimanded by the Trade Ethical Council against Sexism in Advertising of Sweden, known by its Swedish initials ERK, for an advertisement campaign run by the airline featuring a scantily dressed woman posing as a schoolgirl.

Ryanair, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and the largest low-cost carrier in Europe, is planning to revive a bid worth €1 billion (£800 million) for Aer Lingus, the flag carrier of Ireland.  In a statement, Ryanair said: “The worsening economic climate and high fuel costs could force European competition regulators to adopt ...

Ryanair, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, and the largest low-cost carrier in Europe, has announced that the carrier will only allow flights to be bought through its Ryanair.com website and that bookings made through third-party price comparison websites will not be honoured.

A number of smaller carriers in Europe are likely to go out of business in the coming months if the oil price does not fall considerably.