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Ryanair issues profit warning following ‘lower than expected H2 fares’

Air
James Chapple
18 January 2019

Ryanair has issued a profit warning following a dip in winter air fares driven, it says, by short-haul overcapacity in Europe.

The low-cost carrier on Friday (January 18) adjusted its full-year profit guidance down from €1.1 to €1.2 billion to €1 to €1.1 billion.


Its revised guidance excludes exceptional start-up losses pertaining to its acquisition of LaudaMotion, completed in August.


Ryanair said these losses had been cut from €150 million to €140 million following “better than expected” performance over the winter.


The warning comes despite 9% traffic growth to 142 million passengers, stronger ancillary sales and better than expected H2 cost performance.