it seems that the chief executive, michael o'leary is even more bullish about his airline's prospectst made profits of just months up to september it made profits ofjust under half a billion pounds. michael o'leary even cited austerity measures as a key factor behind why more passengers chose to fly with the airline. ryanair‘s expansion plans include a third attempt to take over rival carrier, air lingus, but the deal needs to be rubber—stamped by the relevant authorities.“ the deal needs to be rubber—stamped by the relevant authorities. if the european commission applies the same ruling as when the no. 1 and no. 2 at airlines at heathrow must merge, they must approve our offer. we submitted eight radical remedies package which are they are studying involving more support up front by airlines coming to ireland, providing competition, and if the offer is set fairly by the competition authorities in brussels there is no doubt it will be approved. as passenger numbers have grown for ryanair, so how fares, by an average of 6%. these better— than—expected results will —— were also boosted