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| Founded | 30 May 1985; 39 years ago (1985-05-30) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 12 March 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-12) | ||||||
| AOC # | 2451 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 15 | ||||||
| Destinations | 93[1] | ||||||
| Parent company | Ryanair Holdings plc | ||||||
| Headquarters | London Stansted Airport | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Ryanair UK is a British low-cost airline. The airline is the UK subsidiary of the low-cost Irish airline group Ryanair Holdings and a sister airline to Ryanair, Buzz, and Malta Air. It commenced operations in March 2019.[2] It operates only Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
Ryanair UK was founded on 30 May 1985 as Dawndell Limited and was renamed Ryan Air UK Limited on 27 June 1985. Since 1 November 1995, the company has been called Ryanair UK Limited.[3]
In a statement dated 2 January 2018, Ryanair announced that its subsidiary Ryanair UK filed an application with the Civil Aviation Authority for an air operator's certificate on 21 December 2017, in anticipation of a potential "hard Brexit".[4] Its first Boeing 737-800, registered as G-RUKA, was transferred to Ryanair UK in December 2018.[5] The airline received an air operator's certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority on 3 January 2019[6] and commenced operations on behalf of Ryanair on 12 March 2019.[7] Ryanair UK received its second 737-800 ex Buzz SP-RKA now registered as G-RUKB, registering it on 10 March 2021. By October 2022, the airline had eight aircraft based at Stansted and Manchester.[8] Two more aircraft were transferred in October 2021. As of 2024, the company had 15 aircraft.[9]
In December 2020, the company claimed that new CAA rules had led to Ryanair cancelling 12 routes. The CAA responded that they had not changed their policy.[10][11][12]
As of March 2024, the Ryanair UK fleet consists of the following aircraft:[9]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers |
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| Boeing 737-800 | 15 | — | 189 |
| Total | 15 | — |
As of November 2023, Ryanair uses the UK AOC on flights connecting the UK with the European Union, Europe and Morocco. Ryanair UK serves 29 countries on 148 routes.[13][1] As of summer 2023, the airline had four bases at London Stansted Airport, Manchester Airport, Edinburgh Airport and Belfast International Airport. [14] The Belfast base opened in summer 2023.[15]
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