Originally Posted by The Irish Independent

Ryanair won’t ever fly transatlantic services, the airline’s billionaire chairman David Bonderman insisted yesterday.

“We have no interest in flying transatlantic,” he told shareholders at the airline’s annual general meeting at Dublin Airport yesterday.

Originally Posted by The Irish Times

Ryanair has shelved plans to launch a low-cost transatlantic carrier as it cannot get the aircraft it needs to operate such a service.

Chief executive, Michael O’Leary, has said several times that the airline was exploring the possibility of a launching a transatlantic business through a separate company, on condition that it could get the necessary craft.

However, chairman David Bonderman, indicated at yesterday’s annual general meeting (agm) in Dublin that a transatlantic operation is now off the agenda.