The row about a government-backed rescue package for the regional airline Flybe intensified on Tuesday with a fresh attack by Ryanair's chief executive on Sajid Javid, the chancellor.
Sky News has obtained a letter sent by Michael O'Leary accusing Mr Javid of making"inaccurate and seriously misleading" statements about Flybe's finances. Mr O'Leary described a short-term tax deferral granted to Flybe known as a"Time to Pay" arrangement as a"breach of state aid rules" because"all of its competitor airlines in the UK continue to pay their [Air Passenger Duty] on time".
In his letter, the Ryanair boss stepped up his criticism of Flybe's owners - led by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic - by asking Mr Javid:"If these billionaire shareholders are not willing to put their hand in their own deep pockets to bail out the loss-making Flybe, then why is your government and HMRC [the tax authorities] giving them a bail-out?"comes nearly a fortnight after he threatened to sue the government over its involvement in a financial support package aimed...
Sources close to Ryanair said it intended to launch legal action once it had seen full details of the deal between the government and Flybe.
So what No British Minister should tell a citizen of the Irish State the truth. These foreigners simply have NO Right OR Need to know. UK business is None of their business.😎
His business is based in Ireland and there 's a Brexit about to happen, so I wish him the best of luck. 😂
..and behind him.... New Orders ' Power Corruption and Lies ' Album cover....
Rip off Air should just Do One
This is a tax paid by consumers, flybe collect it and pass to HMRC. This is our money , same as insurance tax and to be used for public services.
Do we really need the Irish boss of a rival airline giving the Chancellor economic advice on a British company?
Chancellor Sajid Javid accuses Ryanair chief executive of making 'inaccurate and seriously misleading' statements about where Paris is.
As Andy Hughes says Gadgie Airlines
Every major business has done this before