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EPISODE · Apr 25, 2025 · 6 MIN

April 25th - Ryanair fury at Civil Aviation Authority refusing to allow rescue flight after diversion

from Simon Calder's Independent Travel Podcast

On Thursday night a Ryanair flight from Agadir to Manchester was diverted due to a disruptive passenger. A tech issue was found. Ryanair wanted to lay on a rescue flight using its EU, rather than UK, subsidiary. But the CAA said no.Eddie Wilson, chief executive of Ryanair DAC (the EU part) is furious.This podcast is free, as is Independent Travel's weekly newsletter. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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