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

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.

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