Europe   Aircraft Finance & Leasing   Airlines   Boeing 737  
FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Ryanair clears its €1.2bn Covid bond, becomes effectively debt-free with 620 owned 737s

Ryanair says it has repaid the final €1.2 billion bond from its Covid-era borrowing, leaving the Ryanair Group “effectively debt free” and net cash-positive for the first time since flotation in 1997. The airline pairs the balance-sheet reset with a fleet of 620 owned 737s and renewed “lower fares” messaging.

Dj's Aviation • Daniel Fowkes

Ryanair Says It's Finally Debt Free

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2026-05-25T23:47:30.992047-07:00
Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Policy & Regulation   Air India   Airlines  
Reuters • Abhijith Ganapavaram, Allison Lampert

Exclusive: India prepares interim, not final, report as Air India crash anniversary nears, source says

By Reuters: Indian officials investigating last year's deadly Air India crash are preparing an ​interim report rather than a final one ahead of the anniversary of the Boeing 787 accident that killed 260 people, said a person with direct knowledge ‌of the matter.

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2026-05-25T23:17:18.938689-07:00
Routes   PaxEx   Policy & Regulation   Asia-Pacific (APAC)   Airlines  
ch-aviation • Dirk Andrei Salcedo

South Korea's Jeju Air resumes Seoul Incheon-Jeju link

By ch-aviation: Jeju Air (7C, Jeju) resumed its domestic route between Seoul Incheon and Jeju on May 12, 2026, after Jeju province, a major airline shareholder, requested South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport to reinstate the historically unprofitable service.

2026-05-25T20:16:46.478339-07:00