Ryanair CEO dismisses Elon Musk’s idea of buying airline
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Musk would need to stage a hostile takeover or make an acquisition offer to shareholders if he truly wished to gain control of the budget carrier.
Elon Musk’s online riff about buying Ryanair and installing a namesake chief may have raised laughs — but EU airline ownership rules mean the idea is unlikely to ever take off.
They were devised to require airlines to do the right thing for their passengers. They specify the care and compensation you can expect when your plane is cancelled or heavily delayed.