https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The budget airline Ryanair will return to Bergerac airport in south-west France this summer, despite its criticism over France's increased eco tax on plane tickets. https://www.thelocal.fr/20251216/ryanair-not-leaving-south-west-france-airport-despite-threats Tue, 16 Dec 2025 17:11:21 +0100 ryanair-not-leaving-south-west-france-airport-despite-threats Budget airline Ryanair urged on Wednesday that Air France be forced to give up lucrative French airport slots if it receives more state aid. https://www.thelocal.fr/20210210/ryanair-demands-that-air-france-give-up-french-airport-slots-in-exchange-for-state-aid Wed, 10 Feb 2021 17:20:55 +0100 ryanair-demands-that-air-france-give-up-french-airport-slots-in-exchange-for-state-aid The Irish low-cost airline has announced it is creating a new hub in the south western city of Toulouse, complete with 11 new routes. The carrier also confirmed 39 new routes from Bordeaux and Marseille in 2019. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190221/here-are-the-50-new-ryanair-flight-routes-to-and-from-southern-france Thu, 21 Feb 2019 14:43:58 +0100 here-are-the-50-new-ryanair-flight-routes-to-and-from-southern-france The French department of Charente in western France ordered bailiffs to seize a London-bound Ryanair plane on Thursday evening on the tarmac at Bordeaux airport in a row over unpaid debt. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181109/french-officials-send-in-bailiffs-to-seize-ryanair-plane-on-tarmac Fri, 09 Nov 2018 17:25:50 +0100 french-officials-send-in-bailiffs-to-seize-ryanair-plane-on-tarmac Ryanair plans to open two new hubs in Marseille and Bordeaux as part of a wider plan to double its traffic in France over the next "three or four years", the company has announced. The move will see 17 new routes open from Bordeaux. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180927/ryanair-set-to-open-two-french-hubs-in-marseille-and-bordeaux Thu, 27 Sep 2018 17:58:07 +0200 ryanair-set-to-open-two-french-hubs-in-marseille-and-bordeaux The Paris commercial court has ordered online travel agent lastminute.com to stop selling Ryanair tickets without the consent of the Irish low-cost airline, slamming the practice as "parasitism". https://www.thelocal.fr/20180406/french-court-condemns-lastminutecom-for-parasitism-of-ryanair-website Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:01:54 +0200 french-court-condemns-lastminutecom-for-parasitism-of-ryanair-website Ryanair plans to open four new hubs in France by 2019 in a bid to double its traffic in the country over the next "three or four years", the company has announced. https://www.thelocal.fr/20180119/ryanair-plans-to-open-first-hubs-in-france-by-2019 Fri, 19 Jan 2018 14:17:11 +0100 ryanair-plans-to-open-first-hubs-in-france-by-2019 Ryanair has announced its complete list of cancellations until the end of October, after making up to 400,000 frustrated passengers wait to find out if they were among those affected. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170919/ryanair-reveals-full-list-of-flights-cancelled-to-and-from-france Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:25:41 +0200 ryanair-reveals-full-list-of-flights-cancelled-to-and-from-france Ryanair has announced cancellations of up to 50 flights a day until the end of October, causing uproar from customers across France and Europe. Here is a list of the affected flights to and from France up until Thursday. https://www.thelocal.fr/20170918/ryanair-cancels-dozens-of-flights-to-and-from-france Mon, 18 Sep 2017 17:28:36 +0200 ryanair-cancels-dozens-of-flights-to-and-from-france An angry tweet from the Ryanair Twitter account called the French team "cheating bastards". https://www.thelocal.fr/20160708/bitter-ryanair-tweet-calls-french-cheating-bastards Fri, 08 Jul 2016 11:05:28 +0200 bitter-ryanair-tweet-calls-french-cheating-bastards A flight from Liverpool to Alicante was forced to land in France on Thursday after two drunken British nationals began fighting on board. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160428/drunk-english-fans-kicked-off-ryanair-flight-in-france Thu, 28 Apr 2016 15:23:14 +0200 drunk-english-fans-kicked-off-ryanair-flight-in-france French air traffic controllers have dismissed Ryanair’s complaints about their strikes having cost the budget airline millions in lost profit calling boss Michael O’Leary a “provocateur”. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160414/french-to-ryanair-we-dont-care-about-your-profits Thu, 14 Apr 2016 19:24:40 +0200 french-to-ryanair-we-dont-care-about-your-profits UPDATED: A "radicalized" Frenchman has been arrested after he was found to have taken knives, a gas bottle and a balaclava on a Ryanair flight out of France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160310/racicalised-frenchman-takes-knives-and-gas-bottle-on-ryanair-flight Thu, 10 Mar 2016 08:44:05 +0100 racicalised-frenchman-takes-knives-and-gas-bottle-on-ryanair-flight The EU referred France to the bloc's top court on Monday for failing to recover nearly €10 million in illegal state aid received by low-cost airlines Ryanair and Transavia. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150727/eu-takes-france-to-court-over-ryanair-aid Mon, 27 Jul 2015 16:36:06 +0200 eu-takes-france-to-court-over-ryanair-aid Budget airline Ryanair has called on members of the public across Europe to back its new campaign to stop French air traffic controllers going on strike. It comes as a planned strike in France was called off at the eleventh hour. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150701/ryanair-takes-on-french-air-traffic-controllers Wed, 01 Jul 2015 16:09:47 +0200 ryanair-takes-on-french-air-traffic-controllers Ryanair’s outspoken CEO Michael O'Leary has slammed the French government for being “protectionist” and said his airline shouldn't have to pay payroll taxes in France. The ruling Socialist party hit back saying Ryanair's practices were "borderline fraud". https://www.thelocal.fr/20150427/ryanair-oleary-lambasts-france-socialists-protectionism Mon, 27 Apr 2015 15:38:56 +0200 ryanair-oleary-lambasts-france-socialists-protectionism UPDATED: A French court ruled on Tuesday that Irish budget airline Ryanair must pay €8.1 million ($10.3 million) in damages along with €200,000 in fines for breach of French labour law. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141028/ryanair-ordered-to-pay-81m Tue, 28 Oct 2014 16:36:00 +0100 ryanair-ordered-to-pay-81m Low-cost airline Ryanair received nearly €10 million in illegal government aid and now must pay the money back, the European Commission said on Wednesday. It's another costly blow for Ryanair after a French court ordered it to stump up €9million in damages last year. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140723/eu-says-ryanair-owes-france-96-million Wed, 23 Jul 2014 14:40:00 +0200 eu-says-ryanair-owes-france-96-million Ryanair lodged a formal complaint with the European Commission on Friday, a day after French police raided its offices in Marseille as part of a new probe into alleged breaches of French labour laws. Last year a French court ordered Ryanair to pay €9 million in damages. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140523/ryanair-anger-after-french-police-raid-marseille-offices Fri, 23 May 2014 12:41:00 +0200 ryanair-anger-after-french-police-raid-marseille-offices Many air passengers will have been tempted to revolt against the various indignities of modern air travel, whether hefty bag fees, lengthy delays or ever-shrinking leg room. But a group of travellers on a Paris-bound Ryanair flight last week did more than just think about it. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140120/angry-passengers-loot-ryan-air-flight Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:58:00 +0100 angry-passengers-loot-ryan-air-flight