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Old 28th Jan 2004, 17:37
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Ryanair slumps on shock profit warning

down 22% this morning


LONDON (ShareCast) - Ryanair (Dublin: RYA.I - news) went into a flat spin on a warning full-year profit will fall around 10% because of fierce competition in the no-frills airline business.

Shares in the group slumped more than 23% as it said net income would decline to around EUR215m in the year to March reflecting recent slashed ticket prices.

It is the second blow to airline this week. Yesterday it shares also dived after it warned that it could lose all subsidies from publicly-owned airports following a ruling that a subsidy it received from Charleroi airport is illegal.

Passenger numbers remain strong, Ryanair carried 2.01m passengers in December compared with 1.31m during the same period a year ago, but yields, or the amount of money it earns per flight, are under severe pressure

Chief executive Michael O'Leary said, "We remain very cautious in our outlook for fares and yields,'' adding "Our response to these market conditions will be to continue to lower fares and yields.''

Traffic for the quarter grew by 54% to 6.1m, whilst average fares declined by 11%. Meanwhile total revenues rose by 37% but operating costs rose by 42%.

"Early indications for yields in our fourth quarter suggest a marked further reduction of between 25% to 30%," it added.

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Charleroi in France? Big Mick described as "it", he'll not be happy!!!
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Old 28th Jan 2004, 18:41
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They STILL have the most profitable profit margin of any airline in Europe though.

I doubt O Leary is worried yet.

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Mr. O'Leary must not be planning to offload any of his personal shares in the near future.....time to buy some FR stock me thinks...
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