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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5da2be86-650f-11e5-9846-de406ccb37f2.html#axzz3n7Hkb1VY
“We now have an opportunity with the new website to build Ryanair.com not just as the airline’s website but as a kind of Amazon for travel in Europe,” said Mr O’Leary in an interview with the Financial Times.
“All the services will be available on Ryanair.com — hotels, TripAdvisor — we want to disintermediate all the disintermediators . . . We have the scale to do it.”
The airline wants to increase the number of passengers it carries from about 100m this year to 160m over the next six to eight years. Over that period, it is targeting profits of €2bn.
Mr O’Leary ruled out the likelihood of Ryanair making any big acquisitions but said it could take minority stakes in rivals such as Lufthansa or Air France.
He expects market conditions to remain favourable for the next 12-18 months as low oil prices boost airlines’ profitability.
“The summer peak this year was extraordinary. In all the 28 years I’ve been in the business I’ve never seen such a perfect summer. Even the incompetent airlines made money,”
