RYAAY Stock Recent News

Airlines have been in a flat spin recently, due to macroeconomic turmoil. Certain airlines are growing despite the market outlook, and have advantages in certain areas, including valuations and efficiency. The full-year outlook is broadly unchanged for the market demand-wise, with load factors increasing YoY despite RPK decreases.

RYAAY's March 2025 load factor of 93% remained flat on a year-over-year basis.

Ryanair Holdings PLC (LSE:RYA) reported stronger passenger numbers for last month than expected, enabling it to become the first European airline to carry over 200 million passengers in a year.  March traffic saw roughly 15 million passengers flown, with a load factor of 93% across more than 84,000 flights.

Ryanair flew 200.2 million passengers in its fiscal year to the end of March, largely as forecast, making it the first European airline to carry 200 million passengers in one year.

With Ryanair shares moving south, we assess the current positioning of the stock to determine if it's a good investment at this juncture.

Investors looking for stocks in the Transportation - Airline sector might want to consider either Deutsche Lufthansa AG (DLAKY) or Ryanair (RYAAY). But which of these two stocks is more attractive to value investors?

Deutsche Bank has downgraded easyJet PLC (LSE:EZJ) to 'hold' and upgraded Ryanair Holdings PLC (LSE:RYA) to 'buy', flagging rising macro uncertainty and weaker GDP expectations in Europe and the US. The shift comes as part of a broader reassessment of European transport stocks, with analyst Andy Chu warning that earnings across the sector remain highly exposed to the economic cycle.

Shares in British Airways owner  International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (LSE:IAG) and Ryanair Holdings PLC (LSE:RYA) were in focus on Tuesday after Citi offered a bullish take on Europe's biggest airlines, saying strong summer demand is keeping recession fears firmly on the tarmac. The bank's analysts said they had taken a group of investors on a tour of airline management teams across Europe last week, including meetings with IAG, Ryanair, Lufthansa and Wizz Air.

Ryanair is to launch an annual subscription service that gives members reserved seating, insurance and access to monthly seat sales for 79 euros ($85) per year, it said on Monday.

Ryanair and easyJet , which do not operate at London's Heathrow Airport, are adding extra capacity in and out of other British airports to offer alternatives for passengers affected by Heathrow's sudden closure.