Ryanair UK

Ryanair UK is a British low-cost airline based at Stansted airport. The airline is the UK subsidiary of the low-cost Irish airline group Ryanair Holdings, and a sister airline to Ryanair, Buzz and Malta Air. It is headquartered at London Stansted Airport. It commenced operations in March 2019.

Ryanair UK
IATA ICAO Callsign
RK RUK BLUEMAX
Founded30 May 1985
as Dawndell Limited[1]
Operating basesLondon Stansted
Fleet size1
Parent companyRyanair Holdings plc
HeadquartersLondon, England
Websitewww.ryanair.com

History

Ryanair UK was founded on 30 May 1985 as Dawndell Limited and was renamed Ryan Air UK Limited on 27 June 1985. Since 1 November 1995 the company is called Ryanair UK Limited.[1]

In a statement dated 2 January 2018, Ryanair announced that its subsidiary Ryanair UK filed an application with the Civil Aviation Authority for an air operator's certificate on 21 December 2017, in anticipation of a potential "hard Brexit".[2] Its first Boeing 737-800, registered as G-RUKA, was transferred to Ryanair UK in December 2018.[3] The airline received an air operator's certificate from the Civil Aviation Authority on 3 January 2019[4] and commenced operations on behalf of Ryanair on 12 March 2019.[5]

Fleet

As of December 2018, the Ryanair UK fleet consists of the following aircraft:[6]

Ryanair UK fleet
Aircraft In service Orders Passengers
Boeing 737-800 1 4 189
Total 1

References
  1. "RYANAIR UK LIMITED". beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. "Ryanair confirms pursuit of UK-based AOC". ch-aviation.com. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  3. "Ryanair preps UK investors for Brexit, UK AOC due by YE18 -". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  4. Matt Griffin (6 January 2019). "Ryanair receives licence to operate in no-deal Brexit scenario". International Flight Network. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. "Ryanair UK". planespotters.net. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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