Michael O’Leary to deliver a free ticket to X’s offices to thank Elon Musk

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Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary says he will deliver a free ticket to X's offices in Dublin to thank Elon Musk for free publicity. This comes after online sparring between the two businessmen.

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00:00I thought that was a reasonably measured response to why we're not using Starlink.

00:11Elon Musk apparently took great umbrage and resorted to insulting me on X the weekend,

00:18calling me an idiot.

00:20I think yesterday he also rounded on me and called me a, I think, a...

00:25All I would say to Elon Musk is he would have to join the back of a very, very, very, very long queue

00:31of people who already think I'm a, including my four teenage children.

00:38But we do want to thank him.

00:40We've had, I think, over, I think, three or four million hits on this seed sale,

00:44our IT team launched yesterday, which is the big idiot seed sale.

00:49There's 100,000 seeds available for sale at just $16.99,

00:52which just goes to show that Europe needs the world in low airfares.

00:57There's no airfares like this in North America.

01:00And we're, later on this morning, going around to the ex-offices in Cumberland House

01:05to present or to give Elon Musk a free ticket.

01:09He doesn't even have to pay the $16.99, a free Ryanair ticket,

01:11to thank him for the wonderful boost in publicity,

01:14which has seen our bookings rise significantly.

01:18They're up about 2% or 3% in the last five days,

01:21which, given our volumes, is a very significant boost.

01:24So thank you to Mr. Musk.

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