US EditionElon Musk runs poll on buying Ryanair after spat with CEO over in-flight Wi-Fi
Elon Musk's online poll on X about buying Ryanair follows a public feud with CEO Michael O'Leary over Starlink Wi-Fi; Ryanair reported over 3 billion hits on its seat sale.
- On Monday, Elon Musk pinned a poll on X asking if he should buy Ryanair Holdings PLC and insulted CEO Michael O'Leary as an `utter idiot`, with over 4.4 million views and 79% yes votes from 300,000 users.
- Ryanair's CEO, Michael O'Leary, rejected Starlink because the antenna adds 2% drag and would cost $200–250 million annually, about an extra dollar per passenger, which passengers won't pay.
- Ryanair's social feed ramped up the mockery by launching a Great Idiots sale with 100,000 seats at €16.99, posting an AI image of Michael O'Leary and Elon Musk and scheduling a Dublin press conference on Wednesday.
- Ryanair's shares jumped 4.45% overnight after Musk's posts, with market capitalization $35.84 billion at press time, but European Union ownership rules and Ryanair Holdings plc's public status require formal offers for control.
- Industry adoption points to Starlink being favored by long‑haul, full‑service airlines rather than Ryanair's ultra‑low‑cost, short‑haul model, which carried about 206 million passengers last year.
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