"The Starlink people believe that 90% of our passengers would happily pay for wifi access. Our experience tells us less than 10% would pay; He (Elon) called me a retar*ed twat. He would have to join the back of a very, very long queue of people that already think I'm a retar*ed twat, including my four teenage children."
"But we do want to thank him for the wonderful boost in publicity. Our bookings are up 2-3% in the last few days. So thank you to Mr. Musk, but he's wrong on the fuel drag. Non-European citizens cannot own a majority of European airlines, but if he wants to invest in Ryanair, we think it would be a very good investment."
Elon Musk criticized Ryanair for refusing to equip aircraft with Starlink, which would provide fast, free, and reliable onboard Wi‑Fi. Musk also teased potentially buying Ryanair and replacing Michael O'Leary. Michael O'Leary said Musk called him a "retar*ed twat" and that Musk would join a long queue of people who already think poorly of O'Leary, including his four teenage children. O'Leary contrasted Starlink's claim that 90% of passengers would pay for Wi‑Fi with Ryanair's experience of less than 10% willingness to pay. O'Leary credited Musk's publicity for a 2–3% rise in bookings and called Musk's platform X a "cesspit."
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