Ryanair tries to delay operations chief’s flight to easyJet

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Ryanair tries to delay operations chief’s flight to easyJet

By Conor Humphries


By Conor Humphries

DUBLIN, Dec 3 (Reuters)Ryanair launched a bid in Eire’s Excessive Court docket on Tuesday to forestall operations chief Peter Bellew from becoming a member of arch-rival easyJet till 2021, saying he possessed info of immense aggressive worth and that he had signed a non-compete clause.

Europe’s largest price range airline mentioned in July that the previous Malaysia Airways boss, who denies that he’s certain by such a clause, would step down on the finish of the 12 months.

However after easyJet EZJ.L introduced Bellew’s appointment as its new chief operations officer every week later, Ryanair RYA.I filed authorized proceedings to attempt to block him.

On the opening day of the case, a lawyer representing Ryanair listed info he mentioned the airline couldn’t permit to be handed to its rival, together with particulars of delays to the supply of Boeing’s BA.N grounded 737 MAX plane as properly the phrases of offers Ryanair has signed with airport baggage handlers.



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