Ryanair may not return to Israel even when Gaza war ends, CEO says

Passengers alight from a Ryanair flight at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, April 11, 2018. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
Passengers alight from a Ryanair flight at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, April 11, 2018. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

DUBLIN, Ireland — Ryanair may not return to Israel when violence related to the Gaza war recedes, Group Chief Executive Michael O’Leary says, saying the airline was being “messed around” by airport authorities there.

“I think there is a real possibility that we won’t bother going back to Israel… when the current violence” recedes, O’Leary tells journalists in Dublin.

The airline earlier this summer said it would not return to Israel until October 25 at the earliest.

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