Ryanair boss clashes with Musk
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Ryanair's CEO dismisses Elon Musk's idea of buying the airline and shrugs off his insults. The spat began when Ryanair ruled out installing Musk's Starlink Wi-Fi on its planes.
The CEO of the budget airline handled a feud with Elon Musk in the most brilliant way possible. Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary may not have realized he was starting a feud with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk when he told Reuters he wouldn’t be installing Starlink internet on his planes—but that’s exactly what happened.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has launched a brutal takedown of Elon Musk, announcing a “Great Idiots Seat Sale” and vowing to hand-deliver the tech billionaire a free airline ticket at X’s Dublin headquarters.
Ryanair and Michael O'Leary have a long history of making provocative statements and insulting passengers as a promotional strategy.
Real mature stuff.
The SpaceX head is not exempt from public controversy, however, with his most recent spat coming in the form of a very public back-and-forth with airline Ryanair and their CEO Michael O’Leary.
Are Tesla shareholders facing another Twitter situation? Probably not, but they should still pay attention to Elon Musk’s tweets, especially when they’re tied to acquiring another company.Over the weekend and into this week,
Elon Musk on Friday called Ryanair CEO O'Leary an “utter idiot” who should be fired, escalating a public spat that began after the airline boss ruled out installing Musk's Starlink internet service on Ryanair aircraft.