控股公司将在其航空公司内开展削减成本行动，以抵消明年20亿欧元（22亿美元）的燃油费用增加，因为中东冲突持续推高油价，并抑制消费者预订航班的意愿。
Holdings Plc will embark on a cost purge across its airline to help offset a €2 billion ($2.2 billion) increase in fuel charges next year, as the Middle East conflict continues to drive up oil prices and weighs on consumer willingness to book flights.
该航空公司将审查机场协议，考虑降低机组人员配比，并可能增加人工智能的使用以降低开支。该公司周一在公布上半财年税后利润下降15%后作出上述表示。
The airline will review airport deals, consider lowering crew ratios and may increase the use of artificial intelligence to bring down expenses, it said Monday after reporting a 15% drop in profit after tax for the first fiscal half of the year.
“一切都在考虑之列，比方说薪资冻结或其他领域，”首席财务官尼尔·索拉汉在一次采访中说。“我认为我们可能面临未来12个月的高油价环境，未来12个月我们需要勒紧裤腰带。”瑞安航空表示，由于美伊战争引发消费者犹豫和预订推迟，前六个月的票价下跌。该公司补充称，明年航空燃油价格预计将保持高位，导致票价大幅上涨。
“Everything is on the table, as we say, whether that’s pay freezes or other areas,” Chief Financial Officer Neil Sorahan said in an interview. “I think we’re looking at a higher oil environment for possibly the next 12 months, we need to tighten our belt for the next 12 months.”Fares in the first six months dropped as the US-Iran war triggered hesitancy among consumers and later bookings, Ryanair said. Jet fuel prices are expected to remain elevated next year, leading to significantly more expensive fares, it added.
瑞安航空表示，该期间税后利润为21.5亿欧元（24亿美元），而去年同期为25.4亿欧元。单位成本上升5%，未对冲的燃油价格翻倍至每桶约130美元，且瑞安航空不再为飞机交付延误计提赔偿。
Profit after tax for the period was €2.15 billion ($2.4 billion), down from €2.54 billion the year prior, Ryanair said. Unit costs rose 5% unhedged fuel prices doubled to about $130 a barrel and Ryanair no longer booked compensation for delayed aircraft deliveries.
该结果公布之际，瑞安航空已下调本财年年度乘客目标，并表示计划执行精简的冬季航班计划，以应对油价上涨。该公司现在计划在2027财年运送2.14亿名乘客，此前预测为2.16亿名。
The results come after Ryanair pared back its annual passenger target for this fiscal year and the airline said it plans to run a slimmed-down winter schedule to protect against rising oil prices. It now plans to fly 214 million passengers in fiscal 2027, compared with the previous forecast of 216 million flyers.
对于2028财年，瑞安航空计划借助新的波音公司737 Max 10机型加入机队，在夏季旺季前将客运量增长至超过2.2亿名乘客。公司表示，将于2027年2月下旬每股派发0.273欧元股息，并启动另一项8亿欧元的股票回购计划，该回购计划将于同一个月开始。
For fiscal 2028, Ryanair plans to grow traffic to more than 220 million passengers with the help of the new Boeing Co. 737 Max 10s in its fleet in time for summer season. The company said it will pay a dividend of €0.273 a share in late Feb. 2027, and initiated and another €800 million share buyback that will start that same month.
欧洲最大的廉价航空公司瑞安航空是第一家公布季度财报的主要欧洲航空公司，为整个行业定下基调。美国达美航空公司和美国航空集团公司等美国航空公司已下调全年业绩预期，显示出随着燃料价格推高开支，该行业在预测业绩方面面临困难。
Ryanair, the largest low-cost carrier in Europe, is the first major European airline to report earnings for the quarter, setting the tone for the rest of the industry. US carriers such as Delta Air Lines Inc. and American Airlines Group Inc. already cut their full-year outlooks, demonstrating how the sector is struggling to forecast results as fuel prices drive up expenses.
爱尔兰航空公司的股价今年以来已下跌约23%，而彭博世界航空指数下跌11%。瑞安航空的跌幅与竞争对手维兹航空控股公司相当。另一家竞争对手易捷航空公司，在与阿波罗全球管理公司达成收购协议后，股价上涨了33%。
Shares of the Irish airline have fallen about 23% so far this year, compared with an 11% decline in the Bloomberg world airlines index. Ryanair’s decline is on par with rival Wizz Air Holdings Plc. Another competitor, EasyJet Plc, has increased 33% on the heels of its takeover agreement with Apollo Global Management Inc.