瑞安航空首席执行官与世界首富的口水战尚未结束。这家廉价航空公司的亿万富翁掌门人迈克尔·奥利里周一表示，与埃隆·马斯克旗下星链的谈判破裂，是因为这家SpaceX子公司认为瑞安航空的乘客会为上网付费。
Ryanair's CEO isn't done bickering with the world's richest man. Michael O'Leary, the budget airline's billionaire boss, said on Monday that talks with Elon Musk's Starlink broke down because the SpaceX subsidiary thought the budget airline's passengers would pay for internet access.
在周一的业绩电话会上，奥利里称航空公司曾与星链进行过“广泛讨论”，对方愿意承担在瑞安航空飞机上安装WiFi终端的费用。但这位一向直言不讳的商人随即补充道：“谈判破裂的地方在于，他们认为我们60%的乘客会为免费WiFi付费，对此我们回应：‘你们显然这辈子从未见过瑞安航空的他妈的乘客。’”瑞安航空决定不安装星链，导致马斯克与奥利里之间爆发了一场非常公开的决裂，且两人中至少有一位尚未准备好握手言和。
Speaking on an earnings call on Monday, O'Leary said the airline had "extensive discussions" with Starlink, which he said was willing to cover the costs of installing WiFi terminals on Ryanair's airplanes. However, the typically outspoken businessman then added: "Where the discussions broke down was they believe 60% of our passengers will pay for free WiFi, to which we said, 'You have obviously never met a Ryanair fucking passenger in your life.'" Ryanair's decision not to install Starlink led to a very public fallout between Musk and O'Leary, and at least one of the men isn't yet ready to bury the hatchet.
“我无意与他和解，”奥利里在电话会后告诉彭博电视，“他认为我是个白痴。我知道他是个白痴。”“如果我们能再次惹恼他，那更好。”
"I have no intention of making up with him," O'Leary told Bloomberg TV after the call. "He thinks I'm an idiot. I know he's an idiot." "If we can annoy him again, so much the better," O'Leary said.
周一马斯克未公开回应奥利里，SpaceX未立即回应置评请求。
Musk hasn't responded publicly to O'Leary on Monday, and SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
按乘客量计算，瑞安航空是全球第三大、欧洲最大的航空公司，以低至15欧元（约合17美元）的票价吸引客源。其无附加服务的商业模式依靠运营大量航班并以低价机票吸引顾客，但对几乎所有其他服务收费。
Ryanair is the world's third-largest carrier by passenger numbers, and the largest in Europe, attracting customers with fares as low as 15 euros ($17). Its no-frills business model relies on operating a high volume of flights and enticing customers with cheap fares, but charging for virtually everything else.
过去一年，星链在航空公司中大受欢迎，已与近50家承运人签约。其高速互联网服务通常免费提供给乘客，只需注册航空公司的忠诚度计划即可。然而，奥利里对英国廉价航空易捷航空上周一宣布的星链协议表示怀疑。“对我们来说，不清楚他们是否会免费提供，”奥利里说。
Starlink has soared in popularity with airlines over the past year, and has signed deals with nearly 50 carriers. Its high-speed internet service is usually offered free to passengers who only have to sign up for the airline's loyalty program. However, O'Leary cast doubt on this regarding easyJet, the British budget airline that announced a Starlink deal last Monday. "It is not clear to us whether they are going to give it away for free," O'Leary said.
“我了解到的情况是，他们打算向乘客收取这项服务的费用，对此我只能说：‘好吧，祝你们好运。’” 易捷航空未立即回应置评请求。
"I understand the briefing is that they are going to charge passengers for it, to which I say, 'Well, good luck with that.'" EasyJet did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“如果是免费的，我认为我们的一些乘客会使用它，”奥利里对投资者表示。“如果必须付费，则完全不存在收入模式。”
"I believe if it is free, some of our passengers will use it," O'Leary told investors. "If it has to be paid for, there is no revenue model whatsoever."
奥利里今年1月曾因发表类似言论首次与马斯克交锋。马斯克随后辩称，瑞安航空将把客户输给那些提供星链服务的航空公司。在接下来的一周里，两位首席执行官互骂对方是“白痴”，马斯克还呼吁解雇奥利里，并开玩笑说要收购这家航空公司。瑞安航空利用这波宣传声势推出了“大‘白痴’促销”，投放10万张机票，起售价16.99英镑（约合23美元）。奥利里周一表示，这场口水战带来了高达4000万美元的免费宣传效应，且预订量在随后两三周内有所上升。
O'Leary first butted heads with Musk in January after making a similar comment. Musk then argued that Ryanair will lose customers to airlines that do have Starlink. Over the next week, the two CEOs called each other idiots while Musk called for O'Leary to be fired and joked about purchasing the airline. Ryanair used the publicity to launch a "Big 'Idiot' Sale" with 100,000 tickets starting at £16.99, or about $23. O'Leary said on Monday that the spat generated up to $40 million of free publicity and bookings were up for two or three weeks afterward.