{"id":120768,"date":"2018-07-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/ryanair-receives-ec-approval-to-take-control-of-laudamotion\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T09:54:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T07:54:48","slug":"ryanair-receives-ec-approval-to-take-control-of-laudamotion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/ryanair-receives-ec-approval-to-take-control-of-laudamotion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryanair receives EC approval to take control of Laudamotion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Low-cost airline Ryanair has received approval from the European Commission to take control of the low-cost airline Laudamotion, founded by Austrian Niki Lauda, triple Formula 1 world champion.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the spring of this year, Ryanair agreed to acquire a 24.9% stake in Laudamotion, and has now received approval from Brussels to increase its stake to 75%, giving it majority shareholder status.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ryanair stated that it intends to expand in Vienna in the coming years and build a base with up to 50 aircraft.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.profit.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Profit<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What percentage of Laudamotion will Ryanair own?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ryanair has received approval to increase its stake to 75%, becoming the majority shareholder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who founded Laudamotion?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Laudamotion was founded by Niki Lauda, the legendary Austrian triple Formula 1 world champion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are Ryanair&#8217;s plans for the Vienna base?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ryanair plans to expand its presence in Vienna by building a base with up to 50 aircraft in the coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low-cost airline Ryanair has received approval from the European Commission to take control of the low-cost airline Laudamotion, founded by Austrian Niki Lauda, triple Formula 1 world champion. In the spring of this year, Ryanair agreed to acquire a 24.9% stake in Laudamotion, and has now received approval from Brussels to increase its stake to&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":67339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2856],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-120768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conectivity"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/transport-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120768"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=120768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}