EU-based airlines must also be majority-owned by EU citizens, Swiss citizens, Norwegian citizens, Icelandic citizens or Liechtenstein citizens, as ruled by the European Parliament. View image in full screen FILE – Elon Musk attends the Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025, in Washington. Photo/Evan Vucci, File “If he wants to invest in Ryanair, we would think it’s a very good investment,” O’Leary said, adding the returns would be better than those from Musk’s social media platform X. “Mr. Musk is welcome to buy shares, but he can’t take control,” he added. Story continues below advertisement O’Leary also confirmed that their public spat, which he called Musk’s “Twitter tantrum,” had led to a surge in seat bookings. “They’re up about two per cent or three per cent in the last five days, which, given our volumes, is a very significant boost,” he said. He later told a reporter that bookings for January to March, the final quarter of Ryanair’s financial year, were strong. O’Leary said he had been in talks with Starlink for a year while considering onboard Wi-Fi, but decided it was too costly an investment. He said Ryanair sought a provider willing to fund installation, and that the two sides sharply disagreed on how much passengers would use the service. “The Starlink people believe that nine per cent of our passengers would happily pay for Wi-Fi access. Our experience, sadly, tells us we think less than 10 per cent of our passengers would pay for this access,” he said, adding that Musk knows “zero” about flying. — With files from Reuters More on World