Ryanair CEO launches ‘Great Idiots’ seat sale aimed at Elon Musk amid feud
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Their feud took off after the U.S. billionaire called O'Leary an 'utter idiot' for brushing off Starlink on Ryanair planes, as well as an offer to purchase the budget airline.
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary launched a “Great Idiots” seat sale on Tuesday — aimed at Elon Musk and his supporters — after the Starlink boss targeted O’Leary for passing on a suggestion to install the satellite-based internet service on his fleet of commercial jets.
In an X post on Tuesday, the Dublin-based airline said it was selling 100,000 seats for €16.99 and encouraged people to buy them “before Musk gets one.”
Their feud took off last week after the billionaire called O’Leary an “utter idiot” for brushing off the suggestion, as well as an offer to purchase the budget airline.
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O’Leary made light of Musk’s prodding, telling reporters at a Dublin press conference on Wednesday, “If he wants to call me an idiot, he wouldn’t be the first, and he certainly won’t be the last … But if it helps to boost Ryanair sales, you could insult me all day, every day,” the BBC reported.
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