Ryanair rejects claims it hiked fares as demand soared from Ukrainian refugees

An Irish government minister is to talk to Ryanair after accusations that it hiked fares on flights from Poland to Ireland as demand soared from Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war. Ryanair has rejected outright the claims made by the Ukrainian ambassador to Ireland, Larysa Gerasko, at a parliamentary committee meeting last week. CE Michael O’Leary said the claims were “completely false” but Ireland’s transport minister is under pressure to take up the matter. Eamon Ryan was repeatedly asked Monday whether Ryanair should lay on humanitarian flights. He declined to answer the question: “We’re in constant touch with Ryanair. Through the previous Covid crisis, on a number of occasions, they helped us in terms of getting people out of difficult places in different ways. Let me first of all talk to the ambassador and then I’ll talk to Ryanair without a doubt.” Demand for flights to Dublin from Warsaw has escalated since Russia invaded Ukraine and Ireland lifted visa restrictions for Ukrainians.<br/>