Ryanair to Submit Bid for Cyprus Airways in Rare M&A Foray

Ryanair Holdings Plc will submit a non-binding offer for Cyprus Airways on Friday as Europe’s No. 1 discount carrier seeks to extend its footprint eastward to an island increasingly popular with Russian and Israeli visitors.

Ryanair has emerged as one of a “handful” of interested bidders for the state-owned business after Chief Executive Officer Michael O’Leary met with Cyprus’s transport minister last week, Chief Marketing Officer Kenny Jacobs said today.