The shares of the airline Ryanair are no longer listed on the London Stock Exchange.

After the Brexit, the trading volumes there fell so sharply that they would no longer justify the costs of the listing, the company announced a few weeks ago.

This Friday is the last trading day.

In Europe, the shares are still listed on the Dublin stock exchange, and they are also listed on the American Nasdaq via so-called ADRs.

Tim Kanning

Editor in business.

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The CEO Michael O'Leary commented in the usual sharp tone in the British newspaper "Guardian" about the process: Brexit made the delisting from the London Stock Exchange inevitable.

In the direction of politics, he scolded: "Brexit is a monstrous economic disaster that these idiots have brought on us." According to the company, the withdrawal from the London Stock Exchange is necessary to comply with EU rules.

It is a general trend that the shares of European companies are increasingly no longer traded on the London Stock Exchange after Brexit.

"Panic Reaction to Omikron"

O'Leary also railed against the British government's tightened corona rules in the Guardian, calling them a panic reaction to the Omikron variant.

Great Britain now has much tougher travel rules than continental Europe.

The travel restrictions mean that the airline will only carry ten million passengers this December instead of the planned 11 million.