Ryanair CEO ponders next flight

Maybe it was just a flight of fancy, or a bit of Irish blarney, but Michael O'Leary, the CEO of Irish budget carrier Ryanair Holdings plc, was at his big-thinking best when he told London's Daily Telegraph newspaper he has two main ambitions to fulfill before he bows out of the job. One is to take over London's Stansted Airport from Britain's main airports operator BAA Ltd., the other is to finish the job of buying his Dublin rival, the Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus Group plc, in which he owns a 29.8% stake. In an interview published Friday,...