Reports in Norway claim that the giant Siemens corporation has banned its staff from flying Ryanair on business trips.
The budget airline has rejected the claim but has organized a meeting with Siemens executives to discuss the issue.
Siemens, the largest electrical engineering company in Europe, is reported to have told staff in Germany not to fly with Ryanair.
The company employs 380,000 staff in 190 countries.
The issue has come to light after recent stories about Ryanair planes making emergency landings in France and Spain.
Siemens Communications Director Caroline Rylander has been quoted on the web as saying that the decision to boycott comes from the head office in Germany.
She said: “It is primarily a decision taken by our employees’ safety in mind, but we also want to send a signal to Ryanair to intervene so that we can again rely on their safety.”
Ryanair’s press office has rejected the claims made in the Scandinavian media but has confirmed a meeting is planned with Siemens executives.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.EamonnDublin | Sep 29, 2012, 06:47 PM EDT
I know an Air Traffic Controller who is too terrified of flying to ever get on a plane. Perhaps he has seen too much!!! Éamonn, Dublin.
Towngate | Sep 29, 2012, 04:08 PM EDT
Are there no Siemens components in a plane? Wooooooooooo!............. do Siemens know something they are not telling us? Woooooooooooo!
borefield | Sep 29, 2012, 03:37 PM EDT
Ryanair is a second rate outfit. I flew their airline once. Never again.
Brolaur | Sep 29, 2012, 02:54 PM EDT
I'm sure Michael won't sleep a wink tonight!
WoundedKnee | Sep 29, 2012, 10:11 AM EDT
This is stupid nonsense if it is true. Ryanair, with its thousands of take-offs and landings every day, year after year after year, has never lost one passenger. How many of our US airlines could say that? Could Siemens say a product of theirs has never caused a death? I doubt it.