Europe's biggest low-cost carrier has posted its weakest yearly profit in four years and is faced with the possibility of another strike.

Hundreds of flights are being cancelled or delayed as the first French air-traffic control strike of the summer takes hold.

Ryanair has announced a new route between Denmark and southern Germany – its fourth German route from CPH.

The budget carrier will clash against arch rival Wizz Air on Budapest-Gothenburg, while Lappeenranta is also in its sights.

With the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft likely to drag on for months, some airlines are in a far worse position than others.

The low-cost carrier has announced a number of new routes for its next winter programme.

The chief executives of five of Europe’s biggest airlines were asked which of their rivals they would choose to run for a week.

The low-cost carrier’s winter 2019 schedule includes a new route for each of the country’s three international airports.

The two rival low-cost carriers have been fined in Italy for “deceiving consumers” with their hand luggage policies.

Lufthansa Group’s Austrian has upped the stakes on Vienna-Copenhagen as Laudamotion and Level try to muscle in.

Ryanair has announced a connection to Marseille, which adds to new routes to Bordeaux, Nantes and Toulouse.

Passengers flying between London Stansted and both Gothenburg and Stockholm will be among the first to feel the MAX 8-200.

Wizz Air has pushed past SAS into ninth place in a new list of Europe’s top 20 airline groups, with another carrier close behind.

The main gateway to the Czech Republic continues to grow, rising 9% in 2018, and routes from the north are playing a part.

A 26% rise in ancillary revenues to €557 million was offset during the third quarter by higher fuel and staff costs.

Laudamotion says it is in talks with “more than 50 airports”, as Ryanair expands its shareholding to 100%.

The bigger airlines “are using the crisis among smaller carriers to entrench their positions by gaining taking market share”.

The problems affecting Ryanair are indicative of the dangers facing all airlines in Europe – particularly low-cost carriers.

The recently rebooted Austrian LCC, which is 75% owned by Ryanair, has already launched Vienna and Stuttgart to CPH.

Planned walkouts have been stopped as the airline inks a deal with unions that changes employee contracts.