RYANAIR’S profits have leapt 37% after the strong pound and cheap fuel prices boosted the no-frills airline.

The budget carrier was flying high this summer with half-yearly profits boosted to €1.1billion.

Chief executive Michael O’Leary attributed the results to a ‘very rare confluence of favourable events’.

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