Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary was cream pied outside the European Commission’s headquarters in Brussels as he prepared to hand in a petition this morning.
He was approached by two women who slapped him in the head with cream pies before strolling off bawling out: “Welcome to Belgium! Stop the pollution of your… planes.”
Mr O’Leary responded nonchalantly “well done” as he was lathered with cream with only a handkerchief to mop up the mess.
Ryanair’s made light of the incident on their account on X – formerly known as Twitter – “Instead of buying cream pies, could have bought a flight from Belgium for the same price.”
Another post said: “Shame it was soy-based cream, definitely not as tasty as the real stuff.”
Mr O’Leary was handing in a petition with 1.5 million signatures for European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen to stop preventing airlines from flying over countries – even if they are not landing in them – during local air traffic control (ATC) strikes.
Warm welcome in Brussels today to celebrate RYR’s 7 new routes for Winter 23. Passengers so happy with our routes and petition that they’re celebrating with cake. We’ve got tasty low fares! pic.twitter.com/MpT6ssSX6a
— Ryanair (@Ryanair) September 7, 2023
