The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. - Britain's competition watchdog is canvassing views on whether partnerships between Microsoft and Mistral, and Amazon and Anthropic, as well as Microsoft's hiring of key figures from Inflection AI, could count as mergers or harm competition. - Ryanair has demanded that the EU reform its skies after the airline was forced to cancel more than 300 flights across Europe scheduled for Thursday because of a strike by French air traffic controllers.
Ryanair and Boeing have shared a close and complicated relationship over the years, but the discount airline continues to lean heavily on the manufacturer.
Ryanair will be forced to scrap a planned expansion of UK flights unless it is allowed to hire foreign air stewards, chief executive Michael O’Leary has said.