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DUBLIN (Reuters Life!) - Michael O'Leary, boss of low-budget airline Ryanair, famed for cut-throat competition in the skies, has challenged arch-rival Easyjet to a race at ground-level.
After a flurry of legal letters over allegations Ryanair made about Easyjet, O'Leary said he and Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou should settle the matter "man-to-man" with a race around Trafalgar Square in London, rather than wasting money on legal fees.
To throw down the gauntlet, O'Leary held a conference call, saying he had been unable to get to London to convene a press conference because Ryanair flights were already full.
Meanwhile, he was training hard.
"I am currently in rigorous training and believe that my daily regime of 40 cigarettes, 24 beers and extended sessions on the couch watching TV leaves me in perfect shape to beat Stelios in a 21st-century version of the Chariots of Fire race around Trafalgar Square," he said.
If necessary, Ryanair was willing to provide the music from the sound-track of the British film that tells the story of two Olympic athletes.
"If Stelios is too tired to run, then I will offer him the alternative of a wheelbarrow race," O'Leary added.
Asked whether he would also consider a sumo wrestling bout if that's what Stelios preferred, O'Leary said he felt up to that challenge too, or even an arm-wrestling contest.
He also announced he was publishing the exchange of legal correspondence on the Ryanair website, which follow on from British press advertisements placed by Ryanair.
Easyjet -- characteristically more publicity-shy than Ryanair -- has declined to comment.
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After a flurry of legal letters over allegations Ryanair made about Easyjet, O'Leary said he and Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou should settle the matter "man-to-man" with a race around Trafalgar Square in London, rather than wasting money on legal fees.
To throw down the gauntlet, O'Leary held a conference call, saying he had been unable to get to London to convene a press conference because Ryanair flights were already full.
Meanwhile, he was training hard.
"I am currently in rigorous training and believe that my daily regime of 40 cigarettes, 24 beers and extended sessions on the couch watching TV leaves me in perfect shape to beat Stelios in a 21st-century version of the Chariots of Fire race around Trafalgar Square," he said.
If necessary, Ryanair was willing to provide the music from the sound-track of the British film that tells the story of two Olympic athletes.
"If Stelios is too tired to run, then I will offer him the alternative of a wheelbarrow race," O'Leary added.
Asked whether he would also consider a sumo wrestling bout if that's what Stelios preferred, O'Leary said he felt up to that challenge too, or even an arm-wrestling contest.
He also announced he was publishing the exchange of legal correspondence on the Ryanair website, which follow on from British press advertisements placed by Ryanair.
Easyjet -- characteristically more publicity-shy than Ryanair -- has declined to comment.
http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-46097820100211
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