# @bbcnews on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DTxRs0MCE-J
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- **Posted:** 2026-01-21T10:48:38.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC News (@bbcnews) — https://gondola.cc/bbcnews

## Caption

Elon Musk has suggested he could buy Ryanair and called for its boss Michael O'Leary to be fired, intensifying the online war of words between the pair.
 
The budget airline on Tuesday branded the Tesla chief executive an "idiot", and used the spat to promote its January sale.
 
"Perhaps Musk needs a break??" a statement on Ryanair's X account said. 
 
"Ryanair is launching a Great Idiots seat sale especially for Elon and any other idiots on 'X'."
 
The Tesla boss and the Ryanair chief executive have traded insults since last week, when O'Leary rejected the idea of using Musk's Starlink technology to provide wi-fi on flights.
 
Tap the link in BBCNews’s bio to read more about what the two said about using Starlink on planes. 
 
(📷 PA/ Getty Images/ Reuters/ Ryanair, X)
 
#ElonMusk #Ryanair #BBCNews

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