Michael O'Leary has slammed Rachel Reeves (Image: x.com / Getty)
Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary has slammed the Chancellor, branding her "Rachel Rubbish" in a brutal verbal attack during a press conference.
The budget airline boss was criticising Rachel Reeves for failing to get rid of the Air Passenger Duty (APD), and went on to accuse one of her Treasury ministers of being a "dopey g**".
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During the X-rated episode, the fiery Irishman said: "I don't know what f****** airline this dopey g** actually flies on".
"It shows you how out of touch the Treasury are with f****** reality".
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Chancellor Of The Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaking Oxford (Image: Getty)
Appearing to criticise the Chancellor's strategy for growth following her speech in Oxfordshire, in which she set out her plans for kickstarting the British economy, Mr O'Leary said: "The UK Government, if it really wants to restore competitiveness, if it really wants to restore growth, simple: abolish APD.
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"I wrote a letter to Rachel Reeves on December 2," he told the conference as he held the letter. He said the letter called on the Government to scrap APD.
APD is a charge levied on airlines for each passenger's flight. It varies depending on the length of each passenger's journey.
"I get [sic] a letter back this week from some dopey junior minister James Murray, the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury.
"He helpfully told me that the rate of APD increase is only going up by ￡2 for those flying short-haul economy - that is 1% of an average airfare", he claimed the minister wrote.
Savaging the minister, he said that APD was between ￡13 and ￡15 for an average-priced Ryanair flight of ￡44. Off the back of those figures he dubbed APD a "penal tax".
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"If Rachel Rubbish is serious about delivering growth, abolish aviation tax", the multi-millionaire airline tycoon said.
Tearing apart her plans for a third Heathrow runway, he added: "We don't mind if she comes up with a third runway at Heathrow, although please understand it won't be delivered until 2040 or 2050 at the earliest.
"But at least while you're waiting for that dead cow to breathe life into that dead cat, can you please abolish APD and allow us to get on with delivering real growth?"
Attacking the Chancellor's early performance in No 11, Mr O'Leary told the press conference: "The UK continues to lose out on enormous growth opportunities because you have a Chancellor who hasn't a clue about how to deliver growth.
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"[She] has had five years to get ready for it, and yet has managed to screw it up in her first budget."
"Nothing is designed to damage growth faster than increasing taxes on air travel", he added.
Express.co.uk has approached the Treasury for comment.