Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has announced plans for budget flights to the US (Picture: AFP/Getty)

Ryanair has announced plans to offer flights to the US for less than £10, but admitted passengers will have to pay some additional charges.

The Irish airline wants to sell the €10 (£8.20) transatlantic flights when it buys enough long-haul aircraft to expand its business.

‘We can make money on 99 cent fares in Europe,’ the airline’s chief executive Michael O’Leary told the Irish Hotels Federation conference in Meath.

‘Not every seat will be €10 of course, there will also need to be a very high number of business or premium seats.’


Ryanair is set to offer flights to the US for under £10 (Picture: AFP/Getty)

The flights would leave from up to 14 European cities for a number of destinations in the US, according to the Irish Independent.



Mr O’Leary said passengers will have to pay extra charges for everything from meals to baggage.

But he admitted it could take several years for the airline to purchase enough aircraft needed to make his Ryanair transatlantic dream a reality.

Mr O’Leary said last year: ‘There is an opportunity with the EU-US open skies to, on a fairly big scale, connect 15-20 European cities with 15 of the big US cities almost from day one.

‘But you need a fleet of 30, 40, 50 aircraft and not two, four or six.’