A dispute over in-flight Wi-Fi has turned into a public war of words between tech billionaire Elon Musk and Ryanair’s CEO Michael O’Leary.

Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has thanked Elon Musk for all the additional publicity that their online spat has brought his airline, saying sales have risen two to three percent in the last five days.

Musk fired back on his social media platform X, calling O'Leary an "utter idiot" and an "imbecile." He posted, "Should I buy Ryan Air and put someone whose actual name is Ryan in charge?" and polled h...