India, Jan. 20 -- The Ryanair vs Elon Musk spat intensified on Tuesday after the airline's CEO, Michael O'Leary, issued a brutal response to the Tesla and Starlink boss. This comes after Musk, the richest person in the world, suggested that he would buy Ryanair and employ a 'Ryan' to run it.

The clash stems from Ryanair's decision not to install SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet across its fleet of roughly 640 aircraft. O'Leary has argued that the antennas required for the service would increase drag and significantly raise fuel costs, estimating the impact at up to $250 million a year.

Musk, whose Starlink constellation now includes about 9,500 low-Earth-orbit satellites and serves around nine million customers, disputed that assess...