DUBLIN — Budget airline Ryanair said it remains on track this year for achieving its highest profit, despite Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, but warned that it may yet have to review guidance since Brexit had created huge uncertainty.CEO Michael O’Leary said in an online presentation to investors on Monday that there remains a very real risk that profit guidance will be cut later in the year, but he "did not see the evidence to justify" a cut right now.Europe’s largest airline by passenger numbers reiterated a forecast made before the June 23 Brexit referendum that profit after tax would grow 13% in the year to end-March 2017 to between €1.38bn and €1.43bn."I don’t think any other airline in Europe will be delivering or forecasting that kind of profit growth, but all of the clouds on the horizon suggest there are significant risks to the downside in the second half of the year," O’Leary said.Rival easyJet last week said it was unable to give an earnings forecast in the a...
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