Ryanair will not resume flights if middle seat must be left empty, says Michael O’Leary April 22, 2020 Ryanair will not resume flights if it is forced to leave the middle seats empty in order to comply with social distancing rules, the budget airline’s chief executive Michael O’Leary said. O’Leary reportedly said he believed the company will about 40 per cent of its flights at a capacity of 50 to 60 per cent [...]
Coronavirus: Ryanair ‘does not expect to operate flights in April and May’ March 24, 2020 Ryanair has confirmed that it “does not expect to operate flights in April and May” due to the coronavirus epidemic, a week after warning that it would ground “most, if not all” of its planes. The budget carrier has instead offered its aircraft to all EU governments to use for repatriating civilians and to transport [...]
Coronavirus: All Ryanair staff to take a 50 per cent pay cut, says Michael O’Leary March 22, 2020 Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has said he and all of the airline’s staff will have their pay cut in half, as the low-cost carrier attempts to ride out the coronavirus epidemic. Speaking to the Financial Times, the 59-year-old boss of Europe’s biggest airline by passenger numbers said he was working on a best-case scenario of [...]
Coronavirus: Ryanair to ground ‘most if not all’ flights next week March 18, 2020 Ryanair has said that it will ground the vast majority of its flights from next Tuesday, only maintaining essential services between the UK and Ireland, in light of widespread coronavirus travel bans. In a statement, the budget carrier said that “most if not all Ryanair Group flights will be grounded” as passenger demand collapses due [...]
Ryanair makes further cuts to Italian flights as travel lockdown begins March 9, 2020 Ryanair has announced more cuts to its flight schedules to and from Italy today after the Italian government put the north of the country into lockdown yesterday. As of tomorrow, the budget airline is suspending all Italian domestic flights to and from Milan’s Bergamo and Malpensa airports, as well as those from Parma and Treviso, [...]
Airline bosses say worst is yet to come as more flights cancelled on coronavirus fears March 3, 2020 Airline bosses have warned that the worst is yet to come for the industry after coronavirus fears saw passenger demand slump, with carriers cutting flights to locations round the world. Speaking at an industry conference in Brussels, outgoing IAG boss Willie Walsh said that there had been “a very significant fall-off in demand” in Italian [...]
Coronavirus: British Airways and Ryanair cancel hundreds of flights as demand sinks March 2, 2020 Two of the UK’s leading airlines are cutting flights from their London hubs as coronavirus fears have led to a demand slump. British Airways will cancel more than 400 flights, while budget carrier Ryanair is cutting capacity to and from Italy. BA’s affected flights are between 16 and 28 March from Heathrow airport to cities [...]
Airline stocks push FTSE 100 back into the red as coronavirus fears mount March 2, 2020 Airline stocks continued to plunge this morning as more flights were suspended on the back of growing fears over the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. British Airways owner IAG was the FTSE 100’s biggest faller, shedding another nine per cent this morning to land at 426.20. The fall means that since 23 February IAG has [...]
Ryanair doubles passenger carbon offset scheme in green push February 19, 2020 Ryanair today announced that passengers would be able to double their voluntary carbon offset contribution from €1 to €2 from April onwards. The increase, which the airline admitted was “modest”, is part of the low-budget carrier’s ongoing sustainability campaign. Three per cent of Ryanair’s passengers currently participate in the voluntary scheme, the funds from which [...]
Fresh 737 Max delays hurt Ryanair’s passenger growth target February 3, 2020 Ryanair today warned Boeing 737 Max delivery delays will hurt growth plans as it swung back into profit in its third quarter. Ryanair was expecting its first delivery of the airplane to arrive in spring 2019. But it admitted that will now not happen until September or October 2020. The fresh Boeing 737 Max delivery [...]