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Ryanair has today said it expects up to 3,000 jobs to be lost as part of a restructuring of the airline. The airline announced the planned job cuts as it revealed it expects to operate under 1 per cent of its schedule between April and June. The airline announced the planned job cuts as it … Read more
Ryanair tells outraged customers they cannot get flight refunds until coronavirus crisis is over even though airline is sitting on £3.5BILLION cash reserves Customers wanting a full refund will be put in a queue until the pandemic passes Ryanair has recommended customers use a refund voucher which are available The airline has strong liquidity and … Read more
Ryanair, easyJet and BA are among airlines refusing cash refunds to passengers despite Foreign Office travel ban due to global coronavirus Thousands of travellers are desperate to cancel their upcoming holidays It follows Government’s warning against all but essential travel to anywhere Which? found carriers are refusing refunds on flights still scheduled to run ** … Read more
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary says all flights will be grounded for at least two months from today amid coronavirus lockdown Countries across the globe sealing their borders to prevent the virus spreading Ryanair said all flights will be grounded and that passengers would be contacted easyJet also said it was grounding the majority of its … Read more
EasyJet has become the latest to announce that it will be grounding the majority of its fleet in response to the growing number of coronavirus travel bans. The airline stated that the new measures will take effect from Tuesday. It will operate rescue flights ‘as required to repatriate customers’ and will continue to run a ‘minimal … Read more
Ryanair is set to ground almost its entire flight from Tuesday in response to the growing number of coronavirus travel bans. In a statement on its website, the airline said: ‘Our flight schedules have been hugely disrupted by these Government restrictions and will be subject to further cuts.’ Up until Tuesday March 24, Ryanair Group … Read more
Ryanair has dropped two ‘carbon offset’ projects funded by passengers after claims they do little or nothing to reduce total emissions. The budget airline has dumped one tree-planting scheme before a single sapling was planted and pulled funding from a whale-watching project. Critics said the schemes were ‘woefully inadequate’ at cancelling out the massive amount … Read more
Passengers have hit out at budget airlines Ryanair and easyJet for refusing to refund flights to Italy after seven people died from coronavirus there. Italy has dramatically stepped up its fight to contain the virus after a huge spike in cases, with 229 diagnoses confirmed and seven dead. The country has effectively placed 50,000 citizens on … Read more
Ryanair ordered to pay passenger £420 after failing to compensate her over a flight delayed by more than four hours, with a court describing the airline’s actions as ‘unacceptable’ The no-frills airline was sued over a July 2019 flight from Palma to Barcelona The unnamed passenger turned up for the flight but did not board it … Read more
Ryanair has denied that airline boss Michael O’Leary called for Muslim men to face extra security checks at airports, after he sparked outrage for suggesting male Muslim men travelling alone are more likely to carry out acts of terror. It comes amid calls to boycott the budget airline after comments made by O’Leary in The Times … Read more