Ryanair to restart nearly 1,000 daily flights from July to ‘recover’ 2020 tourism

Budget airline Ryanair has today announced plans to restore 90 per cent of its pre-COVID network in less than two months.

The airline has unveiled plans to return to 40 per cent of its normal flight schedules beginning July 1, subject to government restrictions.

In its ‘return to flying’ guidelines, Ryanair has outlined measures to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, including fewer checked bags, undergoing temperature checks at airport entry and wearing face masks or coverings at all times in the terminal and on board aircraft.

Ryanair’s CEO Eddie Wilson commented: “It is important for our customers and our people that we return to some normal schedules from 1 July onwards. Governments around Europe have implemented a 4 month lockdown to limit the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

“After 4 months, it is time to get Europe flying again so we can reunite friends and families, allow people to return to work, and restart Europe’s tourism industry, which provides so many millions of jobs.

“Now that Europe’s States are allowing some gradual return to normal life, we expect this will evolve over the coming weeks and months.

“With more than 6 weeks to go to 1st July, Ryanair believes this is the most practical date to resume normal flight schedules, so that we can allow friends and families to reunite, commuters to go back to work, and allow those tourism based economies such as Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, France and others, to recover what is left of this year’s tourism season.”

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