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Ryanair says 14-day quarantine is ‘useless’

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has rejected the UK Government’s 14-day quarantine calling it “ineffective and useless”. The airline says that for a quarantine to be effective it needs to detain passengers upon arrival to the UK but under the UK Government’s plans the mobile numbers of arriving passengers will [read more]

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Ryanair announces 250 office job cuts

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has today confirmed 250 job cuts at its offices in Dublin, Stansted, Madrid and Wroclaw. The airline says that the cuts are a direct result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) groundings and have been achieved through a combination of probation/fixed term contract ends, resignations and redundancies. [read more]

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Ryanair adds more routes to Stansted schedule

Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said it is adding more routes to its currently limited flight schedule from London Stansted (STN/EGSS) during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. From the 15th May, the budget airline will start 3-flights weekly services to Bucharest, Sofia and a daily service to Porto. Ryanair’s Alejandra Ruiz said: “We [read more]

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Ryanair seeks to block European airline bailouts

Ryanair Holdings PLC, which owns Ryanair (FR/RYR) has filed a legal suit against the Swedish Governments €455m aid package for Swedish Airlines. The loan guarantee scheme from the Swedish Government has received EU approval but Ryanair is asking the EU to cancel that approval. Ryanair argues that the scheme, which [read more]

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Ryanair to cut 3000 jobs

Ryanair (FR/RYR) is to cut 3000 jobs across the airline in a bid to survive the next year. The job cuts will primarily come from operational staff, Pilots and Cabin crew according to sources at the airline. The news comes just 24 hours after it emerged British Airways was also [read more]