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Ryanair cuts capacity further, citing travel restrictions
Sep 18, 2020
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair has been forced to cut its capacity in October by a further 20% and may have to do the same for the rest of the winter unless European Union governments ease their COVID-19 travel restrictions, it said on Friday.
The budget airline, whose Group Chief Executive Michael O’Leary last week described the winter as a “write-off”, said it would fly about 40% of the capacity it flew last October, down from a previous target of 50%.
“If current trends and EU governments’ mismanagement of the return of air travel and normal economic activity continue, then similar capacity cuts may be required across the winter period,” a Ryanair spokeswoman said in a statement.
Ryanair’s share price fell 4.5% by 0940 GMT.
The capacity reductions, it said, were required because of “damage caused to forward bookings by continuous changes in EU government travel restrictions and policies, many of which are introduced at short notice”.
It called for a proposed coordinated EU system of restrictions to be implemented immediately.
Airlines across Europe have blamed an uneven patchwork of travel restrictions and quarantine rules for a stop-go recovery that has proven tougher than many expected.
Ahead of the latest cuts, O’Leary last week said that he expected to fly about 50 million passengers in the financial year to March, one third of the previous year’s volume. It did not provide an updated forecast.
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