Ryanair Slashes Flight Schedule After U.K. Lockdown
- Traffic for full year ending in March to lag earlier forecast
- EasyJet, TUI moved to trim timetables earlier this week
Ryanair Holdings said it will be offering few flights from Jan. 21 until travel curbs are lifted.
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Ryanair Holdings Plc slashed its winter schedule, while denouncing new coronavirus-related travel restrictions as “draconian” and calling for faster vaccine rollouts in the U.K. and its home country of Ireland.
Europe’s biggest discount airline said it will offer few flights from Jan. 21 until the travel curbs are lifted. The cutbacks go beyond ones made earlier in the week by rivals EasyJet Plc, British Airways and TUI AG. Dublin-based Ryanair said on its website that passenger numbers will fall below 1.25 million in January, then drop to as few as 500,000 for February and March.