Ryanair cuts flights to Spain, Ireland and France this autumn - airline blames uncertainty created by UK quarantine
Ryanair will reduce its flight capacity by 20 per cent during September and October after new quarantine restrictions led to a weakness in forward bookings over the last 10 days.
Europe's biggest budget airline had increased flights to 60 percent of its normal schedule this month after resuming services in July.Credit: Alamy But today, they announced a series of cuts that will be heavily focused on France, Ireland, Spain and Sweden and mostly involve frequency reductions rather than route closures.
A Ryanair spokesman said in a statement: "Over the past two weeks as a number of EU countries have raised travel restrictions, forward bookings especially for business travel into September and October have been negatively affected."Malta, France and the NetherlandsThe series of cuts that will be heavily focused on France, Ireland, Spain and Sweden
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