A Ryanair plane (photo illustration).
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Air transport is only taking off again in small quantities and the low cost company Ryanair is drawing the consequences of a rebounding health crisis.
It announces this Thursday in a press release that it will drastically reduce - from 40 to 60% - its capacities for the coming winter, to adapt to the drop in reservations.
The trend is, according to her, a "slight weakening" for October but "a significant decrease for November and December".
As a direct consequence of this adaptation, the media CEO of the group Michael O'Leary has decided to close three of Ryanair's European bases for the winter: two in its Irish cradle in Cork and Shannon, but also that of Toulouse-Blagnac.
At the same time, the number of planes based in Belgium, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Vienna will be sharply reduced.
Overall, the company plans to maintain "up to 65% of its network of winter lines, but with reduced flight frequencies".
Blame it on governments
“Although we deeply regret these reductions in our winter flight programs, they were forced on us by governments' mismanagement of air travel within the European Union,” says Michael O'Leary.
For the bases that remain open, he announces a new wave of unpaid leave and reduced working hours for its employees, and "more layoffs on a small number of flight crew bases" where no agreement on the reduction of time work or wages could not be signed.
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