From July, Ryanair will resume 40% of its flights and will implement health measures such as wearing masks and taking temperature for travelers and flight attendants, but without imposing social distancing, announced the airline. Irish this Tuesday.
The Irish low-cost carrier plans to operate 1,000 flights a day to 90% of the destinations served before the health crisis.
Masks and temperature measurement
He explains in a press release that this plan is conditioned on the lifting by governments of restrictions on intra-European flights and the implementation of health measures at airports. The company has just announced a series of decisions aimed at ensuring the health safety of its passengers and staff.
Ryanair will carry out temperature checks at the airport entrances, require the wearing of a mask before and during the flight and will recommend online check-in, downloading of the boarding pass on mobile or even favoring cabin baggage. The company says it is inspired by Asia where, according to it, temperature measurements and masks have proven their worth for short-haul flights.
"After four months, it is time for Europe to fly again"
On the other hand, social distancing at the airport or on board will simply be "encouraged when possible", specifies the transporter. Onboard services will also be reviewed with purchases of drinks and snacks only by credit card, while queuing for toilets will be prohibited.
"After four months, it is time for Europe to fly again so that we can get together with friends or family, allow people to go back to work and revive the tourism sector, which provides millions of jobs" , says Eddie Wison, general manager of Ryanair.
A return to normal not before 2022
For air transport, a resumption of traffic is vital, moreover during the summer season, since the absence of any activity for months is rapidly melting the companies' cash and threatening their survival. Ryanair, which has only operated a few flights a day since mid-March, announced in early May the loss of 3,000 jobs, a condition for "surviving" the coronavirus.
Most of its competitors in the UK have also announced layoffs, as have British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. The company had then warned that a return to normal, that is to say a flight program similar to what prevailed before the pandemic, would not be possible before the summer of 2022.
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