Cork, Shannon, Toulouse Bases To Close For Winter As FY Traffic Guidance Reduced To 38m
Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, today (Thurs 15th Oct) released its revised winter schedule. Due to increased flight restrictions imposed by EU Govts, air travel to/from much of Central Europe, the UK, Ireland, Austria, Belgium and Portugal have been heavily curtailed. This has caused forward bookings to weaken slightly in Oct, but materially in Nov & Dec.
In light of these weaker bookings, and Ryanair’s plan to operate with a 70% load factors, Ryanair has today further reduced its winter schedule (Nov – Mar) taking capacity down from 60% to 40% of prior year. Ryanair expects to maintain up to 65% of its winter route network, but with reduced frequencies. In addition to the winter closure of bases in Cork, Shannon, and Toulouse, Ryanair has announced significant base aircraft cuts in Belgium, Germany, Spain, Portugal and Vienna.
With this greatly reduced winter capacity and load factors of approx. 70%, Ryanair now expects full year (FY21) traffic to fall to approx. 38m guests, although this guidance could be further revised downwards if EU Govts continue to mismanage air travel and impose more lockdowns this winter.
Ryanair’s Group CEO Michael O’Leary said:
“We have continued to flex our capacity in Sept & Oct to reflect both market conditions and changing Government restrictions, with the objective of sustaining a 70% load factor, which allows us operate as close to breakeven as possible and minimise cash burn. While the Covid situation remains fluid and hard to predict, we must now cut our full year traffic forecast to 38m guests.
While we deeply regret these winter schedule cuts they have been forced upon us by Government mismanagement of EU air travel. Our focus continues to be on maintaining as large a schedule as we can sensibly operate to keep our aircraft, our pilots and our cabin crew current and employed while minimising job losses. It is inevitable, given the scale of these cutbacks, that we will be implementing more unpaid leave, and job sharing this winter in those bases where we have agreed reduced working time and pay, but this is a better short term outcome than mass job losses. There will regrettably be more redundancies at those small number of cabin crew bases, where we have still not secured agreement on working time and pay cuts, which is the only alternative. We continue to actively manage our cost base to be prepared for the inevitable rebound and recovery of short haul air travel in Europe once an effective Covid-19 vaccine is developed.
In the meantime, we urge all EU Governments to immediately, and fully, adopt the EU Commission’s Traffic Light System, which allows for safe air travel between EU states on a regional basis to continue (without defective travel restrictions) for those countries and regions of Europe, who are able to demonstrate that their Covid case rates are less than 50 per 100,000 population.”
Madrid, 13 de octubre de 2020. Ryanair, la primera aerolínea en Europa, ha lanzado su nuevo podcast- Inside Ryanair. Este podcast está destinado para todos aquellos que están interesados en conocer el funcionamiento interno de una aerolínea líder en el mundo, para los que se preguntan cómo Ryanair puede vender asientos por menos de 10 euros a algunos de los destinos más deseados de Europa, los que quieran conocer cómo el nuevo modelo de avión Max jugará un papel clave en el futuro crecimiento de Ryanair y para los curiosos sobre las acciones que está llevando a cabo la aerolínea para reducir sus emisiones de CO2. Inside Ryanair está formado por seis episodios centrados en los negocios y la aviación, profundizando en la actividad de Ryanair, además de analizar las noticias de actualidad y proporcionar respuestas a algunas de las preguntas más frecuentes sobre la aerolínea.
Conducido por Piaras Kelly y Mark Duffy, cada episodio de Inside Ryanair comenzará con una charla sobre temas de actualidad de los últimos días antes de dar la bienvenida a un invitado diferente de Ryanair cada semana.
En la primera semana, los anfitriones se reúnen con el CEO de Ryanair DAC, Eddie Wilson. Eddie discute sus experiencias de trabajar para la aerolínea irlandesa durante más de 20 años, contando algunas anécdotas y compartiendo conocimientos desde el interior de las oficinas de Ryanair. Además, Eddie hace un repaso de su primer año como CEO de Ryanair DAC, relata cómo ha hecho la transición para estar a cargo y cuenta algunos de los desafíos a los que se ha enfrentado hasta ahora, a la vez que da una perspectiva de futuro del negocio.
Ayer se lanzó el primer episodio de Inside Ryanair. Cada podcast tendrá una duración aproximada de 40 minutos y se emitirán nuevos episodios cada semana.
Dara Brady, Director of Marketing & Digital de Ryanair, ha declarado: “Estamos encantados de lanzar Inside Ryanair. Queremos dar a la gente una perspectiva de algunos de los temas más urgentes de la industria, abordar algunas de las preguntas más frecuentes sobre Ryanair y tener una charla sobre temas en los medios de comunicación de interés tanto para nosotros como para la industria. Los podcasts son gratuitos, así que las personas interesadas solo tienen que elegir su “asiento” favorito, sentarse y relajarse mientras disfrutan de los episodios a través de Apple, Spotify y Google. Ryanair agradecerá todos los comentarios sobre este nuevo lanzamiento, por lo que invita a compartir las opiniones sobre los podcasts en Twitter, Facebook o en el canal de streaming que elijan”.
Ryanair, Europe’s No. 1 airline, today (12 OCT) announced the launch of its new podcast – Inside Ryanair. If you’re intrigued by the inner workings of a world-leading airline, wondered how Ryanair can sell seats for less than €10 to some of Europe’s most wish-listed destinations, want an insight into how the Max will play a key role in Ryanair’s future growth, or what actions they are taking to reduce its CO2 emissions, then scroll no further than Inside Ryanair – the brand-new six-part business and aviation focused podcast that takes a deep dive into Europe’s favourite airline, discusses topical news stories and provides an insight into some frequently asked questions about Ryanair.
Hosted by Piaras Kelly and Mark Duffy, each episode of Inside Ryanair will kick-start with a chat around interesting news topics from recent days before welcoming a different guest each week from across the business.
Week one sees the hosts engage in an in-depth discussion with Ryanair DAC CEO Eddie Wilson. Eddie discusses his experiences of working for Ryanair for over 20 years, with some stories and insight from inside the Ryanair offices. Eddie also gives a look back on his first full year in the CEO role, how he has transitioned to being in charge and the challenges he’s faced so far while also giving an outlook on the future of the business.
Inside Ryanair launches today, 12 October and each episode will be approx. 40 mins in length. New episodes will drop every week thereafter.
Speaking about the inspiration to start the podcast, Ryanair’s Dara Brady said:
“We are delighted to be launching Inside Ryanair. We want to give people an insight into some of the most pressing topics within the industry, address some of the most frequently asked questions regarding Ryanair and have a chat about topics in the media of interest to us and the industry. This is a free podcast so choose your favourite seat, sit back, relax and enjoy on Apple, Spotify & Google Podcast Stores. Ryanair welcomes feedback so be sure to share your thoughts on the podcast on Twitter, Facebook or your streaming channel of choice.”
Lisboa, 9 de outubro de 2020. A Ryanair, a companhia aérea número 1 da Europa, apela aos governos para adotarem o sistema Traffic Light da UE, na sequência da reunião do Conselho da UE que terá lugar em Bruxelas no próximo dia 13 de outubro. No âmbito deste sistema comum, o Centro Europeu de Prevenção e Controlo das Doenças (ECDC) confirmou que é seguro viajar para 15 países da UE sem quaisquer restrições de viagem.
As indústrias da aviação e turismo da Europa não podem sofrer qualquer atraso na adoção deste novo sistema, uma vez que estão em risco milhões de postos de trabalho na Europa num inverno extremamente difícil. Este quadro comum da UE ajudará a recuperar a confiança nas viagens aéreas e a colocar fim às diferentes políticas nacionais em toda a Europa que têm prejudicado a procura por parte dos consumidores.
O sistema comum da UE permite viagens seguras de/para 15 países considerados como “verdes” e “âmbar” sem restrições. De maneira oposta, poderão existir restrições (por exemplo, testes antes da partida/na chegada) para os 15 países da lista “vermelha”. O novo sistema recomenda também que os estados-membros apliquem uma abordagem regional sempre que possível para garantir que as regiões ou ilhas com baixos níveis de Covid não sejam penalizadas.
Os peritos de Saúde, incluindo a Organização Mundial de Saúde e o ECDC, confirmam que as quarentenas não funcionam, e as viagens aéreas representam um risco mínimo para a propagação do vírus. De facto, a Ryanair transportou mais de 16,5 milhões de passageiros no verão com zero transmissões em voo. A adoção do sistema Traffic Light da UE permitirá às famílias reunirem-se de novo e às empresas prosperarem, à medida que o mundo se recupera da crise da Covid-19.
O CEO da Ryanair, Eddie Wilson, afirmou:
“Instamos todos os governos da UE a adotarem o sistema Traffic Light. As indústrias europeias da aviação e do turismo não podem permitir-se mais perdas de postos de trabalho, e até que uma vacina esteja disponível, temos de aprender a viver com o vírus.
A adoção desta abordagem regional coordenada ajudará a restaurar a confiança dos consumidores antes dos difíceis meses de inverno e permitirá às companhias aéreas planear o verão 2021, tendo em consideração que milhões de empregos dependem da recuperação do sector da aviação e do turismo.
Como confirmado pela OMS, a aviação não é responsável pelo aumento das taxas da Covid na UE e as quarentenas simplesmente não funcionam. Os governos da UE devem agir rapidamente e implementar o sistema Traffic Light da UE imediatamente após a reunião do Conselho da próxima semana e dar às economias turísticas da Europa o apoio que tanto precisam”.
Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, today (09th Oct) called on all EU Govts to adopt the EU “Traffic Light” System without delay, following the EU Council meeting in Brussels on 13 Oct next. Under the new “Traffic Light” System, the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) confirmed it is safe to travel to 15 EU countries without any travel restrictions.
Europe’s aviation and tourism industries cannot suffer any delay to the adoption of this new system, as millions of jobs are at risk as Europe moves into a very difficult winter season. This common EU framework will help restore confidence in air travel and end the contradictory different national policies across Europe that have damaged customer demand.
The new EU ‘Traffic Light’ System allows safe travel to/from 15 countries listed as ‘green’ and ‘amber’ with no restrictions. For 15 ‘red’-list countries, there may be restrictions in place (e.g testing pre-departure/on arrival). The new “Traffic Light” System also recommends that member states apply a regional approach where possible to ensure regions or islands with low levels of Covid are not penalised.
Health experts – including the WHO & the ECDC – confirm that quarantines don’t work, and air travel represents minimal risk for the spread of the virus. In fact, Ryanair has carried over 16.5m passengers this summer with zero inflight transmissions. The adoption of the EU ‘Traffic Light’ System will allow families to re-unite and businesses to thrive, as the world recovers from the Covid-19 crisis.
Ryanair’s CEO Eddie Wilson said:
“We urge all EU Govts to adopt the EU “Traffic Light” System without delay. Europe’s aviation and tourism industries cannot afford further job losses, and until a vaccine is available, we must learn to live with the virus.
The implementation of this coordinated regional approach will help restore consumer confidence ahead of a difficult winter season, and also allow all airlines plan for Summer 2021, with millions of jobs dependent on the recovery of our aviation and tourism sectors.
As confirmed by the WHO, aviation is not responsible for an increase in EU Covid rates and quarantines simply don’t work. EU Govts need to act fast and implement the EU “Traffic Light” System immediately following next week’s Council meeting and give Europe’s tourism economies the relief that’s much needed”.
Ryanair, Ireland’s largest airline, today (09th Oct) called on Transport Minister Eamon Ryan to immediately adopt – today – the EU “Traffic Light” Travel System, under which the ECDC confirms it is safe to travel to 16 EU countries. This comes on a day when Ireland’s mismanaged Green List is cut from 4 to 0 countries.
Ireland, which has been locked up like North Korea since 1 July, has failed to manage the Covid-19 crisis and the Island is now cut off from Europe, despite a High Court ruling last week which confirmed the Government’s quarantine restriction has no legal basis, is not a requirement for travel and is only advisory.
Ryanair called on Minister Ryan to stop wasting time and immediately adopt the EU’s “Traffic Light” System. Under this system, Irish citizens will be free to fly safely to 15 other EU countries, and visitors from those 15 countries (many of which have lower Covid case rates than Ireland), will be free to travel to Ireland in a safe and healthy manner.
Ryanair’s CEO Eddie Wilson said:
“Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has done nothing for aviation or connectivity to/from Ireland for the past 3 months. He has still not implemented any of the 12 recommendations of his own Government’s Aviation Task Force, which submitted its report on 7th July, over 3 months ago.
He keeps promising to adopt the EU “Traffic Light” System, even while he has cut Ireland’s Green List to zero countries! Ireland’s aviation and tourism industries need leadership. As Transport Minister of an Island economy, Minister Ryan must take urgent action to defend and restore connectivity, not destroy them.
The High Court last week ruled that Ireland’s 14 day quarantine was not a legal requirement or an obligation, but just “advisory”. It’s time Minister Ryan took action to protect and preserve Ireland’s transport connectivity to its EU trading partners.
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91% Of Customers Rate Ryanair Excellent/Very Good/Good
Ryanair today (5 Oct) released its September customer service statistics, which show that:
- 98% of September flights arrived on-time
Ryanair also released its Sept ‘Rate My Flight’ customer experience scores, which show 91% of nearly 57,000 respondents rated their flight ‘Excellent/Very Good/Good’, with high ratings for crew friendliness (94%), onboard service (92%), boarding (89%) and range of food & drink (85%).
| Rate My Flight |
Excell/V Good/Good |
| Customer Experience |
91% |
| Crew Friendliness |
94% |
| Onboard Service |
92% |
| Food & Drink Range |
85% |
| Boarding |
89% |
Ryanair’s Dara Brady said:
“Ryanair Group Airlines carried 5.1m customers in September, with over 98% of our flights arriving on-time.
We’re pleased that 91% of customers surveyed (nearly 57k), who have been flying with Ryanair’s new health and safety guidelines, rated their flight in September as ‘Excellent/Very Good /Good’ using Ryanair’s Rate My Flight feature, which allows all customers to provide real-time reviews of their flights via the Ryanair app and email.
We welcome this feedback, which encourages us to continuously improve our customer service. In fact, this is particularly important during these times of Covid, when we are regularly assessing the effectiveness of our new health and safety measures and as we continue to work with our people to ensure our guidelines are followed.”