Ryanair today (18 Aug) welcomed SEPLA’s acceptance for Spanish Pilots of a 4-year agreement, which includes a 20% pay reduction restored over 4 years, along with productivity improvements on rosters, flexible working patterns and annual leave to minimise Spanish Pilot job losses. This agreement gives Ryanair a framework to flex its operation during the Covid-19 crisis and a pathway to recovery when the business returns to normal in the years ahead.

The SEPLA agreement was overwhelmingly accepted by more than 80% of Ryanair’s Spanish Pilots, demonstrating that Ryanair Pilots and their Union are willing to work with the company during the Covid-19 crisis where Ryanair will carry significantly less traffic, at much lower fares for the foreseeable future. Just this week Ryanair announced further 20% reductions to its September and October flight capacity as forward bookings have notably weakened.

Ryanair has demonstrated its ability to work with unions and conclude these agreements across its European operation, including now with our Spanish pilots. Regrettably in Spain it has been impossible to reach an agreement with the cabin crew unions USO and SITCPLA who – uniquely in Europe – continue to obstruct necessary cost savings putting jobs and tourism links at risk. In every other EU market where Ryanair operates, we have been able to negotiate agreements to save jobs, improve productivity and reduce costs in response to the Covid-19 crisis both with Pilot and Cabin Crew Unions. Sadly USO’s and SITCPLA’s failure to negotiate or meaningfully engage will now mean that Spanish Cabin Crew job losses are now more likely as we have no agreement with Spanish cabin crew unions.

Ryanair’s CEO Eddie Wilson said:

“We welcome today’s result that an overwhelming majority (80%) of SEPLA members voted in favour of a 4-year agreement on 20% pay cuts and productivity improvements on rosters and flexible working patterns to save the maximum number of Spanish Pilot jobs.

The strength of this vote demonstrates the commitment from our Spanish pilots to work with Ryanair as we work our way through this Covid-19 crisis over the next few years. It’s regrettable that USO and SITCPLA obstructed a similar agreement for our cabin crew which now puts Spanish cabin crew jobs at risk. We have been able to conclude agreements with Unions throughout Europe, including SEPLA, but both USO and SITPLA have to date been incapable of engaging in any realistic way that takes account of the extraordinary challenges facing the airline industry. 

Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, today (Wed 19^th Aug) called on the Irish Government to revise its travel Green List to include those EU countries such as the UK and Germany, which have lower Covid case rates than Ireland, and others such as Portugal, Austria, Poland and Greece, whose Covid case rates are similar to Ireland, to allow business travel to/from the EU to resume in Sept, and to allow Ireland’s economy to recover from NPHET’s mismanagement.

Ireland is the ONLY EU country that has maintained an isolationist “closed for business” air travel policy since 1 July last, when most other EU countries reopened for intra-EU flights, and business travel. When the leading scientists and medical experts in most other EU states as well as the ECDC confirmed it was safe to return to intra-EU flying, Ireland’s NPHET adopted a unique and extreme position, which effectively banned intra-EU air travel, except from a tiny list of countries, 4 of which (Greenland, Monaco, Gibraltar and San Marino) have no flights to and from Ireland!

Over the past 8 weeks, when other EU countries such as Germany and Italy, who have an effective test and trace regime, have successfully managed the return of intra-EU flights and economic activity, NPHET has presided over a confusing shambles in Ireland, which has deterred EU visitors, yet it has failed to prevent a rapid rise in Covid cases despite these stringent restrictions.

When Ryanair announced on 29^th May that it would return to flying on 1 July, but with mandatory face masks, some NPHET members criticised this move claiming that the evidence on face masks was “not fantastic”. It was only in mid-Aug – 3 months later – that NPHET were finally dragged into supporting mandatory face masks. This is another example of NPHET’s mismanagement of the Covid virus in Ireland and their mishandling of reopening of Ireland’s economy.

A Spokesperson for Ryanair said today:

“NPHET and Ireland are the laughing stock of Europe. We have operated the most isolationist travel policy in Europe since 1 July, yet our Covid case rates are now significantly higher than many other EU countries such as Italy and Germany, who removed intra-EU travel restrictions in July and have successfully managed a return of economic activity with much lower Covid case rates than Ireland. NPHET’s Green List has clearly failed to prevent the recent surge in Covid cases in Ireland, and since Germany and the UK now have lower Covid case rates than Ireland, it is essential that these large economies are immediately added to Ireland’s Green List, or better still, Ireland’s failed Green List is abandoned altogether for flights to/from the EU and the UK.

UK & EU States 14 Day Covid Case Rate (18 Aug)
High		Medium		Low
Spain	132	Denmark	29	UK	20
Belgium	98	Austria	27	Germany	15
Malta	89	Portugal	26	Norway	14
Romania	61	Poland	26	Slovakia	10
Netherlands	46	Greece	23	Italy	10
France	41	Ireland	23	Finland	5
Sweden	39	Cyprus	22	Hungary	4

The Irish Govt should be challenging NPHET on its failure to deliver an effective test and tracing system in this country. As other EU countries introduced airport testing, NPHET are still filling in paper forms that are not followed up, and imposing a defective 14 day quarantine, which has destroyed inbound tourism to Ireland. When our schools return at the end of Aug, Ireland’s hotels and restaurants will be empty because of the absence of EU visitors caused by NPHET’s mismanagement of intra-EU travel since 1 July last.

When the scientists and medical experts of most other EU countries supported the safe return of intra-EU air travel since 1 July last, where is the science that supports NPHET’s unique and isolationist Green List, which has failed to prevent a second wave of Covid cases here in Ireland? At a time when Ireland has just 14 Covid patients in our hospitals, why are our businesses being prevented from booking air travel to and from other EU countries – many with lower Covid case rates than Ireland – when citizens of these EU countries are travelling freely and without Ireland’s Green List restrictions.

NPHET have spectacularly mismanaged this failed Green List. The Govt must now act to remove travel restrictions on business travel to/from Germany, the UK and these other EU countries where the Covid case rates are as similar or lower than Ireland. It is Governments job to govern, to reopen our economy, to remove these failed quarantines, and introduce an effective and efficient test and tracing system so that Ireland’s schools and businesses can get back to work in September.”

Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, today (Mon 17^th Aug) announced that it would reduce its flight capacity by 20% during the months of Sept & Oct as forward bookings have notably weakened over the last 10 days, given continuing uncertainty over recent Covid case rates in some EU countries.

Ryanair confirmed that most of these cuts would be frequency reductions rather than route closures, and they will be heavily focused on those countries such as Spain, France and Sweden, where rising recent Covid case rates have led to increased travel restrictions, and Ireland which continues to impose a uniquely restrictive Green List, which imposes 14 day quarantines on visitors from most other EU countries such as Germany (16.3) and the UK (18.6), which have lower Covid case rates over the last 14 days than Ireland (22.1).

A Spokesperson for Ryanair said today:

“These capacity cuts and frequency reductions for the months of Sept & Oct are necessary given the recent weakness in forward bookings due to Covid restrictions in a number of EU countries. Any effected passengers in Sept received email notification earlier today advising them of their options. Similar communications will be issued to the small number of affected passengers in Oct later today. Over the past 2 weeks as a number of EU countries have raised travel restrictions, forward bookings especially for business travel into Sept & Oct have been negatively affected, and it makes sense to reduce frequencies so that we tailor our capacity to demand over the next 2 months.

Proper testing at airports, and effective tracing (as is being conducted in Germany and Italy) is the only realistic and proportionate method of supervising safe intra-EU air travel while effectively limiting the spread of the Covid-19 virus.”

Calls On Irish Government To Add Eu Countries With Lower Covid Case Rates To Ireland’s Green List

Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, today (Mon 17^th Aug) announced that it would reduce its flight capacity by 20% during the months of Sept & Oct as forward bookings have notably weakened over the last 10 days, given uncertainty over recent Covid case rates in some EU countries.

Ryanair confirmed that most of these cuts would be frequency reductions rather than route closures, and they will be heavily focused on those countries such as Spain, France and Sweden, where rising recent Covid case rates have led to increased travel restrictions, and also Ireland, which continues to impose a uniquely restrictive Green List, which includes 14 day quarantines on visitors from most other EU countries such as Germany (16.3) and the UK (18.6), even though they have lower Covid case rates over the last 14 days than Ireland (22.1)

Ryanair called on the Irish Government to include those EU countries, with lower or similar Covid case rates, to Ireland’s Green List, without delay, so that business and other family related travel can resume in Sept (when schools reopen thereby removing the “risk” of EU family holidays) which would allow Germany (16.3), the UK (18.6), Austria (22.4), Portugal (26.0) and Poland (25.7) be added to the Irish Green List.

A Spokesperson for Ryanair said today:

“These capacity cuts and frequency reductions for the months of Sept & Oct are unavoidable given the recent weakness in forward bookings due to Covid restrictions in a number of EU countries. Any effected passengers in Sept received email notification today advising them of their options. Similar communications will be issued to the small number of affected passengers in Oct later today. Over the past 2 weeks as a number of EU countries have raised travel restrictions, forward bookings especially for business travel into Sept & Oct have been negatively affected, and it makes sense to reduce frequencies so that we tailor our capacity to demand over the next 2 months.

We again call on the Irish Government to amend its Green List of travel counties to include those EU countries with lower or similar 14 day Covid case rates, most notably Germany whose Covid case rate is 25% lower than Ireland, and which will allow for some resumption of normal business and economic travel in Sept & Oct once the schools reopen.

Ireland’s isolationist Green List has failed to prevent this recent rise in Covid case rates, despite Ireland having the most restrictive travel quarantine of any EU country since 1 July last. This is in marked contrast to the performance of Italy, where the 14 day Covid case rate is less than half of Ireland’s, despite the fact that Italy has been open to EU travel and tourism since 1 July. Proper testing at airports, and effective tracing (as is being conducted in Germany and Italy) is the only realistic and proportionate method of supervising safe intra-EU travel while effectively limiting the spread of the Covid-19 virus.”

Covid 19 Cases per 100,000

Ryanair, la compagnia aerea numero 1 in Europa, ha annunciato oggi (14 agosto) due nuove rotte che collegheranno Napoli con Kiev Boryspil (tre frequenze settimanali) e Pisa con Leopoli (due voli alla settimana). Saranno attive dalla fine di marzo 2021, come parte dell’operativo Ryanair per l’estate 2021.

Questi collegamenti si aggiungono alle rotte tra Italia e Ucraina (nuove ed in estensione) annunciate da Ryanair a luglio.

L’operativo di Ryanair per l’estate 2021 Italia – Ucraina include inoltre:

• 4 rotte da Milano Bergamo per: Kharkiv (2 voli a settimana), Odessa (2 voli a settimana), Kiev Boryspil (4 voli a settimana) e Leopoli (2 voli a settimana)
• 3 rotte da Roma Fiumicino per: Kiev Boryspil (5 voli a settimana), Leopoli (2 voli a settimana) e Odessa (2 voli a settimana)
• 3 rotte da Bologna: Kiev Boryspil (3 voli a settimana), Odessa (2 voli a settimana) e Leopoli (2 voli a settimana)
• 1 rotta da Catania per: Kiev Boryspil (2 voli a settimana)

I turisti e i viaggiatori in partenza dall’Italia possono ora prenotare un viaggio in Ucraina per l’estate 2021 (e fino a ottobre 2021), volando con le tariffe più basse e con una nuova serie di misure sanitarie che Ryanair ha implementato per proteggere i propri clienti e l’equipaggio.

Per festeggiare, Ryanair ha lanciato una speciale promozione con tariffe a partire da soli 33,99 €, per viaggi a partire da marzo 2021. L’offerta è valida per prenotazioni entro la mezzanotte di domenica (16 agosto), solo sul sito Ryanair.com.

 

Chiara Ravara di Ryanair ha dichiarato:

“Ryanair è lieta di lanciare due nuove rotte da Napoli e Pisa per l’Ucraina a partire da marzo 2021, come parte dell’operativo Ryanair per l’estate 2021. I clienti italiani possono ora prenotare un volo per l’Ucraina fino a ottobre 2021. 

Per festeggiare, Ryanair ha lanciato una speciale promozione con tariffe a partire da soli 33,99 €, per viaggi a partire da marzo 2021. L’offerta è valida per prenotazioni entro la mezzanotte di domenica (16 agosto). Poiché queste incredibili tariffe termineranno rapidamente, invitiamo i clienti a collegarsi a www.ryanair.com per non perdere l’occasione”

Ryanair, la compagnia aerea numero 1 in Europa, ha annunciato oggi (14 agosto), che incrementerà il numero di voli sulle rotte da Torino per Catania e Bari. Alla luce della forte domanda da parte dei consumatori italiani, Ryanair opererà ora 10 voli settimanali (5 in più) tra Torino e Catania e 8 voli settimanali (3 in più) tra Torino e Bari, a partire dal 14 settembre 2020. Ryanair ha anche confermato che entrambe le rotte saranno operative anche per tutta la stagione invernale.

I clienti di Ryanair in partenza da Torino possono ora prenotare un viaggio a Bari o Catania, volando con le tariffe più basse e con una nuova serie di misure sanitarie che Ryanair ha implementato per proteggere i propri clienti e l’equipaggio.

Per festeggiare, Ryanair ha lanciato una speciale promozione con tariffe a partire da soli 19,99 €, per viaggi a partire dal 14 settembre 2020. L’offerta è valida per prenotazioni entro la mezzanotte di domenica (16 agosto), solo sul sito Ryanair.com.

 

Chiara Ravara di Ryanair ha dichiarato:

“Ryanair è lieta di annunciare l’incremento di frequenze da Torino per Catania e Bari, che verranno implementate dal 14 settembre 2020. 

I clienti di Ryanair in partenza da Torino possono ora prenotare un viaggio a Bari o Catania, volando con le tariffe più basse e con una nuova serie di misure sanitarie che Ryanair ha implementato per proteggere i propri clienti e l’equipaggio. 

Per celebrare questo annuncio, abbiamo lanciato una speciale promozione con tariffe a partire da soli 19,99 €, per viaggi a partire dal 14 settembre 2020. L’offerta è valida per prenotazioni entro la mezzanotte di domenica (16 agosto). Poiché queste incredibili tariffe termineranno rapidamente, invitiamo i clienti a collegarsi a www.ryanair.com per non perdere l’occasione” 

 

Andrea Andorno, Amministratore Delegato di Torino Airport, ha dichiarato:

“Il veloce recupero del traffico da Torino sulle tratte nazionali, verso il sud e le isole, rappresenta una chiara indicazione di come le persone abbiano mantenuto la voglia di volare, comprendendo quanto sia sicuro viaggiare in aereo. L’importante crescita dal prossimo settembre in termini di frequenze annunciato oggi da Ryanair proprio su molte delle tratte nazionali testimonia questo desiderio di ritorno alla normalità e soprattutto la volontà da parte del vettore di investire sempre maggiori risorse sullo scalo piemontese.”

Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, today (14 Aug) announced a new Kyiv Boryspil route to Naples, with a service three times a week, and a new Lviv route to Pisa, with a twice weekly service, both commencing from the end of March 2021, as part of Ryanair’s Ukraine Summer 2021 schedule.

These services are in addition to the new and extended Ukrainian-Italy routes Ryanair announced in July.

Ryanair’s Summer 2021 Ukraine – Italy schedule also includes:

• 5 Kyiv Boryspil routes: Milan Bergamo (4w), Catania (2w), Bologna (3w), & Rome Fiumicino (5w)
• 4 Lviv routes: Milan Bergamo (2w), Bologna (2w), & Rome Fiumicino (2w)
• 3 Odessa routes: Milan Bergamo (2w), Bologna (2w), & Rome Fiumicino (2w)
•  1 Kharkiv route to Milan Bergamo (2w)

Ukrainian consumers and visitors can now book a summer 2021 getaway to Naples or Pisa and other Italian holiday hotspots as far out as October 2021, flying on the lowest fares and with a new set of health measures that Ryanair has rolled out to protect its customers and crew.

To celebrate, Ryanair has launched a seat sale with fares available from just 1,109 UAH, for travel from the end of March 2021, which must be booked by midnight Sunday (16 Aug), only on the Ryanair.com website.

Ryanair’s Olga Pawlonka said: “Ryanair is pleased to launch two new routes from Ukraine to Naples and Pisa, commencing at the end of March 2021, which will operate as part of our Ukraine Summer 2021 schedule. Ukrainian customers can now book flights to Naples, Pisa and other popular Italian holiday hotspots as far out as October 2021.

To celebrate these new routes, we are launching a seat sale with fares available from just 1,109 UAH, for travel from the end of March 2021, which must be booked by midnight Sunday (16 AUG). Since these amazing low fares will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto www.ryanair.com and avoid missing out.”