European low-cost carrier Ryanair announced on Thursday the restoration of over 60 percent of their flight schedule for August 2020. The carrier will increase frequencies with more than 1,600 routes and 11,000 weekly departures.
Today (August 6, 2020), Ryanair announced that they will restore over 60 percent of their pre-pandemic flight schedule during August 2020. The airline will increase frequencies throughout August with 1,600 routes and more than 11,000 weekly flights to over 200 European destinations. In July, Ryanair served 4.4 million guests traveling to destinations across Europe on holidays, visiting friends and family or returning to work. As customers prepare for August travel, Ryanair reminds their guests to observe all healthy flying measures that been in place since last May, including the mandatory use of facemasks. To celebrate their flight schedule restoration, the carrier has launched a fare sale with one-way flights from €19.99. In Thursday’s announcement, Ryanair’s CEO, Eddie Wilson said,
“Since the resumption of our schedule in late June, passenger numbers have continued to grow and as a result, we’re delighted to announce that our flight schedule is set to increase to more than 60% in August. We are pleased to see our people and customers adopt to our healthy flying measures and encourage all those traveling with us in August to continue to do so. As traveler confidence returns, we look forward to welcoming back our customers, who can fly on the lowest fares to over 200 destinations across Europe. We’re also proud to play our part in helping Europe’s tourism industry take off again. Seats for all these flights are now on sale at Ryanair.com or through the Ryanair app, with process starting from just €19.99 one way.”
Ryanair Holdings, plc is Europe’s largest airline conglomerate and the parent company of Buzz, Lauda, Malta Air, and Ryanair DAC. The airline usually carries over 154 million passengers annually with over 2,500 daily departures. Ryanair typically serves over 200 destinations in 40 countries with a fleet of 460 Boeing 737 Family aircraft and 20 Airbus A320s. Currently, the low-cost carrier has an additional 321 Boeing 737s on order and the Ryanair Group expects annual traffic to reach 200 million customers by FY 2024. Ryanair has maintained a stellar safety record for over 34 years and prides itself on being “Europe’s greenest cleanest airline group,” promising customers a reduction in CO2 emissions of up to 50%, versus the “Big 4 EU major airlines.”
Source: Ryanair