Ryanair, has today confirmed it plans to operate 40% of its normal July flight schedule, which was announced earlier this month [1].
In as statement is said that Spain has announced it would remove travel and visitor restrictions from the 1st of July, as have Italy, Cyprus, Greece, and Portugal, who will be reopening their hotels and beaches for the key July-August family holiday season.
Ryanair added that it will be offering daily flights from countries all over Northern Europe including Ireland, the UK, Belgium, Holland, Germany to the key holiday airports of Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece and Cyprus from the 1st of July.
The airline has also launched a seat sale for travel in July and August with fares starting from €29.99 one way, but these seats must be booked by midnight Thursday the 28th of May.
Ryanair’s CEO Eddie Wilson said: that, “all Ryanair flights will operate with new health guidelines in place, which will require all passengers (and Ryanair crews) to wear face masks at all times in the airport terminals and on board our aircraft, in compliance with EU guidelines.”
The airline said that queueing for toilets will also be prohibited on board although toilet access will be made available to individual passengers upon request, and encouraged passengers to regularly hand wash and use hand sanitisers in airport terminals.
Ryanair said that there will also be a limited inflight service will be offered of pre-packaged snacks and drinks, but no cash sales. All onboard transactions will be cashless.