Ryanair jets parked up on the runway of Dublin Airport Image: Niall Carson/PA Images Ryanair jets parked up on the runway of Dublin Airport Image: Niall Carson/PA Images RYANAIR IS TO massively cut flights between Ireland and the UK for the months of August and September, blaming the Irish government for what it calls “suppressed demand”.
It says that Ireland “accounts for less than 8% of Ryanair’s traffic” but that the country’s tourism industry is facing “unrecoverable losses”. Ryanair has faced consistent criticism for a delay in processing customer refunds for flights cancelled between March and June. “This unique policy by Ireland, insisting on blanket quarantines with our European neighbours is damaging the recovery of Ireland’s economy and our tourism industry, causing long-term damage to jobs in Ireland’s largest employment sector, with business travellers in particular being told that Ireland is closed for business,” the spokesperson says.