Ryanair Cuts More Italian Flights With Immediate Effect
March 09 2020 - 11:59AM
Dow Jones News
By Ian Walker
Ryanair Holdings PLC said Monday that it was cutting more
Italian flights in response to the government lockdown, as well as
a number of flights to other E.U countries.
The budget airline, which has already cut 25% of flights to the
country, said it was also restricting flights to and from northern
Italy. In addition, Ryanair is reducing flights to Slovakia, Czech
Republic, Hungary, Malta and Romania. All cuts are with immediate
effect.
Last week, Ryanair, along with many other major airlines, cut
flights to Italy in response to the growing coronavirus epidemic.
On Sunday, the Italian government quarantined nearly 17 million
people in the northern part of the country in a bid to contain the
spread of the epidemic.
Ryanair said on March 2 that flights were being reduced between
March 17 and April 8 to northern Italy and other countries where it
has already noticed reduced bookings.
Ryanair said at the time that it didn't expect the cancellations
to have a material hit on guidance for the current year ending in
March, but cautioned that it was "far too early to speculate" what
the impact will be on earnings in fiscal 2021.
Write to Ian Walker at ian.walker@wsj.com; @IanWalk40289749
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
March 09, 2020 11:44 ET (15:44 GMT)
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