There is no peace for Ryanair. After the controversy surrounding the cancellations of over 2 flights until the end of October, the situation is getting even more complicated. The Irish company that will cut further routes until March 2018, creating inconvenience to about 400 passengers throughout Europe.
Not only that, the giant led by O'Leary announced in the morning that in the winter season, ie starting from November, it will fly 25 fewer planes than previously expected. By doing so, it will be possible to eliminate any risk of further cancellations, because a slowdown in growth creates many reserve aircraft and crews in the company's 86 bases” scheduled for this winter.
The company also points out that the passengers affected by the change of plans have received an email communication, between 5 weeks and 5 months in advance, with the offer of an alternative flight or a full refund together with a 40 euro voucher ( 80 return) to book other Ryanair services during the period.
The decision will obviously also have financial implications, in addition to determining a "slight reduction" in traffic for 2017 and 2018: monthly growth from November 17 to March 18 will drop from 9% to 4%, while traffic will decrease from 131 to 129 million. For the summer 2018 season, with the fleet shrinking from 445 to 435 aircraft, Ryanair expects traffic as of March 2019 to slow from 142 million to 138 million passengers (a growth rate of 7%).
Speaking instead of the cost of the cancellations made last week, it should be less than 25 million euros. or reads a note from the Irish low cost company, which does not foresee that the cancellations "alter the current guidance for the year".
