Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, hopes to resume 40% of its flights in July, but it will not fly with middle seats blocked to reduce virus contagion.

Friday, April 24, 2020
Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, hopes to resume 40% of its flights in July, but it will not fly with middle seats blocked to reduce virus contagion.

Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline, hopes to resume 40% of its flights in July, but it will not fly with middle seats blocked to reduce virus contagion. “Either the government pays for the middle seat, or we won’t fly,” Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary tells The Financial Times. “We can’t make money on 66 per cent load factors. Even if you do that, the middle seat doesn’t deliver any social distancing. So it’s kind of an idiotic idea that doesn’t achieve anything.”

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