Ryanair has a agreed a pay cut deal with pilots and cabin crew to stave off the worst of job cuts.

The pilots agreed to the pay cut deal hours after Ryanair’s chief executive, Michael O’Leary, made public an ultimatum that a total of 3,000 job losses could only be avoided if all staff agreed to pay cuts.
The deal with Ryanair’s pilots saves 260 jobs that were at risk. Ryanair had said a total of 330 pilot jobs were at risk. Negotiations with cabin crew and other staff continue, lower paid cabin crew have been asked to sacrifice 5% of their pay.
Earlier on Wednesday, O’Leary had said: “We’ve already announced about 3,000 job losses but we’re engaged in extensive negotiations with our pilots, our cabin crew and we’re asking them to all take pay cuts as an alternative to job losses.
“We’re looking from 20% from the best-paid captains, 5% from the lowest-paid flight attendants and we think if we can negotiate those pay cuts by agreement, we can avoid most but not all job losses.”

( Credit The Guardian )
 
Now that Portugal is off the quarantine list, Spanish supporters" will go almost anywhere to get the break they need.
 
Some more information on new air route.

Ryanair adds new Winter route to its Liverpool roster
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Budget airline Ryanair is launching a new Winter route from Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

From October 25, the Dublin-based carrier will operate a twice-weekly link from the city to Košice, in eastern Slovakia.

It said booking is open now for the route which will include a new set of health measures that Ryanair has rolled out to protect its customers and crew.

Ryanair spokesperson Eimear Ryan said: “Ryanair is pleased to launch a new Liverpool to Košice route , which will operate twice weekly as part of
our Winter 2020 schedule.

“Customers can now book flights to Liverpool as far out as March 2021.”

Flight frequencies are Sundays and Wednesdays, starting from October 25, departing at 07:00 on Sundays and 16:00 on Wednesdays.

Košice is a city in eastern Slovakia, close to the Hungarian border and is a former 2013 European Capital of Culture, along with Marseille, in France.

Its origins go back to the medieval period and is the second-largest city in Slovakia, after the capital, Bratislava.

The city has a well-preserved historical centre, which is the largest among Slovak towns.

There are many heritage protected buildings in Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and Art Nouveau styles with Slovakia’s largest church, the St Elisabeth Cathedral.

The long main street is the site of aristocratic palaces, Catholic churches, and townsfolk houses, along with many boutiques, cafés, and


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Ryanair had added an extra rotation on Liverpool to Vilnius , so now they will offer 3 per week. Wizz recently launched their new 2 per week service.
 
Ryanair have 5 aircraft based in Liverpool at present. I understand there is meant to be some government announcement re quarantine maybe next month which will move away from the 14 day requirement....or some other improvement for air passengers. But who knows with this government !
 
From 1 Jan LPL-LDY route will operate under Ryanair UK, flight numbers will be RK 9885 and RK 9886.

RK was the old Air Afrique flight code.
 

Ryanair bullish despite losses approaching €1bn​

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Low cost airline Ryanair says it expects to prosper once COVID-19 vaccines are rolled out across Europe as it heads for a full-year loss of almost €1bn. Tony McDonough reports
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Ryanair is heading for a full-year loss of almost €1bn

Ryanair is heading for a mega full-year loss of almost €1bn (880m) with the COVID-19 causing the most turbulent year in its 35-year history.
However, the low cost airline, which pre-COVID operated more than 30 routes out of Liverpool John Lennon Airport, says it is ready to prosper again once vaccines are rolled out with a number of rivals not surviving the crisis.
In the three months to December 31, Ryanair saw passenger numbers plummet to 8.1m from 35.9m the year before amid ongoing European restrictions and lockdowns. Revenue was €340m against almost €2bn last year.
Consequently, the company recorded a loss of €306m in the quarter, down from a profit of €88m last year. It is now on course for a loss of between €850m and €950m for the full year to March 31, 2021. This would be its first full-year loss since 2009 but less than the full-year loss of £1.2bn already reported by its chief rival easyJet.
In its third quarter update, Ryanair said: “COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc across the industry. Christmas and New Year traffic was severely impacted by UK travel bans imposed at short notice by many EU governments.”
During the pandemic a number of European airlines collapsed including Britain’s Flybe, along with Germanwings, Level and Montenegro Airlines. Norwegian has already entered a creditor protection examinership and Eurocontrol predicts more EU airline failures in 2021.
Ryanair claims the state aid given to flag carriers including Alitalia, Air France/KLM, LOT, Lufthansa, SAS and TAP to keep the afloat is “illegal” and “distorts competition and the level playing field across EU aviation”.
It added: “We expect intra-European capacity to be significantly reduced for the next few years, which will create growth opportunities for Ryanair to take advantage of recovery growth incentives, as it takes delivery of 210 new (Boeing 737s.
“As soon as the COVOID-19 virus recedes – and it will over the coming months as EU Govts accelerate vaccine rollouts – Ryanair and its partner airports will rapidly restore schedules, recover lost traffic, help the nations of Europe to reboot their tourism industry, and create jobs for young people across the cities and beaches of the EU.
“We take some comfort from the success of the UK vaccine programme which is on target to vaccinate almost 50% of the UK population (30m) by the end of March. The EU now needs to step up the slow pace of its rollout programme to match the UK’s performance.”

(from LBN )
 

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