Ryanair warns UK tourists planning to fly to popular European country
Ryanair has warned UK tourists who are planning to fly to a popular European country. Ryanair, which is rivalled by the likes of Jet2, TUI, Easyjet and more, was forced to axe numerous flights scheduled this week in response to strike action taking place at several of Italy's major airports.
Ryanair said: “Due to a ground handling strike affecting Venice Marco Polo (VCE), Olbia (OLB), Milan Malpensa (MXP), and Bologna (BLQ) airports on Tues 24 Sept, we have been forced to cancel a small number of flights to/from these airports and make schedule changes to a small number of others.
“Passengers affected by these cancellations/schedule changes have been notified of their options via email. Additionally, we are monitoring potential delays for flights to/from the affected airports on Tues 24 Sept as a result of the strike.
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“Passengers affected by delays will be notified via the Ryanair app. We ask all passengers due to travel to/from Venice Marco Polo (VCE), Olbia (OLB), Milan Malpensa (MXP), Bologna (BLQ) airports on Tues 24 Sept to keep an eye on the Ryanair app for the latest updates on your flight.
“We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience caused by this strike, which is outside of our control." In an update, Ryanair warned: "Delays across the network today (Wed 25 Sep) due to repeated ATC staff shortages across Europe. Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, on Wed 25 Sep apologised to its passengers for the excessive flight delays caused by European ATC staff shortages today Wed 25 Sep which is affecting all European airlines.
"ATC services, which have had the benefit of no French ATC strike disruption this summer, continue to underperform (despite flight volumes being 5% behind 2019 levels) with repeated “staff shortages”. On Wed 25 Sep, 12% of Ryanair’s first wave departures (72 of 576 aircraft) were delayed due to ATC “staff shortages”. These repeated flight delays due to ATC mismanagement are unacceptable.
"We apologise to our passengers for these repeated ATC flight delays which are deeply regrettable but beyond Ryanair’s control. We encourage passengers to visit atcruinedourholiday.com and demand that the EU Commission take urgent action to improve Europe’s ATC system."