Ryanair to cancel 40-50 flights per day for six weeks to improve punctuality

Budget airline Ryanair is cancelling 40 to 50 flights every day for the next six weeks in a bid to improve its punctuality, but many passengers have been left stranded after being given "no notice" about the cancellations. The Dublin-based carrier will offer refunds or alternative flights to affected customers over the period, it said in a statement Friday, adding that the cancellations, which amount to about 2 percent of its network, won’t have an impact on earnings in September and October. Ryanair will offer refunds or alternative flights to affected customers over the period, it said in a statement on Friday, adding that the cancellations, which amount to about 2 percent of its network, won't have an impact on earnings in September and October.Between 308,000 and 385,000 passengers could be impacted over the period, according to data compiled by Bloomberg based on the airline's passenger statistics. Ryanair scrapped 82 flights on Sunday, the start of a six-week program of cancellations it's making as it seeks to reduce a backlog of crew vacation required by Irish regulators before the end of the year.
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair cancels 82 Sunday flights as the first step in a six-week program that will eliminate 40 to 50 flights daily to wipe out its crew vacation backlog in order to meet Irish Aviation Authority requirements by the end of this year.