Ryanair to cut 1,000 Ireland-UK flights

Ryanair says it would cut its Ireland-UK schedules for the months of August and September by up to 1,000 flights, with the loss of over 200,000 passengers, as Ireland maintains a quarantine restriction on EU visitors even as the UK and Northern Ireland last week opened up air bridges to most EU countries. “Last week when the UK and Northern Ireland removed travel restrictions on short haul flights to/from the European Union, Ireland became the only country in the EU with a blanket 14 day quarantine restriction on all arrivals from EU countries, most of which have lower Covid case