5.3m people boarded Ryanair flights in June
Ryanair’s passenger numbers rose sharply in June, reaching 5.3m, well up from the 0.4m recorded during the same month a year ago.
The change came as the green-list was announced and then more countries were added.
Even compared to the month before there was a dramatic shift, as 1.8m people got on Ryanair flights in May.
CEO of Ryanair Michael O’Leary has weighed in on the matter, suggesting European countries’ travel restrictions were ineffective, and called for the to be repealed on the introduction of the EU Digital Covid Certificate.
“We have to stop in Europe, individual countries imposing stupid or ineffective [restrictions]. We now have the Digital COVID Certificate that allows everybody to arrive, either vaccinated or with a negative PCR, and that should give the Germans the assurance they need,” O’Leary told Euronews.
“[German Chancellor Angela] Merkel’s plan, which was to require visitors to Germany from the UK to quarantine for two weeks, made no sense when the UK is the country with the most vaccinated population in Europe. So there’s lots of these silly ideas being floated,” the Ryanair chief said.
“We do need across Europe to welcome UK visitors to the tourism destinations of Portugal, Greece, Italy and Spain, because without them, you know, the European Union would be an awful lot poorer.”
The Ryanair share price is up by 1.05% on Friday morning to €16.37.