Passengers are set to face more train chaos over the weekend as rail staff are set to strike for 48 hours. TransPennine Express services will be cut on Saturday and Sunday (June 4 and 5) on major lines.
16.05.2022 - 11:45 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Passengers are being warned over the price of Ryanair flights this summer as people rush to book holidays.
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has warned flight prices will be higher this summer due to soaring demand for European holidays and said getting through airports would be “challenging” for passengers.
Holidaymakers should brace for prices to rise by a “high single-digit per cent” over the peak season as demand for breaks on European beach resorts rebounds thanks to the lifting of pandemic travel restrictions, he told BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme.
The Ryanair boss also said there was likely to be ongoing delays at airports, blaming staff shortages.
He said there are “pinch-points” at airports such as Heathrow and Manchester, where he claimed “too many people” have been sacked, but added he hopes to see delays ease off in time for the busy summer season.
He added: “There’s no doubt getting through airports this summer is going to be challenging and we’re encouraging all of our customers to show up earlier to allow more time to get through airport security, particularly in Manchester.”
Ryanair said traffic recovered strongly as it carried 97.1 million guests, up from just 27.5 million the year before thanks to the lifting of pandemic restrictions.
It said it hopes to boost this further to 165 million passengers this year – ahead of the 149 million record level seen pre-Covid – but that it was still having to slash prices to secure bookings amid ongoing uncertainty in its first quarter.
He signalled prices would ramp up over the next few months.
He told the Today Programme: “I think capacity, generally, across the summer will be will be down 10%, 15%.
“For the September-quarter at the moment, based on about 50% of all bookings,
Passengers are set to face more train chaos over the weekend as rail staff are set to strike for 48 hours. TransPennine Express services will be cut on Saturday and Sunday (June 4 and 5) on major lines.
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