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| European carrier Ryanair said on Monday it expects this fiscal year to be “the most challenging” in its 35 year-history, with the budget airline on track to lose close to €1 billion ($1.2 billion) as a result of the pandemic. | European carrier Ryanair said on Monday it expects this fiscal year to be “the most challenging” in its 35 year-history, with the budget airline on track to lose close to €1 billion ($1.2 billion) as a result of the pandemic. |
| That would be around five times larger than its previous record annual loss, posted in 2009. The company reported a net loss of €306 million (over $371 million) for the three months ending in December. | That would be around five times larger than its previous record annual loss, posted in 2009. The company reported a net loss of €306 million (over $371 million) for the three months ending in December. |
| “Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc across the industry,” Ryanair said in a statement, adding that Christmas and New Year traffic “was severely impacted” by travel bans imposed on UK travelers in late December. The airline’s passenger traffic plunged by 83 percent in the last month of 2020. | “Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc across the industry,” Ryanair said in a statement, adding that Christmas and New Year traffic “was severely impacted” by travel bans imposed on UK travelers in late December. The airline’s passenger traffic plunged by 83 percent in the last month of 2020. |
| The carrier “expects the latest lockdowns and pre-arrival Covid test requirement to materially reduce flight schedules and traffic through to Easter.” | The carrier “expects the latest lockdowns and pre-arrival Covid test requirement to materially reduce flight schedules and traffic through to Easter.” |
| Chief Executive Michael O’Leary, though, told Ireland’s national broadcaster RTE to expect a “dramatic recovery” this summer following widespread vaccine roll-out, particularly in the United Kingdom. | Chief Executive Michael O’Leary, though, told Ireland’s national broadcaster RTE to expect a “dramatic recovery” this summer following widespread vaccine roll-out, particularly in the United Kingdom. |
| The recovery should accelerate in July and September, the second quarter of the airline’s financial year, before returning to between 70 percent and 90 percent of normal levels between October and March, according to Chief Financial Officer Neil Sorahan. “We hope to be getting back to some kind of normality [in the winter],” he added. | The recovery should accelerate in July and September, the second quarter of the airline’s financial year, before returning to between 70 percent and 90 percent of normal levels between October and March, according to Chief Financial Officer Neil Sorahan. “We hope to be getting back to some kind of normality [in the winter],” he added. |
| Ryanair said it would fly between 26 million and 30 million passengers in the 2021 fiscal year, ending in March, compared with 149 million in its previous financial year. It could fly anywhere between 80 million and 120 million passengers in the year to end-March 2022, O’Leary said. | Ryanair said it would fly between 26 million and 30 million passengers in the 2021 fiscal year, ending in March, compared with 149 million in its previous financial year. It could fly anywhere between 80 million and 120 million passengers in the year to end-March 2022, O’Leary said. |
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