Ryanair Has Cancelled Hundreds Of Flights – Here’s What You Need To Know

Ryanair announced yesterday that it had cancelled hundreds of flights across Europe last minute, and would be cancelling 40-50 flights a day for the next six weeks.

82 flights were cancelled yesterday, and 80 today, leaving people rushing to try find alternative transport.

In a statement the airline company said that it has been forced to reduce its flight programme to accommodate a backlog of crew leave.

"Ryanair has operated at record schedule and traffic levels during the peak summer months... but has a backlog of crew leave which must be allocated before December 31st 2017."

"Ryanair’s on-time performance has declined from 90% to under 80% over the past two weeks, a figure that is unacceptable to Ryanair and its customers."

"By reducing its scheduled flying programme over the next six weeks by less than 2% (of its over 2,500 daily flights), the airline will create additional standby aircraft which will help restore on-time performance to its 90% average."

Passengers received a text informing them that their flights had been cancelled.

So, what to do if your flight is cancelled?

You can try rebook on to another flights on the website, and are entitled to a full refund if your flight is delayed by more than three hours, which you can claim here.
Airlines must compensate people for the disruption, including food, bus/train travel, accommodation and other expenses, so KEEP YOUR RECEIPTS.

Ryanair has not yet announced which flights will be cancelled in the future, and passengers could expect to get a text a day or hours before to say their flight has been cancelled.