FILE PHOTO: Ryanair aircrafts are parked on the tarmac before the closure of Brussels South Charleroi Airport as airlines have suspended flights to slow down the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Charleroi, Belgium March 24, 2020. Picture taken through glass. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair (RYA.I) on Friday announced it would ground more than 99% of its flights until July and said it had begun negotiations with Boeing (BA.N) about cutting the number of aircraft deliveries over the next 24 months.
The airline, Europe’s largest low-cost carrier, said it would take at least two years for passenger demand to return to normal, which it said could result in the loss of up to 3,000 mainly pilot and cabin crew jobs.
Reporting by Conor Humphries; Editing by David Goodman