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Ryanair To Slash Prices Over Next Six To 12 Months To Get People Flying Again

Ryanair To Slash Prices Over Next Six To 12 Months To Get People Flying Again

The prices will reportedly be dropped in an attempt to get people back in the air

Jess Hardiman

Jess Hardiman

The Chief Executive of Ryanair says the airline will be slashing prices for the next six to 12 months in a bid to get people travelling.

Sky News reports that the airline is hopeful it can fly 60-70 percent of normal traffic volumes this summer.

Earlier this week, the European Union announced plans to introduce a 'vaccine passport' scheme that would allow travel to resume around the continent this summer.

Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission (EC) president, said that the 'Digital Green Pass' would aim to get the travel and tourism industry restarted around the EU this summer.

She explained: "The Digital Green Pass should facilitate Europeans' lives.

"The aim is to gradually enable them to move safely in the EU or abroad for work or tourism."

A chief spokesperson for the EC boss later added: "We're of the view that in collaboration with the World Health Organisation, there should be a way to scale this up globally."

That means tourists from countries outside the European Union - including the United Kingdom - could be included in the scheme.

On 1 March, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that the UK is 'working with international partners' to allow British citizens to travel abroad as soon as feasibly possible.

Speaking at a Downing Street press conference, he said: "The EU is part of those discussions, as are several other countries around the world, and it's obviously important work.

"In a sense, this already exists because you need to have a test before you can travel to the UK and, as far as I understand it from the details set out today, the EU proposal is that certification includes both whether you've had the vaccine and also whether you've recently had a test for those who can't get vaccinated yet.

"Therefore it's something that we're working with them and others on and it matters that we get the details of this right for international travel."

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