Ryanair ramps up pressure on Irish Government to scrap travel restrictions

Friday, 17 May, 2021 0

Ryanair is urging the Irish Government to lift travel restrictions, to allow travel to and from the UK and the European Union.

Ryanair is calling for the removal of all travel restrictions from the end of May as it says there are less than 100 patients in Irish hospitals suffering from the Covid-19 virus.

It argues all of Ireland’s high-risk groups including the elderly and nursing homes staff and residents have been vaccinated, while first dose vaccination rates in the EU are now approaching 40% of all adults.

The UK has now first dose vaccinated more than 60% of the adult population, yet UK visitors that fly to Ireland are still required to quarantine for 14 days.

Ryanair CEO Eddie Wilson said: "Thanks to the success of the UK’s vaccine program, there is no justification for requiring visitors to Ireland from the UK to quarantine. The vast majority of the UK adult population have now received their first dose vaccination, and therefore pose no threat or risk to Ireland’s hospitals or health service."

Ryanair clams Ireland’s travel restrictions are ‘out-dated, inappropriate and unnecessary’ for air travel to and from the UK, and the European Union.

"Let’s end the travel restrictions on EU travel from the end of May," the airline says.

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