Scandal of packed bus AIR WE GO..BUT IN A WHOLE NEW WAY
Flyers told to prepare for major change
THIS shocking image shows a packed Dublin Bus bringing passengers back from a popular seaside resort with no regard for social distancing.
The picture is from a video taken on the 31 bus travelling from Howth to
THE days of passengers rushing into the aisles of landed planes to grab their overhead luggage are finished, a travel expert said yesterday.
As the pandemic continues to wreak havoc for air travel, Eoghan Corry revealed Irish sunseekers will have to adapt to a new reality whenever they jet off again.
The editor of Travel Extra added: “It’s very simple, wearing masks on board, less contact, no contact at all if it can be avoided.
“That comes to things like check-in desks and also it means that things that were the norm, like priority boarding, that’s gone.
“And really important, bringing that cabin bag on board, [they will be] doing everything they can to avoid that.
“Normally you have to pay to check in a bag. That won’t apply for cabin bags for
Talbot Street at around 9pm on Tuesday with more than 20 people mulling around on the lower deck.
It is not known how many people, if any, were upstairs.
Large groups of all ages can be seen both Ryanair and Aer Lingus.” Ryanair, which flew just 70,000 passengers across Europe last month, will restore 1,000 flights a day from July 1, covering 90% of its normal routes.
But passengers will have to wear face masks, ask to use toilets and there will be limits on food and drink.
Mr Corry told The Pat Kenny Show on Newstalk: ‘The idea is to speed up the process of boarding and deplaning because it’s going to be done in small groups.
“The announcements are all being re-recorded as we speak or some of them are already in place – and this ancient sitting together ignoring the yellow social distancing markers on the seats and taking up space on the walkways.
The video was taken on the final day of a run of Mediterranean-like temperatures in the capital. tradition we have of everyone jumping out of their seat and standing out on the aisle as soon as the plane lands, that’s going to have to come to an end.”
New passenger numbers for Ryanair yesterday revealed the airline’s customers plummeted by 95.5% during May, down from 14.1 million passengers for the same period last year.
Aer Lingus chief Sean Doyle urged the Government to scrap the quarantine restrictions on people arriving into the country at the end of this month.
The carrier is eager to restart some of its short-haul flights in July and August.
95% decrease in Ryanair’s passenger numbers in May to around 70,000