Ryanair unveils list of cancelled flights

RYANAIR HAS published details of flights cancelled up to the end of next month.

Customers affected will be emailed offers of alternatives or full refunds and details of their compensation entitlement, the budget airline confirmed. It faces a compensation bill of up to 20m euro (£17.7m) for the “mess” which has left passengers stranded, boss Michael O’Leary,

inset, said. The carrier is shelving up to 50 flights daily over the next six weeks due to the over-allocation of pilots’ holidays during a busy period.

They have been listed on www. ryanair.com and cover the period up to October 28. The airline said it was cancelling flights at airports where it ran the busiest schedules, so it would be easier to place passengers on alternative flights. Mr O’Leary, the airline’s chief executive, said on Monday there is a “large reputational impact”. Changes imposed by Irish regulators forced Ryanair to conform staff holidays with the calendar year from January, requiring it to allocate leave before the end of the year. The routes affected include flights to and from Dublin, London Stansted, Barcelona, Lisbon, Madrid and Milan. Alex Neill, of Which?, said: “It’s vital that passengers who have suffered the nightmare of Ryanair’s cancelled flights are now given clear information about what they are entitled to.”