Ryanair slams UK advice to check in all luggage
Ryanair has strongly criticised UK government advice that all luggage, including hand baggage, be placed in aircraft holds in order to reduce the risk of infection.
Contrary to official advice, the airline advises passengers to minimise their checked-in luggage in favour of carry-on hand baggage. They argue that this minimises the risk of infection because this baggage will only be handled by the passenger, eliminating physical contact with other persons.
By comparison, checked-in baggage is handled by multiple people at check-in, in baggage holds, and while being loaded and unloaded from aircraft, it argues.
"The UK [Department for Transport] should stop issuing rubbish advice to passengers about baggage and instead focus their efforts on scrapping the UK's useless visitor quarantine which the UK Home Office now admit cannot be implemented, supervised or policed effectively," it says.
Along with British Airways and EasyJet, Ryanair earlier this month announced legal action against the UK’s imposition of a 14-day quarantine for travelers entering the country. "Recent bookings show how UK customers are largely ignoring this useless visitor quarantine as they book in their thousands to holiday destinations in July and August," it adds.
The carrier plans to operate 1,000 daily flights from 1 July, amounting to around 40% of its schedule, rising to 60% in August.
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Ryanair has strongly criticised UK government advice that all luggage, including hand baggage, be placed in aircraft holds in order to reduce the risk of infection.
Contrary to official advice, the airline advises passengers to minimise their checked-in luggage in favour of carry-on hand baggage. They argue that this minimises the risk of infection because this baggage will only be handled by the passenger, eliminating physical contact with other persons.
By comparison, checked-in baggage is handled by multiple people at check-in, in baggage holds, and while being loaded and unloaded from aircraft, it argues.
"The UK [Department for Transport] should stop issuing rubbish advice to passengers about baggage and instead focus their efforts on scrapping the UK's useless visitor quarantine which the UK Home Office now admit cannot be implemented, supervised or policed effectively," it says.
Along with British Airways and EasyJet, Ryanair earlier this month announced legal action against the UK’s imposition of a 14-day quarantine for travelers entering the country. "Recent bookings show how UK customers are largely ignoring this useless visitor quarantine as they book in their thousands to holiday destinations in July and August," it adds.
The carrier plans to operate 1,000 daily flights from 1 July, amounting to around 40% of its schedule, rising to 60% in August.
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