Ryanair warns passengers of ‘excessive delays’ and long queues this summer
Ryanair has told passengers they could face disruptions if travelling this week and throughout the summer.
These include long queues at London Stansted Airport and flight delays outside the control of the airline.
Those travelling from the London airport should give themselves plenty of time as queues will be longer than usual, the airline states.
It said: “Due to extended security queues at London Stansted Airport (Monday 15 July) we advise all passengers departing London Stansted to please arrive at the airport with extra time to allow for delays in security.
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“Passengers who do not have any bags to check in should head straight to security when they arrive at the airport.
“We regret any inconvenience caused to passengers by these extended security queues, which are completely outside of Ryanair’s control.”
This comes as the budget airline has an ongoing warning that “excessive delays” are likely this summer due to European ATC staff shortages.
Ryanair added: “Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, on Monday 15 July apologised to its passengers for the excessive flight delays caused by European ATC staff shortages today Monday 15 July which are affecting all European airlines.
“ATC services, which have had the benefit of no French ATC strike disruption this summer, continue to underperform (despite flight volumes being five per cent behind 2019 levels) with repeated ‘staff shortages’.
“On Monday 15 July, 19 per cent of Ryanair’s first wave departures (106 of 582 aircraft) were delayed due to ATC ‘staff shortages’. These repeated flight delays due to ATC mismanagement are unacceptable.
“We apologise to our passengers for these repeated ATC flight delays which are deeply regrettable but beyond Ryanair’s control.”
The staff shortages have caused delays for weeks and are likely to continue in the coming weeks.
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“These events are typically monitored closely by law enforcement. While authorised protests are generally peaceful, unauthorised ones have sometimes led to clashes between protesters and police.
“Such gatherings can cause travel disruption in the affected areas. Avoid political gatherings and demonstrations and follow local news and directions from security officials.”
