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The UK has extended the temporary waiver on airport slot rules through its summer 2021 season, slot co-ordination company Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) has confirmed.

Ryanair said it expected to make a full-year net loss of as much as €950 million ($1.1 billion) in the most challenging year in its history, but sounded an optimistic note about a summer recovery as vaccines are rolled out across Europe.

For Europe’s airlines, optimism that began in late 2020 over vaccines has not translated into a surge in bookings as hoped.

The LCC says passengers will return once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

The latest COVID-19 travel restrictions have forced the British leisure carrier to suspend service.

'Draconian' restrictions are 'inexplicable,' according to ULCC.

Ryanair cut its traffic forecast for the financial year to March 2021 and said it would reduce its flight schedules from later in January.

Routes’ latest infographic looks at the facts and figures behind an incredibly challenging year for the industry.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has denied claims by ULCC Ryanair that a sudden change in policy has forced the airline to stop operating on 12 UK domestic and international routes.

Impending end of the UK's transition period with the EU post-Brexit means rule changes for airlines.

Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary believes demand could recover to pre-COVID-19 levels by as early as 2022, if air fares are low enough.

Ryanair is to open a base at Venice Treviso (TSF) ahead of the northern hemisphere summer season as part of the airline’s ongoing expansion in Italy.

Ryanair grows Italian presence with additional base and 18 new routes.

Europe’s largest LCC Ryanair placed a follow-on order for 75 Boeing 737-8200s on Dec. 3, in what is the first major commitment for the MAX since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the U.S. FAA’s decision to unground the aircraft.

Air traffic in Europe fell to 35.5% of 2019 levels in the week to Nov. 29, Eurocontrol figures showed, as COVID-19 travel restrictions and national lockdowns continued to affect demand for travel.

The Worldwide Airport Slot Board has urged regulators to commit to prolonging slot flexibility before the end of the year.

Ryanair Group CEO Michael O’Leary expects passenger volumes to reach 70% of pre-COVID levels in 2021, especially if vaccines can be made widely available by the spring.

ASM’s senior analyst James Nicholls looks at the trends around Ryanair’s new route announcements over the past two years.

Ryanair CEO says ULCC plans to add capacity quickly and stimulate demand through pricing.

Extending the temporary waiver on airport slot rules in Europe through the summer 2021 season will slow the recovery and prevent competition returning to the industry, according to the CEOs of Ryanair Group and Wizz Air.

The CEOs of Ryanair Group and Wizz Air have called on regulators to reinstate the 80/20 airport slot rule or risk stifling the recovery.

Ryanair is taking over a large chunk of rival easyJet’s slot portfolio at London Stansted.

The brand of Ryanair’s Austrian carrier Laudamotion will finally disappear from the market once and for all in the coming weeks, Laudamotion CEO Andreas Gruber said.

European airlines’ capacity plans were already indicating that traffic levels would fall further in the coming weeks. As lockdown after lockdown begins, the mood within the industry is gloomier still.

From Nov. 5 UK residents are banned from non-essential international travel.