Is anyone considering a one way ticket out of Ireland?

Except that at some stage people will have to accept that they're going to get covid... the majority of the workforce will return to work, and face the risks that come with covid... and with those risks, will come the need to unwind.

I don't see travel suffering as much as many people seem to expect. Look at China. The moment that restrictions were lifted, their tourist spots were flooded by tourists. There's a great number of people who know that the risk will continue to be there for over a year, and are willing to take their chances. That includes taking flights.

This social distancing is an initial reaction for the majority... the minority (the old/vulnerable) will need to continue doing it, but the majority will be heading back to normality after a month or two. More deaths but there's not enough debt options for countries to remain as they currently are.

cooperguy

Xertz wrote: »

O’Leary is a master of getting the brand highlighted by being controversial and that will get headlines.

The reality of it is quite different if they’re required to implement social distancing and if destinations can’t really deal with mass tourism in the same way as we’ve been used to for years.

It’s going to be weird for a few years, but not forever.

I don’t really see how he’s going to be able to do what he’s proposing in that interview. The issue isn’t lack of demand due to high prices. It’s lack of demand due to technical barriers making it impossible to load planes to maximum capacity. The reason the planes won’t fill isn’t going to be about ticket price. It’s about potential restrictions for health reasons.

You’re also looking at a scenario with potentially serious dips in demand due to what could turn into unprecedented global recession/depression and that will cause a slump in leisure travel regardless.

If airlines have to say reduce capacity by 50% - 75% to make social distancing possible, the low fares model might mean charging less than BA or Air France, but it’s really going to be setting that pricing bar way way higher than it is today.

My guess is Ryanair could even end up morphing into what resembles more of a mainstream, fuller service airline, possibly even picking up slots in more major airports than far flung places, as they’ve the cash and flexibility to survive this in a way most won’t.

If they have to remove 30% of seats they will simply remove the cheapest 30% of seats from the flight, you won't get €25 flights to Spain but the slightly more expensive tickets will sell as normal.

Montage of Feck

ShineOn7 wrote: »

The greatest threat that the aviation industry has ever seen and they've zero money coning in now, yet you think the likes of Ryanair will charge 500 euros for Ireland to Spain?

Had been planning a holiday in September, the flights I was looking at have dropped about €10 since Feb according to Google flight tracker.