Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary has described quarantine rules as “idiotic” as he announced plans to restart flights from July.
The budget airline boss told BBC Breakfast the firm would look to sell all of the seats on its flights, but would put in place temperature checks and face masks for passengers and crews.
He said: “The business only functions if we can sell most of the seats on most of the flights.
“We accept in July and August the load factors will be lower than that, but we don’t need social distancing. In fact the government has already recommended where social distancing isn’t possible, wear face masks – that is the effective measure against the spread of Covid-19, not ineffective measures like a 14-day quarantine which no one will observe anyway.”
The government is introducing the 14-day quarantine as Covid-19 has a one to 14-day incubation period, during which it can be transmitted even without symptoms.
Mr O’Leary disputed that the quarantine was science-based, due to French and Irish travellers being exempt.
Ryanair has announced today that it plans to restart 40% of its flights, almost 1,000 a day, from 1 July, subject to restrictions being lifted in the EU.
Source:Â bbc.com