Ryanair, Ireland’s low-cost airline, has told pilots and staff to expect layoffs. Chief executive Michael O'Leary told staff in a video announcement that the airline currently has a surplus of over 500 pilots and some 400 cabin crew.
"The Max delivery delays mean that instead of taking 58 new aircraft for summer 2020, we will now, at best, get only 30 of those aircraft, which means we will need about 600 less pilots and cabin crew for summer 2020," O’Leary says in the video.
O’Leary advised the staff that layoffs would likely begin at the end of the summer.