Italy's national civil aviation authority (ENAC) has threatened to suspend Ryanair's right to fly to the country over alleged Covid-19 regulation breaches.
In a press statement ENAC accused the budget airline of "repeated violations of the COVID-19 health regulations", Euronews reported.
ENAC claimed that Ryanair has failed to socially distance passengers on its flights to Italy.
Ryanair denied the claims and said that the airline "complies fully with the measures set out by the Italian government ".
In a statement, ENAC said: "Not only is the obligation to distance passengers not respected, but the conditions for making an exception to that rule are also being ignored."
The aviation authority added that it would suspend all of Ryanair's flights to and from Italian airports if the airline continued its alleged breach of regulations.
Ryanair told The Standard that ENAC's claims were "factually inaccurate"
The airline added: "Ryanair complies fully with the measures set out by the Italian government and our customers can rest assured that we are doing everything to reduce interaction on both our aircraft and at airports to protect the health of our passengers when flying Ryanair.”
Ryanair has cut 3,000 jobs worldwide since the pandemic began.
