Ryanair has given an update on its latest travel advice as the airline tries to keep only essential flights operating.
Over 99% of Ryanair's fleet is now grounded and will be for the coming weeks, although a number of planes still arrive and leave from Ireland each day.
And to keep these essential people getting to and from Ireland, the airline is extending its limited schedule for another week to April 23rd.
They said in a statement: "We are working with EU Governments to try to keep some minimum flight links open for emergency reasons, even though the passenger loads on these flights is very low. We are today (Tue 14 Apr) extending this limited schedule by a week to Thurs 23 Apr. Ryanair is operating these flights daily or weekly."
Flights still operating
To/from Ireland
Dublin - London Stansted
Dublin - London Gatwick
Dublin - Birmingham
Dublin - Edinburgh
Dublin - Bristol
Dublin - Glasgow
Dublin - Manchester
Dublin - Amsterdam
Dublin - Brussels
Dublin - Berlin
Dublin - Lisbon
Dublin - Cologne
Cork - London Stansted
Social distancing on board
The company said: "All the aircraft are disinfected daily. With low loads, social distancing is being optimised on-board and we ask all passengers to cooperate fully with our crews who are doing their best in difficult times to maintain vital links to/from Ireland and to/from the UK to facilitate our passengers and their families to deal with emergencies that may require urgent travel over the coming days and weeks."
When could flights return?
Ryanair do not have the golden answer to when flights could return and will continue to support measures until that day comes.
A spokesperson said: "At this time, we don’t know how long the lockdown will last. We fully support the action taken by EU Governments and we are ready to return flying when COVID-19 is defeated, which will hopefully be sooner rather than later.
"Until then let’s all take care of ourselves, each other, our families and our communities."
