Ryanair cuts more Italian flights with immediate effect

Ryanair Holdings said Monday that it was cutting more Italian flights in response to the government lockdown, as well as a number of flights to other EU countries. The airline, which has already cut 25% of flights to the country, said it was also restricting flights to and from northern Italy. In addition, Ryanair is reducing flights to Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Malta and Romania. All cuts are with immediate effect. Last week, Ryanair, along with many other major airlines, cut flights to Italy in response to the growing coronavirus epidemic. On Sunday, the Italian government quarantined nearly 17 million people in the northern part of the country in a bid to contain the spread of the epidemic. Ryanair said on March 2 that flights were being reduced between March 17 and April 8 to northern Italy and other countries where it has already noticed reduced bookings.<br/>