Confusion as Ryanair flights from Dublin and around Europe cancelled and then uncancelled

Ryanair cancelled flights to and from airports across Europe overnight and alerted passengers of the changes via email before sending them follow-up emails announcing their flights were not actually cancelled at all. The airline’s error has left some passengers who made alternative arrangements with other airlines frustrated and fearing they would be left out of pocket. Flights to Tenerife, Morocco and Birmingham in February were among those mistakenly cancelled and subsequently reinstated by the airline. One passenger who contacted The Irish Times woke up on Friday morning to an email from the airline sent shortly after midnight telling her that her flight from Dublin to Birmingham on February 7th had been cancelled for “commercial reasons”. “You can avail of rerouting to your destination and reasonable care, or a full refund of the cost of your ticket. You can change to alternative flights online, free of charge,” it said. The Ryanair customer logged into her booking and saw she was no longer set to depart. She was then due to fly with a different airline to Edinburgh for Ireland’s Six Nations rugby match. “I went on and booked an Aer Lingus flight, it was an earlier departure but that couldn’t be helped,” she told The Irish Times. She put off applying for the refund she was legally entitled to until she could get to her laptop. However, at 10:42am she received a text from Ryanair which said: “Your flight is not cancelled and will operate as scheduled. Please check your email for further information”. When she logged back into her booking she found that “sure enough the flight [was] back." Story has more.<br/>