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Parent companyRyanair Holdings plc
HeadquartersSwords
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Ceo Michael O'Leary
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Ryanair DAC is an Irish low-cost airline founded in 1984, headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland, with its primary operational bases at Dublin and London Stansted airports.

Coronavirus: Why are planes still flying?

Feb 16,2020 5:06 am

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You only got up to see, there is still a whole lot of activity in the air, in spite of all of the airline cuts. Why is this so?

Surprisingly, A Number of global airlines running passenger Flights , including British Airways (BA).

The grinding, in spite of the air travel largely to a halt, as the Corona Virus numbers in the crisis in car traffic, and governments have banned Flights .

Under a new government agreement, while many of the aircraft cargo contribute significantly.

The Number of Flights Have to be lowered?

passenger-believed to be the Flights that have been cut by up to 95%, but that still means one in 20 take.

Airlines say you keep important connections.

"We Are working with the European Union (EU) governments, a few minimal flight connections open for emergency reasons, even if The Passenger loads on these Flights will be very low," said Ryanair .

The Corona-Virus outbreak had a severe impact on the demand for air travel

However, the other Flights to bring stranded people home.

BA, Virgin Atlantic , EasyJet, Jet2 and Titan are among the airlines that have agreed to fly on the Brits Back To the UK.

"We will do everything we can to customer's home, including critical employees," said BA, The Bbc .

"Not all governments are so Flights . We Are working with The Foreign office to open lines where we can. "

The British government has also agreed to help £75m to bring charter Flights , nationals of the United Kingdom from countries where commercial Flights are not available.

The British Foreign Secretary , Dominic Raab announced a deal between the government and the airlines to return Britons stranded by coronavirus on Monday

BA is already A Number of Flights chartered by The Foreign office, in Lima, Peru.

airports and planes safe for the travelers?

Heathrow Airport said it is working closely with Public Health England to facilitate civil servants ", their access to The Airport , so that the implementation of its enhanced measures for monitoring as a precautionary measure.

"In Line with the latest Public Health England advise, we promote to passengers and colleagues to maintain good hand hygiene. "

Meanwhile , Ryanair all said its aircraft "disinfected daily".

"low-stress, social distance, on-board optimized said," the airline.

How many Flights are there?

This is difficult to figure out, but you can see at every Airport -website, to how many planes fly in and given out at any time.

When The Bbc checked Heathrow Airport - Heathrow . com/departure on Monday Morning , for example, there were regular Flights in the next hour or so to Dublin, Copenhagen, Bahrain, Manchester, Helsinki, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Madrid, Hamburg, Moscow, Barcelona, Doha, Berlin, Paris, Kuala Lumpur , Valencia, Boston, and Stockholm.

you can also see at a glance the live data on how many Flights are in the air at any time by a flight tracker website flightradar24. com.

But many Flights which you can see in the sky are cargo aircraft. The height of the cargo-handling Airport Heathrow has doubled in the last few days, she told The Bbc .

What do cargo planes carry?

they often carry the major supply of life, including food and medical equipment.

For example, two-fifths of the British pharmaceutical products such as drugs, vaccines, and respiratory masks are imported via Heathrow Airport .

The Airport is the UK's largest port, the value with 34% of the country, the cargo in transit.

Normally, 95% of the cargo arrives in Heathrow Airport is in the belly-hold of passenger aircraft, but The Airport is currently "offering reclassification of its operation and scale up its cargo".

It was temporarily The Number of dedicated cargo Flights increased.

"This brings the vital deliveries of food and medical equipment to help the UK cope with the storm," said Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye.

last week, a 243% increase in The Number of aircraft movements reported with only cargo.

During the normal operation of The Airport is normally 47 cargo planes in the week, on Average .

On Tuesday, 31. March, it is to have the forecast 48 cargo aircraft in just One Day .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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