Ryanair reveal full list of cancelled flights until end of October
Here's what you can do if you are affected
Oliver Milne
Ryanair have now announced the flights that will be cancelled between now and the end of October.
None of the axed journeys were due to depart or arrive at Liverpool John Lennon airport, but 36 flights to and from Manchester airport have been scrapped.
The company announced last week that is was cancelling a number of flights and blamed rostering problems for the delays .
"We have messed up in the planning of pilot holidays and we're working hard to fix that," it said in a statement on Facebook.
The changes will affect flights from the last week of September through to the end of October.
The airline company announced that is was going to have to cancel flights last Friday last, leaving 18 million customers wondering if they would be affected.
You can view a list of cancelled flights from September 18 to September 20 here.
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Flights from Manchester that are cancelled
Monday 25 September and the 2, 9, 16 and 23 of October.
Flight number FR3238 from Manchester to Brussels Charleroi.
Flight number FR3239 from Brussels Charleroi to Manchester.
Friday 29 September and 6, 13, 20 and 27 October
Flight number FR552 from Dublin to Manchester.
Flight number FR553 from Manchester to Dublin.
Full list of cancellations here.
How to get your money back
If you want to cancel your reservation and claim a full refund of the unused flight(s), go to https:// www.ryanair.com/gb/en/check-in and enter your booking details.
Ryanair says refunds will be processed "within 7 working days" back to the card used for the original booking.
How to change your cancelled flight
Ryanair says this is subject to seat availability but it is advising passengers to go to https:// www.ryanair.com/gb/en/check-in and follow the options.
What does Ryanair say?
Ryanair has apologised and said it had "messed up" planning pilot holidays, after a change in the company's holiday year from April to March to a year from January 1, 2018.
It has meant an increase in holidays, while staff use up their annual leave before the change kicks in. Ryanair also blamed air traffic control strikes.
Ryanair said: "We have operated a record schedule and traffic numbers during the peak summer months of July and August but must now allocate annual leave to pilots and cabin crew in September and October while still running the bulk of our summer schedule.
"This increased leave, at a time of ATC capacity delays and strikes, has severely reduced our on-time performance over the past two weeks to under 80 per cent. By cancelling less than two per cent of our flying programme over the next six weeks, until our winter schedule starts in early November, we can improve the operational resilience of our schedules and restore punctuality to our annualised target of 90 per cent.
"We apologise sincerely to the small number of customers affected by these cancellations and will be doing our utmost to arrange alternative flights and/or full refunds for them."
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What other reaction has there been?
Alex Neill, Which? managing director of home products and services, said:"Ryanair's cancellation of hundreds of flights at short notice is ​a nightmare​ for its passengers, with​ thousands facing huge inconvenience and ​many more ​left in the dark ​with no idea whether their flights will be affected or not.
"​Ryanair must urgently publish ​the full schedule of impacted flights​. Until this​ is released, ​it​ should let passengers cancel their flights without penalty.
"It must also honour its legal duty to arrange ​​alternative flights or provide a full refund, ​inform passengers of their rights and proactively ​pay compensation and reimburse reasonable out-of-pocket expenses.
"This highlights once again the need for automatic compensation across the industry. Ryanair should now take the initiative and ​pay out​ to ​passengers ​they know are entitled to compensation without ​making people jump through hoops​."
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