The CEO of Ryanair says mandatory 14-day quarantines are 'idiotic — and predicts deep flight discounts this summer
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CEO Michael O'Leary says holidaymakers will fuel the return, as they seek sunny beaches of Spain and Portugal.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more storiesRyanair remains surprisingly optimistic in the face of thousands of layoffs and the number of its scheduled flights being reduced to a tiny percentage of the usual.
"At best we think we're talking about 50% of our normal traffic in the months of July, August, September," he said. "And then maybe a return to some degree of normality as the schools go back." regarding the coronavirus' dramatic effect on global air travel, also blasted government quarantine policies for overseas travelers entering the United Kingdom.
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