Ryanair will fly 1000 flights a day from 1st July, return to 40% capacity

Ryanair has been operating an extremely limited schedule of flights during the pandemic, with over 99% of its fleet currently grounded.

But from 1 July the budget airline will return to 40% of its normal schedule, with 1,000 flights operating every day.

Ryanair will be operating both domestic and international flights from 1 July.

The majority of its international flights will be going to countries in Europe.

All passengers and cabin crew will be required to wear face masks while on the plane and in the terminal buildings.

Passengers are being urged to check in online, and take their temperature at home before setting off. There may also be temperature checks at the airports.

Passengers will be asked to scan their own boarding pass at the gate to limit contact with airline staff.

Only wrapped snacks and drinks will be served on board, and queueing for the toilets will not be allowed. The seatbelt signs will remain on for the entire flight.

Planes are being disinfected on a daily basis, and are fitted with filtration systems.

In Spain it will be offering flights to Seville, Valencia, Tenerife, Zaragoza, Jerez, Malaga, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza, Madrid, Fuerteventura, Murcia, Gran Canaria, Santander and Menorca.

In France  Toulouse, Perpignan, Bergerac, Limoges, Beziers, Nantes and Marseille.

Flights to Italy will be going to Verona, Venice, Turin, Trieste, Lamezia, Milan, Naples, Palermo and Pisa.

Tourists can fly to Terceira Lajes, Porto, Faro or Lisbon in Portugal.

In Greece , Ryanair will be flying to Corfu, Chania, Rhodes and Thessaloniki.

Flights to Germany will be going to Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Memmingen and Karlsruhe.

While flights to Ireland will go to Dublin, Cork, Knock, and Shannon.

In Poland Ryanair will be flying to Warsaw, Szczecin, Wroclaw, Olsztyn-Mazury, Rzeszow, Krakow, Gdansk, Katowice, Bydgoszcz, Poznan and Lodz.

Holidaymakers can fly to Vilnius or Kaunas in Lithuania , and Stockholm or Goteborg Landvetter in Sweden.

Ryanair will also be flying to Luxemborg , Oslo in Norway , Tallinn in Estonia , Bucharest in Romania , Sofia in Bulgaria , Budapest in Hungary , Eindhoven in the Netherlands and Prague in the Czech Republic.

It will be flying to Malta , Salzburg in Austria , Podgorica in Montenegro , Marrakesh in Morocco , Bratislava in Slovakia , Riga in Latvia and Paphos in Cyprus.