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Coronavirus: Ryanair, Jet2 and BA cancel flights to Italy

Ryanair, Jet2.com and British Airways have cancelled services to Italy, as the Italian government has announced a lockdown across the entire country.

Low-cost carrier Ryanair will suspend all its flights to, from and within Italy, until midnight on Wednesday April 8.

Domestic flights will be suspended from midnight on Wednesday (March 11) then international flights from midnight on Friday (March 13).

Affected passengers have been emailed today (March 10) and passengers needing repatriation can move for free to an earlier Ryanair flight, until midnight on March 13.


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Affected passengers can have a full refund or a travel credit that can be redeemed on Ryanair flights in the next 12 months.

Jet2.com has cancelled all flights from this afternoon (March 10) to the end of April 26.

The cancellations affect flights to Rome, Naples, Pisa, Turin, Venice and Verona.

The airline said it is contacting customers due to travel to Italy to tell them their options.

“We are also contacting customers who are currently in Italy to arrange to fly them back to the UK,” it added.

British Airways has cancelled all flights to Italy from Heathrow and Gatwick.

Its website said: “If you’re booked to travel between London and any Italian destination up to April 4 2020, you have the option to refund your ticket or rebook onto another flight for later travel.”


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UPDATED: On March 11, easyJet announced it will cancel all flights to and from Italy up to April 3.

It will put on rescue flights over the coming days to repatriate passengers.

 

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