Minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen can certainly do something against the 5 euro tickets to orange corona countries, which Ryanair stunts with. That says D66 Member of Parliament Jan Paternotte on BNR. Last week, at least 40,000 people left Schiphol for high-risk areas – dangerous, they say.
The minister said yesterday that she cannot ban it. But Paternotte thinks that it is possible if an airline is so irresponsible. ‘It is a free market, so of course that is difficult, but you have to check whether it is in line with the Dutch advertising code that stipulates that you may not mislead consumers, and with the public health law. Ultimately, the minister does have the option of imposing a flight ban. ‘
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Other parties in the House also want to get rid of this kind of stunts. Most airlines take their own responsibility, Paternotte emphasizes. ‘Most organizations say: don’t go on vacation. But that clearly does not apply to Ryanair. Right now it seems important to me to prevent people from going on vacation to places in Europe where there are also the most infections.
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The fact that Ryanair offers these flights as a kind of hamster weeks to corona fires indicates that you should call such a company on the mat and find allies in Europe to prevent this type of practice. Ultimately, I understand that a company wants to make money, but it is not for nothing that most travel organizations say they understand that this is not possible by letting people go on vacation to places where the chance of infection is greater. ‘
