Ryanair has announced that it is launching 200 rescue flights on its routes from Edinburgh Airport and others in the UK to Europe to facilitate families whose flights are being cancelled by fellow operators.
The budget airline is operating over 15,000 weekly flights and has added over 1,000 extra flights for July and August.
British Airways, easyJet, and TUI have all announced cancellations in recent days amid staff shortages, disrupting holiday plans for people across Scotland and the UK.
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The new "low fare" Ryanair flights are available to purchase now from Ryanair.com for travel up to the end of September.
However, according to the operator, they must be booked before midnight on June 23.
One sample route is between Edinburgh and the Spanish island of Gran Canaria, while others include Glasgow-Malaga and Stansted-Alicante.
Ryanair’s Dara Brady said:“While BA, easyJet & TUI cancel thousands of flights across the UK causing travel disruption for UK families, Ryanair continues to operate a full schedule with over 15,000 weekly flights, and today (20 June) we have added over 200 extra flights from/to our 19 UK airports to help the BA, easyJet & TUI customers who have been disrupted by these cancellations.
"UK families can now rest easy in the knowledge that Ryanair will fly them to/from their summer holiday destination to enjoy some well-deserved time off with friends and family.
"These low fare rescue flights are available on the Ryanair website now until midnight Thursday 23 June – so make sure to book these rescue extra flights today on Ryanair.com to avoid missing out!”
