The Ryanair CEO prefers not to see people who have not been vaccinated against the corona virus on board aircraft. Michael O'Leary tells British newspaper The Telegraph that he hopes for a ban on "idiotic antivaxers".

O'Leary is not in favor of a mandatory vaccination program, as is currently the case in Germany and Austria. Instead, he says governments should make life difficult for people who refuse a vaccine for no reason. "If you're not vaccinated, you shouldn't be in hospital, you shouldn't be flying, you shouldn't be on the London Underground, and you shouldn't be getting into the local supermarket or your pharmacy," he said. .

The omikron variant of the corona virus has considerably clouded the prospects for the recovery of, among others, the aviation sector. A new wave of restrictions is causing passengers to cancel or postpone bookings. O'Leary expects Ryanair to carry 10 percent fewer passengers in December as a result, the paper said.

Ryanair made headlines earlier this week when the airline used its Twitter account to mock British Prime Minister Boris Johnson over alleged Christmas parties. The image listed the government's response to coronavirus warning levels, ranging from "small gathering with wine and cheese" to "rave on."

O'Leary was not remorseful about that move, according to The Telegraph. “You get promoted with us if you upset Johnson and his half-baked idiots,” he said. He also criticized the British government for creating panic around the omikron variant, while he said other European countries don't seem to have the same concerns. According to O'Leary, the result is likely that people will fly less because of the uncertainty around Christmas.

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