Ryanair takes share price hit as skies continue to darken for airlines

An empty Ryanair check-in area at Terminal 1, Dublin Airport this afternoon. Picture: Colin Keegan / Collins Dublin

Shares in Ryanair and IAG, which owns Aer Lingus, tumbled on news of up to 4,000 jobs across the two airlines potentially being lost as part of the continued fallout from the Covid-19 disruption.