Ryanair staff asked to take unpaid leave

Further complications have emerged at Ryanair as some staff at the East Midlands base in England have allegedly been told to take a six-week block of unpaid leave.

Customer service supervisors were reportedly told to either take the unpaid leave or a secondment to bases at Eindhoven, Cologne, and Berlin, but they would have to pay for their own hotels and meals during that period.

The reported offer was made because of a winter reduction in aircraft at the UK base.