AN airline has announced it will restore a number of its holiday flights in just a few weeks' time following the suspension of all flights last month.

Ryanair announced it would be restoring 40 percent of normal flight schedules as its boss said Brits wanted to get back to the beaches of Spain and Portugal.

The airline said it intended to restore two out of five flights from Wednesday, July 1, although this is subject to Government restrictions being lifted by then.

Ryanair, which flies from Newcastle International Airport to destinations across Europe, drastically cut its routes just days after lockdown began.

This morning, Michael O'Leary of Ryanair, said: "I don't think this 14-day isolation will be effective. It will have no credibility among the travelling public, but it is manageable.

"We know from our own customer feedback, there's a huge pent-up desire of families who want to get away to the beaches of Spain and Portugal, where, by the way, there will be no spread of the virus.

"As we begin to move again as an economy and a society, most people are going to be wearing face masks.

"I think the Government advice in the UK must change. Instead of making face masks advisory, they must make them mandatory on trains, on the London Underground and in airport terminals as well."