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Tuesday, August 10, 1999 Published at 10:37 GMT 11:37 UK
Special Report
Airline 'grounded' for New Year
'No demand' for flights
The budget airline Ryanair will not be flying over the New Year.
The Irish company is joining Virgin Atlantic, the Polish carrier LOT and some other airlines in grounding its fleet on the night of 31 December.
But Ryanair insists the decision has been taken due to lack of demand for flights from passengers not because of fear of the Millennium Bug.
Aircraft 'Millennium-proof'
A spokesman said that Ryanair's fleet of Boeing 737 jets did not have date-dependent microchips or computer programmes of the type causing concern due to the bug.
He added that it was normal practice for them to halt operations overnight on New Year's Eve.
Scheduled flights will stop at 4pm on 31 December and resume at noon on New Year's Day.
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