Ryanair, the European low-cost airline, said yesterday that in the four days following last Thursday's bombings in London, forward bookings had fallen by "just under 10 per cent" from the level of recent weeks.

Michael O'Leary, chief executive, said advance bookings were down about 8,000 a day from the expected level of more than 100,000 a day. A breakdown of bookings was not yet available, but he said: "I assume a lot of this is inbound travel to London."