Ryanair Route Changes – Update
Author: Lindsey | Category: Airline News, Airlines, Discount Flights, Latest Travel News
Ryanair, Europe’s leading low cost airline is to reduce the number of aircraft based at its Irish hub Dublin from 22 to 17.
As a direct consequence of this, flights to Doncaster/Sheffield and Durham Tees Valley will be withdrawn from as early as July 09.
Flights to Aberdeen, Bournemouth and East Midlands will also be affected, as the frequency of the Dublin flights to these airports will be reduced.
Ryanair has blamed airport charges and taxes for these cuts, some of which have increased by as much as 12%.
Dublin Airport itself will see Ryanair flight numbers reduced from around 700 per week to around 600. This is a reduction of around 13% in passenger numbers travelling through the airport.
Ryanair’s Chairman Michael O’Leary has stated that such increases in taxation were impossible to justify in a year when inflation will be negative.
Ryanair will make further cuts from Dublin when its winter schedule comes into force.
