Ryanair axe west of Ireland flights to London

[PaulM]

Originally Posted by breakingnews.ie

Ryanair today announced plans to axe current services from the west of Ireland to London.

The low fares airline will cut services between Shannon and Knock airports to Luton and Gatwick on October 31.

The news came as the airline also unveiled two new routes from Shannon to Bournemouth and Edinburgh, and more flights between Dublin and Cork and Dublin and London Gatwick.

“Ryanair’s Shannon base has performed strongly this summer and has firmly established itself as an important driver of both tourism and business in the west of Ireland,” said Ryanair’s Peter Sherrard.

“Today’s new route announcements will allow passengers from the mid-west to enjoy more low fares to even more destinations.”

Ryanair currently connects Shannon to 25 destinations, sustaining 1,700 jobs in the mid-west and delivering 1.7 million passengers per annum.

Its services between Cork and Dublin will increase to four flights a day, with the Dublin to Gatwick frequency going up to six flights a day carrying an additional 200,000 passengers per annum. The new routes and additional frequencies will also start on October 31.

“To accommodate these new routes Ryanair will drop flights from Shannon to Luton and from Knock to Gatwick,” continued Mr Sherrard. “Both Shannon and Knock will still maintain daily services to two other London airports from this date.“

It's like there is little demand in the North-west.....