The introduction of a €10 departure tax by the Government in their recent budget is very bad news for Shannon Airport that is at least according to Michael O’Leary from low cost airline Ryanair.
O’Leary predicts that Ryanair passenger numbers at Shannon will be cut from 2 million to just 750,000. He went on to say [...]
Ryanair announced the introduction of two new routes at Shannon Airport on Sept 25th. They will now offer flights from Shannon Airport to Frankfurt-Hahn and Newcastle. The routes will begin operation in November.
Ryanair also stated that the introduction of these new routes will mean more departures will be possible for its currently existing routes from [...]
Despite the closure of two of its routes at Cork Airport., Ryanair has stated that Shannon Airport routes will not be affected. A disagreement over airport fees led to the collapse of the two Cork routes
Speaking on RTE this morning, Mr Cawley from Ryanair stated – We have an agreement with Shannon and they have [...]