Ryanair has had to cancel 25 return flights to and from Birmingham due to strike action at Boeing.

The strikes have delayed the delivery of new aircraft so that the airline is not able to operate flights on 21 routes to and from Birmingham between October 24 and 28.

Passengers who were due to travel on these cancelled services will receive a full refund.

Announcing the cancellations, Ryanair’s, Michael Cawley said: “We sincerely regret the forced cancellation of these 25 return services to/from Birmingham. However, we assure passenger that this is a temporary disruption to our schedule and we have secured an aircraft to operate all scheduled services from 29th October.

“We sincerely apologise to all our passengers for the inconvenience caused by this change to our plans. I hope passengers understand that it is due to circumstances over which we have no control and I hope to see these passengers onboard one of our Birmingham services soon. ”

By Bev Fearis