Ryanair imposes Stansted cuts
Ryanair is to cut capacity from its man UK hub airport of Stansted in the winter.
The number of weekly flights is to drop by 14%, resulting in 900,000 fewer passengers being carried.
The no-frills carrier is to reduce the number of flights from the airport from more than 1,850 to less than 1,600.
The number of aircraft based at the Essex airport will be cut by a quarter or eight aircraft, down to 28 from 36.
The announcement follows a planned trimming of winter flights by 18% from Dublin.
The carrier blamed high oil prices, the cost of using Stansted and an alleged failure by the Civil Aviation Authority to control costs for airlines using the airport.
Ryanair confirmed that it will lose less money this winter by sitting eight aircraft on the ground, rather than flying them at an expensive airport like Stansted when fares are extremely low, but oil prices remain “stubbornly†high.
CEO Michael O’Leary said: “These winter schedule cutbacks, which are significantly greater than those of last winter, show just how damaging the BAA airport monopoly has become to consumers and the best interests of London and UK tourism and the economy generally.”
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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