Ryanair pulls Swiss base
Tuesday, 11 Nov, 2009
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Ryanair is pulling out of Basel with the loss of six routes.
Routes to Stansted, Alicante, Cagliari, Marseille, Porto and Stockholm (Skavsta) will be withdrawn from December 2.
The budget airline claimed the airport had refused to lower its charges to reflect lower fares being paid by passengers in the recession.
Ryanair said it had offered an additional 13 weekly flights and 200,000 new passengers which would have created 200 new jobs if the airport reduced its charges.
Passengers affected by the route closures will be emailed by the carrier and provided with a full refund.
A spokesman for the airline said: “Ryanair continues to lower fares to encourage travel, but with passengers paying lower fares airports must lower their charges – particularly high cost airports like Basel, London (Stansted) and Dublin.
“Ryanair will continue to grow at low cost airports which work with us to deliver the low fares required to keep passengers flying during this recession.”
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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