AIE served with 30 days notice

It was a case of Valencia Part II today as Ryanair served 30 days notice of it's intention to withdraw services from the Canary Island of Fuerteventura. Citing the same reasons as those given when shutting their base in Valencia, the airline said it was giving AIE, the local Fuerteventura tourist group 30 days to comply with the agreement that they had struck with Ryanair or the airline would have no choice but to stop serving the island from January 21 2009. 

Since Ryanair began services to the island in 2006, passenger numbers have risen to over 250,000 per annum on the nine routes, including Shannon and Dublin which has already lost one flight arising from the dispute since November 6.