Ryanair confirm Fuerteventura pull out

Ryanair today confirmed that the airline would be ceasing all services to and from Fuerteventura effective January 31 2009. The airline had previously threatened to end services to the Canary Island unless the local tourism group AEI honoured the commercial agreement that it had entered into with Ryanair to promote the island. Effective January 31, a total of 23 services on nine international routes will cease, including one flight per week from Shannon and two per week from Dublin. Since Ryanair started to serve the island, passenger numbers had grown to over 250,000 per annum from a base of a few thousand. Ryanair have also confirmed that legal action will continue against AEI and it's members.