Ryanair announced further cuts at Dublin

Ryanair today announced a further round of service cuts to be implemented in Dublin this July. The airline says that the latest reductions are in response to the ongoing traffic decline resulting from the implementation of the €10 travel tax and the decision by the Aviation Regulator to allow the IAA (Irish Aviation Authority) increase ATC charges by 12% this summer.

The latest reductions which will see the end of services from Dublin to Basel, Oporto, Doncaster and Teeside will also see reductions on 8 other routes.

In conjunction with previously announced reductions, today's cuts will see 5 less based aircraft at Dublin this summer and 20% less rotations, down to less than 600 from more than 700. The airline forecast the total job losses at Dublin will now reach 250. 

Announcing today's cuts Ryanair's CEO Michael O'Leary said “This latest 12% increase in Government owned ATC charges at Dublin Airport is another nail in the coffin of Irish tourism.  These increases have been rubber-stamped yet again by Ireland’s useless Aviation Regulator, Cathal Guiomard, proving again how useless he is and that he should be sacked. How can any regulator approve a 12% increase in ATC charges in a year when inflation will be negative? This is impossible to justify."