LOW-COST airline bmibaby is to schedule extra flights from Belfast after Ryanair said it was pulling out of the city.
An additional five services a week will leave Belfast International for East Midlands Airport.
Ryanair will cease its George Best Belfast City Airport operations on October 31 because of Government delays over approving a controversial runway extension.
Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary sparked a row with ministers at Stormont after he criticised them for airport development delays.
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This appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Saturday, September 04, 2010