Ryanair axes German routes over tax

RYANAIR is blaming a new German tourist tax for its decision to axe 34 routes from its schedule next summer.

Ryanair flights between Kerry in Ireland and Dusseldorf will also be stopped as part of reductions in its German operation next year.

Flights connecting Liverpool to Bremen and Birmingham to Dusseldorf are among those to be scrapped as a result of Germany’s €8 tax on flights, which comes into effect at the start of January.