Ryanair announces eight new routes from Shannon after axing of travel tax

Shannon yesterday heralded the first big dividend from the budget announcement to abolish the €3 travel tax, when Ryanair announced eight new routes which will bring 300,000 additional passengers through the airport next year.

The routes will open next April when the travel tax ends.

Michael Cawley, deputy chief executive of Ryanair told a press conference at Shannon, they will carry an additional one million passengers through Irish airports next year due to the ending of the travel tax.