Ryanair to stop flights to seven airports this winter

Ryanair will stop its flights in and out of a number of European airports for a six-week period this winter. The airline blamed the price of oil and the cost of operations at the airports for its decision.

The affected airports are Basel, Budapest, Krakow, Palma, Rzeszow, Salzburg and Valencia.

Ryanair's operations will cease from Tuesday November 4 until Friday December 19.

"Costs at these airports are amongst the most expensive in Europe and far outweigh the potential revenue which passengers are prepared to pay, particularly during the off peak winter period," a Ryanair spokesman said.

Ryanair wrote to the airports seeking a reduction on the costs of these flights this winter but their response was "wholly inadequate", according to the airline.