Travel tax prompts Ryanair to cut flights from Frankfurt Hahn

Ryanair is to cut by 30% the number of flights it operates from Germany's Frankfurt Hahn airport blaming an €8 travel tax imposed by the Berlin government.

The move will come into effect from summer next year, the airline said, with the number of aircraft based at the facility down to eight from 11 and the number of flights for the summer 2011 schedule down from over 500 to less than 400.