€29,000 fine for Ryanair over slot breaches

RYANAIR has been fined £20,000 (€29,561) for repeatedly and intentionally operating flights at times significantly different from its allocated slots at Stansted Airport.

However, there is no system for similar fines in place in the Republic because of the absence of Government legislation, even though Ryanair is one of the biggest slot offenders at Dublin Airport.

The Department of Transport has so far failed to legislate for financial sanctions against airlines, despite calls by the Commission for Aviation Regulation to be given such powers.