Ryanair suspends Shannon bookings from May

RYANAIR has suspended the booking of most flights from Shannon from May as it pushes ahead with plans to cut capacity at the airport by 75%.

Passenger numbers at Shannon will be reduced from a 2007 high of 3.6 million to about 1.25m a year if a replacement carrier is not identified.

A five-year deal between Ryanair and the airport on charges and passenger numbers concludes next April and the Shannon Airport Authority has said it will not enter a new five-year deal due to what it says are Ryanair’s unreasonable demands.