Free flights: how Shannon gave Ryanair a lift

DR CORMAC MURPHY (Irish Examiner letters, Feb 19) accuses Aer Rianta of “penny-pinching tactics” in terms of recent developments with Ryanair at Shannon Airport.

Free flights: how Shannon gave Ryanair a lift
Thu, 06 Mar, 2003 - 00:00

This view seems to arise from Shannon’s offer of a generously discounted airport charge of 4.80 per passenger from next May on Ryanair flights from Shannon to Frankfurt/Hahn.

Perhaps the good doctor is not aware that Shannon Airport has provided a free service to Ryanair over the past three years to help increase passenger numbers on this particular route. This subsidy, which Ryanair knew from the beginning would end this year, cost Shannon 1.75 million.

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