Ryanair to cut west of Ireland services

Ryanair has announced plans to cut some of its services from the West of Ireland to London.

Ryanair has announced plans to cut some of its services from the West of Ireland to London.

The low fares airline will cut services between Shannon and Knock airports to Luton and Gatwick on October 31 to accommodate the addition of new routes, according to the company.

The airline has unveiled two new routes from Shannon to Bournemouth and Edinburgh, and more flights between Dublin and Cork and Dublin and London Gatwick.

"Ryanair's Shannon base has performed strongly this summer and has firmly established itself as an important driver of both tourism and business in the West of Ireland," said Ryanair's Peter Sherrard.

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The new routes and additional frequencies will also start on October 31. "To accommodate these new routes Ryanair will drop flights from Shannon to Luton and from Knock to Gatwick," continued Mr Sherrard.

Ryanair currently connects Shannon to 25 destinations, sustaining 1,700 jobs in the mid-west and delivering 1.7 million passengers per annum.