Ryanair abandons flights from Northern Ireland

The action comes just three months right after the airline recommenced flights from Belfast Metropolis right after an absence of eleven years. 

Ryanair operates routes to Malaga, Alicante, Krakow, Warsaw, Gdansk and Milan from Belfast Global. 

A spokesman for the airport claimed: “It is disappointing that Ryanair has now decided to withdraw operations from the overall Northern Eire market place at the end of Oct, getting variously experienced a existence in all three neighborhood airports in new years.

“It has been a tricky time period for aviation and a time when consumers will need some stability and religion in the Northern Eire air transportation network.”

Before on Tuesday, chief government Michael O’Leary claimed the airline was established to strike its goal of carrying involving 90m and 100m passengers for the 12 months to March 2021. It flew 149m passengers in the 12 months to March 2019.

Shares rose jumped 2.1pc to €16.forty one in London, valuing the airline at €18.6bn.