Ryanair chops Dublin, Shannon flights

Ryanair is cutting 44 flights a week from Dublin in winter schedule cutbacks, and 36 flights from Shannon.

The company says it is taking one plane out of the fleet at each of the airports, which means a 25 percent cut at Shannon.

Passenger numbers through Dublin Aiport are down by a million in the first five months of the year, Ryanair claims.

And outspoken boss Michael O'Leary says he'll reverse the cuts if the Government scraps the €10 travel tax introduced recently.

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