Type
Internal restructuring
Country
Ireland
Region
Southern and Eastern; Mid-West;
Location of affected unit(s)
Shannon
Sector
Transportation / Storage
Land, Water And Air Transportation
Air Transport
51 - Air transport

150 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
30 October 2009
Employment effect (start)
1 April 2010
Foreseen end date

Description

Low-cost Irish airline Ryanair is reducing the number of flights out of Shannon Airport in the mid-west of Ireland by 75% from next April 2010; which will result in 150 redundancies. Ryanair's present contract with the airport expires in April 2010. Shannon Airport has confirmed that it is not entering a new five-year agreement with Ryanair, referring to the airline's 'unreasonable demands'. However, Ryanair claimed it had offered Shannon better cost terms than other lower cost airports in destinations all over Europe.


Sources

  • 30 October 2009: RTE

Citation

Eurofound (2009), Ryanair, Internal restructuring in Ireland, factsheet number 69924, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/69924.