Ryanair has threatened to close down its Shannon service to Fuertaventura - a massive holiday and golfing resort in the Canary Islands, unless local tourism group AIE honors the commercial agreement it entered into with Ryanair to promote the area as a tourist destination.Since Ryanair began flying to Fuerteventura in 2006, annual passenger numbers have increased over one hundred fold from just 2,000 to over 250,000, the no-frills airline told Businessworld.ie. "However, because of the AIE's breach of its agreement with Ryanair one of its Dublin flights to Fuerteventura was cancelled from November 6. Ryanair has now confirmed that it will close its 9 international routes to/from Fuerteventura from January 31 unless the AIE honours its contractual commitments with Ryanair," it warned.
Ryanair will close all services to/from Fuerteventura including Birmingham, Bremen, Dublin, Dusseldorf (Weeze), East Midlands, Frankfurt, Liverpool, London and Shannon, it said.
