Ryanair to slash (GRO)Girona operations

Ryanair to slash Girona operations

Ryanair is to slash its operations at (GR0)Girona,because its five-year expansion plan at the airport has fallen through.
At the end of this month, Ryanair will take five aircraft out of (GRO), axe 18 routes and reduce frequencies on a further 17.

It was announced in December that RYR would expand its (GRO) hub over five years, basing up to 10 aircraft at the airport at the start of the summer 2011 season.

However, RYR now say that the new Catalonian Government "has refused to honour" the five-year agreement, which was established under the previous Government.

"Ryanair sincerely regrets that the new Government of Catalonia has failed to honour the recent five-year extension of our base agreement at (GRO)Airport despite the fact that it was consulted on its detail by the outgoing Government," says Ryanair.

"Ryanair will now switch five aircraft from (GRO) with the loss of 18 routes, over 100 weekly flights, 1.7 million passengers per annum and 1,700 jobs to other airports elsewhere in Europe."

I fly here alot Hope the keep (LPL)... seems like my last flight out could be next week

!!Update!! >>(GRO) Official statement<<


GIRONA(GRO) FLIGHT CANCELLATIONS FROM FEBRUARY 2011
Aarhus (AAR)
Dusseldorf Weeze (NRN)
Gdansk (GDN)
Hamburg Lubeck (LBC)
Ibiza (IBZ)
Kristianstad (KID)
Lanzarote (ACE)
Lille (LIL)
London Gatwick (LGW)
Madrid (MAD)
Oslo Torp (TRF)
Perugia (PEG)
Plovdiv (PDV)
Poitiers (PIS)
Seville (SVQ)
Szczecin (SZZ)
Tenerife (TFS)

Do you where are going the 5 aircrafts from Girona?????

Do you remember this announcement less than 2 months ago ?

http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/ryanair-agrees-5-year-extension-of-its-barcelona-girona-base

Speaking in Girona Ryanair’s Luis Fernandez said:
“Ryanair is delighted to announce a five year deal extension of our base agreement at Girona Airport which will see Ryanair deliver 4m passengers p.a. through Girona, sustaining over 4,000 local jobs. Today we launch our Girona summer 2011 schedule which offers passengers 63 routes, including eight exciting new destinations.
Girona Airport’s Manuel Nadal said:
“We are delighted to have received this vote of confidence from Europe’s largest airline. Securing a five year deal with Ryanair has guaranteed the future of Girona Airport as we welcome 4m Ryanair passengers each year. The launch of Ryanair’s Girona summer 2011 schedule with 63 routes, including exciting new destinations underlines the value that Ryanair delivers and the importance of its continued operation to regional tourism and jobs. We look forward to working closely with Ryanair for a further five years.”

History changes fast !

yes very fast...that's strange

In my opinion if the booking for the cancelled flights from girona were very high I think that ryanair is going to re opens those flights from Barcelona El Prat or Reus