Ryanair Manchester flights closed

Those whiners Ryanair are to close 9 of the 10 routes it operated from Manchester airport.

The firm said most affected flights would be switched to East Midlands, Leeds Bradford, and Liverpool airports.

A spokesman for Manchester Airport said Ryanair’s decision was “regrettable”.

The nine routes from Manchester that will close are those to Barcelona (Girona), Bremen, Brussels (Charleroi), Cagliari, Dusseldorf (Weeze), Frankfurt (Hahn), Marseille, Milan (Bergamo) and Shannon.

The budget airline said the change would take effect from 1 October and would result in the loss of 44 weekly flights and up to 600 local jobs.