Ryanair Birmingham flight cancellations revealed
More than 30 flights to and from Birmingham Airport are to be cancelled in the coming weeks as Ryanair ditches flights up and down the country because of its over-allocation of pilots' holidays.
Those affected will be emailed offers of alternatives or full refunds and details of their compensation entitlement, the budget airline has confirmed.
A full list of the Birmingham flights affected is as follows:
September 18 - 2083 Birmingham to Madrid; 2082 Madrid to Birmingham
September 19 - 2083 Birmingham to Madrid; 2082 Madrid to Birmingham
September 25/October 2/ October 9/ October 16/ October 23 - FR672 Dublin to Birmingham; FR673 Birmingham to Dublin
September 28/October 5/ October 12/ October 19/ October 26 - FR9162 Barcelona to Birmingham; FR9163 Birmingham to Barcelona
September 29/ October 6/ October 13/ October 20/ October 27 - FR664 Dublin to Birmingham; FR665 Birmingham to Dublin
A full list of all cancelled flights are available on www.ryanair.com
The Dublin-based carrier is shelving up to 50 flights daily over the next six weeks due to the over-allocation of pilots’ holidays.
It faces a compensation bill of up to 20 million euro (£17.7 million) for the 'mess' which has left many passengers stranded, boss Michael O’Leary said.
The airline said it was cancelling flights at airports where it ran the busiest schedules, so it would be easier to place passengers on alternative flights.
It has today issued a press release stating more than 98 per cent of Ryanair customers will be unaffected by the cancellations.
Mr O'Leary, the airline's chief executive, said: "While over 98 per cent of our customers will not be affected by these cancellations over the next six weeks, we apologise unreservedly to those customers whose travel will be disrupted, and assure them that we have done our utmost to try to ensure that we can re-accommodate most of them on alternative flights on the same or next day."
Have you been affected by the cancellations? Call 01902 319410 or email newsdesk@expressandstar.co.uk
