Boeing strike sees Ryanair cancel Edinburgh flights
07.09.08
Ryanair has been forced to cancel flights from its new Edinburgh Airport base for six weeks because of strike action at Boeing. The budget airline said the strike meant US aircraft manufacturers Boeing was unable to deliver two 737 planes it purchased to operate on the new routes.
Passengers booked to fly from Edinburgh on any of 11 new routes will be given a refund. Ryanair said it now hoped to start flying from Edinburgh on 5 November.
Deputy chief executive, Michael Cawley, expressed his ‘sincere regret’ at the postponement to the opening of the new base. He said: ‘Unfortunately the two new aircraft, which we had reserved for this purpose, are now indefinitely delayed due to a strike by Boeing employees.'
‘However, due to increased aircraft available in our fleet from early November [it is grounding planes at Stansted and Dublin this winter], we will be able to operate these exciting new Edinburgh routes from 5th November.’
Eleven routes from Edinburgh are affected: flights to Lodz, Malaga, Bournemouth, Palma, Krakow, Poznan, Bratislava, Schonefeld, Billund, Skavsta and Wroclaw.
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