Ryanair has announced that it is pulling out of Santiago de Compostela from January 11. It’s a serious blow to the Xunta de Galicia regional government as it means the end to international connections from the Lavacolla airport.
The airline currently flies to Rome, Frankfurt and London moving 150,000 passengers a year.
The announcement was made in Santiago by the airlines Marketing and Sales Director for Spain, Portugal, Malta and Morocco, Luis Fernández-Mellado, who noted that 150 jobs would be lost as a result. He blamed the refusal of the Xunta de Galicia to ‘collaborate in promotional activities for Galicia in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom’ with Ryanair.
Read more: http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_27615.shtml#ixzz138OhJ600
The airline currently flies to Rome, Frankfurt and London moving 150,000 passengers a year.
The announcement was made in Santiago by the airlines Marketing and Sales Director for Spain, Portugal, Malta and Morocco, Luis Fernández-Mellado, who noted that 150 jobs would be lost as a result. He blamed the refusal of the Xunta de Galicia to ‘collaborate in promotional activities for Galicia in Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom’ with Ryanair.
Read more: http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_27615.shtml#ixzz138OhJ600
