Ryanair: Flights to Edinburgh & Belfast cancelled from London after Boeing 737 Max grounded (Image: Getty Images)
Ryanair has cancelled flights to Edinburgh and Belfast from London in a dramatic cut-back on services. The Irish aline currently offers four flights a day between London Stansted and Edinburgh. In October, when the summer schedules have finished, however, Ryanair will operate just four flights a week. There will be no flights at all to the Scottish capital on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, reported The Independent.
Ryanair: Flights to Edinburgh & Belfast cancelled from London after Boeing 737 Max grounded
Ryanair has three flights a day from Stansted to Belfast at the moment - but will reduce to two a week from October.
The budget airline directly competes with rival easyJet on these two routes, making them less profitable.
However, the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max following the Ethiopian Airlines crash last month is believed to be the reason behind the axed flights.
Ryanair has ordered 135 aircraft which are a variant of the Boeing 737 Max known as the Max 200, reported The Independent.
Forty are set to arrive over the next year, with the first aircrafts delivered to Stansted, Ryanair’s main base.
However, with the 737 Max currently grounded following the Ethiopian tragedy, it is not known when authorities will allow the aircraft to fly.
Ryanair: There will be no
