Ryanair pulling out of Prague

Ryanair is to discontinue flights to and from Prague later this year. A spokesperson for Europe’s biggest budget airline said it was pulling out of the city’s Ruzyně airport because its charges were too high. Routes to Birmingham and Hahn near Frankfurt will come to an end in July, while routes to Dublin and Stockholm will cease in October. Ryanair had put forward a proposal to increase its number of destinations from Prague to 33, if the airport reduced its charges considerably. The airport’s management refused, saying the same conditions applied to all airlines.